Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-04-28
from the Boston Courier.1
TIE NEGRO TROOPS 1rWC
CENT.
Enthusiastic Meeting OF Color
ed Citizens.

AN enthusiastic meeting of our colored
c''izens was held, few evenings since l.
.4e cellar Of G. Washington Jefferson
Nor!h street They were called tooo,ba,
ny me summons of an influential Coz; -
tee, for the purpose of considsring tLo
proposition OF raising q colored recimen, IN
! Massachusetts,. '''e"' III
Cesar Augustus Crow. ESQ was invi,o5
to the chair, and Julius Epaminor5a.
Ioney was requested to act as Secretarv
| Upon taking the CHR, Mr.. Crow opencd
the meeting with the following remarks:
fe'lah citizens and Gullered bredrop
We Is 'sembled in desc we're spacious halls
on M st mOmenterous 'casion? ,RalIinn
has played hob wild dis we're country. 81 dst
white folks is all skeered, and now dav
calls on US to save de nation. Brederen i
we ekal to do it? Voice, We am and
Voclferous cheers.) Yes, fellah citizens Is
twenty-five tousan' nIggers more'n ,rec
hundd tousar white men? dat,s de
question! Voice, Dey is and rencred
stamps on the cellar aoor.) Dem boin' ver
sentiments. Mr.. Toney'll please read The
revolutions what's drawed M.
Mr. Crow sat dowu upon n barrel
amidst storm of cheers peculiarly Afr
can.
The Secretary then read the following
resolutions: Us
l. W hereashow, lookin back trou do
vista Oh dis war we don't see notin encorrS
agln, and looKiD trou de retrospeck abaad
Things looks wuss'n ever; resolved sum-
thln's got to be done!
z Resolved, white folks baint dana
notiD. uone
}. Resolved, it takes cullered folks TO do
sumthin. 'A' " W
4. Resolved, how's it gwins to be dons9
.: Resolved, OATS de question
Inc resolutionR, having been read. tbsra
was great rush Tor for the floor. and gen.
tlemen treading upon the elongated heals
OF each other, there was no little conrpsi,n
aud cutlery. Order being at length rcs,or.
cd Pompey Cole, Esq, was rec5gnizs1 nv
tbe-harrel ~
Mr. Cole remarked. Mr.. Cheerman.
DON'T know bout dis yere thing. Fus rlsce
atore we licks de SnufI wants to knCH
what ives got to do bout it? | read a
story IN de Courier fodder day bout some
~hite feliah asking a cullered Cemmen if
ne uidnt mean to LIST. Says de culsred
gemmen, says be, Look you here, white |
n,aD' uid yah cher see two dogs n icLtin
ODER a bone? Wall, white man lowed he /
had. Berry well. says de culIered GEM. /
man. did dc bone, fight?
Now, den, Miss'r Cheermsn on de barroI /
yonder, dey tells Us dis's wsy for libartv |
for to set dem niggers out Souf irre
" ell, who axed 'em to do IL? Niger ont
Soul didn't. He's bstter off afore dan he i
now, kicken bout Htween two armies ana /
kutchin' it all round. Cullered cemmsn 1
here at de Norf didut ak 'em. 'P,se ws
wants dem dirty ncggers cirklatin' ,,r,,d /
Eere takln' business out O. our bandsl-
Is we g"ine to shave for six cents an
black boots for two cents, like dew can o
NO. san, no! My sentiments is dat ;f
"hite folks had waited tell culIered neonIa
ana nIGgeTs had sxed 'en TO fight about
care wouldn't been 10 fghtin', no Wavl-
UuVner Andrew cant come it over dis chile
IL he wants dinner, Pie give him one
IKE Mr.. Hayden did. cause amt proud
but he amt gwine to get my shoulder he
nind musket If he kiss it all dav long
NO sab an what's more. icEife sodGere
lont 'cdnt as any more'n are rant TO Goi-
DIS yere cOuntry'll be safer to let the white
oiSs to tight it out. an let de culle,ed
semmen stay home an mind deere own
business! =
The speech Of Mr.. Gle had such n CON
'ln9lng effect upon the assembly, that the
9norts OF President Crow, who was the
'niy darkey in the crowd who had receive
ID i've dollar bill from the Goyernor
we're totally Intellectual from the preserva,
ION OF order. The barrel upon which he
lad mounted was kicked from under him
'ut as he fortunately alighted u2on his
lead; he sustained no personal injury. So
nat he was net prevented from fulfljinr
lis engagement to take tea with his ErceI.
eney on the following evening. Hisre,
'or. OF the proceedings of the meeting will
,rohabiy be published at the expense or
ne State, unless il may be deemed inexne.
Welfare. Pu0iio