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Show THE AFRO-AMERiCANS- The Herniation, atioiilai by th Colored oitiz.us uiaa't Lake. The colored c-jti.miJt of Sait Lako City iu niase meeting at the Federal . c urt rooms on Friday evening Inst, j adopted the following resolutions. WiiniiKAs, Tim republican party is tho parly of freedom and eiial political politi-cal riad is. thu party that caiaiifipat.'d 4.l)il(),UW Aiiu,rioaus born 'on Uio wjil. from the thralldom of tho worst nhiv-cry nhiv-cry known iu tho annals of civilied nn'iiiLS. Wiikkeas, Thfl rcr"'ilic;n party in thn t'onvrcn of the Tnitod States, S'f-curing S'f-curing thu 1 :icli. Ilth and r.lli constitutional constitu-tional umeiidinents. which inadii us frc. and pf us our natural birth-rifrht birth-rifrht i f fraiichie. iti.A.s, liy tin wis I nn of the re publican party ii was made Impo-sil'ln lor the (jnvi T'iinoiit to t i si-r. ill i tint 0 hetwe.'it tho rii;hti of citiens, on ae- ouut of raie, color, or previous conditions; con-ditions; Wiii.HEAs, The republican party in con.nres nssciubled, am.'iidi'd tlie nat-uranation nat-uranation laws in striking out the word "white." making it possih for ali worthy colored torc:j.'u.-rs to become iiaturali.eU citi.fiis of tho United btatr; Wiii.i!i:as. Tha republic.in parlv. Willi tin) pat riot iftu that Ikh h:uai-' ur-i.ied ur-i.ied i's )irurrefivn history, lias t-ii.utrd wise laws lor the protection of American Amer-ican industries, and Attierican workmen nK'amst Kurupean cheup lahor, and the peon labor ot Mexico; H Hi iu:as, 1 no republican party is tho party thai has faithfully IniuUed tho declaration undo by the fathers of the republic on the -l'.h day of July, 1 ? 7(5, In wit: ' We hold these truths to I e self evident, that all m "l are created free v.ud e.iial; that they are endowed by their tJreator with ccr'ain iualiena-bio iualiena-bio rights; that MUioiii the-e iiru life, liberty and the pursuit of happnuf-s. It ul a 'I, We Airo-Auierit-ans. member mem-ber of tlio reiuibii. an party, will faith fullv poiitr.buiu our mite iu layiiitf the louiidation of our great parly lirni and sm i it in blah l!,.-ill ml. We will faithfully labor for the Buccessof the republican candidates for county and legislative ollices to be voted fur at tho coming election in August. Jt.'xolr, tl, YV! resolve ourselves into a rouiin.t ee of tho whole for the purpose of honorably nectintitf voters anions our citiens for our party. Jtisiiml, Our alli'Kiauco first and last ii witn the republican party. 1! xi iliuil, That these resolutions be j published in The Salt Lake Timkh. |