Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-08-27

PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CITY HALL
Alta general meeting of the citizens OF The county OF
Hcnrico and The City Of Richmond, held at the City
Hall on Wednesday, the 2si day of August, 1889, for
the purpose oprevenng the absconding and abduction
Of slaves, and promoting the recovery OF The same
Thomas Nelson, Esq called 10 the Chair, and
Sher~n McRae, Esq appointed Secretary.
The object OF The meeting wosnppropnaley explained
by Joseph Mayo ESQ and after pertinent addresses by
Messfs Mayo Lyons and Sheppard, the following reso-
lu:ions offered by Mr. Mayo, and the first unani.
mously adopted:
Resolred That in aid Of The objects of the society for
preventing the ASCENDING and abduction of slaves,
committee of eighteen be appointed TO obtain subscrp.
lions from the citizens Of Henrco county and the City
OF Richmond; and that every citizen of tienrico county
and the City of Richmond who will subscribe and pay
annually the of two dollars in aid Of The funds OF
the said society, shall be member thereof, and enli
lied 10 all the benefits Of The same.
Rcs6ired That it is exped dent - prohibit, by law free
negroes residing in other parts OF this Commonwealth
from obtaining residence in the City Of Richmond.
Resoirsd, That The law making il the duty Of the
Clerk Of the Hastings Cont of The City Of Richmond
and Clerk Of The County of Henrico 10 give to free
groes and mulatoes certified copies Of their register un
der the seal of the court and The abuse made by them
OF such copies afford TO slaves great facility in abscond.
ing from this COmmonw eah and that other mode
of certifying freedom to coored persons in greater Sc.
curty The rights Of the of slaves, should be
substituted by law.
To which Two last resolutions Mr.. Lyons offered the
following substitute, winch was unanimously aoopteu:
Rssotrsd, That Committee of nine be appointed By
the Chair, whose duty il shall! be TO consider and report
10 another meeting Of the citizens OF The County oil
Henrico and City of Richmond, such in the
opinion of The said Committee will be proper Tor the pur
pose Of preventing The abduction Of slaves from their
owners, and the punishment Of those who may be con-
cerned directly indirectly in the abduction Of them
In Offering this resolution, Mr.. Lyons expressed his
wish that Joseph Mayo Esq who was well acquainted
with the police department Vi the city, might be placed
The head of the Committee. Mr. Lyons also advcred
the appearance Of his in the newspapers adver
Using a runaway slave-stang that the slave was not
his properly but that Of estate which he represented,
aud therefore, that existed in his 10 i'm
part 10 The subject interest than e by the rest
OF The community.
On motion of Richard Adams, E-q,
ReS0iesd That the Committee provided for in the first
resolution shall consist Of nine mbers for the county
and nine members for the city.
Whereupon the following gentlemen were appointed
by the Chair, viz: Benjamin r Barker, Robert Chr.
ter. Thus. West, Jackson ChilIrey, Dr. Benjamin
J Duyal, Alfred Winston John o. Goddn, Ambrose
Hutchinson and FendaI Griffin for the County and
George M Darlington, Samuel Subett and John Free.
man for Jefferson Ward; Samuel 5. Saunders, Pzarro
Edmunds and Jesse Snead for Madison Ward; and Pc
Ter w Grubbs, VIM. Bootwright and Sam D. Denoon
for Monroe Ward in the City.
The Chair further proceeded 10 appoint The following
gentlemen Committee to carry into effect the provi
sions of the substitute Joseph Mayo, James Lyons
II. A. Claiborne, John NJ. Patton, VIM D. Wrenn,
Sherwin McRae, Benz. R Barker, John B. Young,
and K S Cauthorne. THOS. NELSON, Chmn.
SHERwis McRAE, See'ry.