Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-09-16
PEBLIC MEETING.

county of Jefferson, held at Charles
town, Wednesday, Sept. 18th, 1876, OF
motion VIM. Beall was called to the
chair. and Lewis Lucas aud ). '. I an
tbs, Jr., elected Secretaries. =
On motion, the following resolutions
were adopted
WHEREAS, We believe we have been
fraudulently deprived of our rights, by
the nominations lately made for the
Sherifalty of this county, and in order
to bring out the true sense of the vo-
tiers, therefore
1t is Resolved, That we invite the
voters of the county to assemble in
Mass Meeting, on Monday, Sept. 18th,
1876, at the Court House at l.55 o'clock
p. NJ, to express their dissatisfaction
in regard to the nomination for Sheriff
atty, as made by the Convention lately
held at Charlestown, and to take such
further steps in regard thereto as may
be deemed advisable.
Committee on resolutions-G. w.
Cutshaw, Harpers Ferry; Logan Os-
burn, Jr., Kabletown Geo. T. Light,
Charlestown; VIM. S. Mason, DutfieldS;
Cyrus Weller, Charlestown; Andrew L.
Kennedy, Charlestown.
Committee on publication, and ad-
dress-Logan Osburn, Sr, Chairman,
Csburn; \. B. Yates, Shepherd James
Rightsline, Potomac; Benz. Lucas, Mid
dleway; J. J. Gilbert, Harper's Ferry
VIM. Philips, Charlestown; A. Sponcel-
Ter. Bolivar; Jno. Keller, Bolivar.
On motion, the Charlestown Free
Press and Shepherdstown Register be
requested to publish the proceedings OF
the meeting.
On motion, the meeting adjourned,
to meet OH Monday, Sept. 18th, 1876,
at Los o'clock p NJ, at the Court
House, in Charlestown.
VIM BEALL, Cham.
LEWIS c. Lucas, Socrotor;es
5. V. YANns, JR,
\ SENSIBLE SrEEcu.-The Manas-
sas Gazette gives the following account
of the speech delivered at Brentsville,
last Monday, heretofore noticed in the
Gazette:
VIM. II. Pinn, Prince William
colored man, delivered a speech TO his
race at Brentsyille on Monday last in
which he gave them some good and
wholesome advice in reference to their
political duties. Among other things
he told them they should no longer be
led as sheep to the slaughter by the Rad
ical party; that their best interests were
bound up with the people with whom
they had peen raised. lie read from
document giving history of the politi-
cal and social status given the colored
people i'll the New England States
when they were set free, which showed
that for many years they were deprived
not only of the right to vote, but were
restricted in their business ayocations
He said there were two classes OF color
ed people. One class, during their en-
slavement used to, after their days
work was done, make baskets and
brooms to sell to get little luXuries for
their families, but there was another
class who used to visit the hen roosts
of their masters and his neighbors on
Saturday night, for which they were
often tied to the whipping post on
Monday morning There are two
classes yet, he said. Those who used
to make baskets now are industrious
and make an honest living, but those
who used to be fond of the hen.roost,
are now in scores in the penitentiary
and station houses and chain gangs.
lie addressed himself on this occasion
to the former class, and advised them
to listen no longer to the forty acre
and mule story