The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-09-21

prices by by biddlne - eheu1ane. ~ ~
b useinl cSasa u they coolDno ~ ooevGo %
legitimate busin0s; but they we ri follow-
Ing 10 the f0oesters Of sueh mea 9 0eletea
ants, james Brown, jr, md wi1liam fIn1ey.
and men Of this clasA Thy as0 no lona @
commission mefchante; they aro n0lhAn9
but hucksters and f0restallen, who vioiatS
the lava Of your city g0vosnment n. the soie
OF chickens, eggs, vegetables, &C., tAus e.
hsDcing the pYicc Of those aSilcaea, which
should be sold In the nArleethoqDe the
articlcs3 Do you think for one Domeni
that the class of meschants 10 which have
alluded would hare he'd their sttre DOM
numbered up With With chicken boxes and
vegetablesf No. They would have sccrncd
such vocation - unworthy tho character
and standing Of merchauts, who should be
looked upon as representative nan Of the
high and lofty character which belong -
them IN their intercourse with Dankind -
he0e aud abroad.
Gentlemen, In copcluslon, I would aGk
yott to bear In mind the nooeonotRO ~ befne
united. Without Il you cnunot eueceed:
with Il you viii triumph, aud he Um who
are guiding our deatiniss VIII cid you, be
cause l know that they sympathisc With
you.
At the conclusion Of Capt. Robiusonsa rs.
marks Mr.. samuel Huffman, In ree0onsa "a
repeated Gala from the audience. aunrnaehs6
the stand and made short spsee6 he hs6
very lille couaIAanca n anythln9 u -.
gislature might do for the ame6osneion Of
the dlstreeses Of the poor man, The work,
Ing men should regulate affairs for them
selves, and he advised them TO hang to.
gcther in their efforts to put down the prices
il they starved In tho prosecution OF the holy
cause II would not surrris0 him much tf
the heartiess merchants Of Richmond wero
to tonnt all who participated In that meeting,
when next they went to buy anything, wils
the Ismark Of "Oh, yea; yon were in that
mechanics meeting at the City Hall tha
other night. shall charge. you more than
any one else on that account" His proposi-
tion was that the workingmen Of Richmond
shanld fall in committee Of the whole and
send men throughout the country to pur-
chase provisions on large scale and bring
them to this city to bc sold TO the poor at
cost price. By this means We would cir
cumvent the mOncyed men and be indepep-
dent Of them. He had no faith generally In
legislators; thought they would curry favor
about election time with the mechanics for
their votes, but afterwards would not caro-
what became of them. Mr.. HUFFMAN inter.
spersed bis remarks with some amusing On.
ecdotes and illustrations applicable to tha
spectators and cxtortloners, after which ha
left the stand amid the applause Of the crowd
assembled.
A committee Of seven was then appointed
To wait ON the Legislature and obtain from
them some action for the relief OF the fAmi.
lies OF so!dicrs In the field and the mechanics
and wOrk!ngnen at home. The committee
was colnrosfd OF the following gentlemen: |:
E. X. Robinson, kdolPhus Gary, WillIans
Taylor. J. r. Tyler, Samuel Huffman, j. Lud.
man, and Ben. Bragg.
After several nnsuccessfnl calls for various
gentlemen the meeting at haKpast nlno
o'clock adjourned, to meet again in two
weeEe from that night