Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-04-24
RECONSTRUCTION In ALABAMA.

Great Meeting in Mobile, without
Regard 10 Race or Color : Judge
Busteed ON the Conservative Plat
form = The Negroes Declaring for
Conservatism :. The whites and
Blacks go Together i'm Accepting
the SituatiOn-The Radical Serpent
to be Watched, and SeOtehed.
Last week a few Radical mischief
makers, at Mobile got up and held large
mass meeting of negroes in the outskirts of
the city, at which inAammatory addresses
were made by white speakers, and which
finally broke up in most disorderly
manner. the wanton firing of pistols,
ceilings, etc, etc On Friday night fol-
lowing (l9th) mass meeting of citizens
was held in the heart of the city, without
regard to race or color, over which Judge
Richard Bnsteed, of the United States Dis
trict Court presided. Judge B. is an APP
pointee of Mr.. Lincoln-is a supporter of
the force bill, and has no sympathies with
rebellion. We subjoin from the Adrer-
tiser and Register of the Doth, extracts from
the proceedings, which shows the spirit OF
the occasion:
JUDGE BUsTEED's SPEECH.
81 have carefully considered the call
under which we are convered tonight, and
to all of the purposes stated in it, / give
my hearty assent, and to them here pledge
my unqualified support. | rejoice to stand
with you on this platform and beneath this
flag And now in joint effort to secure
future peace and prosperity, "let the dead
past bury its dead" Let us revive and re-
new only such recollections as will stimu-
late and strengthen liberty and fraternity
throughout all the land. Be our battle
cry Zone country, one constitution, one
destiny" The crisis we are called upon
to meet demands our EXTREMIST, thought
fulness and wisdom. All that we do, to be
well done, must have reference to the best
interests of the whole people, and the mar
rowness of mere politics must give way 10
the breadth of comprehensive statesman
ship. We have met ''for the purpose of
con ferring and consulting together" and
the first leading object of the meet
ing is declared in the call for it
to be, 10 Establish and promote har-
AholAN anu aSNOAN bCNNSSh AhS bNO AaASS " EO
are now brought face to facein new political
relations" What manner of man is he
who shall refuse 10 cooperate in this work
How shall his Wickedness be measured who
by speech or act seeks TO create ill-will in
the minds of either race against the other
Surely none but an outlaw, whose hand is
against every mans, and whose moral ma
ture is fostering in its own infamy, will be
found opposing OF obstructing the firm es-
adjustment of peace and amity between
the two races that inhabit the Southern
portion of our common country. If such
an one exists among us LET him meet the
doom he courts-let every mans hand be
against him.
The second Of ''the leading objects" TO
secure which this meeting has convened, is
10 impress the citizens OF Alabama with
the necessity and high political duty that
rests upon them of taking an earnest and
active part in the reorganization Of the
State government With this, as with the
object first stated in the call, VERY heartily
sympathize. IL is the clear and in6ispensA-
Bic duty of every citizen of the common
wealth TO take personal share IN the labor
Of lis political reconstruction. If this be
left 10 the vicious and the ignorant, We will
have no right hereafter to complain that
We are hopelessly bound 10 the plans and
subject TO the rule of political gamesters.
No more sacred duty can be devoived upon
people than that Of forming or Of reform