Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-27

ceedinglv slow 70 help ~extinguish the flames,
while many negroes. male and female. In
dulged freely in ~incendiarT language, and
while condemned by q majority Of their color,
vet was Indicative OF their antipafhy to Cleve-
land and his ~torchlight procession, and OF
qualification at the burning OF the city as 3
Blame illumination. and
whereas. At a meeting Of the City Council
on Monday. 5. c. Littleield urged the passage
of a resolution offering 500 reward for evil
deuce that would convict any one OF the act
of incendiarism. $50 for evidence that would
convict Of ~incendiary language. and $50 more
for evidence that would convict Of hose cut-
ting. and urged their adoption BY repeating
vari Us incendiary remarks that he had
heard. but. Nnding the same opposed by
MavOr CrOvatt and Alderman Ullman. with
drew the last two alleging be would have the
hose examined to see if they were cut or
burst: and
Whereas. On Thursday following. the said
Littleheld prepared a paper, which was
adODted BY 8 s0-called meeting on Friday.
composed Of about 40 persons, and purport-
ing to be prepared by a committee appointed
st said meeting, which paper c~Ontradlcts the
statements of said Iittleheld made IN MS
sworn Official capacity as an Alderman OF the
city Of Brunswick. st a meeting Of Council.
said Littlefeld being at said public meeting;
and one Of the committee who prepared SAID
paper. and
persons at said citizens meeting on Friday
lnOUwi. hstanding the fact that the NEWS
t~elegraphic reporter was present. and stated
ne maze the report. anu uEuAC4 mus CM-
phattcally that such statements were con-
tanned in report. or that they could De IN
1erre3 therefr0m, and caused the SAID oaVan-
Bah MORNISG NEWS 10 be read by the Secre-
tarv 10 the meeting, voted 10 adopt said re-
Whereas. said false report is proposed to be
published. as If il contained verltable facts.
as the expression Of the honest sentiment OF
The honest people of Brunswick; therefore be
RssoTssd. BY the citizens OF Brunswick in
public meeting assembled, That the facts as
to the late cOD1agratlOn IN TINS city, a pup
lished in the Savannah NEWS and the Bruins
wick Herald. were and are true IL every es-
sential particular.
Res0Itsd, That the fair, just and considerable
course Of the editor Of the Herald, IN his re-
ports Of the same in his own Journal. as Wei
as in the Savannah NEWS, merits our IN
qualified appreciation. j..
the South entertain toward the cOlored people
no feeling Of i'll will. We look back upon
their peaceful subOrdinatiOn In time OF war,
when our fathers and sons were away IN
active service in defense Of our South, and
| when instruction on their part would have
been total destruction 70 the south. a. an
| eternal, undying testimony OF good VIII on
their part towards Us, and know II TO be q
truth important in history and everlasting IN
time, that the cOlOred man AID ms former
/ master would have enjoyed since emanclpa-
I ton a peaceful citizenship but Tor the action
and teaching of the unscrupulous OF our own
/ race, who settled on our beautiful plains and
| IN our beloved south as the locust in the East
and the grasshOpper in the West.
ResoIUsd. further, That when we look. but
/ yesterday. upon the heroic deed OF stephen
Wright. who laid down his life in protecting
the property Of his white fellow-citiZens IN
/ the recent disastrous fire here, we feel MOTH
/ ing but kindness towards this people.
Res0ICed. further. That among the cOlored
men who aided in the labOriOus work OF saw
ing property from the fast spreading names
in the recent fire We recall with pleasure the
! names of J. NJ. Carter, Charlie CLARK. LOUIS
Wright. Robert Nal DRY. Robert christopher,
Bran Blue, stephen Gardner, Joe scott,
Alex. Williams, Jack Burroughs, Pompey
seven. Ned Harris, George Ponder, VIM. P.
Golden, Glover Freeman, james Monroe.
Hamilton Scarlet, JudsOn Minor, Hugh
I Christopher, Atwell BfaXton and Robert
Baker. There are others who worked the fire
engine called the "COlOred Engine" and nu-
merOus others who did faithful and prompt
service.
Resided. further. That this be published in
/ the New York Herald, Savannah NEWS At
! laBta Constitution and the Brunswick papers.
NJ. j. WILLIAMS.
W. z. KLINE.
J. NJ. MADDES
o.. III. FISH.
J. 2. HARVEY.
W. :. BLAINE.
COURTLAND SYMMES.
The report was unanimously adopted.
Charles Clarke, who attended the Gro
watt cOlOred meeting on Friday night last,
ard under the impression that the NEWS
correspondent had charged the best col
ored people with incendiarism, vas al
lowed TO apologize for his injustice to the
NEWS correspondent, and said he believed
all who We're present at that meeting
would now follow his example.
a movement was inaugurated to raise
money for a monument to Steve Wright,
the cOlored man who lost his life trying to
save the property Of white people, and a
considerable sum was there n then con-
tTibuted for that purpose.
The NEWS and its correspondent and
all it said. you will thus see, has been
fully vindicated from the foul aspersi0ns
contained in the report Of the pretended
meeting Of citizens last Friday.