, 1875-04-02
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.

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Tho colore1 pcop,c Of Chicago celebrated t1,o
passago OF tho Fifteenth Amendment to tho Con-
stitution OF tho United States ana ntao thu pau-
sage Of tho Clyll Nghtp bin by n yoty Iarro ,lcm
onatratiou hold in Darlington 1Iail, on Slate
etroot, noar Sixteenth, TucEday evening, Tile
! programme was oscc}cptty yaricd. und the nt
tendance wns remarkably large md highly rc-
spectacle in point Of pc,sonal appearance, Tho
entertainment was gren under tho a,lunces or
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tho T.o,1rn .na t,o 1r.nrl,,a, yo,,aroa ..,oa ~
| ~ Ah" ".'s. Wv 4Ao". s'o"e'e'' "'"ct
napt' hloofe' forming very striking fcatttro or
tho meeting. Moorc's brass ban,l diecoursed
martini music, and vero not chary Of il ei.,,or.
MI. J,urs rAyfop.
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nr.m"n, .. +. " ~ Wv ,,ass , tasl,"ea' anat 1a1os
| prayer ny .. l. Aiexanaor' r. ptoeccae0 TO 'aoho
1atcuess Of tao procoedirge, IL beng nearly 10
o,,,,c,r rl,o,cfor, ho fa.,,1 81 W., 49,,
,.a,,." 1917, ~. ~ ,s W 'ao NV
s'"hn'u eon'a "ot w casr'ea ons pus he
acco,,nt. Illoy had met In ticr numbers to
! tcaliYv thcfr gratitudo f,r lint on,c,dmort >,
tho Constitution of tbc;r co,,ntry ylnc,, r,vo
,;,'.. ~ =" .ss aa ~ t"." 'on's . "A'e'l '', saso
RiShtd bill, which placed ttlem on an equal
footing will, all other c'tizons Of tito United
states IIo WIN aware TINT IL wan not lin
rInco or n c,,,rn,,r ~ ,,,kn q, ,on. .no,., ~
| bo would conc!ndo ny tntroductil.
TIL: nEy. Mn. MALONE.
Tho ccntlcma,, named commenced hy n,]udtne
to s,e former degradation Of tho colored neon]e'
~" .,'st 1.,ts. ~ w, pout'o'
aua wont Oil 70 assue soat esoa a'a nos create q
1nau 10 10 slave bccansp Ills complexion might
! 10 white or black, or rcd OF blown. They DO.
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n. ~ ,.'4',, """ ~. ~. s,a's'a ~ Wv
do'cfhmeht brought nnot't OF lato Years they
were inoon!oa to tho Efeat T.! supfo'ne uetng who
riley T,' heaven and earts They haa lived to aeo
G1gllts s ns citazonh woro recognized u America
sln had boon gseat means OF brlnHlnE about tbs
1onaaso OF hallGne and; after waiting for nearly
thia continent. the glorious tnys Of 70 Ind como
nGnih tos tno co!orcu raco. lApp!aus;l
Mo tetosrea eloquehttY 20 ihs Dee'aratlon OF
tnaspeacco Gio'ng oosaT ,om tbas oeio
a!y Fathers had to raoa through scvon years Of
hloody WAT Which n1a1o AmGrlca ''atson; but
"aa not @ nnsii H. n9ta''am 1'i lincola m struck she
tno untea s,tates eoalu soal'y 90 cnllo1 "lno
lun'i of tie ftoo and THO homo Of tue bravo"
:, About s5o.oo9 a.. actual slarohuacsa controlled
G oa dees of t0 nat4n peyoa or to Tue TO-
and G, I'll do pretty much % thoy p!caued.
lie alluded. briefly TO- slavery and tho
vielssitules Of tho civil war. Tho name
;n of hcon b, bad been rendered immortal by The
Single act OF Enanc'Patton, eson veto stero
nothing else to enoa9m hia memory. 4 stfokn
Of his pen Knocked tho chrnor-ssono from l!ntlcr
tue yfo tnGtttlsinn or slEseiy mud buried 1t SO
deep ttat nj! tho tFNmpots ever blown by
Secesh!onista North OF South, coad not sesarrect
1t asaln. Loud clicoss.l
Deapite I'LL tho freedom given to thu nagroea
tho Gogernment, nRthlcss tho predictions Of
rebels and others. Ind not gono to pieces. They
said that the privilege Of tho hallot accorded to
ti!o negro would DO putting tho heel OF tho
black man on tho neck OF tho whites; that, in a
few years. Tue colorcd people would invade
private phrlors and carry of tho wivea
and daughtors OF white rcople. Well.
frcctlon hns como to pats. md tha wlVoa and
daughters OF tho Thltes were safo 0yen yot.
The Whites Lad learned thai tic cn|ored paopiO
woro not 40 crazy about thelr wiveH and daught-
ors after all; especially aa thoy had 80 many
good-ooking women Of tlloir own. He replied
to all such arguments. III tho whito men let
alono our wlvcs mad danRhtoFs, ven lcayo rAors
alone" Laughter and clleoring.l
Ao alluded to tho mood for tho civil-Rtahts
bill Ia order 10 d. away with tho annoyances to
which negroes wero subjected. There for OK
ample, ir the South was tue "Jfn Grow cal" i" In
Which colored people wero forced to rItIo. AIr,
lluinB WIN co'9ioa b!anop on tho
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