The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-02-20

ored men the right OF suffrage and to
still count them in the basis OF repre-
sentation Is to add insult to injury, and
is as unjust as II is unreasonable.
The trouble. however. is farther back
and deeper than the dtsfranchisement Of
the negro. When men deliberately re-
fuse Ito include women iii the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the Ma
tional Constitution, they leave the way
open for all forms OF Injustice to ,other.,
and weaker men and peoples. When
men fail to be Just to their mothers.
they cannot be expected to be Just to
each other.
.The whole evil comes from the failure
to apply equal Justice to all mankind,
male and female alike; therefore. am
glad to join with those who are like
sufferers with my sex. In protest
against counting IN the basis of repre-
sentation in the Congress Of the United
States. or In the State Legislature, any
class or sex who are disfranchised.''
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The resolutions In their preamble re-
cited that the South has halted at no
crime to, strip from the negro the priYi-.
legcs gained as a result Of the Civil. War,
shooting Is. 900 black men from 1858 to 1880,
ana from 1880 to 1890 perpetratlng ballot
frauds to sSdisenfranchise negroes It Is
further recited that the South after 1890
sought to disenfranchise colored men in
various States by constitutional amend
ment, administered so that illiterate white
men are allowed to vote. while educated
negroes are excluded from the polls. The
conclusions Of the resolutions follow:
Resolved. That we. the negro citizens OF
New York and vicinity. in mass meeting
assembled at Cooper Union, February 19.
1905, de hereby, commend the negroes OF
Virginia for rendering the nation pa
.tliotic service in contesting before the
Supreme Court Of the United States the
revolutionary Constitution OF Virginia, re-
Gently; proclaimed a law without having
been submitted to the people for ratif-
cation; that we pledge them our very
pl oper support, and call upon colored men
everywhere to contribute literally to this
cause. &
Resolved. That we heartily endorse the
National Negro Suffrage Convention to
be held at Louisville, KY, July 7, 1903.
and call upon our towns. cities and States,
churches and societies to organize and
send full representation to voice the SEN
timent Of the race upon the question of
negro suffrage.
CKUM NOMINATION.
Resolved, That we urge the Republican
Senate In the name of 100000 negroes in
New York State to confirm the nomina-
education and irreproachable character.
whose appointment Is opposed solely on
the ground OF the color Of his skin. It
would be on unheard Of thing for the
party Of Lincoln to ratify the position
of the South on this question, and thus
side with the extremist form of South
ern prejudice and formally consent that
the door OF hope, OF opportunity. Is to
be shut on a man. no matter how worthy
purely upon the grounds Of race and
color. s
Resolved. That committee OF fifteen,
consisting Of Or. G, T.; Walker. w. H.
DR.. g. g. Morris, Rev. ]. a. Gordon.
Rev. Granville Hunt, c. "A. Dorsey, IS. r.
Scottron, w. b, Bulllley, C, w. Ander-
son. Rev. r. A. Motley, Rev. 4, w. Hen
derson, w. II. Smith and Rev. Dr.. ]. a
3 Cooper. he, and are hereby created,
known as the New York Conference Com
cred to 10 all acts that In their juds.
ment, se>1 best calculated to bring to
the aid of the negroes Of Virginia and .
tic listrf hsed South, til, July pcliti-E
cal power. prestige and assistance Of the
negroes of the State Of New York.
Resolved: That we appeal to the great
conscience ana her Christianity, u her
sense or tar play that has again aud
again trampled upon and triumphed oyer
r;ce prtjna,ce, to lend aid and syinLl-
thy through press, pulpit and In every
other way In the negroes legal contest
against the resurrection of the ghost Of
slavery In the South In form more
dangerous ana purpose the Same as Of
yore to the end that Estates rights
shall not again divide this county UNI
settle peaceful ,cond itlons, nullify the Con-
stitution and menace the perpetuity OF
the Union. IN
h Rev, Or. w, II! Brooks, Of 81, Marks
M n. Church, preSided.s .t t5ktS
James Fl, Hayes, Of Virginia, told Of
the spread Of the Acknowledgement 4
movement, iS n y. s i5ll; M