The New York herald., 1870-04-08
"THE DAY OBJ JUBILO.w


onstratiOn mt the Cooper Institute.
In honor Of the passage Of the fifteenth amend
ment the constitution the coored people OF this city
will today parade through the streets anu exercise
their undOubted right TO make as much noise and
confusion as the pale faces 90 IN times Of rejoicing
The associations, both military and civic, are TO
assemble at Washington Parade Ground at nine
O'Clock. The line viii form On Fifth avenue tile
right resting on Eighth street. The column will
at twelve O'Clock, pass through Eighth street TO
Fourth avenue, down Fourth avenue to the Bowcry,
down the Bowery TO Canai, down Canal to Hudson,
up Hudson to Spring, through Spring to Broadway,
mp Broadway Thirtyfourth street. through Thirty
fourth street TO Madison avenue, down Madison
nue. TO- Twentytaim strSes tnrongn iweatyt1ird n.y., TO
Institute. where the parade will be dismissed.
On wednesday Q committee OF respectable colored
men called at Police Headquarters and requested
police escort their line OF march superintendent
Kennedy, who invariably refuses to escort process
slons below Canal street. declined the request ana
referred the cOOred gentlemen TO the Board OF Police
Commissioners The Board declined to grant the
worth voting for an escort Yesterday morning the
Beard recOnsldered lis action ana unanimously
voted an escort 10 the negroes along their entire
line OF march,
The day OF jubilee will close with u demonstration
at the Cooper Institute In evening" The exercises
will consist OF singing, exhibition OF tabeauX and
sDecches by Fred Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison,
Wendell Phillips and other lights of the anti
Slavery Society.
Fifteenth Amendment Celebration In NewnSk,
N. J..
The newly nedged citizens OF African extraction
resident IN and around the city OF Newark, N. j.,
celebrated the ratification OF the fifteenth amend
mene yesterday after the manner OF such caiebra-
tions, to w.t. grand procession during the day,
with firing of salutes, banners. iags, Transparent.
cies &C., ana q mass meeting, with char.
scterlstc narangues, IN the evening. For several
hours CURING the afternoon the streets were alive
with festive light-heaIted "amendnents' and their
female relatives and friends, the merry twinkle OF
whose Jet black eyes ana mouths wreathed IN smiles
plainly indicated the overrowing exuberance Of
apirltS with which all were endowed Tor the
si0t It was big day for Sambo, and Sambo made
the vary most he could OF IL. Nothing seemed to
than to be sandwchcd between a pair Of
dusky Hctes In an open barouc6e aud have
colored military companies, mounting could exceed
| their pleasure at having white musicians In the
band with the exceptlon on o. ~ rev slight m!sna.s
dismOunting OF one OF the marshals, the procession
| was quite cred'tabIe, and for general order and
| attentioa to details would compare iavoraby with
airairs Oftentimes gotten up by whites. sngularly
enough the only white man who had sufficient moral
SSopess pGooessoS was NJ NJ john @honsss sd
States he & howsyST rode 0ns
on either SIDE through which the procession pas sed
and from many public and private BUILDINGS flags
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Of Broad street. anxious TO do honor TO the occason
nung out his banner on the 0nter wall IL appeared
with the union down. aud. OF course. caused no little
| mlrth at the expense OF ''Frank. Between seven
and eight hundred cclored persons participated IN
the turn out.
In the evening, OF the Rink an immense concourse
OF people, white us wen as black, cOngre2ated and
| were regaed with an Grafton suitable 10 the Occa-
eiOn by Professor J. Mercer LanRston, OF Washing
| ton c0lOred. Altogether ihe celebration in Newark
was orderly quiet ana eminsnuy creditaoIe to TIE
co!0red folks.
Celebration Of the Ratification OF the Eif.
| tecuth Amendment iH Chicago.
| CHICAGO, April T. 1870.
The cOlOred people Of Chicago celebrated to-day
the ratification Of the nfteenth amendment by pro
cession and other exercises. At ten O'Clock the pro
cess,on was formed, and wnen under way proved to
be one OF the best displays Of the kind ever gotter
up in this city, either BY the white or colored people
The military, Knights Tcmplars. Masons, ODD
| Fellows, Good Tcmplars aud many other Organi
| cations were represented. EVERYTHING was d0nt
In good order. The procession was more than
mile In length and must have contained from 400
10 900 people. Tho sidewalks ell al0ng-the line o
the procession were lined with people who witnessed
| the movements OF the newly enfranchised citizens
In the evening o large crowd gathered In Farwel
Hail. where addresses delivered by both cOl0ret
aud white orators. Among the latter were Cover no
Bross aud Postmaster Eastman.