Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1849-01-26
COlOred Mems Convention.

A Convention ofthe Colored Freemen
OF the State Of Ohio, has been in session
in this city for several days, and is nu-
merously attended by intelligent and res
pectable men from all parts of the State.
1t was organized on Wednesday, in the
Methodist Episcopal Church on Long
street. by the appointment of Charles
Langston, Esq, of ChilIicolhe, as Presi-
dent, with the usual number Of Vice Pres.
idents and Secretaries.
On Thursday evening, pursuant 10
permission Obtained for that purpose, the
Convention mel in the Hall of Repre-
seniatives. The meeting itself, aside
from the unusually interesting nature of
the exercises, is an incident Of our his.
tory well worthy ofrefection and remark.
The colorad man has been allowed to
come up, without insult and without re-
proach-to enter into n place hitherto
deemed sacred 10 the white man alone.
and standing there, to plead his right 10
be deemed u nan and. a brother, and 10
claim a community of interest in all that
appcrlains TO humanity-to say u
God" and TO beg for permission to say
"Our country.
A prepared address was delivered by
VIM. ii. Day, a young mar from Oberlin,
upon The subject of the grievances which
the coIorcd people Of The United States
both in slavery and emancipation-suC.
fer in comparison 10 those borne by the
fathers of this Republic, under the rule
of Great Britain, before the Revolution.
The parallels drawn between the TWO Gu.
ses were extremely striking and forcible,
and for beauty of composition and pro-
propriety of delivery, the Grafton would
bear a comparison with the labored eE
forts Of men of far greater fame and far
higher pretension.
After the close of Mr.. Days address,
the audience was %agrceably entertained
by a speech from John NJ. Watson, of
Cleveland. Mr.. Watson announced
himself as a native born citizen Of Vir-
ginia-lhe land of Washington, and n
''self emancipatcd slave" lie thought
that he might recommend himself and
his remarks TO the Democrats present, by
the fact that he was born upon the same
soil, and had breathed the air that blew
over the same hills with Thomas Jefcr.
son. An emigrant from a sister Stale,
he came here 10 beg as Il boon the be-
stowal upon him and those who were in
his situation, Of those privileges which
were freely granted as a right 10 the EN-.
grant from Ireland or from GERMANY
He went into an examination Of the blaze
Iaws-,heir constilutionality, and their
legal and moral effect. They.work, he
said, degradation TO the black and dis
gaace to the white man. If they are a
dead letter, why leave them as monu.
ments Of the barbarism Of the past: il
they are a living law, interpose to prevent
the horrid injustice Of which they may
be made the instruments in future.
The address was a strong and a good
one, and was enlivened by sparks of gen.
uine wit, which elicited frequent and III.
multuous applause. The speaker him.
sell was an evidence of what a soul car
do, even under the pressure Of ex,raor
binary difficulties. In his case ii ha.
made a man.
The meeting was enlivcned by SOM
fine singing, and was a model of all tha
was decorous and respeclable.-O. S
Journal.