The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-02

marty the liberal spirlbS oi t. .or,v rreat1y In
tn If rYe do not take this course the Tesais ne
! he that when the State Is recon I,o1y willing
WIN drive these y. nfe Pbe party and
i then what will be the Les W ,his and beg
know gentlemen, the result Oh una. 40 this. the
you to consider well, BEFORE es5 Ut to our coun
|! consequences which must ieoAA &c.,.
| try and to us as party ,.,-man
| At this juncture, the temporary ~ Morris
accompanied by Tucker, WILSON, inr nm to the
sey ct i'd on,ne genus, came marcinSs A. n abort
eastern steps In grand STYLE there An i'm
time It was decided to meet tnel sortartime
mense crowd gathered there In s SUI
than can be related, and of decldeai aSa ~,
and grotesque character. dera ~ ta .een some
Of the co-operators' looking slien.y az al,
and eyincing but little desire 10 ehter IL th
proceedings. In the body OF Inc e. -" cow.
| white original April !" flatIofn .hoeo nresent,
nosed about one tenth part OF those pieeen,.;;
Now and then a disinterested clllHen m .,.a
mss through, and look upon the sceHe appa'
rently with mingled wonder ana aln en-. ~
The remainder of those present weie s sn.as
mon of various colors, shades, ana classes.
The well dressed and generally good
mulatto house servants, the darker sklnned
and more unsophistic ated farm mana, IN ms
peculiarly-cut holiday robes, ana Inc snaooy
street. bow, of impudent and cunning de-
meanor, were all mixed together without
regard to color, size, make, shape, or
muscle, and each one playing, with al
the dignity and pomposity OF an expert.
enced politician ut the forum, the part OF
a " delegation" There were assembled theFe
about twenty-five hundred altogether, and
mostly so closely packed that motion OF one
or two swayed the whole. All faces were
turned toward the top of the steps, Where
Hunnicutt and his satellites had taken their
stand, and Webster's figure of a " sea of up
turned faces" could not be more appropriate
ly applied than to this heterogeneous mass.
In the midst of all this. n form arises from
| the table on the steps-another--and still an
other. These are Tucker, of Alexandra ];
John Hawxhurst, and G. A. Brockmeynr. One
| of them speaks in tones of thunder, and from
| his lips come the words: "Git back = Grit
| back here - " Don't crowd your President"
| Brockmeyer next addresses those in the rear
thus "Shut d'that door d'there; don't let
d that CROWD come out here!' These en-
! pressions, while they were made in tone of
Stern authority, were blended with something
of the kindly spirit.
| John Hawxhurst next spoke in high pitched
tones. Said he: 'For the information OF
those who were not at the African church, l
will state that we have entered into Tempo
| rary organization"
raised his voice to G sharp, and nominated
MIR. Charles Whittlesey, editor of the Alex
dria Journal, for the temporary secretaryship;
| which nomination was carried.
MIR. Tucker next moved that a committee OF
L
| by the President.
r. D. Beclsley lin crowd)-No, sir amend
that, and move that committee OF one from
each county be appointed. [''Ah! now you
got it'll
MIR. Tucker -tI would suggest to the gen.
tleman that one from each county would DE
too many, and move one from each congress
sional district" :,
Cries of " MIR. Speaker; ;" Mr.. Chairman; :"
"Not ready for de question yit.
""Mr." Beckley In the mean time WIZ.
Tucker is making IN eXplanationl WHO'S
President2 From the number OF gentlemen
on the stand it is hard to tell
a vote was taken upon some question, ana
| the "ayeS and "noes - seemed both In pro-
digious numbers. The Chair said that the
| "ayes " had it.
Gentleman of color, with callco coat oH.-
"I calls for 4 DIVISION
Another gentleman of color.-"No division
in dis crowd. Git out from here you id
rebel. Come here tal1in' bout division"
At this time there were about nifty IN the
crowd crying out tMr Speaker about one
hundred calling out "Mr. Charman," and
every other man called out "Order.'
