The weekly Anglo-African., 1859-08-06
THE NEW ENGLAND CONVENTION
Expressly for this Paper.
BosrON, August ], 1859.

The Convention of colored citizens, the
call for which was published in your pa
per, assembled according to call, in Ire
mont Temple.
The exercises were commenced by sing
ing the song Right On"
VIM. Wells Brown read the call, and
proposed that, if it was the pleasure of the
meeting, they now organize.
On motion, Rev. Amos G.. Beman, OF
Maine, was nominated President pro tenn,
and Bailey G. Perry, of New Bedford, Sec
retary.
Opportunity being offered for prayer,
Rev. James N. Gloucester, of Brooklyn,
accepted, and offered a fervent petition to
the Throne of Grace that the proceedings
might be characterized by harmony, and
the oppressors of our countrymen be
brought to realizing sense of duty, and
let the oppressed go Free
The basis of membership was called for
by the President, and read by William
Wells Brown, and adopted. 1t was as fol-
lows
Resolved, That all persons who have
come up in good faith to this Convention,
sympathizing with the objects as set forth
in the CALL and shall pay the sum of one
dollar, shall be considered members of this
Convention.
Moved, that we proceed to appoint a
committee to nominate permanent officers
for the Convention, which committee was
composed 'iof the following gentlemen:
John w. Lewis, Henry o. Remington,
Lewis Hayden, Mark r. DeMortie, and
James Jefferson
During the absence of the committee,
the meeting was addressed by VIM. Wells
Brown. He alluded to the wants of the
colored people in having conventions to
send words of encouragement to their
brethren all over the country, to Canada,
and elsewhere He could not set still
while nothing was being said, but hoped
that the time should be occupied to advan-
tage. He hoped all who had come up to
the Convention to speak would not wait
till the last day, but when there was moth
ing being done, would make any remarks
they felt moved to.
The Committee ON Nominationsrep
the following gentlemen as permanent Off
GERS !: President-George t. Downing, R.
| l.; Vice-Presidents-Ezra r. Johnson,
John t. Hilton, Mass, Amos g. Beman,
Maine, Isaac Rice, r. l., VIM. Anderson,
Conn, Rev. A. N. Freeman, New York,
William Still, Pa, Jared Gray, ILL.,, j. Sci
la Martin, New York, and Lewis Clark, of
Canada Secretaries III. Gardiner,
Boston, A. G. Jourdan, New Bedford,
VIM. H. Leonard, New York, John t.
Waugh, Providence.
Moved, that Messrs. Mark R. De Mortie,
of r. l., and VIM. Berry, of New Bedford,
| be appointed a committee to wait on the
President and conduct him to the chair,
which was carried, and the gentlemen act
ed in accordance with the motion.
The President, on taking his seat, was
loudly applauded by the large assembIage,
and was about to speak, when Rev A. G.
Beman, on behalf of the ladies of Provi-
dence, in neat, happy, and chaste
speech, presented him with a vase of flow
ers, in token of their appreciation of his
manly course in the cause of human pro-
gress and equal school rights, in which he
has been so long engaged
VIM. Wells Brown moved that before
the President proceed to make any re-
marks, Business Committee be appoint
ed, which was Carried. The following
gentlemen were appointed VIM. G. Nell,
Henry o. Remington, G. L. Remond, Bella
G. Perry, Geo. Allen, James Jefferson,
Robert Gordon, John w. Lewis, Lewis
Hayden, Edward B. Lawton, VIM. Wells
Brown, Saml. Harrison, J. III. Townsend,
John S. Rock, Rev. J. N. Gloucester, NJ.
R. De Mortie, Henry Johnson.
Mr.. Remond wished his name erased,
and some other substituted. He came to
the Convention to apresent himself, and
did not wish to be in partnership. He
thought that females should take part in
the business Mrs. Ruth Remond, of New
port, and Mrs. Lawton, of Cambridgeport,
were substituted.
The President, in his opening remarks,
said he had received letter from friend,
a few days since, in which it was suggested
that he was to be the President of the
meeting. He had felt, in case such should
be the case, almost determined to with
draw; but the presentation had taken him
greatly by surprise, and such an exhibi-
ton Of consideration on the part of the cit