About The Colored tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1875-1876 | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1876)
’VOL. I.’ TOOMER, WHITE, PLEASANT & CO., 1 SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1^76. Publishers. J , uj Sunday School Convention. A mass meeting oi the Baptist Sabbath Schools met in this city, according to previous notice given by the Institute, on the 27th ultimo, at the First African Baptist Church at 2 o’clock p. m. The meeting was opened with singing by the Schools, after which prayer was offered by Rev. Wm. J. Campbell; fol lowed by singing. The opening addres was delivered by Rev. Alexander Hirris. Alter stating the object of the meeting the speaker referred in a brief manner the great action ol the Baptist S»ate Convention, in organizing a Sunday School Conven tion or Institute which he claimed to be if not greater equal in magnitude to any act of that Convention; he also made some allusion to the origin of Sunday Schools, speaking at some length in regard to its existence in the days of the patriarchs and nropbets, and urging a coatinumce of the game; he also made some strong and touching appeals to parents and guardians of children to encourage and assist in building up the Sunday Schools. Mr. C. L. DeLamotta, Supt of th? Ist A. B. Sabbath School made some remarks on the progress and .condition of the School which was most encouraging. Remarks of tne same nature were made ny Mr. Lisbon Bing, Supt of Ist Bryan Baptist Church Walbnrg street; Mr. Wm. Ford. Supt oi the Bethelem Bap tist Church; Mr. Henry Brown of the Ist Bn an Baptist Church. These reports were followed by singing by the scnools, after which miscella neous addresses were delivered by Mr. Peter Houston, upon the importance of Sunday Schools, and the necessity of parents taking more interest in that im portant work. Mr. H. A. Williams also gave bis views on Sunday Schools, en couraging teachers aod children in their good work. Mr. J. H. Brown then made some interesting remarks,in which he stated the necessity of the teachers oi the Sunday school meeting once a week to acquaint themselves with the lessons for the coming Sabbath, and also to give an account ot the classes under their charge. Rev. Mr. Harris, Chairman, then made some remarks on the importance of Education. Rev. W. J. Campbell then moved that the schools in mass meeting assembled, hereby endorse the action of the Bap tist State Convention which was carried unanimously. *o^ WidioL WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE; WITH CHARITY FOR ALL. A collection was then taken uy to pay the printing exposes, followed by singing by the school. Benediction, and the Convention ad journed. Committee on Minutes —Lisbon Bing, J. H. Brown, C. L. DeLamotta, Chair man. From Mississippi. Jackson, March 28th, 1876. Editor Tribune: Your sterling little sheet continues to come to the hands of its subscribers in this part of Mississippi regularly o n Thursday morning of each week, and its clarion notes are heard and doubtles s felt wherever the Tribune is known and read. To Mississippi Republicans the poli tic d horizon is brigbtning in bo‘h B’ate and national matters. Factions in the party here are fast giving away to a healthy union of interest and policy and ere the State Convention meets will present one united and unbroken front ready to march into the approaching campaign, and on to victory. The as surances from Washington that Sena tor Morten’s Mississippi resolution will p i«s has given a fresh impetons to pol itical affair--. “The war Governor" is the favorite candidate here and our State Convention will doubtless instruct for him. What “we oi the South’’ want is not so much i a hard or soft money platform, as pro- I teciou to loyal voters ana fair play all j around. Lieut. Gov. Davis was on the 23d inst. removed from office and disqualified, after having resigned on the 16th. Some dissatisfaction was felt .by leading Re publicans because Gov. Ames did not appoint bis successor before the Act taking from him that power became a law. Honorable T. W. Cardoza, State Su perintendent of Education, resigned on the 22d and the charges against him were withdrawn, and the whole Demo cratic par*y siands to day in the position of having compounded a felony. Oh ! virtuous Democracy. Sleek. The Wilmington, (N. C.) Post has a long account of the whipping of an old colored man and woman, who were suspected of killing hogs, by five white young men. The parties were stripped and the lash well laid on. After suffi ciently punishing the old folks, a young woman, who was about to become a ( Price $1 00 a Year, Payable Quarterly in I Advance. Single copies 5 Cts. mother, was shipped upward to the waist and held to the floor, while burn ing scaling wax was dropped upon her body in a hundred different places. A physician certifies to the latter fact. Sass the Post: The upshot of this whole matter is plain. These ku-klux scoundrels are the veriest cowards on earth, and they should be dealt with in short metre- If it is necessary for the protection of the lives of colored people, or to save them from the constant outrages committed upon them by these “rash boys” to kill and destroy their persecutors and tor menfors, let them be killed and des troyed, and that without hesitation or delay. If the law tails to administer with evenhanded justice by ku-klux officers, and nothing else will save even women from being burnt alive, let negroes try the same on those who per secute them. It is a game a: which both sides can play, and the whites have vastly moie to lose than the negroes. Let the negroes prepare to defend themselves and wives and their faimlies by every means at their command, and let the whites, who have anything at stake, beware!—Atlanta Republican. Paddle your own Canoe. It is manifest that we, the colored peo ple of the United States, must, for the time being, paddle our own canoe, or go down stream. We are dealt with and ever will be dealt with according to our condition rather than according to our color. Color we cannot change. We don’t wish to change it if we could, for God gave it us, and it is pleasing in His sight; but our condition we can change and ought to change as fast as possible. But it is a work we must do ourselves, by the help—the prayers and gifts —of our friends. The school, the pulpit and the press are the canoes in which we may in.ike a successsful voyage to th? haven of social recognition if we but jump in and paddle tor dear life. Sup port your schools, support your church, support your own paper. All these things you can do by indus ry, sobriety and fragility. Doit. Paddle your own canoe, and when the current is strong against you, your real friends will surely get behind you and push. —National Monitor. y^ELDON & GOULD, Dealers in Pianos, Organs, and Musical Merchandise Generally, No. 35 East Bay street, opposite Post Office Jacksonville, Fla. N. B.—Churches supplied with Organs at Jowest possible rates and on the most fa vorable terms. Send for circulars. mar ft No. 19
