The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-10
Negro Suffrage Demanded
ADOPTION OF ADDRESS.
Noisy Session.
Final Scenes and Adjournment
PHILADELPHIA, September I

unfriendly remarks that passed betwe'
Hamilton, of Texas, and Cresswell' OF
MARYLAND, in which the former Intimate
that the latter and all who came VII
him were intruders, that there must
either be an open split or quiet WILL
drawal of the border State delegates
The Convention met at ten O'Clock, a..
Speed appearing in his place as Chalr-
man.
About the fist thing done was tie
offering of q resolution rendering tie
| sympathy of the Convention to the meni
hers of the Union League for the damage
of their building by fire last night. Inc
mover Of the resolution, who was one 81
the Kentucky delegates, took occasion 10
state that the fire was the work OF 70
incendiary, acting on the sentiment OF a
speech of the President, lately made 10
this city, that there should be no leagues
but the Constitution. This remark drew
out burst Of applause, as did every
thing else said during the day in con-
demnation of tie President. A resol'l-
ton for the hanging of jeff. Davis was
next offered AMI received loud huzzas
from all parts OF the hall, though it was
| withdrawn afteI Il few speeches had been
made for and against it, the latter on
the ground that The Convention did not
assemble to pass sentence upon prisoners
| of State. Miscel Ianeous resolutions were
offered one after another in rapid success
sion, until it began to look as II the
business of the Convention would never
be concluded, AID a few who were anX-
ions 10 90 home cried out for the report
Of the committtr on Non. Rec0nstructed
States
Mr.. Speed fel; that the time for his
withdrawal had come, and stated to
the Convention that important business
called him hence to take his leave, put
ting Mr.. Bolts, of Virginia, in the chair.
| Mr.. Bolts was qaite as mach opposed to
| the negro suffrage reccommendation
which he knew was in the forthcoming
report. as Speed was. But he presided
for u couple of hours, and came as near
preserving order as it was possible for
any one to do in his place. Mr.. War.
meuth, of Louisiana, young man who
has been for some time identified with
the Radical movement in New Orleans,
and who last " inter presented himself
a. Washington as the delegate to Con
gress from the territory of Louisiana,
came forward 10 the Presidents desk,
and commenced to read the report of the
Committee. of which he was Chairman.
The Border State men had by this tine
nearly all lett the hall, and the non-re-
constructed members had things pretty
much their own way. AS the reading
proceeded, the radicalism of the au.
dience was Enthusiastically evinced by ex-
press;"ns If approval for the sentiments
| Of tn, report, " til once or twice a few
groar for And, Johnson, given with
great good viii Fred Douglass, accom-
pauied 10y his ite, happening to enter
while the real 'Hg was going on, the
voice f the reader was drowned III APP
plausc for the stinguished colored visi-
| tors The addr, IS was read, its adoption
| moved, and IL my believed the time
had come whe, harmonious adjourn
ment could DO ifected, but they were
| mistaken.
The floor was alaimed by half dozen.
The Chair got newildered, aud it seem
ed as if order " Ould never be restored
Finally, huwev' I, voice raised itself in
opposi ion 10 tie report. This gentle
man snon took ~ his seat. He was fol.
lowed ny Il Mo- h Carolina delegate i'll
favor e negro mirage, and he in his
turn rs followed by Mr.. Randolph, an
octoroon from New Orleans, who, from
The Presidents desk, delivered one OF the
most effective sDeeches of the session
the most effective Judging from the
thundeCs Of applause which greeted
every sentence, as he appealed IN behalf
of his race for { o right of suffrage as
reward for wba they had done IN the
war. We den and suffrage in return
for our sacrifc 81 The audience rose
en- maSse to cher him. Gas the only
representative "a my race in this Con
vention," said he, Il demand justice.
Give it to us no or we will soon get it
without your al, and when we are en-.
| frauchised we Nill do as you do. We
will remember enc friends and not forget
orr enemies" ;uis called for another
roll of thuDderoS applause, amid which
Mr.. Randolph r tred.
The next spes er was Mr.. Honeycut, of
Virginia, tall, Tray haired man, who
announced hims lfas the publisher OF an
| equal rights pa Der at Richmond, Va.
He went bow shot ahead of all his
predecessors in favor of liberty, equality
aud fraternity, and received in return
the most hearty demonstrations Of ap.
plause He beg Il to relate what he had
done iii favor Of equal rights, when he
was called To Oh CT on the ground that
| the Convention did not come here to
listen 10 personal biographies. He then
told his hearers how he became possess
ed of money enc tgh to get 10 Philadel-
| phia. He was here, he said, because the
| colored men of Richmond had raised a
purse OF one hundred dollars to enable
him to cume. Ii they had not done this
he did Lot belle . he would have been
| able 10 cone at III.
Ex-Governor Hamilton, of Texas, was
the next on the floor, and in a very hap
PLY worded speech he endorsed the Rad
zeal report, fav, red negro suffrage and
denounced all attempts to dodge the is
! sue as unmanly and contemplate. 1t
| had been sugges ed TO him, he said, that
even if Congress gave the negroes the
right 10 vote, Andrew johnson would
uoS let them exercise it. Let Andrew
Johnson try anything of that sort, and
he would find that there was power
greater than an accidental President in
this land, TO which he would have to
bow. Tremendous cheering
Judge Stafford, of Alabama, followed
Governor Hamilton. He was as much in
favor of negro suffrage as any man, but
he asked the Convention to pause, and
ref1act upOu the result their acfion would