Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1879-08-27
EQUAL Rights League.

Equal Fights League
The Equal Rights League of Penn
sylvania held its annual meeting in
G Chambersburg last week George H.
lines furnished the following synop-
sis of the proceeding of the League
for publication:
The Equal Rights League met at
Chambersburg, Pa, Aug. 19, 1873,
President Nesbit, of Altoona, in the
chair An informal meeting was held
at o'clock P. NJ. and adjourned to 4
o'clock, when a regular session was
held. Committees were appointed,
resolutions read and referred, and
two addresses were reported from the
Business Committee. Miss Mary
Conn, of Mechanicsburg. Pa, then
read Barbara Fritchie," and the
True Dignity of Labor" in very
pleasant and agreeable manner. A
resolution of thanks was adopted,
and she was commended for her tai
ents.
On Wednesday morning the ses
sion was duly opened by the chap
lain. Papers, reports and resolutions
were read and adopted on the " Exc
dus;' that it is fugitive in its char
acter, and therefore opposed to the
best interests of the race and the
and the South, the State and Gen
eral Government, and calling on the
South to abate their fury and MUIR
der; that it is an attempt to balance
the two races in the remote Southern
States that our votes are still not
counted when the balance is made ;
that the race should locate on the
Government lands of the South, and
demand protection of the country,
and that failing, give eye for eye,
tooth for tooth, gibbet for gibbet,
until peace is commanded by force.
On EducatiOn.- Colored schools
where any community of colored peo-
pie exist central enough to organize
a system of graded school sufficient
to admit pupils therefrom to the high
schools. Colored teachers for col
ored schools and share in the mum
Der of teachers where there are mixed
schools. And declare it not to be
common sense to educate our chill
dren and then close the professions
against them.
On Trades and Commerce the
great North is in duty bound by self
interest to foster the safety of oul
race in the South and compel the
whites to abate their fury. That the
South is dependent upon the colored
men for laborers, and they should be
treated fairly. That our race South
IN the light of political economy
should stay, endure the hardness o.
a vigorous self-defense, and we pledge
them that the great Republican par
ty North will stand close by and SET
fair play. That in the future they
have a right to occupy the land they
have nourished by their blood. Thai
the Divine law" The meek shall IN
herit the earth lis infinite, commen
surable by eternity only, and applies
to this world as well as the next
The trade, commerce and agricultur,
of the South demand protection.
The nominating committee report
ed, and the following were the prin
cipal officers elected: VIM. Nesblt
Altoona, president; Jas. A. johnson
Pittsburg, first president. Thre'
secretaries, equal in powers and re
sponsibility, and by virtue of then
position, members at large of the Re
publican State Central Committee
were then elected, viz: f. Mile
Green, Oh City; William d. Forten
Philadelphia +; George H. lines, Har
risburg.
d. NJ. Robinson, of Harrisburg
was chosen solicitor for this district
and John z. Farley for the Wilkes
barre district.
A State address, prepared by g. II
lines, was then adopted, with severa
other papers which were ordered t.
be printed, and the convention ad
iourned with a vote of thanks to tn
people of Chambersburg for thei
hospitality, and to the committee o
arrangements for their efforts. Al
toona having been chosen as tn
place for the next meeting, in August
1850, the convention adjourned, afte
endorsing Hon Samuel Butler, G
Chester, for State Treasurer, and de
manding protection for our race i
the South as a condition of our SUP
port to the Republican party.