The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-03
SUFFRAGE FOR COLORED MEN.
Meeting in Camden Last Evonin,

SUFFRAGE FOR COLORED MEN.
Meeting in Camden Last Evening.
mass meeting was held in the Court House
last evening of those who were in favor of ex-
tending 10 the black man the right of suffrage.
large number of the audience were negroes.
The meeting was called to order by the election
OF the following officers:-
PIeoldent-Dr Sylvester Burdsall.
Vice-Presidents-HenTyB B. Wilson, d. D. But
Ter, DR.. J. S. Mulford, D. g. Harris, Charles N.
Robinson James NJ. Scovel, Thomas A. Wilson,
Secretaries-Thomas NJ. X. Lee, Jr A. G.
Scoyel, and Henry l.. Bonsall.
SPEECH OF DIR. BURDsALL.
DR.. Burdsall, on taking the chair, said he felt
proud and grateful not only in being elected as
chairman, but that he was permitted to take q
part in the meeting. In 1852 it cost something
TO be a Republican. In that year only q votes
we're polled in Camden. In 1860 there were 900
In 1864 the Republicans had increased through
out the country so much as to obtain majority
Tor Abraham Lincoln.
The Rebellion commenced because the South
ern people said their rights were invaded. We
have been punished for aiding and abetting in
sustaining their great cornerstone, Slavery.
Andrew Johnson stands in the place of the
lamented Lincoln, traitor to his principles
ana 10 his country.
The one party insists that the Rebels shall
assist in ruling this Governpent. and we say
that loyal men shall also assist in ruling it. If
a black hearted Rebel Of the South shall have
South have his vote. Let us at least have some
show for fair ground, Do not disgrace the loyal
people Of the country, throwing out one of the
great coordinate branches OF the loyal people;
DO not say that we alone shall stand against all
the rest of the nation. The thing is unfair, and
it is unjust.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were adopted unani-
mously:--
ReSolved, That we hail with delight the recent
ac!on ofoo1gress n giving to the Rebel states equal
SgSge IN IN @ 5ae G @ G and we
dom, which the dark children OF the Republic have
ery, exposed TO violation at the caprice ofther mas
& R S 6e qn @ h be- @9d
by the arms they hold and the ballots they cast, for
Rfod pe Pr That %Se we have expected nothing
@f of a Pat in in Re @ r we 5 6
demand of the Republican Union party of the coun-
republic, regardless Of the accident o1S Of Color r, the
everlasting truths Of our immortal Declaration OF
created men eaual-a principle in vindlcating which
gave their lives Port Hudson at Fort Wagner, and
IN front of Richmond, where they were welcomed
graves.
Resolved Thatin our opinion no state government
sister republics by retaining the word white" in It's
oEee; tSat Under the civil Rghts Bill we RolG that at
the black man is no longer disfranchised, but is
enjoy the rights and discharge the duties citizen
SHIP ana that we regard ] the refusal o. the right 10
| tyrannous exercise OF power.
construction bill anticipate speedy reunion of all
h 9 the Sse sP e of
which can never again be placed in jeopardy so long
sIiena6ie rights Of ali equal before the human
he fe Supreme S tTgS a law and and '""
RESOLVED, That while we exact from other communi
cord and even demand that suffrage shall 6s as Inn
RsSoired That those who now proclaim the colored
mans inability to properysand safely use the ballot
in regard TO his use Of the bullet and bayonet when
Rst evey his Country should In
these objectors the men who stood aioof from the
treat tieir protest with unmngled contempt.
S nha om 6G @ e
the colored man is proved (by the characters Invited
! hypocrticai and malignant subterfuge.
! HON. E. A. sTANsBURY, OF PAssAIC COUNTY,
was then introduced. He considered himself
happy to be able to stand before this audience.
He asked them to adopt the fundamental prin-
! ciple of democracy. That principle is, that
man is entitled to his rights not by virtue of his
being Caucasian, a Celt, or an African, but by
! virtue of beng a man; and he believed in the
centre OF his heart that there would be no peace,
and there ought not to be peace in Govern
ment that Dretends to be founded on the idea of
| liberty and equality, until every iota OF in
equalty before the law has been removed and
! taken away forever.
ISAIAH G. WARE
was next introduced He presumed there were
many persons in the audience who lid not agree
with tie sentiments propagated by the last
speaker. To them, more than any otner he had
| word, presumfnC, however, that there were
many on the other side 1t is said by naturalists
that every animal has its parasltes-sometniu
upon its body that makes it itch at times. The
! Republican party has its parasites, that live
upon it only to devour it. (Applause.) These
parasites never IN their lives we're guilty of a
| wholesome, healthtul original thought that
| lookt onward and upward towards the truth,
| but feed on just like parasites do on body that
it lives upol and il il ever happens TO fall Off it
| Dies
1t seems to me also that naturaists say that it
is of the evidences OF lie in the animal itself
that il has its parasites; and do not know, ifit
| IS one of the evidences OF lite OF the Republican
party that it is capable also of living with such
parasites uTon its body. All ask of these gentle
men is TO cease becoming parasites, and become a
part of the life OF the body OF the great party of
the country. Democracy, II we would rightly un-
| Oerstand the purport of the much abused word,
| we must know that it stands in opposition to the
word arislOcraCV latter claiming to rule by
virtue OF the blood in the veins, the former
basing their right on the ground OF their man
hood.
Mr.. ALFRED GREEN
then addressed the meeting at length. He said
the coored people must feel that there is some
thing depending upon them that demands that
they should lay aside some other duties aud
attend to this great, all-important question upon
which rests the peace and prosperity OF the
country as well as OF our race.
The meeting closed with cheers tor the
speakers and the success of the cause.
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