The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-06

What the Colored Men Want-Delegates
Chosen to Go to AIbany-Addresscs and
Resolutions.
The Civil Rights Committee. organized two or
three weeks ago to further the passage OF the Civil
Rights bill now before the Legislature, held q mass
meeting In Republican Hail. Broadway and
Twenty-third street, last evening. At halfpast
eight O'Clock P. M. Rev. Mr.. Butler called the meet
ing to order, and nominated Mr.. I. 8. W. Titus,
who was thereupon elected chairman. Mr.. Titus,
on taking the chair, made brief address, showing
the Importance Of this meeting TO colored men, and
the suspicious circumstances amid which they had
inaugurated this movement. The President of the
United States had In his fnaugura al declared that
THE C0LoRED CITIZENS OF AMERICA
should have the same rights as any other citizens
(Applause.) Some men who have grown gray in
the anti-savery cause are associated with this
committee, and he deemed 1t O favor to have such
names on their records. He hoped the meeting
would cooperate with the committee in procuring
signatures and raising subscriptions to defray the
expenses OF their delegates to Albany in the interest
Of the bill now before the Legislature.
A list OF vice. presidents and secretaries OF the
meeting was then read, and the persons named
Rev. W. F. BUTLER then addressed the meeting
he said that the last time he addressed his fellow
citizens In that hall 1t was to rattfy s,a
THE NOMINATION OF GENERAL GRANT
and to predict his election by an overwhelming
%e ghs 70 the WorE then
menced, and he was glad that the President had
uttered those manly words referred 20 IN his in.
augural. The work they did for him last Fail had
brought forth good fruit, II nothing more had been
said or done than the utterance OF these words.
Congress would pass the Civil Rights bill, which
was before the last Congress. But they had friends
also in the state LEGISLATURE whom they had helped
to elect last Fall, and they would go to them con-
fdently and ask for their civil and equal rights.
They want nothing more and will have nothing
with success already staring him in the lace. Mr..
Butler then read resolution or plank from
THE PHILADELPHIA PLATFORM
which the republicans of the State had endorsed,
and remarked that he merely asked the Legislature
to redeem those pledges there made. He then read
the bill presented to the Legislature by Mr. Hustled
whose name was greeted with applause, and ridi-
culed the idea that black men have all the rights
his own experience when travelling by rail and
steamboat; even In the service OF the republican
e s c DSen or az tS OF STATE
not consider that he had his rights until he knew
that as long as he ooeyed the laws and paid his
way he could go wherever he pleased as any other
man could. He wanted only the rights OF
man; but he wanted ali the rights OF
told bit OF his experience IN q restaurant near
JEFFERSON Market, and raised laugh on his colOred
Jefferson Market was, for they had been often up
stars.
HE APpLAUDED THE HERALD
for its independence and love of fair play for the
colored as well as the white folk; disabused the
minds of the paeaces present Of the idea that civil
rights would lead to social rights ana intermar-
riages, and nalvey intimated that the Southern
people were not quite 80 exact. It was his own
opinion that the black man who went Outside his
(Applause.) For we, said Mr.. Butler, have every
variety among US, from the deep black to the
almost Caucasian. In closing he referred also to
the scheme to organize colored militia regiment,
and insisted that II black men were good enough
to fight soldiers they were certainly good enough
play soldier. $50 WILL.
DELEGATES CHOSEN.
Mr.. John ]. Zuille nominated Revs. Butler and
Garrett and Mr.. s. Clay as delegates to represent
the meeting in Albany. scene OF confusion en-
sued over these nominations, the meeting insist
ing on making its own nominations, Independent
OF the committee. Mr.. E. d. Conover was par
ticuarly anxious to go and to pay his own ex-
penses. Hence he strenuous.y opposed Mr.. Gar
nett's election; but the delegates named with the
substitution OF Mr.. J. J. Freeman for Mr. Clay were
elected.
Resolutions were then adopted, ana while sub
scriptOns were taken up Professor Giliard, OF San
Francisco, addressed the meeting, which there
after adjourned.