The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-19
CURIOUS POLITICAL MANIFEsroS-
The New York Herald publishes, with ap

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CURIOUS POLITICAL MANIFESTOS.
The New York Herald publishes. with ap-
propriate comments. two curious documents,
one "a Call for National Convention OF
Colored Americans" to be held in the city
of Philadelphia on the 10th of October next ;
tina other for Woman's Convention at Ssr-
.to0a ON the 18th and 10th of august. to
discuss Woman's Right Of Suffrage.
The gentlemen of color" in their cail tor
the free negro convention at PhiladefThia,
announce that they have come to the cen.
clusion that the free negroes. if they wouia
accomplish the objects they have in view
must lay out and direct the work OF their
own elevation. They are apparently oegin-
ming to lose faith in their white allies Ihey
nerceive that while Foster, Seward, Greeiy
4 Co spend many words and much gas 10
their behalf. they do not part freely WIN
fseiy dimes, or take any practical me sures
for their Improvement and benefit. Hence
tbsy have concluded to set up for them.
.slv.s. and work out their own political and
bOClhl o6iSo
In conjunction with fhss movement. there
ia q call for a State Convention of the same
class at Troy. N. Y which urges that some
thing shall be done towards rcn"ving the
political and legal disabilities by when the
free negroes of New York are still fsrnpered
in their aspirations for the largest iloer'y.-
According to the Herald, a negro IN New
York who has freehold of two hundred ans
fifty dollars in value may vote, but ne Can
not sit ON jury or be elected to Office. lbs
sensibiIities of Sambo are greatly panied by
this exclusion. They regard it as arisfo-
cratic and oppressive in the extreme thai
the Five Points negroes should nave no vote
whilst such aristocratic Cuffees as DIR. Nc
Cune Smith, Rev. DIR. Pennington, and Geo
Downing, the oyster seller should proudly
march to the ballot, box and make known
their sovereign will at the polls. Moreover
even these distinguished gentlemen are ex'
ciuded from juries and not permitted 20 hold
office. The Herald warns the poor creatures
that no act of the legislature could ever re-
move their social disabilities; that their
numbers are growing less day by day, and
that the iron heel of the Anglo Saxon race
will eventually pulverize them out of exist
efice. 1t gives them the best advice in the
world-which. however, they will be sure
not to follov-to 60 to Africa, COLOMBO it.,
and build up great republic. africa was
made for negroes and negroes were made
for Africa"
The other piece of foolery-the movement
of the strong minded women-is about as
hopeless an enterprise az that of the free ne
proes. The call for the convention is signed
by six women and one man. 1t declares
that, "in the progress of human events wo'
man now demands the recognition of her
civil existence, her legal rights, her social
eousliry with man." There seems to be
plenty of work cut out for the summer among
the fanatics of various kinds in the North
Besides the two African Conventions at Phil
adelphia and Troy, and the Woman's Rights
C. invention at Saratoga, the Anti Renters
were to have held Convention on the 18th
inst, and Convention has just been held
by the Gerritt Smith radical abolitionists.-
What with spirit rsppers, anti-renters, Fou
rierites, agrariaus, women's rights men, abo-
tionists, free negroes, &c, the North is in
danger of becoming a huge lunatic asylum.
The sober and rational portion of the people
must be sorely vexed by these madmen.