The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1870-09-22
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ResOIuii6ns Of Gle Colored PeO-
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The following resolutions were Of
fered by Rev. E, Cumberland at a
mass meeting of the colored people,
at their settlement near Georgetown,
on the 10Th Of August, 1870. They
were unanimously adopted ~ ar
Where's, The declaration of Inde-
pendence in theory has been made
complete ia fact by the triumphant
victory Of right over wrong; by the
fran fcid6 strife in the late lament d
and never itO-be. forgotten war Of these
United States and
Whereas, That strife had its ORR
gin from the condition ia which the
people Of color were held, It being
slavery Of the viIest kind; and .a
Whereas, ISSUES were made in re-
gard to the settling ofthe status Of the
eolOred people, resulting in two great
parties, the Democratic and the Re
publican, the former supporting slav-
cry and the latter freedom. ...-.
Res0lUed, That we recognize the
hand of God in the control of the af-
fair, inguiding the Republican lead
ers in the clear exhibition of their
principles and policies before the Amer
lean people, which secured to them the
unprecedented power in the control
Of the masses for the last eight or ten
years.
BesozUed, That we hold the Re
publican party, especially the leaders
and the Republican press, as being
the salvation Of these United States
from anarchy and confusion, and as
being true friends of mankind, indie
pendent Of circumstances Or condi.
ton, especially of the cOlored people
or race.
Res0lued, That we hold the princi-
pies advocated by the Republican
party as sacred, and pledge our lives
and sacred honor to maintain those
general principles, whatever policies
may be brought before the American
people to the contrary nOtWlthstand-
ing.
Resozced, That while we have no
malice or i'll feeling against any one
or any party, we view the Democrat
ic party with suspicious eye know
ing that they have been our enslavers
and haters and inveterate enemies, and
all and any claim of friendship with
design to secure our votes will be
frOWned down with scOrn and con-
tempt, and that we will so strive to in-
form our people that they may know
their friends and shun their enemies.
Re8olred, That though we were al
lens in our own native land, we now
feel that we have home and cOun-
try that we can call our own Home,
sweet home, land Of our nativity, land
Of our birth.
BeSOlUed, That we will strive TO
convince our enemies that the strug
gle and toll of our friends were not
in vain whichgained our enfranchise-
ment, and to show our friends that
their confidence in our manhood shall
not be abused by US, but that we will
50 demean ourselves and instruct each
other by precepts and examples in
the practices Of Ofindustry, morality and
virtue; to accomplish which we rec
Ommend vigorous effort to educate
ourselves in all that is honest, noble
and grand, by which we may be able
to refuIe the slauderOus charges made
by our enemies, that we are an infer
tor race, and consequently semi-hu-
man.
Resolred, That we request of the
Cincinnati Gazette, COMMERCIAL and
Ripley Bee, with other journals, the
indulgence Of space in their columns
for the publication ofthese resolutions.
Done by order of a unanimous vote
Of the cOlored people assembled in a
mass meeting in the settlement near
Geo g town, Aug. 18th, 1870, to ratify
the Fifteenth Amendment.
b. SELLS, Acting Pres't.