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Chambers Tribune
LOCAL ITEMS.
IKE, H. VINCENT.
DIVINE SERVICE - Will be held at the Methodist Church tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, and evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. Mr. Loveless, Pastor.

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]]

Public Meetings!!
In pursuance to a call made in the Chambers Tribune, for a Public Meeting to express the views of the people of Chambers County, in regard to the present situation, quite a large number of citizens assembled in front of the Court House, at this place last Saturday.
The meeting was called to order at half past one o'clock, and organized for business by the nomination and election of Judge E. G. Richards as President, and Ike. H. Vincent as Secretary. 
It was then moved and carried, that the President appoint a committee of fourteen, seven white and seven colored citizens, to draft Resolutions expressing the sentiments of the meeting; whereupon the following named persons were appointed:
WHITES - B. B. McCraw, Esq., Dr. G. F. Taylor, Judge John Appleby, J. J. McLemore, Esq., Dr. B. F. Rea, Jonathan Ware and John Huguley.
COLORED - Spencer Nash, Phil. Allison, Walton Blakely, John Milburn, Derry Reese, Sam. Finley, and Louis Driver.
After the committee had retired, the President made a few remarks explaining the object of the meeting, showing the relative positions and duties of the white and colored races, and gave the colored men some good, practical advice.
Simeon Dean, Esq, then took the stand and spoke at length upon the issues of the day, reviewing the institution of slavery from the day it was first introduced in America, down to President Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. He advised the colored men to educate their children, buy land and to become identified with the interests of the Southern States.
The Committee having reported the Resolutions ready for action, its chairman, B. B. McCraw, Esq, came foward [[forward]] and read them, explaining each one separately, and impressing upon the minds of the colored men the importance of fully understanding what they would be called upon to vote for.
While the Resolutions were under consideration, Mr. Whipple, a representative of the Freedmen's Bureau, arose and made a few remarks, stating his object in coming here, and expressing his supprise [[surprise]] and gratification at the unanimity that existed between the whites and blacks. He informed the colored men that that they need not expect to receive land nor money without earning it by their own labor. He could discover nothing in the Resolutions particularly objectionable. 
Before calling for a vote upon the Resolutions, Mr Spence moved that the word "accept" be stricken from the 2nd Resolution and the word "submit" be substituted in its