The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-09-13

ualists.---Fred. Douglas, Jack
Hamilton, ParSOn BrOwnlOW,
Hiram Walbridge and Ben But
Ter Cheek by JOwl. H i.'-
Never was there such a stupendous fz-
zle as this Black and White Convention OF
mean white men and muattoes. Poor old
Brownlow was there, with one foot in the
grave, but as rabid and as abusive as ever.
The entire number of delegates" all told,
that the Mongrels claim as from the South,
does not reach three hundred, and three
quarters Of those are bogus. Nearly all
the delegates" are from Tennessee, West
Virginia and Maryland. 1t is claimed that
there are fifteen from Kentucky, thirty
from Missouri, ten from Delaware, twelve
from North Carolina, nine from Georgia,
four from Alabama, fl fifteen from Mississippi,
twenty-five from Louisiana, five from Ar
kansas, and eight from Florida. The names
of those interesting individuals, however,
are not announced, the excuse being that it
would not be safe for them in the commu-
nifty where they resideif their names were
known. In what sense, then, can these
men be said to be delegates, if they do not
represent constituencies, rs this confession
comedies they do not? How can these
men have the brazen effrontery to say they
represent the South, and at the same time
acknowledge that they are ashamed to
have their names published2 Every effort
was made by the Mongrel party to rein
force the feeble phalanx of Southern mean
whites by large force Of northern whites
still meaner, ifpossible. Ben. Butler, with
his eye out for spoons, and Governor Cur
tin, Generals Geary and Burnside, Hiram
Walbridge, old Ben. Wade, and Governor
Andrew, of Massachusetts,, Theodore Til
ton, etc., ETC., were among the number
The most pitiful sight of all was to see the
Hon. Ira Harris, of New York, known to
be conservative at heart, thus getting down
to the level of a Niger Convention, in Or
der to secure his recollection as United
States Senator. How the love of office de-
moralizes every honorable and noble senti-
ment when 1t once gets fairly seated
One thing is very apparent among all
these Southern adventurers. They are in
tent upon exciting the negroes toinsurrec-
tlon and massacre. The following conver-
sation which took place at the Mongrel
Club Rooms in this city, between Virgin
ia "delegate" and one of the Club, will il
lus trate the animus of these conspirators:
MEAN WHITE lin reply to question:
Well, sir, we are in bad state. We can't
do without negro suffrage or another war.
Either we nut call upon the darkies to
help us against the rebels and rule the reb-
els by their votes, or the rebels must rule
us, or we must fight. And IL we do, un-
less we have very speedy help from the
North, it will be short matter, as our num-
bers are so few.
NEGRO UNIoNIsT.-I am only surprised
that the negroes do not rise wherever they
can and burn down the towns. They
could do this, and they ought to do it.
MEAN WuTE.-Well, they'll wait for
time. They are not ready yet. l asked
them myself when they have been beaten
or Ill used, why they don't turn and fight,
and they answer, "Wait till we're ready
and then we'll 60 in and see who'll kill and
burn" And, sir, just as soon as the rebels
get reconstructed. and attempt to rule the
blacks, there will be rich st. Domingo at
the South.
NEGRO UNIoNIsT.-What is the cOmpar-
ative population Of blacks and whites in
your State?
MEAN WHITE.-The negroes are more
than one-third as many as the whites.
AN OUTsIDER.-What State are you
from, sir?
MEAN WHITE.-From Virginia.
OUTsIDBR.-Old Virginia or Western
IL .r ....
MEAN WHITE.-Oh, old Virginia. In
Western Virginia they have the rebels un-
der their feet, and so they can afford to do
without the negro. They don't want the
negroes to vote there!
In order to show how the delegates were
gotten up, the following incident is rela-
ted: A man who had followed the army
down to the end of the war in North Caro-
lima alluded to the fact, when the cry inn
arose, "Why, you'll do for del
egate,n and he was hurried off to head
quarters to be enrolled. He had been
in General Kilpatrick's wake,
and obtaining permission from him for
the sale of whiskey, as that redoubtable
General was 'marching on"
Another illustration of the design of the
mean whites to incite negro insurrection
was furnished this morning, (the 3Oth
intsant) by the remarks of Missouri
delegate to a listening crowd at the Con-
tinental. ~ do not design to fight these
rebels again with white men," was his re-
mark, sour policy is clearly to arm and
organize the blacks, and let them do the
work Of determination as far as in their
power" .,.. .rs'G'
The, whole tone Of Jack Hamilton's
is the same as this. The truth
IS that Northern people do not dream Of
he dangerous and villainous designs Of
.hese Southern desperadoes, who, in a
hopeless minority. at home-most Of them
and 1oafers, without any legit-
mate occupation Or any chance Of earn
ing an honest livelihood--see no better
,hance of bettering their condition than
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