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iiUTLER, MISSOURI. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7. i88rj.
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flegroes in Convention.
Lvnchbur, Va., .Sept. 30
I -t.f.ntiim of colored men r
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t . .1 1 t c.u-
' --'&Dbled here to-day. J. B. Sphar, ,
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It Alexandria, was elected tempo- ;
r . 1 m r ii., i
Ly chairman and MY. I3ecKley,of
chmondddressedthe convention,
liying
ytnbleu as icpuojn-aii.- unuunfu,
flt as citizens ot V lrinia, atul
'aiming the risjht of free men, and
boped their deliberations would
(i l..nctrate that thev were worthy
-a be citizens.
The convention reassembled at 8
m. R- B. Beckley was elected
rmanent chairman, and X. V.
Backers secretary. The following
presented amid ereat cheer-
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Xo ihe Colored People of Vik-
,a!jlA: We, the colored people ot
Virginia, believing as we do that the
Itjaie has come for us to call a halt
81 the unqualified .support we have
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pven the repuoiican party, no ucic
m convention assembled solemnly
declare ourselves politically inde
pendent in all matters which pertain
to us as citizens and voters of this
commonwealth. We have for
twenty-five years adhered to our
fmmer political associations with
anparalletled fidelity because in those
dark days of reconstruction the re
publican party proved that ;t was
the only party to which the colored
man ot the south could consistently
allay himself. To that end the
colored voters nobly responded and
raised to power and peace men who
greiv wealthy while administering
(he laws ot the United States gov
ernment in the Southern states. Ve
feel ever grateful for what has been
done, but the time has come for us
to think, act, vote and speak tor
ourselves, and especially so since the
republicans have practically aban
doned us in former campaigns and
m all matters where the negro ought
to have had recognition in proportion
ta vAtincr stienpth and intelligence.
n o
Wcknovv, too, that many of our
race have been murdered ill the
Southern states, but the cause which
led to these saa occurrences which
have spilled our blood and created a
bitter race antagonism, which now
retards our progress and makes it
difficult for us to live in the land of
eur birth, are largely traceable to
the federal officeholders in our sec
tion. These foregoing reasons led us to
adopt such methods and so demean
ourselves as to make friends ot those
whose interests are identical in every
ay with our own. We therefore
appeal to the colored people of our j
native state to look well to the alter
ed condition ot affairs and in tli
future to make such political alliances
as will most advance our interests,
educationally, financially and politi
cally. We feel sure that there is,
throughout this broad limits of the
; commonwealth, a general disposition
on the part of the white people to j teml ttiat lu. ;s ouy a ron Qu;xote or
accotd us all our rights before the j ;l gancho Panza. arrayed against the
law and to meet us heartily in every j w;niim,l!s on the plains,
advance we make tor the upholding j VVhatever people may think ot
of our people. It behooves us then j or say 0f him or write of him,
to so use our ballots in that we may j aI1 nnisl ag,ee that he is a great gen
drive out all discarded elements in tu a wolKlerfui man and a preacher
Virginia, whether they be headed bv j the like ot which was never seen or
natives or aliens to the state. We j he.mj ot before on earth.
lso condemn the raising of the race
issue by anf class of men, who assay It Hrng out that Victor Hugo tiied
to lead the masses, because it can d , vo th ; round numbVs, five n1,l
nothmg but prove detrimental to our j ;on trancs or nvo hundred thousand
cause and ou. interests. We there- j poum, sterlin? Xhis considerable
tore ask a hearty co-operation otour fortune has been near,y. al ;t not
People in Virginia to the success J quite a5U m;ule during the last few
our movement. We have cause to j Lat Near aIone hs dje& Qn
be thankful for the liberality of the ; . ,r,-riTI,r4, nf u,c ,wn,
presenf administration to our people
a the soutti. We also believe our
relations to the state debt-ate sucn
as to justify us in hoping that Vir
ginia will be relieved from her pres
ent financial embarrassment bv aid
from the federal government which
will enable her better to provide for '
j all the material interests of h-r citi
The ! zens arK' ,,nri" about th.it universal
good feeling which ought to exist
u... .1. . ..
oeiween uie ivvuiii.cs.