DR.. Bayne, of Norfolk, by dint OF his ln1lu-
ence and.a due amount Of perseverance, ~ last
got the stand Said he: Vote down every
measure which comes without representation
from each county. r" Hurrah for Bayne"
"Go it, Bayne."1 No, sir, say one from
each precinct, r. Go way from here what
YOU taliin' bout."l
The vote is taken, and carried In favor OF Inc
delegates of each county sending one min 70
the committee. mr.
} Tn the midst of confusion confounded, Mr..
uunnicutt iuylLes the committees to meet ut
New Nation Hall, and anum0er OF deiGSates
proclaimed the meeting places OF the dlilerent
delegations some of them after this manner ;
Hannerraker Spelled Hcnrlco! deiegauUni:
meet over here in de cornder of de sqnar.
"Hanover delegation, meet down at ae ne"
Nation Hail. m know whatyou comin 1or De-
fore you come at all. 80,
| A motion TO take q recess for an hour
is Reluctantly carried and the crowd dis.
perses, leaving the grounds 10 the Venaers OF
ice cream and cake and their customers anu
the "penny Snowman" and all VINO were De-
holding TO him.
AFTER RECESS
A dsordcrly crowd claiming TO be ne Confen.
ton re-assembled ut about half past . CLOCK,
John Hawxhurst in the chair-no secretary
visible. The Committee OH Organization oelhS
unpreparcd to report, desired more tilne'
which was granted them with evident relnc-
lance by the restless crowd. In the mean tine
an unknown delegate obtained the attention
of the aSsemblage by requesting tnat com
mittee OF three be appointed to wait on Mr.
Bolts, who he understood was somewhere IN
the capitol. The suggestion appeared TO be
received farorably, but no vote was taken, anu
Mr.. Bolts did not make his appearances. IN
deed, it is doubtful whether he was anywhere
in the vicinity. His name acted like magic
upon some OF the eXcitable persons around Inc
Presidents chair. young man named
Baker, hailing from Norfolk, succeeded in OBJ
| tanning q hearing, and proceeded TO denounce
what he called the "Botts clique" ana be-
came very much excited upon the SUBJECT;
The Chairman begged him to keep cooi ana
to desist, but the gentleman promised, II let
| alone, 10 harmonic everything, anu con-
timed for half an hour longer, but spoke
| under many disadvantages. Put MIN our
I" Take him down." saluted his ears from
| cid
behind continually pulled at his coat-tall ana
| tugged at his sleeve until his patience was
almost exhausted. At length he demanded
that the meeting should decide whether ne
| was in order, and the Chairman putting Inc
question, an Overwhelming shout OF " aye
| from several thousand threats emboldened
| him to proceed Finally, however, he gave
way to the Rev. John Given, a well
colored preacher from Brooklyn, ~ Y
Given has a very graceful delivery, line
! flow of words, and an ineXhaustto!e 1uno
of anecdotes and apt comparisons. lie sue,
| ceeded therefore, in putting the unruly crowd
into most excellent humor. ne sIlu 'n NJ,
| this whole discussion about Bolts was en-
! tirely ont of place, as Mr.. Bolts was not IN the
Convention, and could not speak for himself.
| The movements of the CharlottesVllle
| clique" did not receive his appreciation, but
that did not justify him in insulting gentle
man when he knew to be true and loyal we
must not judge him too soon. we must not
! get excited over these tribes, Tor Whatever we
do, the telegraph waits to send all over inns
| broad land Let us not witness more of these
disgraceful scenes.
At this point paper which had been circu-
lated through the crowd was handed to the
speaker rs an evidence OF what the other set
were about. Given glanced 1T it for Il mo-
ment, and then read in q sneerng tone as
| follows:
| 50 Republican State C0nuenton.--The delegates
to the State Convention Of Unconditional
Union Men, called to meet in the African
church in this city ut IL o'clock NJ, to-day,
will meet in the hall of the House of Dele
gates this evening at S o'clock, to perfect the