The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-12-13


rrn,on RennbIicau ticket at the late election |
~, SiaIovof and dignnion landholders; there |
q Resolued, That this Convention appoint
committee Of five to take tue suojeet IN no son'
alteration. and report what necessary steps,
IN their irdpement, should be taken to put
stop to the said distressing aud intimidaIlne
of loyal Union laboring men by disloyai land
holders In this State" ,r -
many thousands Of suffering laboring "lyai
men. Hundreds Of ,em was In the county Ne
represented These men had SACRIFICED every
thing for the Union, and yet they were sur
fern', and had been drove away from 'ae nd
zone to that battle which the convention
was irwin to support; that battle unoer
which It was protected. These "lyal. men
had lost their health and fortunes, and re-
turued home to their families and found them
scattered, and had to 60 TO work to git 'em to-
Gather again When the time come TO vote,
These 90 Enl - men, who had lost homes, for
times, and all, were asked by "disiyal !" men
| how they were going to vote; lhese ~ aus.
men that ME land belonged to them, and II
tbev voted the "Rippublican Union ticket
| thew would turn 'em off. The true " iyal
men were true to the country; and !, W .,o!ia
Il rlt
than enjoy all the joys and pleasures Of the
| ianri of these dislyal'' disunion men. Be-
| canse the lyal" Union Republican men had
voted their own ticket they had been driven
away from their homes. our lahus was III III
POSSESSION of these furrin foes, these "dislyaf
men. and it seemed that their design was TO
Keen "lyal" men from voting. They perse-
| cuted and hated them without any cause 'cep
that they voted the 9 Rippubiiean ticket
| into the Union. And yet these "lyal' Union
men were without homes. The birds could
find "nesses," and the foxes could find holds,
but these "lyal u men could not ma places TO
law their heads on. a set of disloyal Union
men had gathered in Richmond that day TO
find a way to keep old "Ferginnyer out OF
the Union. They hated the Union. They
hated and would drag in the dust " de nag -
| the star spdngled banner! Oh, that flag
Z" Long may she wave, Ger the land OF de
| free and the home of de brave /"
| He hoped the Republican party would not
be intimidated, but would rise among the oll
/ lors like the ark, and keep on gittin higher
and higher. He had at heart the good OF his
+" consult iencies,' and he had heard their APP
peals He knew that the question was whether
/" lyal" or '"dislyal" men spoula rue: ne :.
j about it. There warn't no use lodging That
question. He had attempted to keep down In
+ his bosom the rising feelings on this subject.
He had kept his peace, but he COULDN'T DO IL
| no longer. He had heard his " constituents ~
pray to him, and he couldn't keep his peace
| no longer. The Convention had met here TO
do iestice to all men. These men had lost OAR
limbs, dar constitutions, and everything Dut
Oar wives and dar children; and now these
men dared to thrust 'em out, and At the same
time were trying to keep old FergiDyer n
the Union" These "lyal' men had fought
and bled for the same soil "our forefathers
had I'll and bled for.' And allow me here to
| say my grandfather fit way over yonder in
the same army along with Gineral Washing
ton.
He concluded with some remarks concerning
the white people prescribing the colored peo-
pie and preventing them from studying gram
mar and other branches, and now they wished
to hold to the public the ignorance of the
| colored people-the work of their own hands
He hoped his resolutions for the assistance OF
| these ''lyal - men would he adopted.
DIR. BAYSE (negrO) spoke in favor OF the
| resolutions. He had heard around him wits
pers of Z" lay it on de table, He wanted TO
| get between the whispers anu the table. be
| argued that the resolutions ought to be acted
upon OH the principles of the law of necessity.
IL was necessary that the suffering and op.
pressed people should be helped. They were
being oppressed by the disloy'l" men, who
were killing them off day by day, either directly
or indirectly. This matter was TO be referred
10 committee, who would, rs it used &c be
called in old times, "go patrolling," "hunt
every corn-crib and fence corner, look up
every tree, and take every man they can lind.
| w nat Snitll you uO Will cLl IlluS W.
| Tie lem and bring em home We will punish
EN- and if we cant, we will appeal to Gene
| raj Schofeld. These disioyal men had robbed
the colored men of learning, and then, like
the bow who shot the bi;ickblrd in two wings
| and damned him because he wouldn't fly, had
| abused him for his ignorance. He hoped that
the debates on this subject OF relieving loyal
| citizens from aggression would be read, ana
| sent by the delegates TO these down-trodden
1 constituents, who would take the discussion
for the law, and act upon the spirit OF IT, ii
| not in the letter of the law.
He continued about The law of necessity il
| regard to any unwilliugness that might b.
| NANTES ted in regard TO The pay OF members
| of such committee If, i'll the present state
| Of affairs, the opposite party would grow
| stronger day by day, and finally hold their
| Convention Just TO pass TWO resolutions
| namely lst The saints shall rule the earth;
i ID We are the saintS-they would damn the
| work done by the Convention to save 'loy'l "
white men and black men. He asked that the
| Convention would take such action as would
secure the adoption of Constitution when
the Conven ton made it.
Mr.. TAYLOR, Of Henry, moved mat as the
| Convention had nothing to DO with the reso-
| lutions, they be laid upon the table. Upon this
the ayes and noes were called, with the fol-
lowing result-ayes, 81; noes, 50.
| TAT This time there was considerable disorder
| created ut the door by the arrival of q large
| crowd of Specta tors anxious TO get into the.
| hall 1t was found necessary to close the
| doors in order that the members could be
| heard.
| Mr. CLEMENTS moved that the resolutions be
| referred 10 the Committee on Limitations and
Guarantees, with instruc tionS to take the ne
| ceSSary action on them.
| Mr.. FRENCH said that no good could grow
| from the resolutions. He had heard the reso-
! lutons setting forth 4 distressing state OF
| affairs among certain class. He would say,
before going further, that he had heartfelt
sympathy for the class alluded TO, ana no one
/ hn IN fnrt a
| posi- ton taken by the colored people toward
the whites. Their minds had been preJudlced
| by malicious whites, and they had been made
| to believe that the whites were their enemies.
| He felt, he was sure, as much real friendship
| for the colored man as any member IN this
| house, but he did not believe him as much
| prosecuted as it had been urged. In his town,
| where the whites outnum bered the blacks ten
| to one, he could say there was no desire to
Cypress them, nor had any spirit OF the kind
| been manifested.
\ The gentleman continued to speak peril
| nently upon the subject, and concluded by OPP
posing the resolu tionS on the ground that tney
proposed TO do what was impractcaole, and
| what the Convention had no authority 10 do.
| Mr.. WHITE said the resolution did not pro-
pose an investigation OF the wrongs charged,
but proposed the appoin tment OF committee
| to consider what, if anything, should be done
| in the case. In this form ne approved the
| resolution, but otherwise he should oppose IT.
| The gentleman charged his side OF the house
with having prejudIced the minds OF this race
against the whites. This was an error. 1t
was re-instating the auction block, under the
vagrant laws, that preJudices their minds
and that was done by the Conservative party.
He admitted that men had right 10 control
| their own land, but they had not 4 right To
persecute men for their loyalty. II was to
This they object, and this was all. Men mad
not been driven from their land for political
rensons merely, but because they We're loyal
to the United States Government; and they
not only were compelled TO leave the land, bul
the houses which they had bought with their
own money aud raised with their own hands.
The gentleman said that if this Convention