The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-07
Rc,nh,,c.n Association.

mccting of the Southern Republican
>Siaion was held at Don No. IL,
S,.bingtsn building, last evening, Hon.
Dnrant, Of Louisiana, president Of
association, in the chair Mr.. ID. IL.
ham. secretary. About twenty men,
h,< we're present.
" -. J. ". Huunicutt and Charles Whit
.,..,~ were admitted as members.
RIO president reported the names, as
aI,rs. oC some Of the members of the Ex-
1--we Committee, which committee will
.,rt;aue in existence until after the next
residential election:
The president, I. j. Durant, Louisiana:
a. Hamilton, Texas; L. Hiestand, Mis-
.~s>ppi: j. W. Field, Arkansas; valen-
.sc pin, Virginia George Tucker, Geor-
Ga. q. ". Ashbron, Alabama: Albert
G-fia, Missouri; Charles G. Moss.
The names Of the committee from Ten
re>,cc. Kentucky, West Virginia, Mary
nad, Delaware, South Carolina, and North
Carolina will be reported At tho next
letting of the association.
IN motion Of Mr.. Ashbron, the reporters
~ tie city press were invited 10 be pre-
tai the meetings Of the association.
NJ. A>hhron offered the following reso-
r-'i.p: which was referred 10 a special
r.rms,tec consisting of Messrs. Ashbron,
rnr<,D. Griffin, Hamilton, and Tucker:
E.yoh,cd. That il is not eNpedient or wise
f- Congress to make any appropriation or
,..n the credit of the nation TO aid any
rnhlic or private enterprise, such as the
Iralectiug OF railroad building or mending
I,v.rS. removing distractions from harbors,
r.1uiIling minis, or granting lands for
,r,ol purposes, in any of the ten unrecon-
.,recfed. unreprescnted, seeded States,
r,.fl the governments Of the State or
sales arc in the hands of truiy patriotic
,~a,.aual loyal men, and they with power,
>,~tngth, and influence sufficient TO run the
machinery of said government or govern
~nr'~ in the anne OF humanity and this
nation.
n~.lred, That ii is the sense of this as
,.4;lon that Congress should commence
,e work of rcconStructing the unrcpre-
sa.ci States by purging their own Fcde-
RI. courts of all appearance Of ~disloyalty,
ari Of all hands stained with the blood Of
Tie nation.
Nr. Cutler offered 4 resolution as fol-
lows:
L-HtUtI, That this ASSOCIATION select q
,.ga, paper published in the city of Wash
',gtan, viz, the Washington Chrontcle, as
,.r organ of this association.
Mr.. Cutler stated that he was induced to
...r this resolution from the fact hat the
a>sociation had seen lit to allow the re-
~rorrtrs OF the city press to attend their
meetings, and as the rebel reporters were
10 BE- allowed to lie about and misrepre-
sent the association, as had been done,
..~.egring TO the report Of the last meet
ny il the hteuigcHcer of the 3lSt ultimO-
a-u.| hc thought that there should be a
porter from the Chronicle specially in
v.ri 10 attend the meetings and report
.@e proceedings tr7lihtHliy. ,
Much objection was made to the reSolu-
,e by a majority of the association, Mr..
Albert Griffin stating hat TO his mind the
s.,nrt OF the proceedings inthe htelligencer
vg.c in the main correct. The heading
night be objected 10, but hat the reporter
Was not responsible for.
Mr.. A>Lbron agreed with Mr.. Griffin, and
1 that Is long as the reporters stated the
u.,h hc did not care how much ridicule
w.~ thrown upon the association.
There being SO much opposition, the re-
solution making the Chronicle the organ of
'.e association was withdrawn.
A''er naming the place of meeting of the
various committees, the association ad-
Frrsl until Thursday evening, at Z
oc.ocA.-Natj0na L~atsUigencer.