Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-02

IMPORTANT MEETING OF COlNRED HoRktNGMEN
A meeting of tho colored citizens of this cit,
was held in the A. NJ. E. Church, ON King street
on Monday evening, the 18th Instant, at wbicl
Rev. Peter Spencer Williams presided and Davit
II. Gustus acted as Secretary in relation to th,
appointment OF additional delegates TO th,
National Labor Convention, at Washington
Professor William Howard Day stated the objec
of the meeting, and offered series of resolutions
that committee be appointed to select one per
son from each trade or calling represented in th'
meeting, who should be additionally accredited
as delegates, whether they attended or not; also
that each branch of trade thus represented b,
asked to aid in paying the expenses of the dele
cation. After remarks by D. p. Hamilton, j. w
Layton and others, the resolutions were unani
mously adopted.
The committee being appointed, they reported
the following names, which were approved -
w. Layton, grocery man; David Ii. Gustus
barber; Wm. Howard Day, printer; WIN. II
Colwell, brickmaker; Stansbury Murray, stew.
ard Joseph I. Scott, caulker; Benjamin Groom,
bricklayer; james Chambers, engineer; Benjam'
in Pernell, blacksmith; james H. Jones. ship.
fastner; Peter Spencer Williams, coachman
John Vinlng, plasterer; Thomas Harden, mu-
sician; Joseph G. Walker ship carpenter DAN
lei r. Hamilton, agriculturist; Francis ii. Norton,
wheelwright Caleb Milburn, cabinet maker
Abraham Murray, shipsawyer; Abraham H.
vease, house carpenter; Levi Anderson, lumber
merchant; James W. Donan. painter James An-
derson, soap manufacturer; James Harden, tai
lor; VIM. Doyle, bookmaker; Moses Wilson,
tanner; WIN. T. Simpson, hotel Keeper; james
Tillman, porter; WIN. Sharper baker; Henry
stewart, drayman; Edward Williams, stove dea.
ler VIM Elias, butcher Isaac Carly, grain mea-
surer; Emanuel Dudley, hod carrier; Charles
Lockeman, oysterman Jeremiah Huston, car
man; Ezekiel Colwell, carter.
A committee, consisting of Professor Day,
Messrs. Layton and Gustus, was appointed and
reported a series of resolutions, which were
j. Approving the National Convention.
2. Asserting its Importance, especially to colorcd
people, because it Is "to Labor that we owe
everything of value"
g. That It is due to themselves and their families
that laborers combined to secure Justice, and that
while there is no necessary antagonism between
labor and capital, the wages and hours of labor
should be regulated ns much with view to the
interests Of the workingman as of capital.
4. That in most States in the South compensa-
ton for labor Is inadequate.
s. That while they do not object to capitalists
introducing Chinese Coolies into the South, to
supply real lack of labor, or when the Coolie
the introduction of such immigrants into districts
where labor is plenty, for the mere purpose of
lowering wages.
6. If the importation of foreigners is to be
largely entered upon, they shall feel themselves
free to compete byintroducing gwlingimmgranis
from West and South Africa, Madagascar and the
West Indies.
4 That to make the burden of taxation as light
as possible, the National debt ought to be funded
with interest at OF A. per cent.
8. Returns the thanks OF the workingmen to
the present Republican administration for re-
ducing the debt.
9. Refers with satisfaction to the recognition
of the rights of colored men by the Philadelphia
Labor Convention, aud states that in organizing
q convention mostly of colored men, il is not
their intention to exclude white men on the
ground of color.
vent men from working at any trade on account
OF their color.
II. Approves The stand taken by A. NJ. Clapp
Public Printer, in this matter.
II. The National Typographical Union should
be manly enough to s. title for its subGrdinates
that fair days work that they have nothing to
do with the nationality or color of competent
workinen.
13. Such discrimination on account of color is
unworthy of the age.
IA. "'That with the balance of power In this
nation In the hands of the colored men, they
should make these opinions effective at the polls
Is. Gratefully recognizes the hand of God In
ton.
16. Recommends the youths 10 this State to
learn trades and engage In agricultural pursuits,
and endeavor to purchase homesteads.
On motion, the delegates were instructed to
furnish the Secretary with the numbers engaged
in the branch of business which they represent
An adjourned meeting OF the convention was
held Tuesday evening" at which some funds were
raised to pay the expenses of delegates, and
other business OF interest was transacted.