The address was adopted :ind the
convention adjourned sine die
Jhc Wolderfu, Pr,aCil,r.
The St. Joseph Gazette has this to
say of the Rev. Sam Joue, the great
revilvalist, now holding a n:ee!ing in
that city:
"Where does he get L's power,
this duplex-elliptic, dou'.iie l ack ac
tion, perpetual-motion ex p-Kinder ot
the gospel, who is attracting people
by the thousands and te::s ot thous
ands, ami four times a dav, to the
canvas tabernacle on one ot St Joe's
many hills?
What is the secret of that magnet
ism wtiich draws to the tent Chris
tians and Jews. Catholics and Prot
estants, non-professors and unbeliev
ers alike, and holds them there for
hours and hours at a time, and until
he voluntarily lets them ago?
It is not inspiration from on high
lie doesn't claim to be inspired. It
is not because he is presenting a new
religion or creed or doecrine. His
teachings are as old as Christianity
itself. It is not his deep learning,
for there have lived a world full of
preachers more profound than he.
13ut he is a powerful preacher and
a great genius. That none will deny,
lie is a preacher worth going hun
dreds of miles to hear. Xo concep
tion of the man can he formed by
reading his sermons and sayings . To
read of him and then see and hear
him, are like looking through a glass
darkly and then face to face.
Many will doubt the efficacy ot
his style of preaching. Many will
say he can never make real converts,
for lie keeps the congregation gig
gling one halt the time at his oddities
and his severe denunciation of pop
ular follies. Well, he has demon
strated the practicability of his meth
ods and he has added thousands up
on thousands ot new names to the
church rosters throughout the South.
-""Then what manner of man is this?
Is he like that Cceur de Leon, Rich
ard the Lion-Hearted of England,
camping with the Black Friars in
caves and engaging in a tournament
on the side of the Robin Hoods for
the sake ot enlisting the rugged
yeomen of his great cause? Is he
come to reclaim a kingdom that was
lost, and to accomplish this end chinks
glasses with the noble Thanes that
hated his kingdom ? Or is be among
us merely as some
"JIill?rbranil-allabranJ.
Sword in hand,
Sword in hand."
lUOunted upon a swift charger and
sweeping through the land, fighting
on everv side, riding down all oppo
sition, trampling under toot every
foe that dares strike his lance or cross
blades with him. merely because he
loves to figl't. loves God and hates
the devil, the enemy of his kindred?
This may be so, but some will con-
ed to no less than one million two
hundred thousand francs. He be
queathed fiftv thousand francs to the
poor of Pans.
A Spotted adder." is a name
given bv the B-su.m Record to de-
faulting c ishserv.
ST. LOUIS & EMPOEIA
Meeting Thursday Evening Last J
and Committees Appointed.
The St. Louis & Emporia railway
meeting advertised to be held at the
City Hall last Thursday evening was
well attended y our leading citizens.
S. E. Price was called to preside,
and Mayor Calviid to act as secre
tary. On taking the chair Judge
Price delivered a .short speed 9
strongly tavoring the building of an
east and west railroad.
.Judge McBeth complimented Clin
ton on her onward progress, and
predicted a bright future. She is
now leading in the van of progress,
and is bound to continue to go for
ward. He was ii; favor ot a committee
to act with those of other towns on
the proposed line ot the St. Louis &
Emporia, to assist along the pro
ject. Judge A. C. Ayery was heartily
111 favor of the proposed east and
west road. It would develop a vast
section of rich agricultural, stock
raising, coal and iron and lead pro
ducing country. It would be not
only a blessing to the people, but a
splendid investment to the owners of
the road.
Judge U01 man was heartily in ac
cord with the proposed building ot
the St. Louis & Emporia. It would
give us a competing line to St. Louis,
and thus save money to the people,
add to our wealth and population,
and make Clinton the business town
of the Southwest. As Clinton's
citizens have been on the alert in the
past, they must look cut tor the
future and be ready to do their duty
at all times.
The speeches were well received.
The following committee was ap
pointed to co-operate with the com
mittees on the line-of the proposed
St. Louis & Emporia, and to extend
to it hearty encouragement and as
sistance :
II. W. Salmon, W. B. Calvrid.J.
II. Britts, W. D. Tyler, A. C.
Avery, A. P. Frovvein, T. J.
