John M. Langston, Esq. (colored) of Ohio, was then introduced by Dr. Brown as a distinguished member of the bar of that State &c. Mr. Langston said they met to celebrate the triumph of universal democracy as affirmed by the fathers of the Revolution in the Declaration of Independence, and subsequently defined in an amendment to the constitution of the United States – a democracy protected and support by free thought free speech and a free press – It is not four millions of persons who have been emancipated but forty millions – every negro and every white man within the vortex of slavery has been emancipated - the poor white man as well as the poor negro. He then referred to three prominent facts in the history of emancipation. The visit of Mr. Hear, of Massachusetts to South Carolina, many years ago whose citizens compelled him to leave that State, and whose son now represents a district in Congress, to the eminent scholar, philosopher and statesman Hon Charles Sumner, and to Wm. Lloyd Garrison, who once could not pass with safety through this city. Let them remember these men whose great efforts have culminated in their freedom and the glory and perpetuity of the Union. Let them remember the men who led on the army to glory and victory in the cause of liberty, also remember the men who battled in Congress to give the ballot to every man in the country – Let them remember the national administration, which gave the negro the ballot and official position. When he remembered the efforts in their behalf, the instincts{question} and love which prompted the officers of government, including Mr. Creswell to do justice to the negro, he only wondered if their skins were purely white. He thanked God that this is our country, our government, and that all men are our fellow citizens, that our country is grandest in the whole world – Let them write upon its shield "Este perpetua," let it stand forever.