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Garfield's Speech To The Jubilee Singers

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Day
19
Month
November
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
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A fewdtysMOce, the jubilee íisgert froin tli Pigke uoiversity in Nashville, Tenn.. Gading themelv68 wiiliin a few miles of' General Uarfield's residenoe, look oarriagea od made liiui a cali. .Tlmv RUM overal pioccs, and as tliey vrcre rfboul in tuke their dcparturo, thcy turnnd towaid in. i arfield and sang km imprenta beowBoth, in these words : "The Jjord be with you ; the Lord truard and preserve you ; Yhe Lord lift up his countenaiice upon you and giw you peace." There was silonce for a time as tlic niusic died away. The n (!t:n. (arlield, who hd s-tood by the wande with bowcd head, spoke to the band of singers vcry carnestly and soleuinly, saying: " My friendo, for my fainily and niyselt 1 thank you for this visit and for the soug you have sung. Whilc I have listcned, a thought has cometo mewhich uiaycncourage you. A voice hus gone forth before every good that was cvor achieved in this world. A voice in the wiklerness was the herald of our Savior. In the war for the Union the thunder of our guns on a thousand battle fieldawas the voice that prepared the way for the liberty that canje to your race. Now, friends, the earthly Saviour of your people must be universal education ; and 1 bclicve that you voicexare preparing for the coming of tUat blessing. You have sungagreat unicrsity into being. You have sung before kings and princes. You have sung to the metk and the lowly. You lave sung to the hearts of your people, and i hope and believc that your voices are her¦M'mg the great liberation which educatiou will bring to your lately enslaved brethren. You are figuting for light and for the freedom it brings ; and in that contest I would rather be with you and defeated thao against you and victorious. In the language of the song you have just suog, I say to yon, ' March on,' and you shall win the vietnry - you shall gain the day."

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News