New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-04-17
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VIRGINIA.
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VIRGINIA
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RICHMOND, Va, April l6.-'The various Negro 80
cieties Of this city celebrated the Declaration oi
Emancipation in the District of Columbia to-day
Several white and coOred delegates to the State Con-
vention which meets here Tomorrow nave arrived
coIoRrD MASS MEETING Az PRINCES ANNE COURT
HOUSE.
FoRTREss MONROE April 15.-AbOnt 1,SlO e0lored
persons held political meeting at Princess anne Oou
House on Saturday. Remarks were made by seVeral
speakers who the colored people to devote the
attention to agricultural pursuits and esehew poucs
The right OF suffrage argued as being question 0l
time and when they were properly bv 70 White EGe men
The meeting was extremely orderly A., -, GA, ro,to,v
ship will be celebrated in Norfolk by grand procession
addresses in the Opera House banqnets ana Das ia inc
evening. similar celebration Will take place III haihP
THE NEGRO vOTE-wHAT THE FREEDMEN sAf-A
REPUBLICAN coNvENroN-NEED OF oRGASIzA1
TION.
Prom Our Special Correspondent
RICHMOND, Va, April IS, 1867
Waterman Tell us of the night" 1t IL to do
this that have to Richmond IL Is to do IL thati
am going through the South to the Rio Grande How
about the negro votes How about ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
the Rebels the Loyass johnson or Congress- get the
votes of the negroes VIII not considerable NUMBER go
with their masters though the majority may nor 90
40 Questions like these were asked me 50 often whie
was North that determined TO answer them possible,
by knowing whereof I affirmed.
Yesterday was in the midst OF about two thousand OF
the black OF Richmond and vicinity and N an n
embracing the present eondton OF is ev woud
cast for or against liberty IOr OF against osS WV
yet believed Slavery for them was right ana freedom
calamity and for against the great principles OF the
Declaration OF Independence ana those OF tne Chrsu
religion. The audience appeared SURPRISED that shou
have put such questions, and at the close OF
the meeting man came and said " Friend 90 you
once ~ DO you spose we is gwne put hands into
IL aganp Then In an extended conversation with the
that the man who formerly owned him cams to MN me
other day and aid R9oer nov You ss igT ws ann TO
know whether you Will vote fQr the hanRees OF ISr e
old friends who stood by YOU all your lie Now ROBERT
you know always loved YOU and cared for you az
father would for son, and now coud you vote iV "a
stranger against 2" Robert tells Inc he answered nm
about as follows: well, Mass2. you was KIND 70
speak to so dis mornin. and DAT suleet
what you mention sOmethin and has MT gwen IL
much attention yet; when, Lord bless my SOUL my
heart was like TO split for knew ~ was u 50 ~ ~" ~
cause has given II more attention OF late Dan mas 10
my church aud religion; yes irdeed; and when was
talking him knew well enough woMd never vote ue
way he votes He was kind enough 10 be sufel gives
him credit for ,latbut still he was an OFFICER III de heDci
army, and he fought mighty hard against you an anu
against dis freedom what now enjoys ahd II n gwine
90 forget dat very soon, no indeed ISN'T" scNerai
snartookng men stood by and listened 10 Kooer, ana
were wonderfully Interested IN al he su my WIN W
say occasionally, while Robert was speaking, les,
The men who calculate on the negro vote of the South
In the interest OF Slavery or in the interest OF those VINO
fought for Slavery are foolish one OF me WATERS ol tIc
hotel where stopping told that there was crazy
"nigger" ia Petersburg who says he will vote for his ola
suffer- lie thus expressed the fact that there were none
of that mind this city. "Dc right TO suffer said the
Dat shows he's crazy; and he should vote ioT
his old massa and become q sensible man, he Will
think he deserved the right 10 suffer- , ,,,o nos
The idea OF voting that way Is simply out OF the ques
ton In this city. They may In remote places ana III 100
large numbers pleasant vote with their od owners
through fear but IL strengthen them with Orgalza-
and thorough knowledge OF the SITUATION as We are
trying hard to do the case viii De the same III the
country n In the cities. 49,,
The harvest ripe for the Republicans, and all theyhave
10 do is to thrust the sckel and reap III they neglect
10 do H. they must grumble by and by III they ma
Others of tue blacks forcing them by threats
with them =,
half a million OF dollars expended In the promo.
ton of oyal organizations and the circulation OF loyal
literature throughout the South Is the thing OF necessity
this moment.
1 saw some white Unionists to-day who are Ia here
from the country They camOrous for help. III they
only had whrewith 10 organize and work they
would 20 right They are burning with zeal but
ea how anxious these loyalsts, black and white are to
be united FOR work In the loyal cause Ihey say they can
carry the state II they are helped little now
A Radical Convention meets here on wednesday, Wheh
steps TO be taken toward state Organization
some Of our friends hnk the organization Of State Re
publican party had best be left 10 subsequent period,
when IL thought all parts of the State VIII ne fny rep
resented aud thorough organzauo9 effected The best
Radical here appear To dsoWn the one or Two men
who pror be Radicals, have Injured the loyal
cause here ms keep good and true men away from our
camps. The prospect is that they VIII DE utterly
ignored and the good work carried on by wiser hands
There are some distinguished Republicans here from the
expecting To attend ana address the convention on
Wednesday, aud others are expected
A paper is being drawn up aud signed ny q NUMBER OF
Republicans inviting Horace Greeley, Henry Ward
Beecher Mr. Bryant, aud Others TO come here and adj
dress the people Oh politics