The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-03

RICHMOND, Aug 2.
The Convention reassembled on the Square
at III o'clock A. NJ, about 1000 persons oeing
present. DIR. Boyne, colored, Of Norfolk,
moved that as the work of the Convention
was finished it now adjourn sine die. Mr..
Hunnicutt opposed the motion, but it was car
ried. II
The Convention then resolved itself into a
mass meeting and was addressed by Jonn Mi
nor Bolts, who also read an address to the
people and platform, which being submitted
to the meeting for its endorsement was with
drawn, the opposition being violent. f...,
~ SECOND DESPATCH. ~.
After the adjournment of the Convention,
mass meeting was organized by MIR. Bolts.
He said he was no intruder, but came as a
member of the Republican party. 1t had been
circulated that he had written letters denounc-
ing Northern men in Virginia as squatters.
The charge was unfounded For thirty years
he had stood by them-so much SO as make
himself odious with bis own party. With ref
erence to having been unwilling at one time
since the war to give the blacks suffrage, he
said he had only been so because he knew if
the negro was given suffrage before he had
protection, his vote would strengthen the dem
ocratic party, or he would be shot down in the
street. for attempting to vote with the republic
cans. He had not attended the Convention of
April because he thought he could do more
good out of it. He endorsed its platform, and
so did friends who had come to the city to at
tend the present Convention, but had been
crowded out, whether by accident OF design
he could notsay. They,would have re-adopted
the platform He warned the meeting not to
be deceived by demagogues into the belief that
they held all the power. The democrats of .
Virginia will not resist the republicans now,
but wait until they get back into the Union.
We will need every man to fight them. We
must not drive any man away from U.S.
(Cries of mo. We WON'T wsTU Il
Mr. Bolts then read the address to the peo-
pie and the platform which he said met the
approval of Judge Underwood and Mr.. Hum
nicutt lsii16q f5l .H4laat III
The address recites the events since the close
of the war and the conduct of the Southern
people led ON by President johnson, which
had delayed reconstruction. isis
George Rye, Of Shenandoah, moved to en-
dorse the address and platform, but the mo-
ton met with such violent opposition that it
was withdrawn. afl aalA- >aa5a39 &9fs
3 Here loud voice announced that speaker
who was opposing the endorsement of the adj
dress and platform by the me citing had stolen
a horse from One-armed negro Il,ag
This created great confusion. The speaker
came up the capitol steps to confront his accu-
ser, and crowd of blacks surged up after him.
Everything looked like riot for some min
utes, put the matter was settled by the accuser
explaining that he had only heard and could
not vOuch for the charge. 9ft
Governor Pierrepont made very brief
reech, and was followed by l.. HI. Chandler
District Attorney, and others.
line f0lloWlng resolutions were introduced
and unanimously adopted: s-. H7. =
Whereas, The loyal American citizens will
soon be required to select a repres entative man
as their candidate for the Office now held by
chance President of the United States, and as
the late war has placed the republican party
as we'll as the nation under obligations to many
distinguished generals tor the services they
rendered in the desperate struggle for liberty
and greatness, and as the names of Generals
Grant, Sheridan, Thomas, Butler, Sickles, Lo
gan and Schofeld, and Hons Schuyler Col
fax, Ihadeus Stevens and Henry Wilson are |
prominently held up as amongt the most de-
serving in in connection with the said office,
therefore -
ResotUed, That we endorse the action of Gen.
Sheridan in his efforts to execute the laws of
his country, considering the embarrassment
thrown around him by the President.
ResolUed, That the Republican party look
forward to such acts of protection as Gen
Sheridan and other Generals are extending to
them with great hope in the future, of the
prosperity of the country, and that we, as a
party, now give notice that when the proper
time arrives to nominate candidates for 7Presi-
dent and Vice President we shall give all such
acts of protection to the loyal people of the
South their due consideration.
Speaking was continued at the meeting I'M /
I'll nearly dark, when il adjourned