Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-10-15
The Chattanooga Convention.


The proceedings OF tae southern republican
convention at Chattanooga were brought down
| 10 tue adjournment OF tae afternoon session 10
the telegFapAie dispatches published in yestsr-
| days STAR.
The convention ressssmbled last evening at :
O'Clock. The committee on facts, statistics ami
outfaEes asked further time in " hich 10 make
their report. A resolution was offered xranefag
further lime, continuing the cOmmi zee ind n
hitely, and instructing them to report 70 Con-
gTess every three months. After an inseTes'iDg z
Cebate with reference to the Ii imitation OF
speeches to five minutes, the Commitses on rr-l-
lGtions reported IL 4t the republican citizens 81
the reconstructed southern states make The fJ4-
loving
DECLARATIONS:
We recognize the equality or all men before
tho IhHi Squai T hts TO 49,, TeafhTm the Phii5a
deiPhia platform; equal rights 70 all citizens
stSured oy appropriate state and federal le gis-
iatiOD; iHdOrse the Executive in susta;utny isW
aud order ia all parts of the uniOa in putting
down outrages, and especially ibdOrse lis action
IN Louisiana; denounce outrsges and arraiSu
the de demoCrstic party OF the south tor su-t.in-
Ing ku klux and white lesgueEs, ami a. directly
Tespons Bile for taese Oatr ages, aud indOT-s rhs
sdminlsn alton in the prosecution of the per-
peiratJrs of these outTages In the fed-rh
courts; declares il the duty OF the feierll GOV
eminent, hen a state government is sought TO
be OVert1fOwn by revolutionary ac ion, TO in.
terfere and give republican COVE rnment; de-
prtcates the drawing OF race and color line;
recommend the appointment of none BAT hon
est and capable men to federal Offices and the
remOVal OF ali others urges the appropr. .atiOn
OF public lands to education IN proportion 20
the IIteracy Of the state; fayors apprOpris
tlons for the improvement of great rivers; Ssks
all citizens who favor the administration OF the
government on the principle OF Justice to aid
in restoring tranquility to the people and de-
velop the material interests OF the country.
The resolutions wee adopted. on a call of
states. unanimously. In casting the vote of the
st ate OF n ORTIZ Carolina, Mr.. Kennedy said th At
10 outrage had occurred in his state for twelve
months, aud the people were as safe there a. in
NE :sachusetts. Mr.. Price, colored, of North
Carolina. said he would have been murdered In
passing through Georgia but for his colleague
resolution was adopted, but which was pro
tested against by seversl delegates, requesting
congress TO make new apr 0TtiOnment Of the
state OF Texas, Gov. Davis, or that state, alIey-
ing thSt the democT ats had gerrymandered the
districts to retain their own Representatives.
Mr. West, OF La, chairman of the Committee
on address, reported
LONG ADDRESS,
which spoke at length OF Outrages, and declared
that Ia few instances had grand iuriss indicted
ard in none had petit jurIes convicted. DO "
eTfu press keeps silence or defends the crimI-
mas and maligns the victim. If. in a rare Ia
stance, NAL should be convicted, Re
would receive the sympathy Of that party la
Who cause he hes suffered. Ii ought 10 ,e
nede as much a crime to murder citizen of thr
United States a. of the states, and evil dOers
should learn that the matter does not end with
u sveIdict of scquIttaI in the state courts. The
presence o. troCPs has had in many inst tances a
restraining Influence upon the democratic as
sessins. We ch sllenge "A refu lstion OF the story
of democratic mali Uancy and crime, and AK
the A American people to grant us that protection
afoTded tfeir iellOw-citiZeBs in foreign lands
The address Was unanimously adopted on a cav
or the states.
In c'OsiDg, Governor Parsons said that they
should look to higher power than human is
Com for success. where " iSdOm shall be fonrd
Behold the fear of the Lord is the beginning OF
or wiscom, and to depart from evil is the pls ace
understanding" Wen would it be for the Ams,
lcen people 10 bear this In mind. lApplaUse.l
HE convention then adjourned sine die.