For Frederick Douglass' Paper.

POLITICAL MEETINGS.

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A highly interesting meeting of the colored
citizens of Troy was held in the Liberty St.
Presbyterian Church on the 20th inst., and
delegates appointed for the coming Convention
of our fellow citizens of the Empire State, and
other important business transacted.

The following gentlemen were appointed as
delegates: Mr. Wm. Rich, Mr. Jonathan C.
Gibbs, Mr. Matthews, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Har
risson.

After the necessary business was disposed off,
Mr. Kelly came forward, and addressed the
meeting in an eloquent manner on the rights of
citizenship.

I have just returned from an intensely inter
esting meeting composed of the colored citizens
of Cohoes, Waterford, Batestown and a large
number from Troy which was held in Lansing
burg on the 21st. The speakers were Mr.
Stephen Myers of Albany, Mr. Wm. Rich of
Troy, Mr.Jones of Lansingburg, and also Mr.
Jonathan C. Gibbs of Troy.

The meeting was eloquently addressed by
each of the above gentlemen, and the utmost
unanimity prevailed, and there is an evident
determination on the part of our colored citizens in this part of the State to make the Convention a memorable one, and they call earnestly upon their fellow citizens in other parts of
the State to be up and doing,

Yours, &c.,

WM. RICH.