, 1869-12-14
address OF Their National CoAvelt.
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THE CoL0RRD PEOPLE. Il
.ddsess OF Their National Ceuren.
zion.
f1,rt tA< Eas1fnetsa Star, Dse. a
YESTERDAY atIer our report closed, ". L1oEssu9
ppved Ihai the espiiou ef tho address reported |
Eorn tbs Committee CO Aodreasfs pe nodnho 20 |
2 1ss e. "a e. ts
,qF edops Tho address - the sentiment Of tas
:nrsnItoa. Adopted.
uptes nj n1se1od esSe printed.
fna following u m st&szscs Of tae addsess: II
TEE hKL&11osa o. 1fH coaokxD fAora TO
AMERICAN u(puBftf.
Ica lshattpx atsa 81 any community, educsted
u tho Leading men thereof realise and apptecsate
a. sa ss.a sasz ~ 9s e s@ q
Do tltk md mdueuc4 socially And legally. Among
ma colorrd men Of tna country kners u industrial
and North xnrkn1cn tn gold, ttIrcr, bras3, trun.
wood, hs1cf, Nd In III tue ai;A Are found doug
tho most a dsi1cuit tasSt IN their seIetal depart.
oY whita msn who can cs4.H upen znJ tass geonna
thAs the se1iuI and AT dtplaJed belong 70 ne
euploytra Iaa noss sce9mpH1nsa @ sa Gsa e. aa ,,of
iors stnsa. Fecei7ad kpectai no1tco NON tae
P1lnee Of Helef. TO whom he presented pistol o.
Of consider1tion, : naepltcent medal, Of rare
vatRe. The mont onlshed ezntnet-kn&1era sod
q oSs ne 81 re =,
Honth-Iha esttoc-p -ptoM-uM tas Creature o.
81seb Rentus. OEe Of tue dneat lxodseHoc patnt-
~ efs Of A1ftcsn dssoeEk I1ssanees of colored |
pessoIa eng1Fed N Commerce IL the sasKe caaea
ii the stkses, knd lns capital o. mo nsroo, ins-
Trese arc not e1reptonA cssea: tA1e the Case
Of sne 1eedEen In The sssts Of North CsEounA
nae Tn lsp%. q u ~ sS
sor is<sI 20 s.la toat 'More tasn onsta1rd q ne
entire co.eEvd population Of that State ate ne.
cnanics. TIE oeasns Rites ieas than 5000 of
the white mechanics. Wills the1t ~ more thAa
senssu s T SY saea-sSo ptiots md engineers; not
Art they behind auy e1a& Of WoEkuen in sklll,
faG:e ard ability. Tne coiored mechanics, when
of k kfs esisns aEd ~ sastus woss d taeE owa
raelonE1bat1 aId dntnH II 70 he Ra!iafacsioa 9!
their euplo,etA What i aa,d of the freedmen of
that State II also true Of tic osher Stales Of tae
South, tor 10 the degradation ot LABOR bT elArerJ
- IL existed. toe alste ~as madc 70 do the me
| became IN arsi+4u. The twn great ataplea OF
southern indns1rJ cannot pa gro.n successfully
| Snlch have 6eeo nAae n3oe fne var oJ
n ~ SOUTH npoa plans soages:ed 5
The nesaoa q 1ae ooisrea T aoofe1s 4
| tho South, which haze proved ahoruse ia veil
as3 Is s, Il nav VIZ s1ssfs 1saR y pss:F :asF
seSeo hnnofsd md III; taaasana rieetar.. ana :
1
lois and quarrer Of hardy eons aId daeghIers
Of toll naive u the soil. VI aEe N element In tho
lno1st1y Of the ccunify Of Importance, Vaine ahd
Ine couctIv 10 her material aud n:ral xeIl.pelne,
We seek better AID broader Opportunity To gan
| knowledge II the 1eids Of agricultural Iaec7Aot-
and this knoa 'e<lee xe wuufo euerctxe and make
Eo1e effective tnrorKh education. The spelling
opposspni.f 10 ne, place On which 10 staad, sad
10 DO aud to %, We ask for ourselves and Gull.
dlrn - tho means ID tho use Of which, under
Nhica fufnisn tns measure, ths ia.s aad jasilaca.
..cn q chr c'asnn, 10 faif s1cs.usot sna desAt9.
