Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-09-11
Extracts from the Herald,s Philadslpbia

Letter,
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUTHERN DELE
GATES.
All night long the orgies we're kent n, !,
some OF the rooms at the several hotels aud
tue yagrant whites who register their names
as delegates from the South proved that tbev
possess one characteristic at least of the Door
mean whites of the late slaveholding States-
an unlimited capacity for the Storage of
whisky. In all other aspects they differ from
the accepted description of sout6erners. and
with few exceptions, furnish counierpart
presentments of the unwholesome Looking.
long haired attendants of free-love and
wOrnen's rights conventions.
PROSPECTS OF ga RICH ST. DOMINGO IN
THE soUTH
Illustrative of this is the following con-
versatlou which took place to day at the
National Negro Union Clubguouse, No.
IlO5 Chestnut street, between Virginia
delegate aud one OF the officers of the club:
Mean white (in reply to question:
Well, SIR, we are IN a bad state. We can't
do without negro suffrage or another war.
EILher we must call ON the darkies to HELM
US as against the rebels, and rule the rebels
by their votes, or the rebels must rule us, or
We must fight. And if we do, unless we
have very speedy help from the North, it
viii be u short matter, our numbers are so
few
National Negro Unionist. l am only
surprised that the negroes do not rise wher
ever they can, and burn down the towns.
They could 90 this, and they ought to do it.
Mean White.-Well, they'll wait for
time. They are not ready yet. l have asked
tn NJ myself, when they have been beaten or
iil-used, why they don't turn and fight, and
they answer, Wait till we're ready, and then
we'll 80 IN aud who'll kill and burn
And, sir, just US soon as the rebels get re-
constructed, and attempt to rule the blacks,
there will be rich st, Domingo at the South.
THE NEGROES NOT To VOTE WHERE THE
MEAN WHITES DON'T NEED THEM.
National Negro Unionist.-What is the
comparative 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,
Mean White.-From Virginia.
Outsider-Old Virginia or Western vir>
ginia?
Mean Wbite-oh, Old Virginia. In
Western Virginia they have the rebels under
their feet, and SO they can afford to do with
out the negro. They don't want the negroes
: to vote therei
PRESSED DELEGATE FROM NORTH CARO-
LIMA.
One man was pressed into the service this
morning as a delegate from North Carolina,
or some other State. He alluded in bar.
room to the fact that he had followed the
army down South at the close of the war
and done business there. 'Why, you'll do
for delegate, was the immediate cry; and
he was hurried off to headquarters to be
enrolled. He had been travelling in General
klIpatrick's wake, and obtaining permits
from him Tor the sale of whisky.
THE NEGROES TO BE ORGANIZED FOR FIGHT
ING.
Another illustration of the design of the
mean whites to incite negro instruction
was furnished this morning by the remarks
OF Missouri delegate to listening crowd at
the Continental II do not design to 6ybt
these rebels again with white men," was his
remark, ''our policy is clearly to arm and
organize the blacks, and let them do the work
OF determination as far as in their power"
DISSATISFACTION OF coLoRED LoYALIsrs.
A great deal of dissatisfaction was, how
ever, expressed by the colored visitors aud
population, who were led to suppose that they
" pace dSSlSueQ 10
them in the proceedings. They hold that
the real 'boys in black" have as good right
to AN honorable representation in the pro-
cession ;s have the boys in blue"
SCENES ON THE CORNERS.
Al every corner blacks aud whites were
gathered lndlscrminately, and the usual fun,
trolic. and excitement of a crowd were OBJ
servable. There were two fights in the
nelghbOrhU; of Chestnut street. growing out
OF bad whisky aud hot sun, aud in both
instances the combatsnts. were of the same
radical faith. On one corner half-inebriated
Radical was raving at Andy johnson in a
frantic manner, aud IN language not admissi-
bic irto the columns ot the Herad, except
iii the exceptional case of an important
obituary. lie expressed an earnest desire to
have Andy there. IN which case he preiDised
by some peculiar process, to admit the day
light into one OF the main portions of his
anatomy. He was finally led off by a more.
conservative friend, under the alluring promise
of another drink"
AN AFFECTING INTERVIEW.
The meeting between General Butler and
John Minor Bolts at the meeting is represent
ed to have been quite affecting The thing
was evidently gotten up for theatrical effect.
aud was partial success, if cheers we're an
indication of the feeling.