The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-02
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ORGANIZATION.

arrived for the organization OF the Coh 'eN' 1
and he therefore called Ito oaT 1 Who Joined IN
the cali should take part In the g.t Gantle
Great sclamor-mahy persons ),
men, I should like to make re EN-,
Tucker withdraw my nio =, ot,ioHv blacks,
o,aY Nc his attention).-I think we snouAu
''1 nr osssrline-Mr. - st ape
posing the Convention w r'rsad aa'oi :
Square, have gone ~ on adjourn to the Square.
1-nciferous cries Of no, no yes, yes. ,roteated
P. Wilson, of Norfolk loaesd Gp, How could
aga aga. do bnsIness on the Square What rignI
ag thoy to adjourn to that place When unue,
the the cali they should organize where 'no'
wereH ,d;onrn were
shot at the Chair so rapidly ana
that 1t was much confused. tba nre
Mr.. Hines, of Fairfax, moved that INC io,, - az
sent chairman be the temporary chN tbe
and that the Convention ADJOURN =" VIZ
Square. o+;o, and seconded
Tucker Withdrew ms moIioh DIV
Illness. ,uovxhurst
declared temporary chairman oy aGct ss throe
Great shouts followed by call LOT tnieS
cheers for Hawxhurst, three for Congress, anu
three for Hunnicutt; which were gwen Win
stem torian power. sonoro
Tucker then moved to adjourn to the squaT V
"a motion which seemed to nave Oeem "a, voicas
Great confusion. About hundred VOICES
shouting out /" Mr.. Speaker" :" Mr.. Speaker
At last, r. T. Buckley, light colored, OF Alex
andria, got the floor, and remonstrated earn
estIy against going to the Square. why not
call the counties here? Business cou!a not DC
done there. 1T being apparent that the
speaker wanted something like regular con-
yentional proceedings, his voice was COM
pletely drowned by the rude clamors OF nun
dreds Of Threats, accompanied with eestcuih
tions furious, suited to the rage OF us many
angry faces.) He stood his ground until the
storm subsidized, and calmly announced tnat ne
was not to be put down in that manner. he
did not intend to submit. He proceeded under
difficulties to declare that gentlemen from the
different counties had come here to DO busl-
ness, and that could not be transacted on the
Square Here was the place. Rebels were
not agoing to disturb us-gentlemen need not
be afraid. There was more danger OF dis
turbance on the Square. Delegates from the
counties had come here in good faith ana iet
them act here. Let us call counties and let
The storm, which had not fairly ceased,
here rose again to violence; and amidst 1t rose
UP the bald, Slick black head OF the DEFIANT
Cornelius Harris grand Juryman OF the United
to vote
Cries of "All!" "Allr' Everybody in the
house."
Hawxhurst put the question amidst the gale
with all its noises and odors. 1t was carried
in the affirmative by reclamation, ana IL was
determined to adjourn to the Square.
Lewis Lindsey rose to his feet, ana indle
nantly protested against the proceedlng-ll
was an outrage-an indignity to the counties
Did the counties send all their citizens 10 TINS
Convention d? No, they senta few delegates &c
transact business important TO the party, anc
they were TO be forced off to the Square, wheTe
there would be nothing but confusion. ne
continued to thunder away amidst the NOISE
of the departing crowd, which did not get on
for some time, it having been packed IN Inc
church so densely that the packing might, in
deed, be compared to that OF herrlngs IN /;
barrel At last the house was cleared, thu
county delegates marched reluctantly 10 Int
Square, by force of the overwhelming mum
bers of Hunnicutts party, drummed from tns
factories and from every quarter of the city u
bear down all opposition and rule the roast.
ON THE SQUARE.
After the first suggestion to adjourn to thu
Square from the African church, small squads
of people, mostly colored women and chil
dren, commenced to gather around the west
ern portico of the capitol. Here and tner'
one might see n small group OF delegates O.
the original Republican party or the GO
operationists,'' engaged'in close conversation
The crowd had increased to hundred or tWt
perhaps, when one Crane, of Winchester
arose and commenced to dilate upon what w
have come here for to-day" In the midst
his manipulations the crowd commenced y
come In from the African church, after the ad
iournment. On it came like torrent, ana II
a short time the space in front of the western
portico was we'll filled. 1t was announce'
! that the Convention would be held on IN
eastern side of the capitol, and accordingly.
| n rush was made in that direction. Befor
half of the assemblage had reached the cas-
Side, cries of ssGo back " Gwine have it OF
the other side,' etc., were heard, ana 4 gene
| raj scramble to get back was made.
| MD hu
false scent gentlemen seized the opportunlt.
| to speak to them, and among them MT emp
ley, of Montgomery, who spoke rs follows:
| Gentlemen of Tirginia,-In times like thes
l think it is we'll for the people of this OLE
Commonwealth to consider calmly and dispas
| sonately the best means OF preserving tn
| nerpetuity of these States and creating socl;l
| relation between them.
Gentlemen, never in the history of thi
country have such grave and important issues
presented themselves to the minds of TIT
American people, and especially to the minds
of the people of the South, for the action
her citizens; and l say, in considering these
issues, we should do so calmly, laying aside al
animosties, allformer political preludices ano
political differences, and let each one OF us
here in convention assembled, show an exam.
pie of generosity and magnanimity In framing
our platform that will rebound to the interest
Of our party and bring TO our standard the
talent and intellect of the loyal South.
|
4 disposition on the part of some of the mem
bers Of this body 10 exclude some who have
presented themselves rs delegates. Why is
this Is 1t because they have heretofore held
different views from those who were in favor
Of prosecuting the war and preserving the
Union? Or is it because those who are OPP
posed 10 these delegates are afraid, when the
State is once more admitted into the Union,
they will be kept out of office and power?
am afraid the last interrogatory covers the
whole ground.
In answer to the first question: will say
that if you wish to exclude these gentlemen
on account of their former political opinions,
you must begin in our own party to establish q
precedent
| Suppose these parties were in favor of Sc
| cession, is that any reason why they should
always adhere to that opinion? believe that
any correctly minded man may be convinced
OF his error, and, if convinced, will retract II
and do what is right. Does it show either
good sense or kindness to forever exclude these
gentlemen from the ballot box | No l ven
ture the assertion that If we show magma
nimity to these people we will bring thousands
to our standard; while by q contrary course
we will certainly. drive thousands away.
have been Il close observer Of the political
status of this country since the war, and l
here assert that the Republican party IS not
as strong at the North to-day by many tnou'
sands as it was when the war terminated:
And why is this? Because they have pursued
the same proscriptiye policy at the Nortn
which you now propose to adopt here.
If you are determined to exclude all who
held different views from us during the war
and at it's beginning, some of the leading men
of our party must 90 by the board. Take for
example B. F. Butler, of Massachusetts.
Show me man who was more instrumental
in bringing on the war than he. Was not he
a delegate TO the Charleston Convention Was
not Mr.. Douglas the choice of the Democratic
party at that Convention for the presidency
Undoubtedly. But Mr. Douglas was not pro-
slavery enough for the gentleman from Mas
sachusetts. He wanted 4 nominee who was
not only in favor of slavery where 1T existed,
but was also in favor OF masters carrying
their slaves to any portion of the Territories
of the Union without molestation. Nor is
this all. The chief traitor of the rebellion
,uaS voted for time after time hY this same