New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-12
MEETING OF COLOEED CITIZENS.

A meeting Of colored citizens Of New-York was
bed lost evening at Meritts Tall No. 1s5 Sping-st,
bear the report Of the delegates the Troy National
Convention sud form County organization. The at
enoaBce 1ss very credtabie, ootn sexes being well
represented
ions HUNrlR Esq, was called TO the chair, and
Mr.. CHAs. L. WILLIAMS was appointed Secretary.
The SECRETARY read from the report Of that Con-
yen,ion in Tic Troy Wig and The Troy Daily
Times.
Mr.. KESyEY, one of the delegates, expressed his
entire Concurrence with the ection of the Convention
M j. j. SIMOxs another Of the delegates, detailed
.teonsderabe length bis sensations at different per-
DDS in the Troy Convention. He thought that there
had never been such Convention before.
Dr. j. MCGEE SMITH offered q series of resolutions
which considered separately. The Secretary read
the first Gs follows;
Resolred Th. this meeting cordially ndorse the proceedings
Of the Troy Convention for the Extension OF the Ffan
hse rejoice Ia the formation Of State suffrage Assoca
don, with distinguished felowetzen Frederick Douglass
ESQ, at IL It's head
Mr. G. B. SINoSs cordially supported the resolution,
with the omission of the OF Frederick Douglass
He hoped hat name would not be permitted to stand
j. MCUEE SMITH said that that amendment would
be he supposed, voted down by large majority. He
alluded % the nobleet work Of architecture in Paris
with is inscription their country. ecOgnizing her
" great men Were it but for this, they should not
strike out this name, but the triumph which they
achieved in the House Of Representatives at Albany
last Winter was almost entirely due 70 the eloquent adj
vocacy of M. Douglass. His name wac larger than
the State of New-YOrk 1t was larger than the State
which gave him brth-larger than the United States
cheers and if this fact recognized by any class
/ should surely be BY them. Cries OF Douglass.
Douglass
The amendment was rejected by an overwhelming
majority al the resolution passed.
The second resolution is follows:
Rsoed That thanks due TO the city delegates for tbs
a. o
DR.. SMITH said That they had no night to pass that
resolution until they had paid the expenses OF the dele
gates and suggested that r. Gibbs go round with the
Mr. GIBBs said be would take straw hat, so tia: il
gould Jingle better. and taking oDe went round while
the resolution was adopted and the next read:
Roed That adopt for County suffrage organization
the form OF Const tuition at troy
The Secretary read that form of Constitution, and
the rts0'u ion was adopted.
The following resolutions were eadand adopted:
Reached That We appoint q Nominating Committee of
three who 81 nominate OFF and report Immediately
Messrs. keuney, Williams and Gibbs were ap-
pointed.
Resolred That Committee Of be appointed, to be
called the Re sv CODmiitee whose duty shall be to record
Sew.Yofk.
DR.. SMITH thought this resolution the most import
ant of all f.e Senator from the Sixth Ward, Mr..
Barr yotd straight through for the extension OF suf
iase. tie thought that they might now hope for
ANYTHING He SAID that if they had five or seven hun
bred votes registered-such men Jim Brooks would
change their tune ana De nuc1 more COlupl%isdh
TIE Committee was filed up by the following names;
J. McCune Smith, jeremiah Power, Charles L. WI
hams, p s Porter Randall d. Kenney chm j. Zaill,
Jacob X. Gibbs.
Dr. SMITH reported that the amount which he col
ected defray the expense Of sixteen delegates was
81 81 GU; of which he paid - 50 to of the dele
gates. Al the first hat resulted in collecting only
81 80, be weut in for a silver collection.
Mr.. GIBBS went round again.
The Committee on nominations made the following
report: President, j. NJ Cune Smith; Vice President,
jeremiah Powers; Secretary, Charles :. Williams;
Assistant Secretary Peter s. Porter Treasurer, John
W. Hunter. Boad of Mansgers-R. V. Morgan,
James ". b. Smith, Page K. Rghtout VIM. Hutch
ings, David Copeland, ]. j. Simons, and j. b.
Wilson.
The report was adopted, and the Convention ad-
jOurned TO meet again on the evening of Monday
week