Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-10-01

Oh employment, and they often by
seris and drones in the preo, b;,. one
Capitalists, with millions of nor. NE
ever ready to loan portions O. it vbas - a. are
can do SO with proper guarantee &c
principal and interest. To sscnra " a, 'ne
!. bodies Of from fifty to ons hundred ssr;
lies could organize, With five or ,sn .-n,
men at their head. Each man cont,;s-.
ing nifty dollars would enable them ., 81
reduced rates for emigrants, TO ,aaor
Nebraska or some other Western Ter,;,o,-.
ongovernment lands. By paying eicb,ss.
dollars they. can secure home .,
hundred and sixty acres after res;dora.
OF SIX months; they will get deed f,o,'
the United States government BY pawn
at the end of the year one dollar o.,
twenty-five cents per acre. Failing 10 a.
this, they can homestead their farm,
which the law requires them to ,;ro ~
and cultivate for five years, becom;rc
theirs at the end of that time, with Ola.
deed from the government. In ords.
do this, the settlers require some -.
enable them to live and to -
homes. and for the support ,,f,ha;rs,s men
The first year of plowi- o. and or,,;."1 '
increases its value nve dollars ona ~
on ,he acre ~"'ch the writer thought the
WIZ. 'oa'' mortgage to capitalist os
security TO procure the nears of MAKING
'heir nomes permanent Colored men
uio'; st work and make the same sacrifice,
] nat the whites do to secure the end .bo,
all seek-to better their condition in If.
The communications were received and
fled.
MIR. Hughes moved the appointment Of
a committee of seven to prepare an "A.
dress to the people of the United States
The motion was carried, and the chair
appointed Mr.. J. t. Smith, Rev. William
Jackson, r. A. Dawson, ". G, Robinson
B. W. Stewart, Rev. Il. T. W. James and
R. o. Smith
Mr.. G. L. De Randamie Was given ,ba
floor, to speak on privileged qestion.
and proceeded to re adj the call under which
the convention asse mbled, as published in
the Democrat of last Friday. We came herr
he said. by that cal ], in the capacity col.
lored citizens, as uch to place ourselves
in political attit' idc differing from that
of white men. You acknowledge that Won
have equal civil and political rights BY
the fact of calling a convention to decide
upon the political course of colored men
in the campaign Of 1872. You assert that
you have differ ent political interests
hold that you have not. consider that
anything calc' Hated to foster caste or en-.
courage dist notions between the whites
and blacks is. miscellaneous, and calculated
to harm eve rybody. The sooner caste and
. prejudice re done away with the better
Politically, we have no color. We are not
, colored; We are American citizens, pure
and Sill nple. [Cries of Good, good !
Hence, to style ourselves colored citizens
is to Terpetuate, to your own detriment,
the spirit of caste from which We have al-
ready suffered SO much. Anything like
, con sentiOns, or celebrations, or courses Of
political policy, as colored men, Should
not be encouraged. Colored conventions
as such, ought to be SUPPRESSED. Andso-
cially the convention can accomplish noil-
ing, because you can not legis.ate ANY
Prejudice. Suppose white men organize
themselves as white men, whi, v.ra" the
result! We want nothing cobra. l.
= cally or ortherwise There nave uee- qrh.
a number of high-soundins political rest
lutions introduced into this body ThE
are foreign to the call, and have no bus.
ness here. In addition to that, the ~
Louis delegation are under Instructors
!, from a mass meeting, which passed re-
solutions to the effect that it was mex
, pedient that any definite line Of policy
" should be determined on in convention
composed exclusively Of one class Of
- citizens. Well, Mr.. Chairman, deprecai-
ing every movement az colored NEIL
and everything calculated to perpetuAle
caste and initiate against our advance
ment, and in view OF the resolutions Just
read within your hearing, now move tbs
adjournment of this convention sine de-
Mr.. Holmes, of St. Lewis: | second
the motion.
Professor O. L. G. Hughes, Of ST. LOUIS
d moved to lay the resolution on the 'ao'e'
v which was carried by very heavy ms
:, jority.
IF The committee on business here entered
and reported that they had adopted Tue
following resolution on the subject Oh
national commemorative holiday,
Resolced, That We, the represelatl'e'
of the colored people of the United STATES
in convention assembled, do hereby t.
% commend the setting apart of the tourH
D" of July to commemorate the several eVehh
y which have eliminated in our preSeM
. position in the full possession OF all 'n'
. rights of American citizens.
Mr.. Alexander Clarke, of Iowa, present
. ed a minority report in favor of the seie'-
ton of the first of January and Oh lD'
e Fourth of July. A second minority rtl'''
e declared in favor of the first of August.
Mr.. ]. T. Mahorney, of Indiana, rose -
!. speak to the resolution. The great SUI
e ject which the negro in this country Is h0'