The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-11-12
RADICAL MASS MEETING.
LINDSEY, TIE LECEEDARY SPEAKER
GOES BACK UPON HIS LECEN-
DLART REMARKS.
Remarks of Hunnicutt. Wardwell. Dan
ner, and Oliver.

A mass meeting Of the RADICALS OF MaoIs on
Ward was held in Republican Hallaast night.
At "a o'clock the meeting was called 10 order
by James Hayes f; after which Danner (Wh1te)
arose and stated that as he understood the
meeting was to perfect an organization Of the
Republicans of this ward he would move
that an election for officers be entered into.
An election was then commenced, which re-
suited as follows:
James Hayes (white), president; Fields
| Cook (colored), vice president; 5. g. Hnnni-
cutt (white), secretary; George B. Trent
(white), assistant secretary; Charles Osborn
(colored). treasurer; II. l.. Wigand, K. NJ
Manly, DR.. George Gavinzel, H. G. Bond, ].
l.. g. Danner, Captain a. Davidson, a. wash
man (white), William Fisher, John Oliver,
Jack Brightwell (colored), executive commit
tee
This being over, and 1t being decided that
the Ward Meeting" had no further business,
it was resolved that general business should
be taken mp; and W. A. Parsons ("hite) was
Brockmeyer stated that Lindsey desired to
set himself right in regard TO the construction
placed upon his speech on Friday night last
LISDsEY's HARASGCB.
Here Lindsey jumped upon the stand and
made a most boisterous harangue, the SUBJ
stance of which is rs follows:
On Friday night last made a speech mere,
and in the DiSputch this morning saw sMte.
ment of it, and how twas misconstrued ana
accusing me of using incendiary language 10
excite q war between the blacks and whites:
Now, let me ask you if l ever advised any OF
You to do anything that would cause an IN
surrectiony No; 100000; and one voice,
yes.I No, l did not intend to encourage
any acts Of violence. did not say that 1
,rar.ted tie streets Of Richmond to JloU Dit4
blood. Did II mo. One voice: Ies.l l
said that if the whites wanted war OF
races they could haveit; we were prepared 10
meet the issue. Some treacherous, WIRE
working Republican scoundrel has made at
ranpements TO indict me, and thus get 4 dele
gate elect out Of the way. They can't 90 IT,.
GNo, no, dat dey cant.l defy any one TO as
serI that ever committed an assault OF oat-
terry upon any one. When sald lhat we We &c
prepared TO meet the issue / meant that we
would meet it at the ballot-bo1. There IS not
one word Of truth in the report in the papers.
I have learned by telegraph that the ash,
ington press has agreed 10 set me fisn w iue
misunderstanding that none OF the reoel pa
pers will give me. After again denying that
he had intended any incendiary sentiments ne
took his seat.
any one present who wished to say anything
arainst the statement made by Lindsey ne
should be invited TO speak.
There were one or two seconds to the motion,
but scores of dissenting voices, ana cohse-
uuently no one contradicted Lindsey.
Hunnicutt here arose and sad that as ne
was blamed more than any one else, ne lei II
his duty to say something. He then quoted u
pararraph about the diabolical deeds OF the
negroes near Lynchburs, when ne saia "eie
his set" "Everything,'' said he, =" was trace
able to Hunuicutt." He then went on TO snow
what 4 martyr he was, mentioning, among
numerous other instances, the account VI tue g
negro to Captain Poe, about his (Hunnicnttl
telling the negro who were dischargeu 10
burn the houses and barns OF their lale EN-
ployers. I have seen this and LINDSEY re-
marks in all the northern papers. AS TINS was
- serious matter l went to headquarters out
IN tell about
The negro that told Poe all that could not oe
found. but two white men were Wiling 10
swear that they had heard negro man say al
thia The other morning an OLD negro Woinan
r:,na 10 nv office and told me that police
man had come to her house and asked Tor her
SON She said she told him that he was an
idiot. and did not want him to 20. Ihey took
him and suppose, tried TO make him swear
,hnt ha had heard me tell the colored
naonIe to burn the houses OF the reDels.
mi he had never heard me say sucn 4
hing and their base designs were 1olied;
Had l said such things as are atIt ptseo Ge,
10 mo then it would be the duty OF Cen
oral Schoteld to punish me rs an lhceh-
d,arv | have never done anything 10 en-
courage 4 war of races, but nave DONE even
thing to discourage 1T. l nave "arneu Ihe
,rhite neople OF the disastrous results they
,,irbt eyurct if such 4 war is forced upon the
blacks. which the WHITES and their organs
the newspapers-are endearorlng 10 90. Inc
whites say that If they cant overcome !he
Constitution which the Convention IS Eoine
IN ndont by any other way, they will by force.
