The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1879-05-21
AN OPEN DOCUMENT TO
COLORED PEOPLE. :
They Should Support the Papers
Published by men Of Their
a., D0on

From the American.
On the reassemhling of the Con
ference, Saturday night report was
submitted by the Committee on
Press, appealing to the colored PEG,
pie to support the papers published
by men of their own race. The re.
port concludes as follows:
I'VE also recommend that the
Conference adopt the following reso-
luton, offered By F. F. Barnett, of
Illinois:
..Whereas, the custom Of spelling
the word Negro without a capital
letter is the outgrowth of prejudice
against the race.
Resolved, that We call attention
to the error, and request the Ameri-
can press to correct the same"
The report was adopted.
A resolution endorsing the action
ofJudge Rives. Of Virginia, sin bring.
inc the State Judges of that State to
a strict account for their violation OF
the United States laws in refusing to
allow colored men to serve as Jurors
when their rights as citizens are at
stake, was adopted.
The following report was present.
ed and adopted:
Your committee, to whom was
referred the Jubilee Singers civil
rights case, have been as diligent and
thorough in their endeayors to get
at the true status of the case as the
limited time allowed them would
permit, and they beg leave to report
as follows:
There have been one criminal
and sin. civil suits brought in the
Federal Court.
There has never been any test
made Of the civil rights BILL and. tc
1
prosecute the suit in question, it will
require at least $500.
sssYoEr committee are Of the opin'
ion there never will occur q better
opportunity to test the Effectiveness
of the civil rights bill, and therefore
recommend that this conference
prosecute this case to successful
termination. To this end they re-
commend that a prosecuting COM
mittee of three be appointed to look
after the case. receive all moneys
raised for the purpose above express
ed, paw out the same for expenses
incurred in the prosecution, and turn
over all surplus that may occur to
the Kansas Emigration Aid Society
4 that at least two of said committee
shall be residents of Nashville that
steps be Immediately taken to raise
| Eve hundred dollars with which to
prosecute the suits as vigorously as
possible that each State and district
here represented shall contribute
twentv.eight dollars towards this
cause. except Oregon, which State
shall contribute the remaining TWEEN
. ty-four dollars that the Chairman
of the Conference appoint some one
from each State here represented,
whose duty it shall be to raise the
amount apportioped to his State, and
forward the same to the chairman oil
the prosecuting committee; that il
: shall be the duty of the prosecuting
committee to furnish at least four
colored journals a full report of al
money received and disbursed by
them during the prosecution of sale
suits when the same shall have beer
terminated"
Just before nine o'clock, j. Henri
Birch, of Louisiana, read the report
+ of the Committee on Migration
which had been eagerly awaited BY
the conference. The report, which
!, is quite lengthy, makes no positive
! recommendation with regard to mi
grafton. Part first reviews "th'
causes that have given rise to the
migration movement" the chief o
> which is stated to be "a determine
: ton aud irrepressible desire on thu
part of the colored people of thu
South to go anywhere where thel
can escape the cruel treatment anC
! continued threats Of the dominan
! face In the South; and where, at th'
same time, they can remain full citi
zens of the United States, enjoying
il other lands within their countr.
those rights properly belonging t.
American citizens. of which they are
, in nearly every instance, denied a
their homes. = x
* X Another cause i
that the negro is not able to become
; the possessor of lands on any kint
of terms by which he may ever hops
, to obtain title in fee simple; he i
forced to pay more as an annual rem
tai for lands in the South than tn
, lands are really worth. and mucl
more than it would require to pnr
Icbase the most fertile and Droductiv,