New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-07-15
ROCHESTER,
The Colored nrus' Convention.

ROCHESTER. >ats caT, Jay lsNe
Arriving in Rochester July :, learned that the Con
veItiou # co"red % meet there July ., tr
II purpose of considering th-lr condition AMI degsls
Usy. AID means for b-ttering It, and Immediately lie
{, rmBed stay and oos at IT, a. 1t ~a- the yer! best
srorunI'y that had ever occurred 70 OF answering
80 ne questions that existed Ia ms oTu mind vita re-
sr,ct 10 these people; and | never more glad Of
having done any tLing and though With but sneet OF
paper before despair Of doing any justice 10 the
in preston have received, must attenPt 10 give you
:, Ne iHs ing o. IT,
ON WedEes,iav AZ 10 s'rlock went into the CORN
than Hall Of Rochester where the Convention was a.
read, asserrb ed perfectly black and woody headed
legru with the strong Al lean feature and evidently 40
drop If Caucasian bocd in hls veins, which was pa-
ticui,y clad to see wa nthe Chair pro f,a ArOuad,
sai company If persons of every shade of coor shape
OF head and air Of person and certainly never
tody OF men ia which BE- counted 80 many heads
81 the most promising form. Inc organization rs usual,
took long time, the question arising as 10 tue true qu1l
iGcaous of members some Of them claiming their seats
q. callers If the Convention aud ythers delegates TO
the free people oi color of the several States
rs this seussion found THAT they fully instructed
IL Parliamentary tactics that they were very earnestly
beft OIL having the Convention gelOunfed. represent
alive body On making no pTecedcn's which might
barsss or confuse future Conventions or give any OF
tler nun Der arbitrary power over The rest, &c, aai
though there some unnecessary hdlrsplttng yet
on tie Whole every who spoke vas Justified by ri
idea or ptiHcDe worthy # consideration Taere was
barla.siug the Convention bus al IN order 10 have
tLilgs rieht In the course OF IT, Frederick Douglas,
wh, ~ saw arc heard the first time SAID several words
Al one moment when the question whether they
should call tbe naues ui al the States, free AMI
slave liz f0.e and sad. " Mr. President mOystha the
name Of every BE- called in order thai those should
cone fru ard whom the people color have chosen
represent their Interest," ani peak for their weli5'ng
END lay Their credentials upon the Secretary table,
frho shall record their mes and when tle names OF
is
"ehce vii be eloquent, aud fom the depths oil It the
"btait will tt here rice upthe cahh OF the cham
"aid the wall oihe agony The millions sho ma! not be
'rerrcseutcc and tor whom delegated voice mas b.
raised have nor quite done justice to the finish aud
perfection of those profoundly pathetic sentences nor
tod low the deep gan music OF hts voice. as he slowly
uttered them thrilled ne After all had heard us ora
tory was supri.rd a. the power oi hs one' The form
O hs be- adj hi, person. his melancholy air the carriage
Of LIS body combined expression OF the AnglO-SaXon
depth with tie Norman grace and, had all the blood
ali the StuaTts flowed IN his veins, there could
lave seemed nothing more Imperial Again: During
Il debate point, ol order, IN which he took NJ pare
BE- once Iosr, and With mingiing oi authority, when
fttn,d falery aud elder-bTothery only, with Keen
ncfs which however persuasive rather than S,rci
tic suggested thai, ring the important Interests
they lad met consider in limited time. under CIR
clutances Of very considerable expense when some 81
II drrl and their constituents could hardly anJrd
would il nrb wise-t that compromises should be- male
10 expedite organizations and that throughout the de-
therefore that resolutions should be- debaed and acted
upon az once slcedd every meuiber ee it necessary
that be- should be- hqTd every point It would proong
he meetings indefinitely This also sad WIKI the
