The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-16

sums respectively, by which their wage
were reduced by order oi the war depart
ment, under the eight hour law, so.callet
without action on the bill Oi the Senate.
Adjourned. e .Ef Is
ColOred Mems National Convention
New ORLEANS, april l5.-In the Ma
tional Colored Convention Governo
Ransier, OF 8. O., submitted the tollowin.
from the Committee on Platform anS
Resolutions, which was unanimously
adopted:
"Regretting the necessity which lal
called into existence acolored convention
and deeply sensible Of the responsibilities
which have been entrusted to our consid
Grafton, we hereby acknowledge our graf
itude for past triumphs In behalf OF eQuaI
rights and respectfully submit our pccu'
liar grievances 10 the considerate atten-
ton OF the American people In the follow.
Ing platform and resolutions:
1st, We thank God, the friends OF uni.
versal liberty in this and other lands, for The
bravery Of colored soldiers, and the 10y.
atty ofthe colored people, for our emanci.
patton, our citizenship and our eniran.
chisement. 5'15 81 a..
I'd. Owing our political emancipation
IN this country 10 Republican Legislation,
to which all other parties and political
shades Of opinion were upjustly and vic.
lently opposed, we would be blind TO our
prospects and false to our best interests
did we Identify ourselves with any other
organization, and as all roads out Of tho
Republican party lead into the Democrat
ic camp, we pledge our unswerving levo.
tion to the support OF the nominees Of the
Philadelphia Convention.
Sd. We severally and gratefully en-.
dorse the administration Of President U.
8. Grant In maintaining our liberties, In
protecting us IN our privileges, in punish
ing our enemies In the dawn Of the rec
ognition OF the claims Of men without
regard to color, by appointing US to i'm
portant official positions at home and
abroad. With the assurance that he has
given to defend our rights, and while we,
In our gratefulneSs, acknowledge and
his efforts in behalf Of equal
rights, we arc not unmindful OF his glory
as q soldier and his exalted virtues as q
statesman. j A..--' ' '..,'-
4th. Our thanks are due and are hereby
rendered To President Grant for oyerrid-
ing the precedents 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 Republicans OF the States,
where there are no federal positions given
to colored men, may no longer be ignored,
but that they may be stimulated BY some
recognition Of federal patronage.
9th. 1t would be an ingratitude loath.
ed by men and abhorred by God, did we
not acknowledge our overwhelming in.
debtedness to the services Of the Hon.
Charles Sumner, who stood for long
time alone in the Senate of the United
States the Gibrslter Of our course, and
the north Star Of our hopes; who forfeit.
ed caste in the estimation Of a large por-
ton Of his countrymen by his unswerv.
ing devotion to equal rights; who has
been maligned for his fidelity to princl.
pies; who has been stricken down by an
assassin for advocating liberty through.
out the land and unto all the inhabitants
thereof, and in whose giant body, rising,
as 1t were, almost out ol the grave, to
marshal the hosts OF impartial justice
with his mighty ideas, going 10 the lar.
thest part OF the land and finding re-.
sponsiye echo in the triumph Of liberty
over slavery, We have an assurance
that this good, great and beloved patriot,
will be as faithful to the Republican par.
ty 10 future as he has been unfaltering in
the past.
9th. That while men protesting strong
radical sentiments, who were elected to
Congress by the overwhelming majorities
Of the colored 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 influenced the Hon. Schuyler Col.
fax, Vice President Of the United States,
to honor the cause ofjustice by recording
his casting vote as the President of the
Senate in favor ofOquality before the lIw,
as indicated in the supplementary civil
rights bill, as 1t passed the Senate by
virtue OF the Aforesaid casting vote.
9TH. Having been by the solemn lcgisla.
ton Of the American Congress, raised to
the dignity of citizenship, we appeal 10
the law abiding people Of the States, and
especially to those who in tho days OF the
fugitive slave law, eXhorted obedience Ia
the statutes, however offensive, to protect
and defend us in the enjoyment of our
just rights and privileges upon oil
conveyances which arc common car.
riers at all resorts Of public amuse.
ment where tastes for cultivation and
manhood are, quickened, and in all
places OF q public character, or corporate
associations which owe their existence 10
the legislation of the nation or States
against the spirit Of slavery which at.
tempts to degrade our standard of intelli
gence and virtue by forcing our refined
ladies and gentlemen into smoking cars
amid obscenity and vulgarity which hu.
initiates our pride, by denying us first.
class accommodations on steamboats, pad
compelling US TO eat and sleep wjth SER
wants, for which we are charged inc same
rs those who have the best Accommoda-
tions, and which closes tI,I door ol hotels
against famishing colotd persons, howev-
er wealthy, intelligent, or respectable they
NAV be, while ap other public places and
conyeyances Welcome and entertain all
white perNJns, whatever may be their
charactsf, who may apply. Now in view
Of lie disgraceful Inconsistency this affec.
tsdon Of prejudice Is rebellion against the
laws Of God, humanity and tho nation, we
appeal to the justice Of the American peo
pie 10 protect US in our civil rights in pub
lie places and upon public conyeyances
winch are readily accorded and very lust
~ tothe most degraded specimens Of oul
white fellow citizens. -v o,lW ,rIls
9Th. That wherever the Republicans
have betrayed their colored constituents
we recommend that better men be elected
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