The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-02-07
THE COLORED CONVENTION
1T PREPARES AN APPEAL. TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

The Document i'm Full 1t Asks
tue COlOred Man to Vote fOl
Only Those Men who Favor
the Race.
WASHINGTON. February 6.-The colored
convention to-day elected Ex-Governor p.
B. S. Pinckback president of the national
organization, and issued the following
address to the people of the United States
and colorcd American citizens of the Uni
ted States:
The convention assembled respectfully
submit their grievance to the country
and ask favorable decision at the bar
of public opinion. We regret that there
exists in certain parts OF our country q
condition of affairs which renders it nee
essary for the colored American citizens
to meet in a separate body for the con-
sideration of grave and important ques-
tions that are nationalin their character.
Being part of the citizenship of this
country we can assure our cOuntrymen
that we do not meet in separate conven-
tions from choice, but from necessity. II
is because we have been made special and
distinct objects OF attack and oppres-
sion that we are compelled to meet in
separate conventions as colored Ameri-
c,, c;,;,.rs ,,d ,,uuo.t ,,,y,,,d ,,.,,.
:" rsmeJv th. % .SIIs S nf wh;cb w. % c",ms
nlo;n oni ~ rr.vont ;f nnss;h,. n re".-
tition of them.
v,cll ;nfnrn,sI nsr.nn who has orv rsa,rd
G,- tb. t,,,,h ,,.;ji Jer,. th,t ,be no,e,jor
elections, federal as well as local, in many
States of the South are in great meas
iire mt hing fnore thnn fnrcicnl tormnli-
les Vn,as nc coIor.d ar,cr,cor c;,;,.ns
IN so;d Statss ore s,,nr-.sssd hw v;nisuco
~ ns,,,rai;,sJ hv frppS TIL. foc, hos
,,jso h..n made onnarsnt u;tb;, The mast
t.,,, ..ars ,t,a, d;f,:.r.,,,.s of n,,;,,;n,,
ar,,;,, a,,a s.na ra,. nar, - n f;I;,, ;nns ~,
,he mart of co}nred American c;t;,ens in
hos, states of3nrd mn rel;et and Ir;ro nm
.",,.d,, e., ,," ,,,,anns of ,,,,,;ci, ,,,. -,
,In;n 7, ssam,s ,n hs ,h. s.,,isd noI;.,.
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~. isa,,s a,d ,r.,,i'ors nr ,h. sd
ror,v o,. d.,ern,;neJ IN y;nj.rtjy s,,,.
,,r.s,, ,L. ,o,.s NJ cnInrsd Amer;co, c;t;.
,.,,s /, 60. 30, Iii, ,.hn, ,,or,,.s, ,;d
~n,n-s ,nav na;,;ots '
Cnntrory IN thr letter and sn;r;t of tb.
constitution ana laws OF our country
our rights and privileges III inc states
referred to, are not only cnrtaiied ana
abridged, but positively Denied we are
made special OBJECTS ot an un'riendiy
state legislation. Our wives ana our
daughters' our mothers ana our SISTERS
are iorccd' IN consequence OF such iegisia-
ton to occupy seats when travelling, IN
hlthy and INFERIOR cars. Solored Amcri-
can citizens VINO may pe converted OF
petty onenses through uhir'ehu'y courts
are submitted while undergoing sentence
oi the said courts 10 such cruei anu III
human treatment MS to make their con-
dit'on worse thhn ap)ect slavery:
In addit'on 10 this' the coiorea ameri-
can c,tizens when suspected OF havinS
committed certain ofenccs, ana whie IN
the custody oi tue so'eaiied orhcers oi the
law, are III many instances ana rs we
believe, with the knowledge ana throuEh
the connVahee Oh sa'u o'mIers, eowara'y
lynched and murdered without nearing
and without even the scfhDlance OF
trial. Our children IN many OF the SAID
states are not ahorded Tue iaeinties 10
which they are entitled ana whieh Is
the 'uture prosperity" "ot Only
Oh our race put OF poth f"ees !" 'he
'ocnlitks III whieh tneV h'e'
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