New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-12
The 6,oio-,d Convention.

,essel when storm arose which greatly
o,d,ncered her safety Some fellow pas
sercers Of rather dubious morals aud quite
ertemrore piety, thereuPOn commenced 20
c;ferously beseeohing and eutreating the
nod, to deliver them from their peril.
Bias calmly advised them to desist and
bnsb their noise. as the vessels chance for
delvorance would be much better if the
gods should happen to be entirely Obvious
that aov such characters were on board.
Six wears ago, our State was brought
To fresh decision OR the question of allow
ieg Black Men the same Political Rights
with Whites, especially the great funda-
mental Right of Suffrage. We were az
IDENTITY favorable to the measure, and very
large proportion of the Wings leaned the
same way. This fact was seized BY the
sham Democracy and welded potentially
far our overthrow. We should, IL all pro-
liability. have carried tws-thIrds Of the
Constitutional Convention but for the cries
of Niger party Amalgamatlon, Fried
Wool &c, &C., which were raised against
Us by our most unscrUpulOus adversanes,
whereby they carried Cayuga County by
thoussrd majority, though the venerable
ard popular Judge Csnkling headed the
Wing ticket, and though they have never
been able to carry ii since. They likewise
canied Niagara, one of the most decided
and reliable Wing Counties, and nearly
swept the doubtful Counties. They were
thus enabled to reenact the cd AMI utterly
uniustifable Real Estate qualification for
Colored voters. and to send it down to the
People as distinct proposition. wei know
inc that il would be sustained. We fought
il in our journal up to the morning of Elec-
ton, ard then at the polls until sunset, but
were badly beaten. as was inevitable from
the first The Property Qualification for
Coored Persons was sustained by an over
whelming majority and whoever VIII scru-
tinize the vote will see that it was strongest
against Equal Suffrage Just where the AIM
can Race are most abundant, while 1t was
most favorable to them precisely where they
are seldom or never seen.
During the progress Of that contest, a
deputatOn of Colored Men waited upon the
writer hereof to ask him what they could
DO to promote the triumph of Equal Suf-
fiage DIR. McCune Smith, in a recent and
intended. to-be savage letter, says we I'D
vsed them to DO nothing. That, we pre-
sumo, is very nearly the fact We greatly
desired to succeed, and we felt that every
appearance of Negroes in the field, as COM
batants or claimants, would DO a serious
detriment to the cause. We had faith (mOre
than the result iustied) In the democratic
Instincts and convictions of our White fell
low citizens. and wished to bring them to
vote on the abstract principle Of Equal
Rights before the Law for All Men while
we knew full well that the Prosecution of
the question as one between White Men
ard Negroes would be fatal. So we in
CURED DR.. Smiths i'll viii by endeavoring
to serve his Race, as we have repeatedly
done since, and shall doubtless do many
times hereafter.
Gov. Hunt has seen fit, in a kindly
spirit ard in respectful language, to indi-
cate his despair Of any Improvement in the
condition of our Colored Population so long
as they shall remain among US, and to sug-
gest that something should be done by our
State Government in aid of their Colonial
ton. He proposes no coercion, no priva-
ton, no denial of rights, but simply that
something be done toward aiding those
Blacks who see fit to migrate to and settle
IN the land Of their forefathers-for them
the land of Hope and Freedom. Hereupon
Messrs. John j. Zuille, ]. MCunS Smith,
Geo. I. Downing e. Co., issue a call for
State Convention Of Colored Citizens to
assemble on the Goth inst, at Albany, for the
purposes Of
lst. Protesting against this gross violation Of the
principles OF the Constitution of our State and ia
gitious proposal TO NAL appropriate State funds
I'd To expose the ignorance and wlckedness
which pervade this portion Of The Governors Mes.
cage.
Sd. To petition the Legislature for an extension Of
the Elective Franchise.
OF course, they will do that thing, and do
it IN style. As the Frenchman in the
Thames roared out, | uR be drowned -
nobody shall help me-" Messrs Zuille,
MCune Smith & Co. have perfect right
TO hold Convention in Albany, to row up
the Governor, expose his ignorance and
wiekedness,' especially his ignorance of the
Constitution, and petition the Legislature
for an extension OF the Elective Franchise"
The Herald ONCE is very properly made the