The New York herald., 1872-04-16

orougrs with him, finding twenty men there his su.
pc.,ofs. lie laPQred hard to save Ills aiS'ahce ou'
elected no marks q Appreciation. .o,oa
AT two O'Clock the previous question was calleu
and another noisy Interval ensued In tanRlinR "
and tMa points ooa 81 Te led of the
heat with political speech in which ~ 'ovcne9
upon all prominent topics, lnciuding .ne eoioreu
denunciation of the Cincinnati Convention. lie
had no fears OF the Philadelphia Convention guar
antecing civil rights, becaqse said pc, "they need
longer out of what egitimatey belongs TO us.'
FRED OPPOSES THE CLARK RESOLUTION.
Mr.. Douglass then took the moor, and In short
speech opposed the adoption OF the resolution lie
thought the Convention, in some resrects, had
failed TO meet expectations As he un1 elstood Mr.
Clark's resolution, there was difference in prin
cplc between Mr.. Clark and the other members In
offering It. The question was not one Of principle,
corporation of this civil rights Clause In the Phila-
dcphia platform would swamp the republican
party. He did not believe Sc; he did not even be-
leve that General Grant wss opposed to It, as many
appeared to fear. He then entered into d long de-
fence OF civil rights citing his own case by way OF
Illustration, ana said uiat the United States the
holding BrazIl not excepted, Where cisil fights
We're uenlcd on, account OF color; that after
all, the prejudice in this country was not against
color, but simply against the negro becoming
gentleman re sturdily opposed Mr. Cark's reso-
Iution and s4au all the embarrassment or Odium u
would cast upon the radical party was borne by
that party already. He alluded to Grant in the
Mr.. Clark replied Ia defence Of his resolution, but
only aa,oiogetically.
CiVI. RIGHTS AT PHILADELPHIA MIGHT DEFEAT THE
PAkTY.
Frea had carried the day: he believed il mex
petlient to saddle the Philadelphia Convention with
the civil rights platform, because IL would, in
his opinion, defeat the party, ana the party
Ought to be sustained at all hazards. No
| right Of the many already attained had ever
been tackled on 10 platform, and much less should
| this be. He, as a representative OF the c0lored
people OF ONO, wanted to keep General Grants
| skirts clear anu prepared to take the penalty
| lie thought the people Of other States should be
| willing to dO as much.
| AN EYE FOR AN EYE LIVING ADJusrEh r
isl, yiperish looking colored citizen. who snapped
at the members and betrayed disposition TO eat the
Caucasian race without salt, then opened with a vio
lent harangue. He would wait no longer. lie be-
lleved in the coored people helping themselves,
and Iew the = thc Party wor rI e n
/ der: If they burn, let us burn; show the White
people that we mean business, and we can h0th re-
venge and protect ourselves. Ihese sentnlents
GREEN PROVIDES FOR coLFAx.
Mr.. GREEN, OF the District or Columbia, now pro-
posed compromise in the shape OF article
dorsing Colfax, inserted in the platform as article
0, and upon this everything was curiously enough
harmoniZed and the platform unanimously adopted.
The Civil Rights Committees report (as pr eviousy
sketched in the HERALD, was then taken up ana
adopted. After this some business of minor I'M
portance connected with social and religious organi-
Zation was transacted, and the Convention quietly
and almost wearedly adjourned at quarter past
four, to meet again tonight. As this Conven-
| tion is now In the condition OF the man
whose brains We're out, further proceedings
will prove interesting to your readers, and
has not been political success. II etfectuay de-
monstrates the existence OF growing differences IN
the negro ranks, which In time must rtpen; but
II proves fact, fully and nally-that all Idea of
politics possessed by the negro begins IN, centres
and ends in the doctrine Of social equality. such Is
not only the lesson taught by the Convention, but Is
the confession of all the intelligent members
with whom, during the session, ] have conversed
upon this points they are Just as subject TO local
and personal Influences as the whites.