The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-09-21

well assured, in the face of the public
sentiment in my native State, took
ground in favor of negro suffrage. Ap.
plause. It is not from me, then, that
its friends may expect any hostility or
any disposition to retard or embarrass
them in their glorious work, or even in
securing impartial suffrage in the South
ern States. In that l am with them
heart and hand.
J.w. HUNNICUTT, OF VIRGINIA.
As for negro suffrage, the Convention
had said it must, shall and will come.
He came here from the white loyalists
and black loyalists of Virginia, who had
contributed the funds (S100) wherewith
declared himself the friend of the white
man as well as the black man, and he
would return whence he came, believing
that if assassinated, the blood of the
martyrs would be the seed of the church;
He urged his hearers to 60 home after
the adjournment, and advocate their
cause elsewhere, and concluded by rean-
nouncing himself the advocate of equal
rights.
" VI DA LOny vi NELShNAA'
RESOLVED, That we forgive and forget
the wrong of secession, but do not pro-
pose to make it meritorious; we propose
to ignore it, but not to reward it; we pro-
dose to accept and reward men who
stand upon their own merits, and not on
the wrong of secession; we propose to ad-
NIT into this delegation those who, re-
newing in good faith the dogma of State
authority, as opposed to national author
ity, are also willing to stand on the re-
publican doctrine of impartial suffrage
and equality before the law.
The Louisiana and Alabama delega-
tions made similar statements General
Hamilton, on behalf of the Texas delega-
tion, announced that they endorsed the
same sentiments. Mr.. Lysander Hill
stated that the majority of the Virginia
delegation also endorsed these senti-
ments. A delegate from Florida said:
"The Florida delegation is right there"
PR. RANDOLPH, OF LOUISIANA.
He said he was the only negro who was
recognized on an equality with his col
leagues in the Southern Convention.
When his colleagues came here they said
they said they had a nigger among them
and they were going to keep him there.
[Applause. He represented 100000
black men of his State, and he kept his
place in the Convention as proud as the
proudest of them. Applause. To-day
Ethiopia, for the first time, practically
stretches forth her hands, and she will
keep them stretched forth until she can
grasp the fruits Of the tree of liberty
L. HEIsTAND, OF LOUISIANA,
If you expect any political control in
the government of the Southern States,
you must insist that rule of justice shall
be carried out, that he who shall have q
voice in sustaining the rights of the gov
ernmant shall have choice i'll the Sc
lection of those who are to govern him.
The question of universal suffrage will
have to be discussed and finally adopted;
anu I tsuN is~ Jo~. in tho coming contest
not only to prepare your ballots, but
bullets, for the storm which is brew,
ing,
-Ph4sSaN PBowNLoW, OF TENNESSEE.
Some gentleman, not through any un-
kind feeling toward me, but through o
ullSbdhCh dDDlCSldblch VI hONiNNSi
has said that we were afraid of the
negro suffrage question and sought to
dodge it. Why, I should feel disgraced
now and forever if felt doubtful on
any subject of national concern never
was claimed on both sides of any ques
ton, and never intend to be. While |
am the advocate of negro suffrage and of
impartial suffrage. lGreat applause, in.
Guiding Three cheers for BrOwnlow.'
| would sooner he elected to any office
under heaven by loyal negroes than by
disloyal white men. [Applanse, /
would sooner associate in private life
with loyal negro than q disloyal white
man. | would sooner be buried IN a
negro graveyard than in robel grave.
yard Applause. ] If | have after death
to 90 either to hell or to Heaven, l
shall prefer to go with loyal negroes to
hell than with traitors to Heaven.
HUGH s. BOND, OF MARYLAND
Rcsolced, That the Convention urge
the loyal men of the North TO support
the Congress Of the United States IN
demanding of the Southern States the
wise guarantees of the constitutional
amendments passed by Congress, and
call upon the patriotic men of the loyal
States to use every eXertion to secure the
ratification of the amendments by the
States, as we believe the justice we mete
shall be the measure of our Standard
that in our opinion there can be no per-
manent peace or security for loyal men
of the South without return OF negro
suffrage.
DANIEL r. GoODLOE, OF NORTH CAROLINA
lam in favor of impartial suffrage
and have recently published q letter TO
that effect in the Raleigh Standard
A. J. HAMILTON, OF TEXAS.
The freedmen are in our charge, and
we must make them men, and give them
all the rights of other men.
CALVIN PEPPER, OF VIRGINIA.
He said that the fate of the loyal South
depended upon universal suffrage. He
denied the right of State to disfran-
chise any portion of its citizens The
ballot was q sacred privilege of all men,
higher than the power of legislatures, OF
Presidents, or of Congresses. He sug'
rested that the colored men of Philadel.
phia should make move in the coming
elections. They had their fate in their
own hands. Let them apply to pay their
poll tax, like all other citizens. If re.
fused the privilege, obtain counsel and
take the matter before the courts. He
had the honor to belong to an organiza.
tion pledged to test the matter in this