leIpt, and tue greatest breylty and perfection
Il compositions and they told that this charac-
ttIisc Of Douglas that reporters OF bis speeches who
bad reported IN Congress had said, that pabiic
,ycsLsr ul0tster needed revision little as Douglas
There could be Fermentation OF ever so many little
siurt speeches that the occasion called fOrh from MN
md oil were perfect liue gems Of arr, which could not
lave been bttiefrd. BUT, alter all, Douglas has his
,quals a. Jaw There wasa young man from Ohio, by
n, Lame Of Day pupil OF Ubcriu. ('hrrrtorr per
LaIs OWING 81 cultivation some Of that perfection oi
ualLtr End grace 81 composition which the Fugitive
slave Inherited from uaturr whose voice also mingled
lersua-onnitb authority, aud in music aud power SIS
hardly interim Douglas, except tna IN the latter,
,orrow had tuned the organ to pitch that weut, l
thought little deeper inio ones heat Of hearts This
yolr. Dag is an edror and Ia, qIca praci'al ability,
that hts The Da tie head once, aud Combines All
reasons that may be developed hy argument into
clsltu, IN whose transparent expression they may
he lesGd. | Wi.h ynu could have seen the manner
bud VOID, With which ths Young Day declined
sIeskmp one evening. when the audience vas very
crowded aid called tor him H. was suing tIe pla
hIn as Gle Il tie business COMMITTEE, aud he came
iuiwsrd, and having SIMPLY acknD"lcdgcd th'if polite
SAD tLGt bis own VIEWS On tie subject IA baud were
30 well Known 10 the cOored audience be meant, tnit
b. Was lot a. I'll necrssary for him o say anything AMI
that thee WrI- MANY gentlemen present Who aad I'm
IOIfIt yeas to bring torHad - SApn Il Wa just AMI
bee. uus. aud bis own pleasure. tAat he should give
way But | cannot tell YOU his eiictous words and
tie grace % MasRcT and understandable
Douglass. LEY aye both VI them cOnsummlte artists.
.th grace be, oud the reach OF ART, Tor crlven-
tn al uir- or scholastic methods make beauty,
which nos,dur pr But | 90 injustice the
VrOe C.hyLtloH by so much O tne-r taO persons.
1l,J udy have gwen The finest touches - the whole
but every one that spske exhibited w0ur fat hlrncy
Of VoIcs Veluitcr,d adui ably combined loaded Sith
meaning fery with force OF character and un;oug sub
Get, o vital interest. Not word seemed sad from
LT,t to last or personal display or love OF talking nJ,h
ia Fat sad. nothing uuln pO.aut IGe deep. black
mlu. with uo co,, DO h, blood, spoke clearly. l0rcl
BIS, queen CITY TIE parst faced There suarpdis-
cs.ulLat,Ub # wo!ds, clear u1rdyrllBg OF prn-pl-.
.cts were looked az ID al their bearings. No C,us-n
ZION ever stteLded showed greaes Intellectual
Tier r0rd u nonsense igL.cd Dr. NJ .Clas
Suiih Nr Wcolson, Mr LsngsIOne, Mr. CANES. D.
I,LdetoB. vi Green Prot Reason and many Others
vlo-e hsIl-, AMI persons cannot identity male ADM
Fable 81 e,cLe,, and stopped they done
ne HeEAeTs were remarkable There mutual c,ur-
itsl sLd Justice and II their earnesness AID f,nkne..
I'D desire f.r mutual undermining sometimes made
several spring 70 their feet al once, aud csy Mr Pres
trlt, md there Wa i monetary question O. The
claim # lie lOuT, tl- tact "a some one gylI bsy
tie thing 10 conclusion, aud oil would b. quiet 10 me
credit u the good faith, innate Justice enl grorefy II
oil Hey ad pied ten ui.hut-- rule shicu Drov. On
tie whole very etecise H. ds-ing long ,n these
cIreius things wish 10 DO Justice 20 the impression
received 90 their entire and elIuen; ablt, la the
natter vi doing business. Il seems 70 NE a, Con
ytLtlcn / ever exhibited this IN 40 biya
degree b-lan Nth comparing g, in my own mind q,
o., National tonyentonol France and they certain,
proved themselves 70 have infinitely l,. 10 learn in oc
Ger 10 De EH'Hs geHot (asseuiJy OF the wi.e than
Irauce La shown. even ia her Chamber Of Drpn.
ties ID tie caucst times They are n.,r avc...;-f