National Republican., 1873-12-09
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL.
THE CoLoRED CONTENTION WHICu
WILL ASSEMBLE TO-DAY.

THE CoLoRED CONTENTION WHIon
WILL AssEMBLE TO-DAY.
history OF THE EQUAL RIGHTS MOVE.
nEHr-soME OF THE LEADING DELE
GATEs-coNTEsr FOR PRESIDENT.
The assembling at Washington to-day OF tho
leading colored mon Of tho nation TO consider and
devise means and measures for the better protec.
iicn of their race, Is among the most significant
signs Of tho times. The Equal Rights League
was conceived and organized In 1894, and has up
TO the present maintained Its organisation. Its
establishment was the conception OF such leading
and active spirits among our coiorcd citizens as
WIN. Nesbit, Of Pennsylvania, who was the first
president, and who has and stiil holds that honor
able position; WIN. d. Forten, esq, Of PniIadcl.
phia, Penn, ono VI tho most active and eloquent
orators Of hts race, and who has few superiors
among the more favored; VIM whippcr, ESQ.,, the
old war horse Of Pennsyivania, whose briliiancy
M . writer has never been surpassed by the
''young men" to tho front; VIM. stiii, the indus
trious merchant Of Philadelphia, and indefntiga-
BILE and earnest worker In the cause Of freedom,
Jacob 2. white, sr., and bis talented son, Jacob,
y, offhiladeiphia; David Bowser, Alfred Casey,
ID. venning, and the late John q. Brewers and
amented z. v. Cato were among the active men
fPcnnsylvana who, under the inspiritlng innu-
nee Of the ieaeus, succeeded, among other things,
having the color distinction wiped out In the
reet cars In Philadelphia. The call for ma
lional eonvcntion In Washington cmanAtcl from
the Pennsyivania state Equal RirhtsD csrue,
hold at wiikesbarre, Penn, August 10 and 20,
lss and was In consonancc with the spirit Of q
rcsolution which was unanimously adopted, In
strseehg the president to call national oonven-
tion at Washington, d. o., on the second Tues
day, sth Of December, 1879 for the special pur.
pose cf impressing on Congress the absoiute ne.
cessity Of passing civil rights bill. In pursu-
ance with the above resolution the annexed call,
drawn ply WIN. d. Forten. esq, was issued;
BscrSsss il istrus ali IL citizen, ,'S sre now cqua,
before the lswi AZ equal in responsibility 20 the
States hiss been amended, and every human being
made free within i,s jurisdiction. These great
can party, and through them It has attained q
grandeur and sublimity Of character the world
Brothsri, though all these thing. be true. yet
In defiance Of the law us now constituted, the
eohorts OF tyranny the votaries OF color prejudice,
ins mpasi,y Men and women. s,,,,sna c ef sst% ,he
United Statcs, are denied the convenience OF the
common carriers Of the country; denied equal ac-
refused entertainment at hotels, refused equal
education il public schools FOR their children and
munitics TO great extent denied TO them.
fhesc are facts, common to all sections OF the
correcs ,he% The eyil !. nsian,, a% M neeSea r iS
must also be national.
W. want Consress TO give us q ..ciyn rights
70 the imbruted and compel the tyrant to loose his
hold on the poor. Men and citizens. come from
"n a from oms sysry ss
that freedom shall not be only in name, but that
Fihs practical exercise q the freemens right shall
not Do limited to the white man, who pays no more
tAnee, bear. no more responsibilities, endures no
more h.Id,hiPs runs no greater risks, and Is no
every State send a delegation that will press on
Consre.s the passage Of such Law as viii still
color. Our great President, great leader, great
sss - S sss roTid eid his a pledge to
y sS ~ s mos, Is. ;"rs q. .S.sS az ~
koshing but TIL, isst ssd proper isue1y viii
NJ bolsOn Is still shown hyi iths,e y continued E
I oisssgss og ,he y.iop's solvfed citissh..
~ nv 1R tes sTSs ,na. ,s,s united effort ,.r
'qn{avs movement may never again exist
tyAs time for holdng this convention Is nxed 10
ne sSI,ns5s si1 ReSPs Ths SSss
SsetnS has been limited to twenty delegates from
s.st State and Territory x,.,,.
ARo5dA, Pa, President Of the "Pennsy ivania
STATE Equal Rights League
W6 Lspbsrd stIsst, PhiiaieI IpSis, pa.
Sss f,sssakS rs Ass q
Peter Campbell, Speaker, will assemble at the
HON Of Delegates, and will be called to ORDERLY
william Nesblt, ESQ.,, of Pennsylvania. Among
the prominent men who have arrived are Profes-
sor Charles L. Reason, Of New York city; Hon. p.
b. s. Plnchback Of Louisiana; Hon. Henri Bureh,
q Baton Rouge, editor Of the Grand Era; Hon.
HAIRY Lot, Of Louisiana; Professor J. p. Samp.
son, Messrs. Makson and Hyman, OF North Caro-
lima; William d. Forten, Isaiah Weir. Of PhIln-
deiphia; Peter II. Clark, Colonel Harlan and
Booker, Of Ohio; Meesrs Brown, Trotter, Supree,
WALKER, and Fatal, Of Massachusetts,; Mortimer,
from Utah, and Campbell, from California, and
George T. Downing, OF Rhode Island. The Dis
. trics Of Columbia, being entitled to twenty dele
gates, Will present quite formidable front, EN-.
braoing, as It does. such men rs Professor John
u. LAngston Professor A. NJ. Green, ]. Sella
Martin, esq., and DR.. J. L. N. Bowen, with Hon.
Frederick Douglass. delegate at large. Judging
ffen the character Of these assembled the de.
mad Tor equal rshS wilibs male wit 20 ln.
certain sound, and they all being in hsfh6ny
yith the Administration will add additional In
~tercst TO their prcceedines The main interest at
the contest, It L. said, being between Professor
chapccs In favor of the Istter.
The following named gentlemen composing the
Missouri delegation, arrived last night, and are
stopping at No l+ie street: John II. Johnson,
St Louis, chairman: J. Fletcher Cortan, Jeifer.
son CITY, seeretsry; q. II. Taldy, st; Louis; J.
W HendsTspn, Kansas CITY; Moses DickftS, Han.
nilsI; y. ". Trent, 81. SO.eph' Jssss Adshi,
TsIs Soislns, Al B9clees. caucus will be peia
for the purpose Of Determining the ticket ft per;
be called 70 order and an organization effected
without delay.