Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-05-22


| The negroes of Tennessee have Just
got through with a convention on the
Subject of civil rights at Nashville.
They resolved good deal, and their
longest effort in that direction, one ex-
copied, is the following:
| Resolred, That we will consider the
omission of the Republican party to
enact this measure base surrender OF
the rights of humanity to an insidious
foe, that has contested every right we
enjoy. as they did every right of free
dom 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 equalpriv-
ileges with public schools, the brand
of the traitor Judas as deserving po-
litical1y traitors doom, whom we
will never, never join hands with nor
support, but will regard as our public
and political enemy, more terrible to
meet than a savage beast, more lnJu-
rious than any catastrophe that could
befall us or any calamity that could be
devised by any wicked unseen power;
but equal and impartial rights will Sc
cure to posterity their just ard tue re-
lation; order will come from chaos,
love will spring up where spite and
hate exist; Ethiopia will in this fair
country stretch forth her hand to God,
peace will prevail, God will bless us,
and we will walk hand in hand to a
blissful Immortality, in the full trl-
umphs of a peaceful civilization and in
the highest development of human life
and government.
This, however, must give place to
one substantially demanding inter
marriage with the whites, as follows
| AND WHEREAS, our fellow-citlzen,
David Galloway, of the State Of Ten
nessee, and q citizen of the United
States of America, is now condemned
to felon's life through the barbarous
decision of the unjust code and Con
stitution of the State of Tennessee, fol-
having, in civil life married, by the
laws of Tennessee, the wife of his
choice, a white woman, woman C1
mature age, and in every way compe'
tent to contract with whomsoever she
pleased:
AND WHEREAS, his marriage was II
conformity with his privilege as ar
American citizen, in the land of hi:
birth, with his heart loyal to the tias
of his country-an ex-Federal soldier
who fought to sustain during the wal
the Union and the Government of thu
United States, but who, since he re
turned.to civil life, has been outraged
by the judicial farce of trial in two
courts of Tennessee and deprived Of
his liberty and Invested of his man
hood and the enjoyment of his per
sonal right: therefore,
Resoircd, That we, his fellow-cti
zens, feel bound with him in tue eut
RACES he has received, and do pledg'
our efforts to raise sufficient means t.
employ counsel to bring his case be
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States, and vindicate the rights of tn
colored citizens Of Tennessee to TIN
civil rights of marriage with whomso
ever they may contract and choose
and strip him of the outrage and obi
UNI placed on him and us by the unju
and barbarous Constitution and law
of Tennessee.
Resolred, That competent lawyers
one from each division of the State, b
employed to bring his case before tn
Supreme Court of the United States
forthwith, and that this Convention
recommend the citizens to raise tn
means to pay their fees, and that the
employ such assistance as they ma.
need in the case.