The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-29
TRlau1E or RsnexCr.


Obsequies efJuags stanton.
The National Executive Committee Of col
ored men resident In this city have adopted
Resolved, That N the loss of the Hon. E. NJ.
stanton the courts lose q grcat master, The
nation an able statesman, the people faithful
servant and the eolored race a nobie aud un.
firing friend, whose memory will live with
live IN history By the grandeur Of his talents
' Rs,oissd, That this eomnitss: secure the
services Of some able divine to presoh before
IL funeral sermon. on the character aud ser.
RtiOipsd, That copy Of these rssoiu lions b
sent to the beresved family. 80 - =
The National Lsbor union. Of Colorsd Men
OF the United States, Of which Isaac Myers 10
have also adopted ssries Of resolutions 81
respect to the memory Of the iifustrious dead.
Both ofthe organizstions named above were
Z. NJ. stanton, which fact was not mentioned
BY any Of the papers Of this city, and without
questioning some q their representative men,
To Me Editor efhs STAR BY whose authority
was u that the afeetiouste and admiring
tribute Of the eolored people Of the nation,
wAs denied all mention in the morning papers
among the onleisl bodies attending the fu.
neral obseanies Of the late y M. Stanton:
men met, and, after passing appropriate rcso-
lutions, appointed committee to wait on
General Tow nsend, who readily assigned the
dent Of the committee spoke yesterday 70 the
oiiicer In charge OF the procession, and learned
that the national executive committee OF col
the civic authorities OF wAshipEton and
Georgetown, which place they TOOK and at
tended the funeral. IL is not outrageous that
toned as attending to sho " their sppreoistion
Of this great and good msn's servicsi, and that
10 references 70 colored peoples admiration OF
race OF the deceased, and our sorrow for his
loss as . probable breskwater in the Supreme
Court with the prospect Of greater services
studiou. eoasssiasnl by either the reporters
Or the editors OF the morning papers, II may
be simply an oversight, In which case We
II nis not an oversight, ws wish to state
that II Ia useless for petty spite or sily sense
of depreciation OF us, or both combined, to
affairs. These men who Try IL will soon md
that prejudioes brought over from slavery are
out Of joint with the times, and, what will DO
their own Interests. II they deny The nation
the Information tho people ought to have, as
10 this case, that the eoiored man knows his
him when he dies, and honors his memory 10
the same way that other men honor, they will
be the sufferers as unfaithful recorders,
sELLA MARTfs, Vice Presidcnt,
COLLINS CRusoR, Treasurer. ...
h. u. BARBAp0Ks,
Sec'y National Ex. Com. Colored Men.
Now the fact OF the matter 10 Just this The
reporter OF the REPUBLICAN, with several
representatives, of the press, were furnished
by the ofrcers OF the War Department with Q
list Of those oflei.l bodies who were 70 occupy
distinctive positions in the procession. That
list was published 10 the REPUBLICAN entire,
and the Labor Unions were not on IT,. Tho
gentlemen whose names are appended to the
card above, with numerous other respectable
colored men, were observed Ia the house, in
the procession and at the grave, but As the re.
porters had no inform alton lat they appeared
as representatives, OF organisations, Il was
taken for granted that they were present as
private citizens, to join with other citizens In
the last honors to the dead. But II seems that
some OF the gentlemen could find time to In.
| form two correspondents that the Labor
Unions were In the line furnished, as the cor.
| respondents state, with a position by the
have delgncd to notify the press of washing.
ton, no doubt the names OF the parties would
have been cheerfully mentioned. The re.
| porter's business 10 to publish ntps That was
news, and they would hsye been glad TO have
| made II public.
PosrrosxD.-Thc meeting OF the Grant and
| Colfax Club advertised to take place last
night at Good Samaritan Hall, Georgetown,
| was postponed until this evening, owing to
the hall having been engaged last night for q