The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-04-22
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT
CELEBRATION YESTERDAY.
A GALA DAT WITH TyEE COLORED
PEOPLE
4 CLEAR SKY AND A BIG CROWD.

Long before noon yesterday the streets
were thronged with men, women. and chill
drcn who were either TO take part in the
celebration of the fifteenth amendment, or
were to he spectators Of that celebration, and
~ much interested rs those who were in the
r1nks. The colored people generally OBJ
served the anniversary as holiday, and The
celebration was in every way crcditable to
the Committee Of Arrangements and all
who joined in it.
TIE PROCESSION
Was formed ut JackSon's garden, corner nt
second and Leigh streets. and it is probable
| that there were four or five thousand per-
| sons in line. The sky was almost without n
| cloud, and the streets in excellent condition
| for the parade.
The line was formed rs follows: Outrldcrs
on horseback to clear the street, followed by
mounted men from the surrounding conn
ties. Then the procession proper. headed
| hy band OF music, and the different socie-
| ties falling into lire in the order named:
Attucks Guard. commanded by Captain
flobSon; Carney Guard, Captain r. Il.
johnson a wagon in which were thirty
seven children, representing the thirty seven
StitcS, dressed in white and each holding in
her hand Il miniature United States flag; II
lon" line OF boys in double column. march
| ing in open order; four carriages. containing
llIc officers of the day and orators First
National Phmnx Association; Sons Of Eli
JAN; Lindscy's Band: Young Mems Ne
chanc Star; Young Sons of Euoch: Loving
Sons OF Daniel; Golden Hands of Provi-
| d"ncc: United Bcneyoicn. Star; Following
Sons of Abraham: Loving Sons of Abr.!-
| him: Rising Sons OF Ham: Infant Sons OF
Love; Rising Sous of ZION; Young Sons
Of ZION: Young Mems Hope; Golden
| Harp OF Amcric:,; United Chri>t ian Sons
Eaciort Mechanics, 1t Division Dcrcvo-
| lent Sons OF Love; sons OF Good Will to all
Men; Fidelity Division. No. /; another
! Band OF Music; Sons Of Zion; Risin. sons
Of the Vineyard National Association
Supporters of tie Vineyard; Tcams,cr's
Society; Star of the East; Band; Star OF
the Union; Silver Star; and United Sons OF
Abraham.
| These were followed by private citizens in
carriages to the number nt fifty. The pro
ce>sion was very long one, as may bt
| imagined from the numhcr Of societies, &c
and was twenty minutes in passing any
given point in the street. II was probably
the most extensive turnout the colored pco
plr have ever had in this city. The stricic>
di5"p!ire was maintained along the who'll,
line. On Two OCCASIONS persons who wcr,
found to he uutlcr TIC influence If IiGuo
were stripped cf their rc.aia and drivcl
from III" ranks IN di,Gracc. one OF thcs'
| occurred with the society q; the Silver Sta
| Immediately opposite "i!r othce.
| TIE LINE OF MARCH
was down First street to Broad. down Bro9t
10 the City Hall, where they came to 4 h II
and Mavor Kelley appeared on ihc steps ant
deliver cd an address appropriate 70 the oc
ca.ion, rourratulatin@ them upon their up
Lcarancc, Sc. The address over. the line o
march was continued do%n Broad 10 TwcHty
I'LL, street, thence to Main: Up Main /,
Third. thence To Navy Hill. 4, the rfoec>
sion moved a:on:; thc streets lNr-c number
of per,u,I. f5l"wr;l Oh III" sidewalks, and II,
the time i reached the S!'o, where the spcai,
Ing was to TAX" place Inc crowd numbered
ten or twelve thousand.
uS TIE STAND.
The Committee OF Arrangements, Of whicl
Dr.. Henry Mo,.ty WAS chairman, had catlSct
Il commodiols stand TO be erected. upon
which were +. ID. Payne, president Of the
day; AlcsSrs Deyrici, Of Amigo, BritiSt
| West Indies i. ". Jackson, orator OF tho
day Anderson Taylor, DR.. Henry MoSby
Cniln I. Payne, chief marshal: RichlrG
.E,i...ir>, w. l.. Johnson, and ". Svldcn, o
| the Committee OF Arrangements john "
Jenkins md {. ". smith, Jr., repre- c.cntatiycs
Of llc city pres, ". Ii. Trent; and othc:s
TIE srrAHISG.
| oC,r,,,r,n I,aI bnop rol n
to order !y President Payne prayer WAS Of
lcrcd by kcy. Mr.. Dcvr!rk, OF Amigo, Brit
| ish West Indies, after which one OF the
bands played lively air. This over, the
sncakipg commenced, ~. Ii. Trent leading
or, He was followed by L. W. Jackson, the
orator Of the day. His subject was, hat
has the Republican party done for the negro:
| The sneaker BEGAN by saying that it vas the
right OF the colorcd man TO be free, and the
| Gu;v of the nation 70 prohibit and abolish
slavery wherever it Mld the power. In the
com, St Of his remarks he also reviewed til.
acts Of the Republican larly duling the past
few yrars. and clAilned that TO that party The
colored man is indebted for his liccdcni
That rcpublicanisIn originally meant Tree
dom, justice, equality, and tue elevation OF
the oppressed to which end they (tle party.
laborcd ardcntly, sincerely, ana incessantly
amid oppo>itionS, abuses, and prosecutions
attended with threats, violence, and mobS
vel they Swcrvcd not, neither turned 10 The
rinht nor left, but followed their iIlustr!0u:
ch1citanS Garrison, Douglass, Phillips, sum
ncr, and others. Then came old, honest
immortal cX-Prcsidcnt Abe to the front amt
took tic lead. 1t was then the poor, ielterct
| bond slave began 10 SHY
Il want t. 60 home to my good Father I. braham
| want to 20 TO iIcavcn wasn oie'
When tie Republican party came int
power in 1861 it inlI1Xibly adhered, Ut tht
risk OF civil war, to the principles il hat
| cuunciatcd for impartial liberty, and against
| thc aggressive and dominating influence o
| thc same masters. ltunnuilcd tie inhuman
cruel. and degrading black code OF the dis
,rj,,, and provided t:lat colorcd uien should
| i,c tried and punished III the same mannel
in which the white man was tried ana pun
;.hrd. II enrolled black men, ana Wcaponcd
tneir hands to fight the battles Of their coun-
trv: and right proud am | to-day, said
be to see colored men clad III the
l,.ilimcnts of the solderly Uniform o
the state of Virginia, marching With inca,
s,rcd tread, keeping time TO the inaftlaieo
muslc oil the land, and with silstciiihG
bavoncts and willing hearts stand ready tc
defend our belos ed country; ana would lm'
press indclibly upon the minds OF these IN
tclliucnt soldiers that this honor conferred
upon YOU of bearing arms was granted by
this Republican party. 1t struck the word
white from the military laws, and made black
men n portion of the national militia, thereby
reyiying the name of Attuck, the first black
man who fell in the Revolutionary War
whose name had gone into history un-
bonorcd by the country in whose cailse he
frII. But the well-drlIed boys of Rich
moud have been mindful TO honor il
in the name of the Attuck5 Guard
II prohibited the barbarous and barbarlzina