Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-11-10
the needy and for mutual instruction
and Improvement.

the needy and for mutual instruction
and improvement.
ART l6.-All officers at the expiration
of their Office shall transfer all effects be-
longing to the Association to their sue
cessors.
ART. l7.-All money accommodating in
sums of over fifty dollars shall be de-
posted in the United States Treasury |
till wanted.
ART. lS,-This Constitution may be |
altered or amended by vote of two
thirds of members proposing such
change or addition at one meeting, and
similar vote adopting it at another
meeting.
ART. None but persons of good
moral character shall be eligible to any
of the offices. The officers will hold
each other to the strictest rules OF NOR
ality in all their public and private acts.
ART. mo personal or offensive re-
marks shall ever be permitted in any
public meeting. All speakers shall be
required to condne their remarks to the
subject in debate.
ART. 3.-No member shall have the
right to address the meeting but oGce on
any one subject or occupy the floor more
than ten minutes, unless by special per-
mission given by the majority.
ART. 4-No one shall rise to speak or
interrupt any one addressing a meeting.
ART. 5.-No one but members shall be
| permitted to address the meeting or
| take part in their deliberations, unless
by special permission granted by the
| house at that time.
ART. 6.-The Board of officers may APP
| point Finance, and other Committees to
facilitate the business of the Association
and define their duties.
| ART. 7.-All general business shall be
appropriately submitted to the general
meetings of the Association for informa-
ton and approval,
ART. 8.-The President shall open all
the meetings and propose all business
in the simplest form dispensing with
useless waste of time in mere formali-
ties. In case of irregular proceedings
or confusion occurring at any meeting
he shall Immediately adjourn it.
ART. ALL cases of misconduct of
officers shall be investigated in the same
manner as similar proceedings are man.
aged by the authority of the Methodist
Episcopal Church.
We would add that we are acquainted
with Mr.. Hyde and his estimable lady,
Mrs. Clarissa Hyde, and know of no
other person in that quarter of the coun-
try whose efforts for the amelioration of
the condition of the Colored people are
more worthy Of support than theirs.
Our own people can hardly be aware OF
the suffering to which the Africans of
the South West are exposed during their
transition from slavery to liberty, or OF
the difficulty of TIE benevolent designs
of sympathizing friends reaching them
through the network of political and
mercenary frauds by which they are
surrounded As winter is aboct settlng
in, thousands will suffer from cold and
exposure.
1t is our opinion that nothing short
of systematic and carefully directed eff
forts on the part Of the government will
prove adequate to meet the demands OF
the African race upon us. The mere
benevolent exertions Of individuals,
however numerous and powerful, could
never fill the measure of our duties to-
wards that race Their condition for
good or evil affects US as well as them
selves, and presents questions with
which only powerful, well organized
and determined government can deal.
Yet in the absence of sufficient action on
the part of the government there is no
wider or more legitimate field for the
exercise of individual benevolence and
philanthropy than among the African
population of the Southwest.
J.W.P