Year: 1875

THE PATRONAGE OF THE ADMINISTRATION NOT


FAIRLY OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AMONG THE
CoLoRED oFFIcE-sEEKERs PARAMOUNT
CLAIMS vERLooKED-DIPoRTANT ACTION AS
TO PETTY LARCENY DISQUALIFICATION.


RICHMOND, Va, August 90 1875.
The Colored Mems Convention, after much confusion
and great deal of noise and uproar, got
well to work to-day, and gave out
cropping or two of their desires, intentions
and purposes. 1t appears that they are not
only dissatisfied with the manner in which they are
treated rather with the way in which they neg
lected by the white people of the State but they don't
all like the disposition shown by the federal admins
tration to snub them all occasions where federal
patronage the consideration overlook their para
mount claims to Office The complaint especially, is of
the appointment of white men, who better if SO
good, as democrats, while they are wholly neglected


THE RESOLUTIONS.


The following preamble and resolutions perhaps con-
tain the bulk of their grievances and set forth
fully their only manifesto hitherto made the OBJ
jects and purposes of the Conventions,


The Committee on Resolutions reported the following
preamble and resolutions:-


Believing in republican form of government such as
emanated from the eversonary right Of all power that 1t
for who represent of the Tepubican of
@ have BORNE paS a pa aDS
and to call the attention of the administration thereto and
as s in the power of the administration that they be
Presidential race and goropsy and triumphanty win and
the State should control it's internal economy without
and spectators to dictate federal appointments over the
head Of State Committee and to keep them there
Resolved, That while eiterate unanching fidelity to
featy to the administration again respectfully ask and
think it right for the administration to stretch its hand
md and aNief dyhic
acknowledge, by recognizing such organization the
than to those individuals whether they live here
in s or og 0Rs & P9rSn I Of the and
the condition Of disorganzaton and dsacton existing
number Of federal all over the State many in
Of which 70 us who are
puted them and Of others who incubus the party
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shall succeed in establishing its power and supremacy again
Resolved That copy Of these resolutions be the
President Of the United States.


The resolutions occasoned much discussion and
caused quite uproar. The Chairman had repeatedly
TO call upon the sergeant to preserve order.
After discussion the resolutions referred back to
the Committee Federal Relations.


REPORTS oP COMMITTEES.


The committee subsequently brought in a report
recommending that this Convention should advo-
cate the claims Of any man for Office, which was
adopted.


The Committee on Education brought in report set
ting forth that the colored people unfairly treated
III inc III WHICH INC puDHC SCHOOL system was
carried out and representing that they had been grev
ousy jnsuted by Dr. Runer, the present Superintend
ent OF Public Education but in view Of the fact that
convention Of coored school teachers is to meet here
next week the committee recommended that no action
be taken at this time, which was agreed to-


A PETTY LARCENY RESOLUTION


resolution also adopted denouncing the consti
tutona amendment which makes petty larceny a
for dsfranchisement, which is before the people
for their votes. This they consider a aimed
exclusively at the colored men, who supposed to do
most of the petty thevng in the State and, as one of
them remarked, ut is very hard poor negro can't
take few chickens without losing his right VOTE"


MEETING.


The Convention then adjourned to attend grand
meeting Broad street, where many addresses
made the most remarkable of which by
Rev. William b. Derrick, most influential colored
preacher, who created quite sensation by advising
them TO let politics alone and devote them
selves to the real improvement of the
through educational labor. The white people
in the majority, and it was madness
to against them. He is of the abest colored
speakers in the South, and he listened to with great
attention. His remarks made deep impression, and
WILL doubt, be productive Of great good. The
perfect order prevailed while he speaking and at
the close of his remarks the mass meeting adjourned


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