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The Past and the Present Condition, and the Destiny, of the Colored Race:: A Discourse Delivered at the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1848Garnet, Henry Highland

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The Past and the Present Condition, and the Destiny, of the Colored Race:: A Discourse Delivered at the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1848

Name: The Past and the Present Condition, and the Destiny, of the Colored Race:: A Discourse Delivered at the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1848
Author: Garnet, Henry Highland

Garnet, Henry Highland

African Americans; United States -- Race relations

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  MR. GARNET’S
  DISCOURSE.


  THE
  PAST AND THE PRESENT
  CONDITION, AND THE DESTINY,
  OF
  THE COLORED RACE:
  A DISCOURSE

  DELIVERED AT THE FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY
  OF THE
  FEMALE BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
  OF TROY, N. Y., FEB. 14, 1848,

  BY
  HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET.


  TROY, N. Y.:
  STEAM PRESS OF J. C. KNEELAND AND CO.
  1848.




                                                    TROY, FEB. 22, 1848.

REV. HENRY H. GARNET--

DEAR SIR:--The members of F. B. S., having listened to your discourse
with great pleasure, and being desirous to present it to the Public,
have requested us to solicit a copy for publication, and we trust, sir,
that nothing will prevent you from granting our request,

            Most respectfully, &c.,

                                          HANNAH B. RICH, _President_;
                                          CHARLOTTE PUTMAN, _Rec. Sec._;
                                          LOUISA A. GIDEONS, _Cor. Sec._

                   *       *       *       *       *

                                                    TROY, FEB. 26, 1848.

LADIES:--I have received your polite note of the 22d inst., and, while
I consider myself fortunate in serving you acceptably, I deem it my
duty to comply with your request.

            I am, Ladies, and ever hope to be, your friend and servant,

                                                           H. H. GARNET.

  Mrs. H. B. RICH,
  Miss CHARLOTTE PUTMAN,
  Miss L. A. GIDEONS.




ADDRESS.


LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:

My theme is the Past and the Present condition, and the Destiny of the
Colored race. The path of thought which you are invited to travel, has
not as I am aware, been pursued heretofore to any considerable extent.
The Present, is the midway between the Past and the Future. Let us
ascend that sublime eminence, that we may view the vast empire of ruin
that is scarcely discernable through the mists of former ages; and if,
while we are dwelling upon the desolations that meet our eyes, we shall
mourn over them, I entreat you to look upward and behold the bright,
scenery of the future. There we have a clear sky, and from thence
are refreshing breezes. The airy plains are radiant with prophetic
brightness, and truth, love, and liberty are descending the heavens,
bearing the charter of man’s destiny to a waiting world.

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The Past and the Present Condition, and the Destiny, of the Colored Race:: A Discourse Delivered at the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1848

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