Excerpt from Proceedings of the National Convention of Colored Men, Held in the City of Syracuse, N. Y., October 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1864: With the Bill of Wrongs and Rights, and the Address to the American PeopleMr. Johnson, of Albany, N. Y., sustained the amendment proposed by Mr. Cain. He was as much opposed to the name of the African Civilization Society as any one, but he believed that that Society was just what Mr. Cain said it was.The previous question was called for, and ordered, when the amendment of Prof. Vashon was lost.The amendment proposed was then voted upon, and carried, and the resolution was adopted as amended.The Chairman of the Business Committee then reported Resolutions 12 and 13. [see Appendix, pp. 35, Mr. Martin moved to amend by striking out all that part of the Report referring to private enterprises.The amendment was opposed by Mr. Langston, who con cluded his remarks by asking Mr. Martin to explain what he meant by private enterprises.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.