The New York herald., 1871-12-01
RI3HrS OF RAE. In V.a3lNIA.

A Voice from tho Colorcd pcspI, OF Norfolk.
To TIE EDITOR or THE HERALD:-
This Gilt between the democratic Journals, OF this
CITY and your abe sheet, as an cxpOleat of the
rights OF til. whole people. aas exlccd the atlcu-
tion OF tho peo.hc generally and our race partlcu.
larry feat0 TO the right OF the people. irrcspcct-
I'VE race color creed or Coalition, to assemble III
mass or oher meetings TO discuss questions aIcct.
ng our SOCIAL, moral poiscat and intellectual sta.
tus, and eater oar earnest protest against all m
fr.nsement the sane. Tne perversion oi
teuts aai purposes by our enegnic5 in the tate az.
tempt ol some o. oar Representative mel " hu.u i
meeting oil coudoencc III tue utter naDiiily oi
people ouainins Justice through the columns vi two
Of tne prom ell paper here create inc necessity OF
setting on5slves rigat tnruusn some medium.
Hence We nave chosea the col mas OF your paper
10 me Ell that the acts OF the case may DC gwen
10 the word and Llat lu 'ticc mag oc done To aii
Ol the evening vi Saturday, November L. the
servalWes o the city OF Portsmouth, aided Wy iarge
| number iro.n Lnis c.y. held a mass mcctia. aud
procession hoaor OF tnsr iate victory ana our
ing the tIme one 0i our pest and abest men was
cruelty and shameful ~ murdered ANA two others
seriously wounded. After TINS infamous ouira 10 u
cand oi these 0Ltiaws crossed over iron Ports
mou.n % thus Guy. passed uD Church street to
wnere Dezen,iorf nvel, y@lllng, nooaing, cursius
ana calling said Jez.nJJrl damned radical. al ger
the l4cqucuG urg OF pistOis NC. said Dczeldor was
the d.Ieuiel candidate Ion inc ASSEMBLY, ,he
publican ticket. luey next viSieu JJs. L. Ni.sou'5
house, slna sned la his Windows sh"t their pistols
Oh, crying "Snere /, the nl5 serI We nave got oao
and We vii have anUtler,' dc., &c. lnc ponce,
whose duLv II aS 10 see Lnut me peace MAS hepi.
declare ,uey the poIiccj were merely shooting
refractory dog. we, sir, nave NJ. iorxotteh Lac
mAssAcro Our people Just one year aso, when
secretary kObesOl and others were addressing
meeting on tne court hOuse green, now nine black
loya men went uown 10 Dioody dcasn al the n.,ids
OF these same nen1s. IL - stu ire3u III our
memories. we canaot forget tnlt there never has
been AN Investigation IRON the powei5 that be vi
that hUrrli slaughter. we, rs cOvred people, Dc
came naturally anxiuIs, anu dessieI ~ ASH
bervative Ilends0 wieu and where tlc slaughter VI
our people snould cease. We desired 20 enter
ca nest ami solemn protes. against oar bean! SHOT
down iike dogs. We desiieu " DEVISE so.ie piac-
iical way to sive our sympathy 70 tac suIcttnx
mother oi our murdered iriend We desired TO IN
yune the prute. liJu o. heavens God. Ine mayor,
yletd,ng to the dealanl 0i ,he Leaders OF
the conservative party, issues Drociana.
tion insisting that tue co.ored peo,c t,a
view Or tne ex tied tone our eneiuieJi
stay aw y from said meeting We nave nothing 10
10 w.t tnc .uestlon aDoat SAID prociLaton "eias
.inlldltJrin or ''adviso,y." We Snnpy TOOK ~ iof
rlgut ucar 10 every American citizen "as ielcd TO
u, nat SsiOn stood out IN Uoid re.ie mat
Inc c al arin the city govcrinchJ wa, too weak
to proeet thas the l"sn oi psose.'pu,m was
citizens TO- tue sake OF peace, IN. sake VI soaring
our eyes me sad spectacle oi anothcr Courthouse
tragedy because we love ordcr aid re pect Jaw, as
simple iovers OF good 9ovefa,nen., allowed QUE
greatest ana dealest right to DC deliei vs. al lee our
C1nseryativc trends pace PADDOCK on oar moltns.
We nave been misjudged, misrepreselted. aad We
simpiy djn iof Justice. we 40 cidim tla. we lic
not tue sum and Substance oil our race mere, out we
40 say llaJ II - the uniyesai OpniOn ~ our pco,tc
IN bot Giles, freely expressed Az Iaat, that Tue
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