The New York herald., 1866-05-19

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The Committee recommend that State convention be
called In OctobeI
The report was adopted
motion 10 appoint committee TO lay the matter
before tho President and Congress was rejected being
tho duty Of the Executive Committee 10 attend to that
The Committee ON BesoIutIons came In and submitted
the following amended report
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asrsns times have expressed their Of prov
sion Of law extending the right Of suffrage to the eoored
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slsies which exclude suffrage and holding
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the United States. and which doe. d
Of ali Union mea. wiisou. dstnson Of color
The remaining resolutions were reported the same 81
Mr. j. B. Fnorn OF Fairfax moved to adopt tho report
q whole He contended " the negro good enough
ou .Us coorsd 0s be- By %
Mr. c. NJ GIRaSs thought tho question OF suffrage had
better remain TO be decided by tho logic ef events The
sole position the party could take 10 make treason
odioua He believed that demagogucs would influence
tho colored people, and the great trouble herctofors In
politics had been the operations OF demngogues among
an ignorant population. He offered rs an amendment
the following
whereas Tho late war wa: wag.d on the part Of the
mont Of traitors. therefore
s9d o . As S e. ne az gSs .y.
% the rebellion abcttcd the aliens and incapable
~ o any os h' rights Of ether
Resolved that We Endorse the action Of Congress
duty to apply the principle ndca,edn IN the ar. resolution
Mr.. l.. Hill hoped for unity OF action. II TO mako
treason odous aud punish traitors all there TO
be done, he submitted whether our brave soldiers had
already done that tho field He believed II To be
urge tho suffrage issue becauscSthere they had State
government to lose In Virg MIA they had nothing
was % proposition Sao 10 dsanchss rebels and arss oya
population. BY adopting the report there might bc a
few votes lost, but there would be- twenty thousand
gained The enemy knew they could not influence tho
negro vote, and therefore opposed their enfranchise
ment They could not be deceived into rebellion they
were loyal among the awcss, and no denied tina. their
votes could be bought by whskcy Tho unonisls dare
trust them. Why not thcn the rcbes' Tho adoption
Mr. Sd Of sa
speaker had shown the trouble they wcrc In bat he
wanted 10 know how TO get out OF t. II there wa. an
would all be hanging 10 the limb Of troc within
week. There fifteen hundred loyal voters In his
lnty who had never been Ia the rebellion, and
loyal to ths government no was; bat he could not
gne down tn r prudces and gst them TO vote for the
enfranchiscment Of the negroe. His own loyalty, he
thought, could not be questioned. Although member
OF the convention that passed tho ordinance OF son
ho never voted for Il and did not sign tho proceeding,
though threatened with hanging In Capitol square, aud
hundreds OF IN his county bad served In the federal
army.
60 with Mr. Lewis was proposed 70 stand by the Alex-
andra constitution and under that call State Convcn-
on os,nss I s.,s % % S sn1 ss%s men 70 con
Mr. jon HAwxnuHsr, Of Fairfax, spoke N favor Of tho
report III
Mr Csaxxxrs hero called Tor the previous question but
nnally withdrew II for further debate.
Mr. wooD, Of Campben whle rsally In favor Of quail
ncd suffrage both blacks and whites should nevorhs
less vote Tor the report:
NJ N. Isrscoxp, Of Richmond, was brought up among
saves His father owned them, learned the brick mason
trado with them and In favor OF the report Ho had
stayed In Richmond during the whole war. and played
ten loyal mon In all Henrco county
Al this stage OF the debate Mr. Borrs induced to
take the foor against the report After explaining that
he was loyal man and friend TO ths negro. he pro
their rights before extending rights " others
which they had mot the disposal Of He approved OF the
plan Of organizing State government and sending men
elected by competent authority 70 Congress- and believed
they would be received
Tho Convention BY resolution adopted "Union Rspub
licsn" nv the name for the party.
adopted without amendment Three cheers we're given
for the and tho Convention adjourned sin> die
Explosion and Loss or Lifs-The Rebel
Mason at Montreal.
MosrsRxk, e. ", May ls 1890
The steamer Lion trial trip yesterday afternoon
exploded her boiler opposite HochsiAss two miles below