The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-08-06

Congressional District, for his sneocb !, el'h
position to the odious and unconst;tnt;onipI op
provisions Of the Oregon Copst;,ut;on a'ional
to him and those of his colleagues who SI'a
voted against the admission of tbe pss Ss.. VINO
| Resotted, That in view Of the t e'otn o.a1e.
in several States of the Union wbo1a S. 'iat ~
Republican party is in the ascendsnt .le u
elective franchise of colored citizens !, Ghe m
med or ITS privileges abridged, we wou,a i III
earnestly call upon the party to take
manly position upon this and corelat;va
questions, that they may deserve what
they would undoubtedly receive, the snf
frages of all voters who love the co,>se If
| freeC50m.
ReSOlved, That this Convention wo,,,.
recommend colored voters to nross .bolO
claims upon the Republican party, that e
defeated it may not be by default Of theirs
Moved that committee of seven he an
pointed, on Finance: carried
The President appointed the folIowiny
gentlemen and ladies: Messrs. .Jno ]
Smith, Lloyd H. Brooks, N. L. Perkins
Geo. Allen, Geo. W. Lowther, Miss Ellen
Sherman and Miss Anne f. Gray
The committee retired, when it was
moved that Committee on Rules be an.
pointed, which was carried, and the follow
ing gentlemen were appointed by the
President: VIM. Wells Brown, Nelson II
Perkins, and Charles Purvis.
The song Not with Songs of Joy and
Gladness," was sung by the Convention
standing.
Mr.. Brown, from Committee on Rules
and Order, read the result of their deliber.
tions, which, after some discussion. was
adopted
Mr.. Remond said he objected to the
Limitation Rule;' fifteen minutes is not
long enough. Unaccustomed, as l am,
to public speaking" said he, cannot ex-
press my ideas in so short time He
was glad to see SO many whites present
and give encouragement by their presence,
but hoped they would not take up the time
of the meeting, nor any one else, by at
tempts at oratory or eloquence. He hoped
the members of the Convention had come
determined to say and to act, and would
not get up unless they had something to
say He wished it to be known of him
while living and said of him when he was
dead, that he had done something to be
free.
VIM. W. Brown said there might be
number of eloquent men there who desire
to make long speeches, in which case he
hoped they might get some one who would
make motion for an extension of time.
Mr.. Remond had admitted that he wanted
something to hang his opening speech
upon, but he wished he would find some
thing else other than the Business Commit
tees reports.
The Committee on Finance now report
ed as follows:
That collection be taken up at the
morning and afternoon sessions, and an ad-
mission fee of ten cents be charged at the
door in the evening.
The ten cent proposition was discussed
at some length, when it was moved to re-
commit it to the Finance Committee for
reconsideration; carried.
Adjourned to p o'clock, p NJ
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention re-assembled at 81 p.
NJ.
The names of J. Sella Martin, of Bufia-
10, ind Lewis Clarke, of Canada, were
added to the list of Vice Presidents.
The exercises of the afternoon were then
commenced by singing hymn to the tune
of "Scots waa hae wi Wallace bled" 1t
was composed by James H. Dean; the
first stanza was as follows:
Sons of sires who Freedom bought,
Noursh now each glowing thought
Gather round the hallowed spot
SdcI6d 70 IneH name
Let not shouts of Liberty,
Let not tears your offering be-
Rather bring a soul that's free
Free and knows no shame"
L. w. Steinborg, of Boston, and Henry
johnson, of Cambridge, were appointed a
committee to seat those who should arrive.
The resolutions reported in the morning
were again read by VIM. G. Nell.
Mr.. Nell also read from the Boston
Gazette and Weekly Journal" of Tues
day, November Goth, 1850, the following
advertisement:
Ran away from his Master, Watsam
Broa0n of Faamineham, on the 30th OF
September last, Molatto fellow, about q
years of age, named Caispus, well set, 6
feet inches high, short curl'd hair, knees
nearer together than common, had on a
light colourd bearskin coat, brown fnstian
jacket, new buekskin breeches, blue yarn
stockings, and checked Shirt.
Whoever shall take up said run-A"~y
and copvau hin, m b;o n hove saId uIf'0'|Ai