The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-05-11

FLAMAToRY SPEECHES.
WHAT WE ARE TO PREPARE FOR.
Confscation and Negro Equality.
High Carnival after Underwood Leaves.

A grand ratification meeting of the CO.
lored people was held at the African
church last evening. The church was
filed to overfowing, the crowd being with
but few exceptions colored.
The meeting was called to order by Johu
Oliver, and II. Osborne was called to the
chair and J. W. Hunnicutt was chosen
secretary. After which, prayer was Of
fered by Nelson Hamilton.
Colonel Marsh, of Wythe, was the first
speaker. After ranting and rambling for
some time about the Radical party, its
principles and purposes, he spoke of an
attempt which was about to be made to get
up new Republican convention. Martin
Lipscomb, who was in the crowd, here
asked who the man was who was trying to
get up this convention. The speaker re-
piled "Bottsr The reply of the speaker
met with Kisses, murmurs of disapproval,
and cries of "We amt got no use for
him -
The speaker then spoke of the commit
tee of the Republican party, and asked
them if they would remove any member
of it. [Cries of No!"1 "Will you re-
move Mr.. Hawxhurst ?" Mixture of
ayes and nays.l Will you remove Mr..
Hunnicutt ?" [" No! no! no!"l "Will
you remove Mr.. Wardwell ?" [" Mo-"
" Will you put Mr.. Bolts on this commit
tee 2" (" No! and hisses."l He then ad-
vocated confiscation, and was loudly
cheered during this portion of his harangue.
He wound up in the usual style.
He was followed by Hayward, of Massa-
chusetts, the man who spoke at the last
meeting. He said that the reporters of the
city papers had made conspicuous his re-
mark that a negro was better than a white
man, as if he had made an outrageous ex-
preston. "Why," said he, 81 had no
idea that any one was so stupid as to
doubt it," He argued that the negroes
were better because they had displayed
more of the cardinal tenets of Christianity,
after a condition of slavery for over 250
wears, than any of the white nations who
had ever endured the same state.
He then said: When l 60 back to
Massachusetts shall tell the people there
that you are determined to ride in the
same street cars in which any white man
or woman rides "YesnI Shall tell
them that you intend to occupy any boxes
or any seats in the Theatre for which you
pay your money? [" Yes, yes!"l Shall
tell them that you will go to any public
school where people are taught {" Yes"l
Shall tell them that you intend to go to
any church where the Gospel is-nOt as
Mrs. Partington says-dispensed with :
+" Yes, yes.''l Shall | tell them that you
intend, in whatever manner you may see
r;r hot yuh IN
citizen of the State of Massachusetts en-
joys? ["Yesnl If you want these
things and cannot get them of yourselves,
the young men of the Old Bay State will
help you to get them. They came once
and laid for months for you in the Chtcka-
hhominy Swamps, and they will come again.
[Cheersl We have paid taxes to make
you free, and we will pay more to get you
what you want. [Cheers.l
He then went on, as he said, to caution
this vast audience. During his visit to
Richmond he had discovered bravery
among them that was astonishing. But
those who might be disposed to be reck-
less, he would warn that they owed duty
to the brave men who had risked so much
for them. [Cheers.l You would not en-
danger the life of the illustrious Under
wood, would you? {" No! No! That we
wouldn't"1 Well, then, as soon as he
leaves you may have high carnival for
what you please. 1t is useless for me to
advise you as to what to do; for great
masses generally do what they have a
mind to. Long and continued cheering
Here John A. Fitchett arose and said
"Mr. Speaker, you may tell the people of
Massachusetts, that the colored people Of
Richmond are determined to enter any
bar-room, hotel, theatre, or street car
they may wish" [" Yes, we will";
cheers.
The speaker said that law would have
to be passed for Virginia as had been
passed for Massachusetts, compelling ho-
tel proprietors, etc., to allow the colored
men equal privileges with the whites.
Loud cheers, and cries of "That's what
we want here" and "We are going to have
it here, too"
The speaker, after this, retired and gave
away for Hunnicutt, who commenced with
a arequest that the reporters would, for once,
report him correctly. But we preferred
not to report him at all, for it was too hot
and crowded where we were to report any
body else. So we left, hoping never again
to attend meeting so calculated to inspire
evil forebodings as this.