The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-10-01
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sembled hero to-ua N ru,.s N
Alexandria, was u'g .e1 roftfy
chairman. M. V. ngtlltS, II ti1.l.
Aond, addressed q NJ r1nftl lu, sry'
Ing;
"This oopvOntlos ssL0. nhi 4
Rs n Rapubllesn o. ! mPsft.a, bnF
citizens OF ViIglnig, il0ltrf r.ET
Oi iIeemen." Hesnio lluir a. 10 UAUu
would domonstrhfr 'hAs iptr tNr1
worthy 10 DO oi.'zeUa,
The convention rtasuEmri Rt =
m, II. B. Beokioy wug aia1Ifi usrlR,
nent chairman, N. V. Be b, HW r'.
sgry. iI
THE FOLLOW igH AppElsl
was presented All . graef emo yl.g;
10 the Colored Psopl ~ NlsriA
WHEREAs, We, ,c3 C4ltlo pnopl,
OF Virginia, beliey ing Asws lp t.bi
tho tima haa olSisg fJs -
10 call a.. halt MI tLl
unqualified s,ippor - mad, r.ysA fh ,
Ropuolican party. d3 herei A. c'u'UL-
ton assembled, do,itle uui .iges o
llt!csily lndependeaJi q taN rst.irs
which pertain to ~ lsHluts1s . ID
voters OF this comm WAgitk
We bavs Tor 20 , --daefe @ ar
former pol,tlnal tf1OisEhs FiLil ul-
parsllelsd tide,icy, 1GoynHe .lUso
dark dsyB Of reco ifgo.tsn DO Re-
publican party Yrovgd Iaat N U.- te
only party 10 vhict th0crieti l.l II
tho South could 90 lNst1h ~ .U,.
self. To that eno JAg eclni e. rr, a
nobly responded 40 es.aec ~ pr r
aud place mon Nhi star vtaIHly
while sdminsleri dls lays oi q
United Staten governments ir o
We fssi sver or, ami ~ tyaa. 1.
been done, Dut nDv 70
tiue has como Tor ls %
t,iink, act, vote and Er. *
for ourselves, and especially 20 70
the Republicans have peScbeal n.
doDed us in former campAlgsg ID
In all matters whero tina nggr1 og ,t
20 have had recogniiiou 10 pF1rpI u
to his voting strength ahc g'1-
gence.
We knew, too, that many oi aur 90
have been mUracrGd ,l 10
Southern Ststes, but tho csUsqa VI h
led TO these sad Occurrences VI b eh
have spilled our blood gau ergs &
bitter race feeling Wt!c-i noV 'a-s 1s
our progress and makes i5 4 ,4.U.. far
US to live in tbs lana ui lur
birth, arc larsely Cr11e-
able TO the musmgn 58nent
OF the Fhderal Oflcl nn.eera ln eur
section.
These foregoing reasons load ID 90.
adopt such rhethodN AID 40 Co 1gtlran
oussslves as 10 make i,'eDt, o. rDse
whose interests arc id2a ,icYiiu grGry'
way with our own
we therefore appeal 10 the eroio-el 90
Pile Of our native sss,s, G., lp9s Vol TO
The altered conditions * aigstiB nd
in the future make such pl.G.csl al
lIances as will Incst adv ane, 9uf M
terents edauation2Ny uHF1 ci3ily
and and. pppiiti'alE; pppsi. 3.;.nsfs5, are are
bread limits oftAo assruol,,ga la
q general dispositloa on tLepaL # she
white peoplo to- Eccor. tolLE Ell gur
rights before law, 10 moot az lesrtHy
on every advsncaNS "a AKA for tls ap-
holding OF our.psoD o. lb boa3oYes US
then 20 secuFe oSJ palio.e hat W9 nay
drive out all Sisc rdsl5 elements In
Virginia, whe'ssr 'tey nave
boon hsaded by ugtyts or
aliens to the n1a'e. We also
condemn the ga'sirg az tho
race Issue by any olsss OF AS,, who
czssy tn lexd the nS sSea, tgSsR Sastl
can do nothing bnt provo o9aalne EM
to cur Cause and or i1ierest. Vs
therefore askw'hasr6y eo-cpe7ation of
OF :our noySMen
We have, ,N3ifSSto be- thenEfUl i' he
liberaiity offhesnres ala istra-
tion to our pabyie III iAo SouCn,
Wo also, " believe oUr re-
Iations !, to- . the StttQ debt
justify usinrhoping taat Nirei ia
will be ra1eyadSroU her pgesgut anan
cial eui,zFrEEsme by al rom
tho Federsl government Whieh
will enable her TO pr0y de
for the uiaterial i,itsrests o. aer e'ti.
zens aud bring eboUs that EnicaT al
good feeling whicl ought So 4Hisi De-
tween the two races. Tho adtite4a vas
adopted and the convention 81 'jaN'ned
sine die. ~