The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-15

Assembly ct the nrst election to be held under the
United States and inhabitants Of the state for ak
months and OF the county for three months imme-
dlately preceding the election. Inhabitants was
preferred 70 citlzens a. motion was made TO strike
out the former word and insert the latter and Il was
voted down by large majority. The reason OF this
citizens OF the State until the constitution, which
conferred TINS right on them, was adopted, or until
tine u hs neS made OF ns
FORE that the Convention meant that colored persons
should have the right to become members Of the
General Assembly. This design Ia still further ap-
parent from the fact that the Convention adopted
irwing's Code, IS embodying, in part the laws IN
In sections l64S and 1e49 the rights OF citizens are
enumerated. and among them Is the right OF holding
Office or performing any civil function. It is further
else all the rights as such, unless specially prohibited
by law" Our rights, then, under the constitution
sembly in expellng the colored members from their
seats. merely because they were col0red. was gross
the very letter n Da ~ tSa law Suu pam q
bltrary, unjust and oppressive. Such act utter
violation Of the constitution and the laws Of our
State. perpetrated by body Of our own creation,
should awaken colored voters throughout the State
to sense Of their great danger under democratic
come into our own domicile took possession Of our
goods and comforts and by the same process OF rea
soning as would govern band OF robbers elected US
from the dwelling reared up and supported by our
own votes, and then, with q shameless audacity,
would lay the foul and revolving crime upon the re-
Our rights brethren and fellow countrymen, have,
In spite o. our appeals to reason Justice and patriot
ism, been set at naught and even our calm and tenn
perate protest against this nameless outrage was
treated with unparalleled contempt Thus the rights
even under that constitution, which without our
help could not have been framed, have been turned
from The prejudice OF caste, so dominant IN the
breasts Of those who have usurped the power Ia the
absence Of those bayQnets which had protected us
before, will utterly crush and inhumanly Cypress US
unless we can obtain redress
But how shall we obtain lts Far be 1t from us to
ropn mandu tn
rage longer and hope for deliverance through
milder means. We still nave that potent weapon
ton, which seems very doubtful, we can remedy all
evils. We do not recommend You to be satisfied
with being mere PACK morse TO roe wnite men INTO
ments or not No; 1t would be better that we did
not have the ballot
Such a worthless application OF it as that would
not pay for the paper to write 1t upon. But you
need have no fears there are loyal and sober
enough in this country yet to rule all the fools,
traitors and public disturbers in it, whether they
found In the numbering dens OF the ku Klux Khan or
in bogus Legislatures.
COlfaX; let us stand by the nominees OF the repub-
lcan party; let us vote only for those VINO we know
way Of deliverance win be opened 1t may cost us
much to do so; hundreds OF US will likely be killed
and driven OF to starve for voting for Grant. But
he that ended the war will, when elected put an end
to our troubles and Outrages While we, your repre-
sentatives assembled in convention, deliberate and
endeavor to forecast in our common distress we
shall at the same time address an earnest ap-
peal to Congress to guarantee by adequate
legislation the rights, privileges and immunltles
provided for us in the constitution and laws OF
the United States and Of the State OF Georgia,
For you as well as ourselves we shall in the name
OF heaven, humanity, reason, justice, civilization
and Christianity, pray to be delivered from the per-
solutions Of an oppressive d0mineering and uncon-
scionable democratic majority, the Od0us prnci-
pies OF which we invoke you In the name OF your
selves your wives and your Children anu the liberty
the deadly fangs of viper For there is not q DEM
ocrat living or dead who Is civiily and politically
the friend of the negro. They say, however, they
are 'best friends" So says the devil.
The report was lauded by several delegates rs able
and complete, when the Convention adopted 1t unani
mously.
The committee to memorabilia Congress reported
document OF considerable length. 1t concludes by
asking ''Shal we look TO your august body In the
future for protection from injustice we have in
the past, or must we protect ourselves?"
RESOLUTIONS.
The following were among the resolutions adopted
by the Convention prior TO It's nnal adJourninent:-
Resolved, That those members OF the General AS
sembly who elected by the assistance OF colored
men, and who to secure our election pledged them
selves to sustain the principles OF the republican
party and who at the time when we most needed
their services basey betrayed U.S. should receive the
ScOrn and contempt OF every honorable man.
Resolved, That the platform OF the democratic
party Is an open declaration OF war against our race
and If the party successful and its principles
enforced the credit OF State would be destroyed
and the liberty OF our people Overthrown.
Resolved, That it is with profound interest that
we watch the present sharply contested campaign
for President and Vice President OF the United
States and as Georgians we pledg ourselves to do
all in power to secure the success OF the republic
can party and to aid In the election OF Grant and
Coliax, the republican nominees.