The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-25
from our Special Reporter.
rHEEpMEN'S MEETING At AMELIA
COURTHOUSE.
noITs DOESN'T COME TO TIME
AppRESSES-COT COZ ~
SONING CASE-LAnlES
OTHER MATTERS
Anvil, COURTHOUSE, May, "A, 1856"


IN! aud several leading citizens o.
lie and Nottowsy to address mem
-N'" '.. heir duties as citizens OF Virginia IN
resent crisis. Pursuant 10 the eau,
- TWO hundred colored persons and
60 of white citizens assembled IN the
go, .housc to-day, a large proportion OF
~, asx.mblare being women of color, who
mod fo take an unusual interest IN the
..v,ir> or the nation. Hon. John NJ. Bolts,
,,sn was expected, declined, but sent TWO
cfhiS fellow grand jurors, Fields Cook ana
Inhn Oliver, colorcd, As substitutes.
Colonel W. +. Farrar nominated Jere-
,oiab Mann Ccolorcd), as chairman; J. A.
Coleman, secretary, and W. j. Cheatham
a,3 Richard Anderson (colorcd) as vice
,ra.;3cnts, the meeting unanimously
o-~.ring in the selections.
Colonel +. K. Farrar, well known
.rronchout the State as "Johnny Rch,'
;,,r,iuccd the exercises of the meeting by
- rcw interesting remarks, which were
,rrll received by the assembled freedmen.
u, minded 10 their changed circumstances,
,n~a slaves. now freedmen, assuring
.,..,, tta, there were no reasons for war
Tween the two races inhabitiug this con
,:r.r. He respected the negro and was
~. .~t,n1 because he had stood by the
people Of the South, or al is"s' nao lam, cHln'li
awaited the acts OF iEo' .uenco' "''li9"e'
hr knew i was WAT 10. It's 'e.".u''
Since General Lee ''''oU MS " '"' ~ :ir
-.,mattox, the negroes, as general thlug,
t.1 behaved themselves nohly, and he
thanked them for il. He would not con
,nal his sentiments; he had been rebel
nr believed that he was Tlsh'' .u' U's.i."
TIE welfare ot INC t""n''
t>ca,lon, he Sa'u 'A"' ng "l0 nv
what would I've Done l,'eU''n Ill.,. 'Is ,"t thn;r
grocS had cole 'o '"',H "l'i.o"' ny. ~
striking a HEX, suffrage i!ao CONF III IL.
same way. and II c"hH>c"''o'' VIZ .o'io' u
will come in the SANE way. Go ~ ""I"
and wait Tor IT, l'9 ,'''." ~, - - S,.odh ~
unt "'>Ita t"''H ~ -. Ia n;shnJ to
c"chtaI oc'"1o ''0"'>, ,.,','.r lac,ra ,ba,.
get tnrm IN u S"." IN" .',.o.. '~'''
heard Inc anP"i"''" >t0".>, -.',.,r- ;,.or
C"igno! "''a' vas -, l' .>,i 40
Inptt0 n.y. "C"A'"S'. "'''"S " "tp'o'I ~
III t"e t''>r Ie'''''"
applause. Ihe negroes eNiuen,iH nau a
warm OPINION "I lAe SPedNsE, anu ueS'1e"
him 10 continue. -, ;.
Mr.. >. ,. " cl''SeF "00IeS>cu 'Ao "G"',
e.ce - Ills ,''Chu>' lol - S"0u l'o n'N
AWAY, F'@'l"e" lHe"t: ii' "Ppe"io" H.
cause TIC D'u oeeh 'An''ru !? sp,,.N .,. 1t
>oN' Ms ." 'Pi'!,o", ,o' r
ann was mol INC "u'oo"Sc u an! p"i'. VI "
''"'.'". ms Pon.'S". tG'.s. Wv va ".'.
.''"": ~ le'a Wv 1o"5 ~ -. doaiin t,l
'"' VIZ. ..'o IN - =. - -, ~.
UT "-".",t nc ;2"''n, - WV" na;a ,,i,
''.. ''' ~ ICY" w. """ .to 80 $500
"'> >".4'1 - s,' oI''.I W Wv =; ~
'..' "",,7 90 -
power ne "'>.''u ~ CIV '''e'tt u'I'I'e
1'>''" a''''t Il c""'" .o. " Cot'S'uN ="
o'.., '.r' ~ Ie was ui<t. a"I,''su sci 'nI,'
~" "a'o "o''',''7 Nv" " Uo VIZ %i'o
H>'',"'"0 >ia'e'4' o0' IL any 'o,i'e'''t t""'
you nave, 'Aen am prepared ~ Prov
i."1 lie N"E'h was rs Much Vi more 70
blame than the South Tor the enSlaNelneht
q. he African race. helcrring 10 Dan
croft Is lis authority, lie showed that Bosto-
mans we're first engaged in the slave trade,
aad that Nirginians OF note were tie first
20 advocate emancipation. fchh>ylVahla
a." "'"e' H"ilHe'n o'"'Ts P'o,eS'e"
against emancipation rs impolitic and un-
JUST 10 Inc Shareholders. Does II now De-
come the people OF those States TO speak
against US Let him without sin cast
Tie first stone The discussion of the au-
tuor>bjD of the sin Of slavery is not q pro-
ntablc one, but we can talk of subjects
that are.
"Who made you free! God. How
Shall YOU use that freedom? In clarifying
him, as commanded in His Holy Word.
That word does not teach us to hate, but
to love our neichbors. The s. S. S. bill
provides that YOU shall be allowed to re-
c,tyr and vote, to assist in the framing OF
State constitution, aud the provisions OF
that constitution are already laid down.
This bill is either proposal in good 1alIh
or diSgraceful cheat. III the lol-
lner, there is no earthly chahce VI
probability of confiscation, for congress
has committed itself to plan OF winch
couh>caton is not part. Even IL YOU
could get it, think you should nv. 80 So,
II. Ii there is ever war oi ; 49, a,n,,'
that moment your doom % r.h, ,,.Nn1i
scaled. Never, in the hlStoi! ~, VI III. wiz
has the stronger, more ihton.s". p'' )
fallen before the weaker oon ns .;n ~ "a q
collision of races. Die' .A",' ;'; 49,. ~
the day when such va. oiI,. 1a,;anrI
lie did not think oi1, ,'.aS M far votn.
conhscatlon; ms c,'l ond would nevn,
an attempt at pf1oe = carr;ad ont tho
be carried out. p". no ISnJ TLn sal
negroes "oalo no' 70. an ,rnson, tha;,
dlcrs OF Tue oiAoN ""'N
claims: 49, .s .,on, - $40
Mr.. Weisiscr 'hch uf8cu 'ncill " re-
member that 'ncir ln'eleS'S anu tns
interests OF thelr employers are ioeii.