The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-27

Viryinid-S. w. Madden, G. L. Dixon,
w. Troy, J.. Warring, Fields Cook, r.
Wells, w. Williams, Jr. na ..7a
rrSozath Cdroiina-W. Fl. Brisbane, A.
Murcheson. .--.. ......-....'.
Lou,stana-Charles satchell, Seymour
Straight, N. Saunders, J. F. Winston.
Misstss'ppi-M. Dunbar, G. Middleton,
Henry z. Jacobs, Jordan Williams. .l
Mtssouri-H. IL. White, 7. G. Wells,
Emanuel Wright. .., ...
G. D. Oyiatt.
Alabama-P. Murrell, B. Burke, n.
Ashby. ~-.....
Ecntuck,y-Gcorgc W. Dupec.
North Carolina-W. w. Burke.
Gcorgid-U. 5. Houston.
TeJas--lsracl Campbell. ~f '-r.
Nebrdskd-T. G.. Fielding. ls.s
TRUSTEES John Duer, j. s. Harley, II.
c. Rogers, W. =. Griffin, J. r. Morrison,
+. Jones, Thomas Howe, G. +. Post, Il. X.
Post, III. Read, Il. l.. Perry.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY Nat. Brown,
RECORDING SECRETARY /: William Howe.
TREASURER II. Chamberlain.
AUDITORS William Howe, II. c. Re.
gers. '-.'
The report was unanimously adopted ;
after which, the Society adjourned to 81
o'clock Pm. a- .us.gI .r-r-..
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Opened with prayer by Rev. Mr.. Stowcll
Rev. X. Cheney in the chair.
Rev. Charles Bowe made verbal state.
ment concerning the work carried on in the
Fifth Baptist church Of Richmond, located
in Sidney. He stated that he was author.
izcd to connect that church with this So.
cicty. r.a -..r.. ta
The Shiloh Baptist Association, through
Rev. G.. Bowc, its commissioner, solicited
| the cooperation of this Society.
The President, Rev. A. L. Post, made q
statement of the objects and aims of the
Association, which may be gathered from
the annual report and the previous pro
cccdings of the Society during the day
| Love, and not hate, was its controlling prin
ciple. Love for all men. We determined
| that there should be no I" negro pews." M
"scparate table," no discrimination on ac
count of color. We attempt to carry on
the principle cnunciatcd at the beginning o
the first Revolution. For himself, he woult
ask no man to 90 into his pulpit who wolllt
not rcciprocatc with him. "Ifthc great gulfo
caste is ever removed in the Baptist Church
will he the membership of this Free Missiol
Society. We do not come among you witt
money to build your churches, or to enricl
you, but to raise you to our level to get al
men ON the great platform of social cqudlit
and equal rights in cUeryrespcct; and so lon
us these principles are unrecogniZed, IL
member of this Society can strike his flag o
cease his labors." ....."
HOME MISSION SOCIETY.
Rev. L. s. Stowell, of New York, urge
the Importance Of giving aid to the edtlcG
ton of the freedmen of the South. "
it :" said he, ga fact that the American Bar
tist Homo Mission Society arc sending me-
| to the South who do not recognize the man
hood of man? Is that Society i'll sympath
with the colored people Of the South
These are pregnant questions, and the IN
swers to them should be made known" III
had heard ii stated that that Society did no
have the sympathy and cooperation of til
colored people, and wished to know If
were true. .. ,,,....r-
Rev. Il. L. Perry stated that he ha
knocked at the door Of several Associations
and found no complete sympathy or actlv
cooperation between the two races, cNCcp
in the rooms OF the Free Mission Society.
The colorcd men, he said, arc not in syn
pathy with any man, or set of men VINO d
not recognize the manhood of man. In tn
primitive days of Christianity no dlscrim
nation was made on account OF color, an
it should not be so now.
Rev. J. j. Simmons, secretary OF I'll
American Baptist Home Mission Society
wished to say that if any one had said tina
the American Home Mission Society ha
men in the field who did not recognize tn
manhood of man-ayc, more, the br0thei
hoOd of man-hc gets his information irol
Il source with which he was not acquainted
I, tlkn 1n
If there was, the Board would soon tax
away all supnort from him. Onc-fourth c
their whole missionary force was i'll tn
South, laborinS chiefly among the colorc
people.
The President did not think that thcr
was any other organization at the Mort
save the Free Mission Society which woul
recognize the social equality OF all men
When any other Society will do this, he wi
sav "amcn," and move TO adjourn s'nc d't
Rcy. William Troy did not wish to reilec
upon the operations of any other Society
but he felt that this Society was his home
Here was the place for him to work, ami Il
would enter manrully and heartily i'll IL
For many years he had worked as ms
Sionary in Canada among the tugltly,
slaves who had escaped from cruel BOND
age in the South. '.Thc man who respect
himself, though black as the hinges of mid
night, would find respect among his fellow
men," lie had preached here for two years
and he had all the time endeayorcd to tcac
this doctrine to his people. lie had iolln
sympathy with brethren OF the llomc MIS-
sion Society, but he preferred to work heT
in his own Society.
lie was not an advocate of social equality
Generations would pass away before tha
principle would be fully developed and cai
ricd out. He knew the prcjudices that cS
isted in the minds Of people about caste
He would not force himself into the con
pany of those who did not desire to hay
him; but he welcomed all who came to him
of whatever color or nationality.
Several other members made remarks of
similar character.
Rev. Mr.. Simmons, in reply to Il dircc
question, said in substance as follows:
- can give you the name OF gcntlcma
belonging to the Society, and conncctc
with nv church, who invites colorcd pee
ple into his pew, and not only so, but int
his house and his parlor, and has done
for Years. | can also give you the name OF
gentleman in the city of New York, connect
cd with the Home Mission Society, who
in their rooms in that city, and has for man
years recognized the equality Of the race:
not only by familiar intercourse with thcr
in his business relations, but by lnvltln
them to his house, and, as occasion offered
visiting them in theirs. These names ca
give, and they are responsible men. Othcl
have not been so decided i'll the eXpresSlo
of their opinions"
Rev. Charles Satchcl, of Louisiana, sai