This is not incendiary language. On no. not
nj all We intend to incorporate in the Con
stitution universal manhood suffrage. 40
not saw il rs Il threat; but when that comes
ont Of the Constitution It VIII be tnroush
blood, fire, and slaughter lDa' so
There will be city election before long,
and believe that the Convention VIII nave
all the offices in the State vacated ana nave
loyal men put in.
In regard 10 "Mr" Lindsey. He used Ian
puape for which I'm sorry Don't talk about
fighting. If you know how TO light, you are
inst so much better of than you were ten
Years ago. You have rs much rlght 10 hase
firearms and know how to use them rs the
whites, but do not carry them on the streels
nor saw ANYTHING about 1t. Don't Kick up q
fnss. but, when attacked, defend yourself: II
YOU have to fight, let the first lex come from
Wnrdwell whined ont that the reason ne
had called Lindsey to order on Friday night
was because he thought that ne was ehuah
gering his liberty and the cause Of the hepno-
lcan party in this city ana throIgnous 'ne te
saw a. little rs possible about that language.
7 verify believe that he did not know the pur-
port of his language ana oeHefs nin1 ~ oo
as "harmless rs dove.
Danuer thought that 1t was best 10 say
something about Lindsey's language: rs IL
had already gone to The four winds OF Heaven.
Did not think that Lindsey had hedged MS
Ianpnape in as he should. He believed that
all here were sorry that the iansuase ,i,, n'iu
heen used, although it had not been correctly
renorted The matter must not be ignored
hy us. as we must not be understood as en-
dorsing the language, or rather the coh9'!uI
ton placed upon the language used pS hihu
CIV AT the suggestion OF leading hepuoh-
can. the following preamble ana resoluuon'
we're drawn up. He then read the resolutions,
which. on motion of J Ohm Oliver, were unani-
mously adopted: - ~ -.
raruIar meeting called and held at Repuoll-
cnn headquarters Of this city on Friday the
sth instant Tcertain persons discussed the un-
told hardships and sufterlngs necessarily en-
tailed upon SO very many OF tne ltooi ins
cIasse, of this city by their discharge from
er, r,nlovment ayowedly because of the free eI-
ercise of the elective franchise at the late
election, conferred npon them py congress,
with the view to consider ways ana Me;ths W
mitigate such hardships and suuerlhesI, Ihi
Lewis Lindsey did use certain expressions,
thonph not accurately nor fully reported oy
the press of this city, which, without quallA
cation. were injurious in their tendency ana
calculated to place our party IN u laise ''sn'
before the country; therefore De IL
{. PesoIreJ That whilst we DO NOT pelleNe
that he in tended his remarks in the spirit ana
for the purpose which they nave oeeh ap
pa rently understood 10 subserveLthat " GU
couraging the taking by violence tue piopeS
of other. to stay even the Claims ol huhseiIL
Vt vet we, we automatically did then condemn and
do now condemn publicly said remarks.
"Resolred, That we receive the e1planaliohs
of Mr. Lindsey now made IN our pEesehSe, as d q
dntv he owes alike TO himself, the Repuollcan
partv. and the country at large aud az a
repudiation on his part OF any intention TO
wish himself understood as lnstigatins any
movement on the part Of the suffering and
halniess colored people to secure subsistence
by any lawless course whatever: go
Resolved, That the Republicans OF tnis
ward, In the aggregate, are not responsible
for every reckless, ill-oonsiderea. inploRei, PEI i,
| or unoualified sentiment or expression lnaL
may ba uttered In q moment OF passion oy
individuals but are determined at ail nahafos u;