The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-28

A Radical Mectina Negro Speeches bn-
reau Wants TO Know Who Discharges ron.
teal Negroes, &c. &c.
CHRlsTIANSRuRG, May q, iso''
We have had quite lively time !" ~ ~"
quiet burg during the past W. W.. have
mean uiggers and "poor WINE ,s ,o," and
had "high carnival" as h"y " aooon,
Hunnicutt call it, ana We .no ~.
freedmen and rcspectaoie "n''o 49,
have stood back in silent ahaze,ne', CIV
s,un;a wonder. They think that the oo'-
TOM rails got on top at last" l presume
hn, we think we can show them some
tricks vet, "not dreamt Of in their phiio-
sophy." ., .o,,oa,
Last Saturday, DR.. Brown $50 caleo)
poked his gingerbread phiz into the Mont
gomery Hotel and asked for room, out as
he was above sleeping with his fellow ne
proes in the kitchen, he couldn't come II
with the whites, and had to put up with
such accommodations as his colored
brethren could afford. In the mean time
there was a meeting of Red Strings in the
courthouse 10 nominate a candidate for the
Convention. Pushing my way in, was
kindly offered a seat on the back OF the bar,
whence procured fine view ofthe motley
crowd. In the chair generally occupied by
our Judge, or presiding Justice, sat an old
man, with his hat on, and twirilng his
thumbs around each other, first to the right
hand and then to the left, aferno d'gtte, as
the Latins would say, and looking very
much amazed at his own dignity.
After long delay, caused, rs we hear
bv a split in the camp, the committee came
in. not in very good order chairman iasl.
10 handed the man with the hat on piece
Of dirty papcr. who read out the name OF
Flanagan. and some one rose and moVed
that the nomination be made unanimous.
The old gent at this point was in periect
middle, and stood doubling as to what
next was incumbent on him. But at last
the ghb-tongued Flanagan suggested ,ha'
the chairman put the question; whlch III
did. catching the form from whispering
bystander. ,.
IT Is hardly worth the paper and INK ina,
would be required TO sketch ms dlS]ointe"
and uuconnected haranguc on accepting.
He abused President Johnson and praised
Congress, and appealed TO the negroes 10
vote for him as the representative OF the
Richmond Radical Convention. thlnk
his friends were rather disappointed at ms
awkward display of ignorance and low
flung enumeration. He evidently does not
feel easy when he looks honest gentlemen
in the face, and no doubt would do much
better in secret conclave OF ms cholce
spirits of the third degree of Red String
ism. This party is made up, as you Know,
of deserters who loved the Mon too well
10 fight against il, but not well enough 10
frht for il: and hence took middle
ground, living ain the brush, and Iced
inc on cattle, hogs, etc, stolen from the
absent ConfederateS. They are certainly
the hardest looking set of unhung PERU
rers that ever saw; and If they are the
only lovaliSts-irOm such contamination
Good Lord deliver us "
But time will not let me write You all
that was done on that eventful but peace
fpl day. | therefore pass over 10 the
speech of Dr.. Brown. He is evidently
sharp. shrewd, cunning mulatto. His
speech was made up Of empty platltudes
about political and social equality, etc.;
and wound up with song to the tune OF
"Od John Brown" whose soul, like that
of Judas, has "gone to its own place"
and is marching on" deeper and deeper
in the "pcrdition of ungodly men,
After this, he fooled the poor ignorant
negroes to the amOnnt Of about thirty dol
lars in the formation OF g." Union League.
| was surprised at some of the colored
people who Joined it, suppOsing that they
had more sense and more respect for them
selves than to be caught in such low com
panv. In the better days of the Repuoiic
they were in the habit of waiting on gen
tlemen, and had some of the Virginia
pride of aristocracy about them, ana
most wholesome contempt for poor WINE
folks" But now they seem to be manu-
glove with these gentry.
BY orders posted on our conr'-hou ro.
door learn that all cases OF discharge ioi
political views are to be reported u Cap.
tain Strautfer, our Bureau agent "h".
for Can he make me keep negro VI
whit man either, on my place II doh
want b;mp I should like to see that mat
tar ,ried think it would require larger
standing army than the United States pos
sesses 10 compel obedience 10 Such ah
order. .o.r,- 20 con Mi;
- Gov i must prove "brottum tW-
,nann that nobody will regard, even II 1t
1'os ~, stir up bad blood and make men dis
eSosra tbeir servants that would not other
,r;Sa nave thought Of it. There is to us an
inconsistency in claiming for negroes equal
;tv before the law, and In the next breath
irving to hoist them above the law.
Captain Strauiier has conducted himself
here with the dignity and impartiality oil
a Christian gentleman, and we honestly
deprecate the issuing of an order which
can do no good, and must provoke the in
dignation of every honest gentleman. But
/ must close. We hope the issue is made
in our county.
The immaculate Flanagan aspires to
the seat once. graced in the Virginia Con
vention by Hon. W. i. Preston. Such a
thought would make old Butler blink
were not his conscience scared as with i
hot iron - III.