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Show THE AFRO-AMERiCANS- Tb Kriului.,n aa.nitxl lr th t'olortd ultl.vua ol aait I.aka. Tho colored cilizens of Salt Lake City in mass meeting at the Federal court room on Friday evening last, adopted the following resolutions. HKKKAS, Tho republican party is the parly of framlorn and eijual poiiti-I poiiti-I cal rights, tho parly that emancipated j 4,OCd,0'Ji) Americans born on the soil, from the thralldoin of tho worst ulav-cry ulav-cry known in the annals of civilized nations. ' Wm iiKAS, Th republican party in tho Conuress of the United States, securing se-curing tho l;ith, 14th and loth constitutional constitu-tional mnendmentH, which made us free, ami gave us our natural birthright birth-right of franchise. W'iikkkas, l'.y tho wisdom of tho republican re-publican party it was made impossible for the government to discrnuinale botween tho rights of citizens, on account ac-count of race, color, or previous conditions-. WiiKitKAS, Tha republican party in congress assembled, amended the naturalization nat-uralization laws In striking out the word "white," makinir it possible for all worthy colored foreigners to become naturaliad citizens of the United Stales; W nr. lit: am, The republican party with the Patriotism that lew character- I i.dd its progressive history, has enacted wise laws lor tho protection of American Amer-ican industries, and American workmen against Kuropean cheap labor, and tho peon labor ol Mexico; Wiu:iikas, The republican prty is the party that has faithfully fulfilled tho declaration made by the fathers of tho republic on the 4th day of July, j 1T70, to-wit: "We hold these' truths to be self-evident, that all men arc created free and eipi.il; that they aro endowed by their Creator with certain inaliena-bbi inaliena-bbi rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 7iV.huivi, V, e Afro-Americans, members mem-bers of the republican party, will fail li-fully li-fully contribute our luito in laying tho foundation of our great party firm and solid in Utah. 7i.vo'ivi, We will faithfully labor for j the success of the republican candidates for county and legislative ofliccs to be voted for at the coming eluctioti in August. JlsmliYtl. We resolva ourselves into a commit ee of tho whole for the purpose of honorably securing voters among our citizens for our party. 7iV.ii'iv, Our allegiance first aud last j ia with the republican parly. jfrnoliYit, That these ro'noltiliona be! published in The Salt Lake Times. |