New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-24
INDORSING THE LODGE BILL.
ENTHUSIASTIC CoLoRED REPUBLICANS.
ELOQUENT SPEECHES BY THE REV. DR. DER

ELOQUENT SPEECHES BY THE REV. DR. DER
RICK AND GENERAL JAMES r. O'BEIRNE
The Hannibal Colorad Republican League held a
public meeting last night in the Abyssinlan Baptist
Church, in Waverlcy Place. The Rev. DR.. Derrick
was the chairman and General James Il. o'Beirne
there to speak for the white Republicans The
subject discussed the Lodge ElectlOn bill and the
meeting full Of interest and enthusiasm. The OBJ
jet Of the gathering 10 give emphatic ndorse-
ment to the BILL and plainly to define the ground
which coorcd Republican, take with regard to the out
RACES the bill is meant TO put end to. No can
trthly say hereafter that the c0lored voters of this
city Indifferent on the subject Of their races
right to exercise the franchise in all parts OF the
Union.
DR.. Derrick called the meeting to order in speech
which carried his audience with him from the start
He showed that the bill in question was not intended
for one part Of the country alone. People so weak
encd ~ 10 allow their rights he said to pass away
from them without protest do not deserve to enjoy
them. The question which troubles me day and night
is, Are citizcnsl
IF we are. we must let it be known that we claim
our rights ~ such. There is in this bill no special
feature for any special part Of the body polite but
tho pouce /, applied the part that is sick. If it i
New York. it is applied here; if in MASSACHUSETTS, in
California in south Carona, it i applied there For
that reason VIC advocate If, passage, and Will advocate
IL. And We are not advocating any measure which
puts ignorance above Intelligence. II is for all alike
II mean, that the muSc-lovlng italian, the polite
Frcnchman the granitc-hcadcd Scotchman, and last.
but least the industrious and iorgiyng negro-all
shall enjoy the rights of citizens. When they all get
it We'll stop this agitation.
There is no more loyal element in the body polite
than tli, American negro. While men OF oVhor
uatonatcs look back To various flags, the negro
know, no other national emblem than the stars aua
stripes ! appeal to the press, which can do 30 mlcl
~ help or hurt u.s. put fairly before the country
not u, seeking 10 inmidatc, but only a. asking TOT
tho -amc right, a, other citizens
These remarks were received with great applause
Appropriate resolutions the deaths OF Gen
cal, Fremont and Fisk were then adopted and
a petition to the senate wac read urging the passage
of the BILL and adding: 1t would make the title Of
citizen, granted under the Constitution Of tie United
states a. potent in the swamps Of Florida as In tho
rocky wastes Of Maine; and in spite OF the Illegal
restrictions which hover about the baliOboX in some
section, Of the country il would do much % make citi-
zenship no longer an empty title, but living aetVo
reality
General James II. O'Bclrne then made a rousing
speech in support Of the BILL II was utterly aesuru'
he aid 10 call il 4 force bilI The fact that Henry
ToL@t / 'dce was sponsor ~ the bill was absolute
proof tl4t there could be nothing In IL but equity ana
We pass bv and forgive" he said, as the colored
race Ina, 10 uobly done, the most Outrageous crimes
ever pcrpctratcd against P2piyc, must strLe The
hlor' We have met % strike that great hoW as IL
only can be struck. mean by me r1ht Oh P euthon.
In, o be- tod that handful Of dissenting Drouler.
hall .taud IN The way Of the VIII Of the majority Oh
tic House Of E"pre-eniatiye,, No. VINO Won I'' are
rlght tnc law abiding citizens of the Sooth OF tne
xorth ar not afraid Of force NO traitor ieio u'c
haltSr draw with GOOD opinion OF nc law. .,..,
lanes W IIawcs spoke next Of the e"irSu'"V'on'
aspect OF ,lr lc Editor Of The Age SPOKE
br,.1v and effectively. and vas followed ~ y. ~
Iatlncr The meeting closed by the Singing
4" Amei1ca' by the audience