Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-04-26
Platform and Resolutions of the Ma.
tiOnal COlOred Convention. r.


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kegretting the necessity which mas called into
SHistence Coored convention and deeply sensi-
PIC PIE OF tne responsiglnues Whlch nave been In
trusted 10 our consideration we hereby aoknowl-
SuSe, our grhuiuue LOT part OF lhe triunpns IN
@Donal @ u equsl ngnts, ana rcspeGpuly SUBMIT
oHI s Pecuar grievances 'o tie nneulate attention
ol ihe american people Ill the iolloWlng platform
anu resolutions , r.L,l, go
IL -. 9 mahk you; tne lIlehus Oh UNIVERSAL ND
ery ~ uis anu otneT lanus, the bravery OF the
eolureu solulers anu lne loyalty OF lne Colored
people lor our emanclpauon, our cltlzenshlp and
our ennlr,anchlsehent,., nl, o,,.,.o,,. =
Z. owing our pontlcal emancipation IN this
country 70 hepuOllCan iegislauoh, TO whlch all
otner parties ana poltcal shades OF opinion were
unlustly aha Dltte5iy opposed we VIII DC bllnd to
our prospects ana talse 10 our pest interests did
we luehtIy ourselves win any other organization,
anu anu as al roads out OF tne hepuDneah party lead
lito the DemOcratlc camp we pedge our un-
swerying devotion to support the nominee of the
hHiiHueipnia WI o3iVeniion, ,i On ,,,,. ,,, A.. A.,
., we smcerely ana gratelully lnuorse the .Ad-
mlnistration OF President y. 5. Grant in maintain
ing our oertes, IN proiecuns US IN our privileges,
IN IN punishlng our enemies IN the recognition Of
wy Ciis oi men Wilnout regara 70 Golor o up
pointing US W Important oihclaI posllohs at nome
anu ABROAD, IN the assurances tnAt ne mas given TO
@Geienu @ GU, rlgli.s ana mat Wnle we IN our crate
inGss ns aCknoWieage ana appreciate ms en0rts IN
penuil ol equal riSnls We hre hot uhnllhalul OF
ns glOiy ~ soler anp IN ms exalted virtues as
T. our thanks are tusou are hereby rendered
to President Grant for overriding the precedens of
prejudice in the better recognition Of the services
of men without regard to color In some parts of the
country, and we earnestly pray that the colored
representatives of States where there no Fed
eral positions given to colored men may no longer
be ignored, but that they will be stimulated by
some recognition of Federal patronage,
3. 1t would be an ingratitude loathed by men
| and abhorred by God did we not acknowledge our
overwhelming Indebtedness to the services OF the
Hon. Charles Sumner, who stood for long time
alone in the Senate Of the United States, the Glib
ratar OF our cause and the North Star of our
hopes; who forfeited caste in the estimation of a
large portion of his countrymen by his unswerv-
ing devotion to equal rights; who has been ma
ligned for his fidelity to principle; who has been
stricken down by an assassin for advocating liber-
ty throughout all the land and unto all the inhab-
itants thereof, and in whose giant body, rising as
1t were almost out OF the grave to marshal the
hosts OF impartial justice, with his mighty ideas
going to the farthest part OF the land aud finding
a responsive echo in the triumph of liberty over
slavery, we nave an assurance OF thls great good
ana beloved patriot that ne Will be as faithful to
the Republican party in the future as he has been
In the past.
o. That while men protesting strong radical
sentiments and who were elected to Congress by
the overwhelming majorities of coored voters,
were found voting against the supplementary
civil Rights bill in the Senate OF the United States,
we honor that manly exhibition of devotion to the
principles of the Republican party which infu-
enced the lion; schuyler ColtaX, the Nice-Presi.
@ gen! OF the United states, 70 honor the cause OF
JasISe hls % %fastihRs e fe III
rs indicated in the supplementary Civil Rights bill
as it passed the Senate by virtue OF the aforesaid
casting vote.
= HAVING been bv solemn laois1ation Of tho
American Ion1rass raised IN tho di"nit, Of citi
zenship, we appeal to law-abiding people of the
StatSs @ ama esPeclaliy 10 thqse VINO IN the days OF
oine tm m to te
slatutes noNeEeI oneHsNe, 10 proteeC anu 9elenu
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be tbey may be yb1a tber pn OF