Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-09-13
The Wulatto Convention.

The following extracts from the cores
pondence Of the National Leteligencer, give
the facts in brief about the AIulatto Con-
vention now assembled in Philadelphia
Seven delegates from North Carolina, but
we have thus far been able only to gather
the names of four, to wit FL. K. Turniss,
who is member of the Committee on Gre
dentials, d. D. Goodloe, on the Committee
on Organization. G. O. CLAWS and Hope
Balm.
In every sense of the word, the so-called
Convention of Southern Loyalists to be
held here to-day has been, as many of them
feel, an immense burlesque. The Southern
lOyallsts were as the grain OF seed in the
bushel Of chat. It was emphaticajly Phil
adelphia demonstration-nothin more nor
less. There were flags and bands of music,
and the Philadelphia tire-boys, to limited
extent the Philadelphia Radical clubs in
their fullest extent, comprising, for the
most part, boys of tender age, and the Phil
adelphla Union League, composed of con-
tractors who have made fortunes ont of the
necessities OF the Government, and are anx-
ious for continuance of the war as their
only hope to augment the fortunes already
ISdIILtu. lie COuUiIetll JuIG Vi tIl0 dudlf
was most lamentable failure. There were
delegates from Maryland, composed of ex-
| Office holders and their adherents. From
Missouri, including the Radical Revolution
airy leaders Of that State, and from TenneS-
see, wearing Tennessee badges, but with
the exception of poor old Brownlow, no one
in the delegation would have been recog-
nlzed as q Tennessean by any one who had
left that State SIX months ago. It was
motley crowd of odds and ends It was to-
day simply popular parade of the citizens
of Philadelphia and the surrounding coun-
try-nothing more. It is, in fact, a grand
failure.
Old citizens of Philadelphia say that the
parade was not worthy of the city It was
meagre in numbers, and utterly devoid of
enthusiasm. Those who participated in it
for the most part seemed to be performing
distasteful duty, They marched along
the streets as they would have marched up
on any occasion where portion of the PEG
pie were called upon to make a public de-
monstration. Notwithstanding that Phila-
delphia is supposed to be the most intense
ly Radical city on the continent, the grand
parade excited no enthusiasm whatever.
Along the whole line of the march of the
procession a single line of observers occu
pied the curbstones, but the sidewalks were
left free. There was no crowd, no contin-
uous cheering, no animation, no anything
to show that tie great popular heart had
been stirred.
From Independence Hall to the Union
League building, and thence to the Nation
al Hall on Market street, where the South
ern "Loyalists' .were to convene, there
was not even q crowd upon the sidewalks.
The people soon perceived that it was
only procession of their own clubs and
associations that might be seen at any time
Out OF the numerous fEe companies in ex-
lstence here, only nine were in the process
sion, and these, although not full, made up
the chief part Of the show The Southern
Loyalists constituted SO small a portion of
the column that any one uninitiated could
not have told where they came in. They
were completely swamped and overshad
owed III the extraordinary proportions of
the local civil demonstration.
There We're only three points of interest
IN the whole procession. These were, the
appearance of Brownlow, Butler and Fred.
Douglass.
Governor Brownlow was seated in an
open carriage, with Colonel William B.
Stokes, of Tennessee. and now and then,
as he was pointed out, was greeted with
faint cheers. General Butler marched
bareheaded, on foot, with the Massachu-
sets delegation. He might have passed
unnotlced, except that Barnum walked al
short distance in front, and announced,
from time to time, that General Ben But
Ter was just behind. This kept the Gener-
al busy shaking hands with the crowd
Just after him came the New Workers, and
here was the real interest of the procession. |
This delegation was actually headed by |
Fred Douglass, sandwiched between Theo-
dore Tilton, editor of the New York hide
pendent, and Senator Ira Harriss, of New
York. They were followed by DIR. Garnett,
(colored) and Downing, New York colored
man-genuine specimens of the genus Afri-
can. As this part of the procession passed
along it was cheered most Justify by negroes