Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-04-05
rHE C0LORED CONVENTION
Its Purpose Delegates Arriving in
Nashville -ADDOrtiOnmnnto of
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NASHVILLE, Agril About tbitty
! dsiegste', representing IF cen States, to
the CJlOred national convention. which
meets here tomorrow, arrived to-dsy
| Ths remainder are to come in on the
morning trains. The del gates will
likely be more representative than nu-
meroua. The Arksn3ss aud Texss del
! eg2feS are reported water b1und at Lit
! tie Rock, and cannot reach here before
Friday. Pinchbsck, OF Louisiana, and
James s. Hinton, canal commissioner
Of Indiaua, were among the arrivals to-
day. Prof. L9ngston will be here to-
morrow. Fred Douglass will not at.
tend. A preliminary meeting will be
held at nine o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, and the convention st noon, in the
hsll of the house Oi REPRESENTATIVES
Pinchback is the leading spirit, and, it
is said, viii make bold speech in the
convention, tasir G advanced political
ground. G1e convention will recon-
mend no presidential aspirsnt to the
Cincinnati convention, but resolution
will be adopted thanking Morton, Of In
diana, for his defense of Pinchback.
From the Nashville american, of
Monday, we learn that delegates to the
ColOIed National convention, which
meets there to-day, have already arrived
in large numbers, and that caucus wss
to be held yesterday to determine the
liae of policy to be pursued in the con-
yeltion to day. At this caucus not
ouly the temporary, but the permanent
officers will be named. So far, nothing
has been ascertsinei rs to the probable
scope Of the convention, except in the
gol lla ,A
venipg the body:
WHEREAS, the unhealthy condition
of the public mind relative 10 the col
Ored people in the south, as evidenced
in the dispSraging tone of the northern
press, and recent extraordinary ut.er-
ancss OF some Of our heretofore stsulch
ffieEds, and the unfnished d mission un-
dertakel by the nation to exalt our race
to the standard OF American citizen
ship, the denial Of our rights in certain
p rtiOns OF our country, Though the
means Of vitiated pubic sentiment;
the indifference mantle ed by the
American people to the shocking out
RACES psrpetrated upon us in the south,
such as The lie 'ent massacre at Vlcks-
burg, during the peaceful celebration of
the Dinety-ninth anniversary OF Ameri-
can independence, and the conse quent
demOraljza:ion there from; taken in con-
noc.iOn with the Ut necessity of higher
development of our moral, material and
political Interests, render it, in cur judg-
ment, essential that We meet in nation
al convention, early next year, to devise
means for "a more perfect uniOE,n such
as will consolidate our people, and Sc
cure that harmonious action throughout
the country on all matters of national
interest go needful to Just appreciation
of our number and influence III the Ie-
public; therefore bs it
ReSOICed, T0st we invite the colore1
people of the several States and Terri
tries, and of the District Of Columbia,
to send representatives to the rational
convention hereby called to meet at
Nashville, Tennessee, on the first
Wednesday Of April, 1875, at twelve
o'clock, nom, upon the following basis
OF representation Three delegates from
each State, and one additional to every
twenty-five thousand colors population
snd fractional part thereof, and one
from each Territory, excepting the Dis
titlej to four representatives, to-Wit:
Alabama, %; Arkansas, 4: CAlifor-
MIA, 4; Connecticut, 4; Delaware, 4;
Florida, z; Georgia, 25; Illinois, 5; In
diana, 4; Iowa, 4; Kansas, A; Kentucky,
II; Louisiana, IS; Maine, A; Maryland,
l; Massachusetts, 4; Michigan, 4; Min.
nesota, 4; Mississippi, 20; Missouri, s;
Nebraska, 4; Nevada, 4; New Hamp.
shire, 4; New Jersey, 5; New York, s;
North Carolina, 19; Ohio, 6; Oregon, 4;
Pennsylvania, s; Rhode Island, A; South
Caroline, 20; Tennessee, 16; Texas, IA;
Vermont, 4; Virginia, "a; West Virgin
is, 4; Wisconsin,, A.; District OF Column
bia, A. Arizona, /; Colorado, l Dakota,
/; Idsho, l.; MOntsra a. l; New N Mexico,
/; Utah, l; Washington, l; Wyoming,
l. Total, 337.
a prominent Nashville coiored man
remarked yesterday, with reference TO
The cony ention, that the colored people
had been at the tail Of the kite long
eI Olgh. They now proposed to be the
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