The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-19
THE coLoRED CONVENTION.
A stormy Session The Members aF
Qnietea with Threats of the Police.

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Quieted with Threats of the Police.
The eolored convention reassembled yester-
day at IL o'clock. After the opening prellmi-
naries the melancholy man from Madison
parish got the floor on q question OF privilege,
and complained that after all the trouble he
had taken to boldly assert that Congress-
man J. Floyd King had gone through Tensas
parish, and to impress the fact that 1t was
Tensas, On the minds and memories OF the
reporters, the DEMOCRAT reporter had made
him produce Col. King and his army In Madi-
son parish. He WIS by the error OF the re-
porter very much grieved and was an op-
pressed as well as melancholy man, and he
solicited the coincidence and sympathy OF the
convention. He collapsed and then there was
read letter from the Republican executive
committee Of Alabama, requesting the at
tendance Of delegation from the convention
at mass meeting to be held Id Mobile on
Monday next, the delegation to be able to
give information regarding the emigration
movement.
J. g. Lewis, the witness with the smiling
face, as chairman Of the committee on
ADDRESS,
read lengthy document to the effect that
largo maiorities of colored people were
kept In political bondage by small minorities
Of white people; that the Democratic party
had violated all Its pledges, which were given
in DETAIL and that the colored men OF the
South were In need Of the sympathy and as
sistance OF the North, for which they appealed.
A motion was made to receive and adopt the
address. and the melancholy man Of Madison
parish took the floor to say that 1t was
pretty good document, made up OF Congress
sional reports, but there was something
omitted In 1t. The Red River country de-
served more notice. and he wept to see that
1t had been so lightly passed over. He wanted
everybody to know that the steamboats, had
combined, and refused to take the negroes
partially happy unless this circumstance
was Incorporated in the report. Then, again,
he was miserable because the report did not
state that colored people wee whipped Pc
cause they wanted to leave the parish. he
Was very sarcastic III In his remarks T. about
pledges OF q Democratic Legislature. Wben ~
would 70 Dack ON white man who gave tnem
$4,000 to buy up Republican Legi5IaIuuIs,
they could not be expected 70 Keep tneIr
ptber tbina o. to t be- com pIafned OF, and that was
that the address neither advocateo nor op,
posed emigration, and he thought II should
take some stand on the question.
There is no telling how long ne might have
continued, 81 sad he was, II the chairman had
not suggested that his long speech would not
improve the address; that the easiest and
best way to please everybody was for every
one 10 embody his sentiments in written
document and tack them on as supplement
tai g expression of opinion. The melancholy
man was crushed aud he wept and subsided.
The chairman continuing, said that he de-
precated the practice the leading coiored men
had OF denominating their race
NIGGERs.
It was improper. He then sat down on the
melancholy man He said that his speech