Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-09-06
THE MULATTO CONVENTION.

THE MULATTO CONVENTION.
3 Preliminary Matters-Desecration of the
J, Sabbath-Pulpit Ha' angue from BrUwn-
low-He will Never Run Away Again
Ptous Politicians--A Prayer Me" ing
Charts bIeness-The n igfous EIem,nt IN
be Invoked Again.
PHILADELPHIA, September AT meet
ing of Southern delegates, held at the Ma
tional Union Club House, last evening.
Gov. Fletcher, of Mo-, acted as chairman,
and DR.. Hawkins, of Tennessee. as secre.
tary.
committee was appointed to designate
the speaker to make addresses in reply to
the welcome speech of Charles Gibbons,
Esq, on behalf of the Union men of the
North. Gov. Hamilton, of Texas was cho.
sen for that purpose.
Gov. Fletcher will probably act as tenn
porary chairman of the convention, and ex-
: Attorney General Speed, will, it is expect
ed, be chosen permanent president
The Southern delegates will meet at half
past nine o'clock tomorrow morning at the
club rooms of the National Union Club
House. From thence they will be escorted
to Independence Hall, and thence to the
| Union League House, where they will be
formally received. The members will then
proceed to National Hall, where the South
ern LOyalistS' Convention will convene.
Among the distinguished persons who
| have arrived here are Governors Fairchild,
of Wisconsin, and Fletcher, of Missouri,
John Minor Bolts, of Virginia, Senators
Wade, Chandler, Harriss and Lane.
At the Union Methodist Church, this
morning, Parson Brownlow delivered Il
characteristic address. He is laboring I'M
der recent attack of palsy, and he said
| that nothing could have induced him to
have attended the Convention in his pres
ent physical condition but the deep abid-
| ing interest he felt in the cause of his coun-
| try, and the fierce and terrible conflict now
going on between the executive and legis-
lative departments of the federal govern
ment.
eff the President shall succeed-shall
conquer his purposes-all the Southern
Unlonists and colored loyalists will have to
leave and seek some other abode. So far"
said the speaker, I" as am concerned, 1 fled
| from the South the last time, and sought
| the shelter of the mountain gorges of Ten.
nessee for the last time, and l will soon ex-
plre on lamp-post, under the shadow OF
the capitol of Tennessee"
A number of delegates are arriving to
night.
A special meeting of the city council has
been called for tomorrow, to tender the
inequalities of the city to the Southern
QeleSaCeS TO the convent On.
A meeting for prayer and conference was
held tonight by number of the delegates
to the convention, in the rooms of the
Union State Cen raj Committee, on Chest
nut street, the parlors of which, capable
of holding about hundred persons, were
crowded. Some ladies were present. Sen
ator Harris, of New York, presided, and
opened the proceedings with few appro-
pirate remarks. He said that they had as
sembled in this city from various parts of
| the country, to attend convention the re-
suits of which might affect essentially, if
not vitality, the welfare of this distracted
country. 1t was therefore appropriate that
on this evening of the Christian Sabbath
they should meet together and commend
their country to God, who had so sgnaIly
favored the country in the trials through
| which it had passed, and plead with God
| that, as the country was about entering
upon unexpected trials, it would not be de
serted by him. He closed by announcing
that prayer would now be offered by the
Rev DIR. Newman, of La, who, after read
ing portion of Scripture, offered prayer,
asking among other things, that men might
be assigned to rule over the country who
would be rid of pride and egotism and
ambition, and particularly of partisan pre-
JUDGE.
After prayer, Senator Harris gave q gen
eral invitation to such as desired to address
the meeting
Mr.. Eaton, of Memphis, was the first to
respond, and denounced the clergy and
church of the South as the soul of the re-
bellion. Rev. Mr.. Conway, of New York,
lately removed from the Freedmen's Blu
reau in Louisiana ON charges, earnestly
prayed that the President should be pre-
vented from doing mischief and taught to
do right.
Senator Lane, of Indiana, also spoke
He said false prophets were crying ''peace,
peace" when there was no peace. Their
brethren were being slaughtered in the
South, day by day, and hour by hour
Conventions legally assembled were being
dispersed, and the streets of Memphis were
being made to run with the blood of the
only loyal men left there. Even recently,
III the neighboring State of Maryland, men
OF God, whilst kneeling at the altar, were
slaughtered by rufin hands, led on by that
same wild spirit, evoked by the institution
OF slavery. He continued at some length
In the same strain, and was followed by Mr.
Strong, OF st. Louis, who believed III bis
heart of hearts that this was a religions
struggle. Mr.. Palmer, of Tennessee, De
nounced the President as public disgrace
Hon. George Ashman ON the Philadelphia
W Convention.
This distinguished gentleman, long
member of Congress, and particularly re,
membered as president of the convention
that nominated Mr.. Lincoln for Presldenv
In 1860, has written letter, in which he
says. I;o
The proceedings of the Philadelphl9
Convention are now before the world, anu
do not hesitate to agree with the President
in his high estimate of their importance
do not see how they could be made bet
ter, nor do 1 doubt that the purpose 10
which they are directed will be accom-
plished
Il shall take some early occasion to eh,
press myself publicly but intend this noIo
only as personal explanation to yourself
q personal friend"