Lingle.
THE ST. L. & E. IN BATES.
The St. Louis & Emporia route
has found much favor in the town
ships in Bates through which the
proposed line passes. Judge Cole,
of near Ballard post-office, was in
town Tuesday, and laid on our table
bills for a meeting of the citizens ot
Spruce township at Ballard. Henry
county citizens on the line of the
road, in Walker, White Oak and the
western part ot Deepwater, might
do well to attend this meeting, or to
hold similar ones, and appoint com
mittees to be in readiness to co
operate with other committees in
j securing right-of-way, etc., when
! the proper time arrives. Judge Bal
' lard sends us word that he wants the
road built, and is ready to do all in
his power to help it along. Henry
Co. Democrat.
A Eansan's Estimate of Faank James. !
Independence, Mo., Oct. 1.
Some proceedings developed yester
d ay which brings Frank James be
fore the public in a new role. A
farmer from the Black Bob Land,
Johnson county, Kansas, after ne
gociating with James through a friend
came here to-day, to perfect arrange
ments with James to get him to kill
a neighboring Kansan. The price
agreed upon was $100, and was
placed in the friend's hands. The
exact location of the farm on which
the victim lived was mapped out, and
all arrangements seemed perfected,
when James and his friends told the
fellow that they were working a game
on him, and that unless he would go
home and remain quietly they would
give him away. He went immedi ':
ately. His na ne and the name of
his intennded victim are withheld :
from publication. ;
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And Most Complete? Stock of
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BOOTS AND SHOES,
MILLINERY, CARPETS,
Every Shown in Butler.
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Prices as Usual, Below all
SAM'L LEVY & CO.
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Clothing.
Competition
H. M. Stanley is now in Hrtiscl
having a good time with the King of
the Belgians.
-A. colnre.l mon Ur-i , .
j,, ivitumomi n.is
invented a razor-proof suit, whicn i
to be worn at balls ami parties.
A New York doctor thinks he his
made himself look young by eating
3,000 lemons annually tor ten u-ar-T
Ex-Gov. John 1$. Long, ot Bos
ton, made himself so popular in his
Essex Club speech relegating Jas.
G. Blaine to political obscurity, that
the Lynn Republican Club will give
him a dinner October 7, and look for
another speech.
Ben Butler has at last bluited ou;
Ids real .sentiments respecting the
laborers of this country. He say
they are not inteligent and that "nine
out of ten of them would sell their
votes for $2 a piece." This is what
they get foi refusing him their vote
a year ago when he was exploiting
himself as their champion, their can
didate for president. He says that
they were afiaid of him became
he had a little property. But the
tact is that they saw through himtheii
as clearly as they do now. when he
so frankly confesses his leal lceling
toward them, and that his sole object
then was to get them under the con
trol ot "a man with considerable
wealth and a family and property in
terests." They clearly understood
that he h id devoted his whole public
life to the accumulation of great
wealth in the service of the money
kings, and the land grabblers His
whole record in congress had taught
them that he was tunning, not 111 the
interest of the toiling masses, but in
the interest of Steve Elkin's candi
date and in the interet of that clao
of political jobbers to which he and
Steve have always belonged. The
small vote given to Butler and the
utter failure of his efforts to elect
Blaine are conclusive proofs that the
labor vote is neither so purchasable
nor so lacking in inteligence as Bul-
r has always believed it to be.
Iost-Dispatch.
The Greatest home breeding otahlif.K
nient ot American one ot the inaov w.n
dertul enterprise the great went W noted
for and whi ;h none tavored with rjpixr
tnnitv should pass eeing i the great
breeding stablinhment ot Daklawo own
ed by M YV Dunham at Wayne 111. 35
miles from Chiago. His importations of
percheron horsew from France to date
have aggregated the irnmence urn ot 3.
000 000, and at the present time at Oak
land yj head ot 'he choicet pecimen
ot tha race nearlva'l recorded with their
pedegress in the Percheron Stud boo trt
France can he seen wh.le on their CI
rado ranges age 2ono mare and 32 impor
ted I'ercheron Mallion In breeding.
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