The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-02
violent Speeches-DiscOrd ana Con
tests for the Stand.
NOTHING DONE IN MASS.
ADJOURNED TO 10 O'CLOCK TODAY

Early yesterday morning inc Guy was alive
with excitement, in anticipation of the meet
ing of the Republican Convention. Hundreds
of delegates thronged the hotels and walked
the streets anxious for the time OF meeting TO
arrive, and uneasily looking for the result.
Twelve o'clock was the appointed hour; but
long before the bells struck 10 the street in
front of the African church was crowded with
negroes, and it became evident that Hunni-
cutt was determined to carry out his original
in tent ton, and crowd the building with dele
gates from Richmond, in order to prevent the
Bolts or cooperation faction from any
participation in the council. To this end, the
colored men employed in the tobacco factories
of the city quit their work, and, now arrayed
| in Sunday clothes, impaticnLly awaited the
opening Of the doors to carry out their in
structions received from their chief.
| Every moment the crowd increased in num-
| bers. The men now forced themselves into
and pressed the doors until they seemed
| almost ready to yield to the enormous force
brought to bear against them. Presently the
white delegates began to arrive in small
squads from their various headquarters,
standing upon the opposite corners of the
| street Us if dismayed at the unexpected spec
tacle Finally, ut about ii o'clock cry
| was heard, " Make way for the committee -
| "the Hunnicutt committed "Give way,
gentlemen, and let the doors be opened.'
| After much difficulty, pushing, squeezing,
| shouting, and cursing, the crowd around the
gate finally gave way, and +" the committee
| headed by John Hawxhurst and Il. A.
| Tucker, two VIGOROUSLY violent Radicals, were
enabled to reach the door opening at the bach
of the church in the rear of the pulpit. Ihe
crowd rushed after them, but quickly founo
| that as yet it was no 60 A chosen lev
| were allowed to get inside; after whlcn
| the platform being occupied by leading Hun
nicutt men, the doors were all opened, anc
then q rush of the living streams through
| the wide-opened doors. Filling the broad
( the very backs of the weaker delegates, sprane
the strong -limbed, swarthy sons of Ham, de
termined to secure for themselves the "fron
| seats in the synagogue" Poor fellows from
| the country, crammed with instructions from
Jealous committeeman, followed the lead Of
| the Richmond men, and they too were soon
seated. A few white men were borne forward
in the rush, but majority had not yet
reached the church-it still lacking more than
an hour of the appointed time. In ten min.
utes the whole body of the church and the
three galleries were filled, while large nun.
Der were standing in the aisles and hanging
about the windows and DOORS Now tire.
mendous rapping upon the platform is heard,
and Tucker, In tones Of thunder calls for
oriert Order, gentlemen, order! At length
comparative quiet reigns, after the sable ser.
geantS-at-arms WELD their black clubs and
conmQad the Convention to listen to q few
remarks.
MIR. Tucker: Gentlemen of the Conyen.
tion,-The hour for the meeting has not ar.
rived, but we might rs well pass away time
by hearing suggestions from any brethren
present. 1t is very evident that this house
will not hold this mass contention, and we will
probably have 10 adjourn to the CAPITOL
Square, after the Convention has been called
| to order.
These remarks were greeted with loud
cheers by the excited audience, and immedi-
ately halt dozen colored men rose to their
feet. " Mr.. Chairman" Mr.. Speaker"
Mr.. President" and Fellow citizens re-
sounded upon all sides; but finally the loud
voice OF Dr. Bayne, the colored dentist from
Norfolk, gained the ascendanry, and his
views were given. The Doctoradyocated the
| transaction of business with order and deco
rum, and said that men must behave them
selves in this Convention and act like men
Somebody had said that if they went to the
and "kick up the DEVIL No such thing,
| said the Doctor. We are men, free men; we
can manage rebels, boys, and the devil, too, as
to that matter. Loud cheers.]
Much discussion ensued as to the propriety
OF adjournment to the Square, and many mo-
lions were made; but when Hunnicutt walked
upon the platform with slow step and solemn
mien, every thing gave way to the loud calls
for g q word from the friend and hero" All
this was evidently pre- arranged, and the OPP
portunity was taken, in the absence of the
leading Bolts men, to instruct the negroes and
to denounce the "co-operationists in terms
of unmeasured abuse.
81 am told" said Hunnicutt, "that rebels
are mere seeking dQu1lSSlOn lulO the council OF
the Republican party. Beware of them, my
colored friends. Let none but those who are
true vote upon the measures to be presented
here. Sound them well, and see whether
their professions of loyalty are worthy
of belief. How have they acted since
the surrender of General Lee3 How
have they treated you? Have they
given you your rights? Have they treated the
| negro as u free man? Have they paid you
yonr dues? We have men from every county
! who will tell what has been the course of these
| new Unionists. Now, we tell the strangers
| that if they want to come with US they will
have to swallow q bitter pill. They must
swallow the constitutional amendment, the
civil rights bill, the Sherman Shellabarger
Wilson bill, the supplementary bills, every
reconstruction act, the iron clad OATH the 18th
OF April platform, Wardwell Hunnicutt, and
the niger. lCheers.l Yes, the nigger-his
head, his feet, his hide, his hair, his tallow,
his bones, and his suet Nay, his body and
soul! Yes all these they must swallow, and
then, perhaps, they can be called Republicans.
They must " affiliate with Hunnicutt and his
set" So the dose is ready for the patients.
Let them come up.
Thus the incendiary continued to speak in
the most. violent and excited manner until
warned that the hour for assembling had ar.
rived. Every word seemed to fall like a wet
blanket upon the hopes of the Conservative
men who were present and ready to ioin the
Republican party. SILENCE was their most pru
dent course, and this they followed. when
the harangue WIS finished, hia excited colored
saasssss were ripe ses anything, co. taia