The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1870-02-26
Meeting Of The State Central Cont
ntittee of COtOTed People OF
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A meeting OF the colored Republican State
Central Committee Of Maryland was held at
Douglass Institute in Baltimore, on the 22d in
slant DR.. j. G. Brown in the chair and R, B,
Sorrel secretary. Concerning the ratification of
the 18th amendment, the committee passed the
following resolutions:
WHEREAS, The Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitu.
of the United States has been ratified by more than
the requisite number of States; therefore,
Resolved That feel grateful to an overrulinc God
and the National Republican party His agent for con
ferrng equal political rights all American citizens Nv
securing the adoption of said Amendment that while
acknowledge sense of gratitude for this sacred
right yet feel it which was always guaran
teed under the Constitution of the United State and
Declaration OF lndependenoe-a right which should
have enjoyed from the earliest history of our Govern.
ment to the present period
Resolved, That VIC congratulate the colored peopc ri
State and of the whole country the glorious sue
of the Amendment, regarding it the greatest
blessing conferred upon aside from our physical
freedom. In consideration thereof call upon the
coored people OF to acknowledge this blessing
by assembling in Baltimore city, May 4th 1870 to cele
brate the adoption Of the Fifteenth Amendment in grand
procession and in other festivities.
The discussion of the propriety oflabor unions
was largely entered into, and their organization
recommended. The necessity of saving their
small earnings by deposit in the savings bank,
was warmly recommended to the colored people
of the State.
Significant steps were taken TO secure a thor
ough organization of the colored Republicans Of
the State, that they may present an unbroker
front when called upon to speak at the ballot-box
Grateful to "Him who doeth all things we'll,
they breathe word of sympathy and encour
agement for those of other nations suffering be-
meath CALLING yoke, by appropriate resolutions
as follows:
Resolued That we, the State Central Committee, rep
resentatves of the coored citizens of Maryland in Con
vention assembled petition the Congress of the United
States in behalf of the Republic of Cuba, follows
| To the Honorable the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Congress oft United States
We, the colored citizens of Maryland, moved by thu
suferngs of many thousands of colored brethren
the freedmen of Republican Cuba, do petition your hon
orable body who have kindly regarded and provided
for the freedmen Of the United States, to give sucl
| timely aid to the Cuban patriots and freedmen witt
share in their suferngs as may bring relief by putting
| an end to Spanish tyranny in their Island
Furthermore, petition in behalf of that portion
coored brethren who still groan in bondage unde
| cruel Spanish masters. They are branded with no
irons, with the letters of their masters The
treated worse than their cattletortured to comics
crimes of which they are not guilty, and then put Il
| death in the most horrible manner
The Spaniards have ever been the leaders of slavery
| and the slave trade The Cuban planters have lonl
wished to emancpate their slaves For this they
suffered persecution from the Spanish Government un
til they resolved to achieve their independence and
the 10th day of April 1862 the Cnban Congress adop
ted the Constitution the twenty fourth article of whc
is follows IAN the inhabitants Of the Republic o
| Cuba are absolutely Free"
extend friendly aid to the freedmen of Cuba, and tn
bondsmen under Spanish masters, by assisting the pa
trots to free the Island from Spanish rule and slavery
both of the blacks and whites, and in duty bound W