The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-09-17
, Radical Convention in B0ston-
speeches by Butler. BrounioW,
hamilton md Phillips.

Inc Radicals had a grand meeting III
p ,,on the other day. Butler said:
E:chmond, Memphis, Savannah, and
Nrv Orleans, by their journals, their riots,
,.i the massacre Of Union men, tell us
fla. We have nothing TO hope from the
t,rot country, the patriotism, the 10y
CIV. the fratcrnal feeling Of the South.
WnAoUt fear, without hesitation, without
f.tt. we will meet the issue between
,.r-nAl right and uamcasured wrong !;
r.~,ain that in the end, whatever trouble,
E,rkness, or difficulty may compass Us,
.ur PRINCIPLES, if We are true to them,
vr>, triumph. We cannot go wrong.
There is no such thing as missing ones
,I,a on a straight road. [Checrs.l We
..,rr the dogma that this is white faced
MANS government. [Chccrs.l We are
ry 10 look To the heart for color--not the
,..,. fChccrs.l We insist that 1t is the
val mans government, whether he be
vi.,c or black. We look to the color Of
,.r heart and not 10 that of the face to
determine our political friends or enemies.
.E.nrNci chcerS.l We hold all men who
.gut with us TO save the country our
r.als in right, in governing the country,
o.. u. We hold all men who fought against
rrcuuntFy unfit TO take part in its CO.
,.-nmrut unt;lthey have showndu repent
.,rc iur their sins and have brought forth
u...> for repentance. Prolonged cheers
z. this We stand pledged by the teach
~ Of our patriot Sircs now rcGchoing
,.-ongh this hall 10y tho hallowed blood Of
.sr suns slain on the battle field or starved
go prison; by the sacred memories Of the
,.r,4jug corpse of the asSaSSnatcd Linz
,u.a; by the dying prayer of the sainted
Horton. the latest victim sacrificed on the
Altar at Equal Rights by the sole legacy
81, the pure patriot Dostie, maSSacred to
establish wrong and sin, bcqucathed to his
M.laTcd wife and mourning country in his
list diving words, "Let the good work go
M.' Yr>, unnumbcrcd, glorious heroes
al The battle; yes, thousands Of suffering
,.,rcts murdered in prisons now beat
lied, seeing your lives were spent in vain;
y,s. martyrcd President yes, saintcd
teacher: yes, noble minded patriots, the
god work by you began, for which you
laid down your lives, shall go on until
c.rry footprint of wrong or oppression by
HAN - his icliow-man shall be blotted out
brewer.
SPEECH OF WENDELL PHILLIPS.
Fc,low-citiZens,-Thcrc is no need or
Place ior speech from me to-day. Texas
u.i-radicals my radicalism. lCheers.l All
we need do is to cry "All hall" and
Amen to our glorious allies from the
en.i States. They join us on the platform
Il impartial suti'rage-a vote for every
han under the flag. [Cheers.l New Eng
land and the great West clasp right hands
with the gulf States-thc lakes and the gulf
age ono in heart-thc hammer and anvil are
a.rrcd-l.t border States, wherever found,
l,gc or further south, take warning. Pro-
.oatca chccrs.l The audience then dis
fer>ct.
The Convention was also addressed by
browulow and Hamilton, who, as may be
seen from Wendell Phillips's remarks, out
.4ljcalcd even Boston radicalism. Their
speeches were the same tissue Of niSrc-
presentation, falschood, and trcachery that
they brought forth in Philadelphia. The
Convention adopted platform in favor of
negro suffrage