Columbia democrat and star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1867, 1866-09-26
The MuIatto Convention.

1t is useless to apply any other name to
the degraded and besotted conglomeration
that met in Philadelphia, last week. The
word Unionist" if insisted upon by the
party that upholds and fraternizes with the
motley assemblage of whites and blacks in
the National Hall and League House, Phila-
delphia, must, hereafter, designate the true
character of the party, and be applied in
literal sense, to mean social and political
amalgamation of whites and blacks We
say hereafter the name Jnio1ist, when ap-
piled to them must mean what theyadyocate
"a union of the races-a mongrelism-a
piebald and mulatto constituency-disgust-
ing, brutalizing and diseased The Conven-
tlon was gathering of blacks and whites,
and they carried on with high hand. They
threw Oft all restraint, went in for negro suf-
frage and negro equality; and practically,
they endorsed the latter. In the procession
which marched through the. streets was
Brownlow, John w. Geary, Disunion caudi-
date for Governor, and Fred. Douglass, head
ing negro delegation. Douglass and the
negroes were cheered heartily as they passed
along, by the Gearyites who lined the street.
The negro acknowledged the compliment by
uncovering his head and bowling to the Geary
admirers. At the Union League House, on
Broad street, the following scene occurred
We quote from the Evening Telegraph,
radical journal. 1t says:
Three loud cheers were given for Gov
ernor Curtin, the Soldiers Friend, and his
Excelency from the portico bowed his thanks.
Fred. Douglass, arm in arm with Theodore
Tilton, of . The New York independent u
came up the steps.
At the Union League, Senator " blood
letting Chandler" of Michigan, addressed
the Radical crowd, and spoke bitterly of
President johnson, stigmatizing both him
and Secretary Seward in the most outrageous
terms, spoke of the former as an obstacle In
the path of radicalism, and significantly
stated: g The obstacle that as noao IN the
,oay Of the people soiU be removed IN very
short time" This looks as if he anticipated
another Booth to make way with the Presi-
dent And further he said: "Who is An
drew johnson, and what is Andrew john
sons policy? "a voice, ''heisa renegade. j
Andrew johnson has no more right to Q
policy than my horse has"
He also threatened the President with i'm
peachment. Chandler continued at length
in scurrilous and blasphemous speech of
which the above is fair sample. Governor
Yates threatened war and thought Montgom-
cry Blair ought to be hung. Before Yates
had got through, loud calls were made for
the negro, Fred. Douglass. When the dar-
key appeared the report states the audi :
ence rose and greeted him with enthusiastic
manifestations Fred asked the question,
what was to be done with the four or five
millions of blacks in the United States. He
answered by saying:
% 1t was the thorough, the complete incor-
poration of the whole black element into the
American body polite. (Cries of " Good,
Brave" &c. Anything less than that would
prove an utter failure. The negroes should
have the right to all the boxes-the jury box.
the witness-box, the ballot-box.
As Douglass left the stand, the delegates
gathered round and shook hands with him
In the most cordial and admiring manner.