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Convention ok Colohkd Profl* in Tux ah.—Tht* first Convention of thecol-ored people In Texas recently took place at Bastrop, and appears to have been managed very muck in the Interest of the late slaveholders. An account it the Bastrop Advertiser, which is quiie as notable for the lack of informatim In regard to what was done as fef the manner in which the affair is trfated,says of it: I“The procession formed at 10 ofclock, and marched, the ladies in front and the men in rear, on horseback, in flouble line, extending about three quarters of mile in length, headed by music Six marshals, mounted, with scarfs, rosettes, and swords, guarded the movements. The procession repaired to the spring, at the head of Main street, where a sumptuous barbecue was smoking over the coal9—pies, turkeys, chickens, cakes of *11 varieties, and potatoes in abunlt;faDce were spread over the tables, thr citiiens contributing to the entertainment, aud many being present. The marshals commanded silence, the multitude gathered arouudthe platform, and Dr. Richard 0. Parker, an intelligent colored man, who has traveled extensively in Europe and the United States, addressed the audience iu a plaii, practical speech, full of wit, and reaching at times a lofty style of eloquence, assuring hii friends that, wages were higher in Texas than in the North, and that, their best friends were the Southern people. He advised them to let politics alone, and till the soil.The Lieutenant Governor of the State of Texas, the Hon. 0. W. Jones, made some very intelligent remarks—such a speech as the occasion required. His example in encouraging and counseling the negroes is worthy of. imitation by every intelligent patriot w ho has the sagacity to perceive that if the education of the young and pupilage *f the •Id, aid religious control of both sexes and all ages, is neglected hy our own people, -prejudices will »ever cease and wild confusion rule supreme. Frelacy and priestcraft will be substituted for the worship of the true God, aud taw Gospel to the negro will be as onerous as the tax on cottiN. No intoxication, no ardentspirits, no weapons of auy kind, were in the procession or on the groind. The utmost harmony prevailed—no bloodshed, no lighting or quarreling. The females were elegantly dressed iu plain merino—purple, scarlet aud blue, with rosettes and ribbons.A memorial and address to the freed-men in Texas was read by Jeremiah J. Hamilton, Chief Marshal of the day and Secretary of the Central Committee.”
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Rutland Weekly Herald
Rutland, Vermont, US
Thu, Dec 27, 1866
Page 6
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