To sna end ass n1st Of s'l. ther trades be o2en
second, that for every das labor Ne VIII b. paid
full aLd fttf TennleratoD, that no avenue OF ID
| dctus be closed aSatnet ns, thst We may York n
ent, fbe factory, fountry, the eotSshop, upou
the ratlloxd, the CANAL the river, the steamboat,
ns 1 " %
ne rejoice IN al tpe evidences Of Prosperity ~n:ct
We see II The erection q tac,ottet aod ro7pdse:
~ nes.ee' ~ Geofs,a sad a,seana, promI ii oa,
strolg sId t1oor-nAde1ed hands shall be Rtvst
TO tie development Of the reaources Of our sesesa
ststes ID lhe inteteat q ooE employers kec3s
mixing ourttlTea u native Amet1cans, and fno~
Ing ouIEelves q members Of NJ Htes
1ion I'd pro,eeton @ due my 40 ai of ike poi:ses
, | eurdntcn - IN the rnst tosn oil tlue 10 cou'e
; win nntettered limb asd n.nl{ tndtaror q
nss9s nse 'A2 sna natars4ea a @ IN mins. % tai.
Tue material and indusinl poreFs Of our lani
, con mpiisamect Of n:sa.on ot liberty a.d i !.
honor and jus'iee, chr!atlaatty and ci5i!ts1tioc
! cal orgahixaiiors, We holn IS binding and i1ylo
. Late lie senslnent that tho nattou1 hoaot an
0 the national talsn ehonla be maintained u al I
), whicn No nave pledged ~ IT. sare guarantee
= We are noI intensleie OF our WeaSness
. COR preseLt dlsorgnoized condition, aud OF
: anion @ Or oar s,.ass Ior afxrr snd nafe ceFssi
i compens assou for services rendered, aEd larx.
% inans11Y %Wa,eo e IN Nss % ESsissa aa our ne Sof,i
5; nd sss e Tas S
70 80 organize our Industrial toces ard dlrfct o.
taocr u to compel tue xea:tny e:asses, the lant
po.e .n6 5uI ssa
.s 1a 1 z ~ sppT Of IT.
try, with no1e other tnan Auxlooa aod eaEne
sssae I'd 'sF e. sssr *ts e. oeV 1oa
+ acres, however va,t. IN elantsitona ID.
ever imuense, uuculrtnted, are pfodues
io2m, ~ pope.r
"a | polls; ana bes,dta* that these urcuIrvatad acr
, cAnrot to maze probable without labor, any no
M sppne.si 9; .se Sa psEa,ts wv VII xessa ia:
H. afsasa aas I'd aaed aaa.91 hsn a91 o
nstloDM wealth "a It hrtngs iadtS.tuAa caupasent
IS Rtd Independence. "Tae IY7ahnaau would star
D. II not employed b. the r1llroan co1pan5. aid
10 br4.pless and h-atricss sxenk thereof; -put-
n pied the asgactous and philosophical sou o. 4
Dase been no rn.1road had God not made 4
4 1Itthman 10 dig and shovel" Whether Il
O. ] lrta1Han be Indispensable 70 railroad bal
Z isE. the Panctols nero Indicated Is G. G.
axes capital valuable; and The wealthy
+ thtE ana other lAnda otcn peer, bot now k1iuer
10 ] csu testify that this SAYING u not n2uf2dve-
ID ! opf organization Z naEe no dscttn!na l0a AZ
~ oased upon such daer,p naston. and smbracii
Ia bat q small part OF the Gfeat WosktuH cEssses
o. the connu!, while 1epeIEin1 othssx BECAME OF
n part1n1 and sectional cus1Artcf, will Prove To
"A ot stry title valne- Indeed such : movetnen
~ - narrowed and dislaioual, will prove suicidal !
" ithrEnJs sea1nss tie cl1fRea Represented ~ II
d. | other lsbuHtoR ctsxAe<, HhIch ought to oe t!
h. ratter alitd IN tie closest union, md thus svo
~ tboee diasens,ons and disfaon5 Eh.ch III the ~
II ne andreas cotclutes - follows: "Ia tce q
q, | tiya,lon Of Soch spirit OF Rcuefos.t[ pp o
.iy part aud the magra1moaa conducs which
d pNmpts, we hepe, hJ afkument and appeal !
"a. dle*sed 70 the white nechanca, lsaosesa, =!
"a" htd couLEJuuCn al large. 70 overcome the pre-
"a. dices rox ex!strg against u.s. 10 far "a to sec.
"a fatf Opportunity tut the d!apiaJ and remnne
ton Of eu1 s1dnst:12l capabilities We iannca g
1e- ~. !. ttc inzt, Il wtsely 1ud jud4eouay manag'
fal |. uuet pf1ng 70 MI concerned strength and
Nd. vantage; ard especially to the colored Afnertc
~ - IL earliest tsuitf, taAt power which con
s %sos sa
1al damtntA plirciplea are lussr Impartial, aud ca
by Ollc."