The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-05-08


cause they call themselves Republicans
and while much may be due to race, more
is due to humanity. We should never
sacrifice the interest of mankind to the
interest of a party. While the Republi
mans gratitude, the claims of gratitude
should not outweigh and overbalance the
claims of honesty and moral elevation
Then, in the name of our common hu
nranity, let US strive to bring higher NOR
atty into politics.
The following resolutions were reaC
and adopted on Wednesday:
Whereas, the Congress of the United
States, by public authority, has made
large donations and endowments to many
educational institutions for the citizens
of the several States of the Union; and,
Whereas, Tennessee has received the
fund allowed and provided by this su
preme authority of our country, and the
colored citizens form large part of the
population of the State and have received
none of the benefits of this liberal pro
vision for public improvement and educa
ton; and,
Whereas, there is now bill before the
Congress of the United States comforting
on the colored citizens civil rights, and al
tits our duty as men to arrange for the
perfect development of posterity, means
of instruction, we call the attention of the
Congress of the United States to the fact
that the public institutions of Tennessee
are def, ctive in point of principle and
practice are anti republican and proscrip
tive, and that their tendency is to breed
discord between citizens and the spirit
of oaoto and hate therafora
Resolved, that we most respectfully OsL
the passage of the civil rights bill as intro
duced by the Hon. Charles Sumner, OF
Massachusetts, was reported by the Judici-
airy Committee containing the provisions
of an impartial education afforded to us
by the public schools of the country, and
to our children, as the most potent power
to develop true Republicanism and love OF
country, good feeling and personal regard
mutually.
Resolved, that the institutions endowed
by the general government be so regulated
that the colored citizens shall be admit
ted to them impartially in proportion to
their population, and that provision shall
be made to carry out the appOrtionment
of this class of citizens; and
Whereas, the common or public schools
of the country are the medium through
which education will reach the masses
of the citizens, We, as American citizens
demand that we shall enjoy them impair
TALLY, that we may encourage patriotism
in a republic where, all are. equal before the
law, promote high and useful career for
the young upon the enduring basis of a
true and consistent republic, which gen.
erouslyishowers its blessings upon all alike
regardless of external circumstances or
condition.
Resolved, That we will consider the
omission of the Republican party to enact
this measure a base surrender of the
rights of humanity to an insidious foe that
has contested every right we enjoy, as
they did every right of freedom on the
field OF battle; and we will use our utmost
to stamp upon any demagogue who seeks
to betray the privileges of our children to
their full enjoyment of impartial and equal
privileges with public schools, the brand
of the traitor Judas as deserving political
ly a traitors doom, whom we will never,
never join hands with nor support, but
will regard as our public and political en-
envy, more terrible to meet than a savage
beast more injurious than any catas-
trOphe that could befall us or any calam-
ity that could be devised by any wicked
unseen power but equal and impartial
rights will secure to pOsterity their just
and true relation, order will come from
chaos, love will spring up where spite and
hate exist, Ethiopia will in this fair coun-
try stretch forth her hand to God, peace
will prevail, God will bless us and we will
walk hand in hand to a blissful immortal
ity, in the full triumphs of peaceful civ
ilization and in the highest development
of human life and government; and
Whereas, American prejudice, by the
spirit of caste and an unchrstian pride of
race and life, has Over-ridden the spirit of
the golden rule, laid down by the Divine
law, and has so deformed society that we
are deprived of the civil rights due to all
persons; and
Whereas, we are citizens of Republic
that has guaranteed equality before the
law to all its citizens by proper amend
ment to the National Constitution known
as the 18th, l4th and 18th Amendments,
and
Whereas, these amendments have fail
ed to carry out that equality before the
law which should be the pride ofevery cit
izen, and has failed to do justice to us;
and
Whereas, we are deprived of the enjoy
menu
mon carriers 10 white citizens and are
refused first-class accommodation by rail
roads and steamboats,, although we pay
irst-class fare, and We are forced into
smoking cars with our females and fami-
les amid the obscene and ludicrous asso-
GATES of those who disrespect our feelings |
md race and,
Whereas, when travelling, we are denied |
he accommodation of taverns, hotels and |
ms, and suffer not only inconvenience, |
,ut actual injury; and,
Whereas, we are treated by projectors |
# places of public amusement with the |
ame invidious prescription, bynot allow
rg Us the same facilities tor admission as |
ire made for whites on the same terms; |
md
Whereas cemeteries, said to be governed |
" christian principles, in the hands Of |
men, are denying us the right of Christian |
burial in mother earth; therefore,
Resolved, that we respectfully ask the
aw making power, the Congress of the
United States, to pass the civil rights bill
md forever settle the rights to which we
re entitled in the land of our birth and
he Government of our choice and sus-
enance.
And. whereas, our fellow citizen, David
galloway, of the State of Tennessee and
citizen of the United States of America,
S now condemned to felon S life through
he barbarous decisions of the unjust code
nd constitution of the State Of Tennes-
ee, for having IN civil life married, by
be laws of Tennessee, the wife of his
hoice, a white woman, a woman of ma
1re age and every way competent to con-
ract with whomsoever she pleased; and
Whereas, his marriage was in conform. |