The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-04-18

the test oath clause was decided in order.
HINE claimed that this motion was OUT
of order.
The CRAIR decided that 1t was.
An appeal from this was not s1ls'ain0su.
A rspfnt Of order was here raised Dy
HINr. He contended that the gentleman
from Petersburg could not make 'ne no
ton to reconsider, as he had voted on 90
terday in the minority. ..,an
The CHAIR decided the point wen tah 49,
An appeal was taken from tnis' "ni'n
was not sustained. ur
During the discussion on this, Mr.. W, IL
L1AMs spoke in favor of allowing MI
PLATTE. to make the motion to reconsider.
This reused BxYNE, who thought snere
wac some trick in it. "What," SAID ne,
C tran de Chair. Here de gentleman Is 5
irwin to trap de Chair jess as de labors OF
de Convention is over. Lay de appear On
LEWIS LINDSEY said: CT see how de
thing is wire working, and what is being
done. When dey find how de thing is
WORKING. thew steps out and bring IN Inc
HIGH authority to say take dis thing out.
Know dat two heads is better an one !;
and what's more, they is better'n TINS
thing of higher authority or anything else"
Mr.: SNEAp renewed the motion. a mo-
t;on 70 Law it on the table was lost. Dis
cussion ensued.
BAYNE spoke strongly against the motion
to reconsider, and said he want gWlne 10
be intimidated by any General, and 1t
would be pretty thing for this Conven-
ton to 20 home and have it said dat de
GeneraIwas called into de Convention, and
skeered them.
Mr.. THOMAS spoke in favor of resembling.
Pending his remarks, he yielded in order
to allow the CHAIR to make statement IN
regard to General Schofeld's visit. He
had called in response to the resolution
appo;uting committee to call on him and
notify him that the Convention would be
clad to receive any communication from
him.
Mr.. H1NE asked Mr.. THOMAS, who was a
member of the visiting committee, II ne
did not ask General Schofeld to come to
the Convention and prevail upon the
members to repeal the test oath.
Mr.. THOMAS said that he had conversed
freely with General Scho6eld upon the
subject, and that when he left him he had
declared his intention to communicate
with the Convention either in writing or
in person.
KELso was reused by the attempt to
strike out his pet feature. He was forced
TO the conclusion that men of the Repub-
lican party were aiding in making Con,
stitution to suit the white man, and would
leave the negro out. He had heard men
say that if the oath was put in the Constr.
tuition it would be defeated. He would
say that if it were left out it would be de-
feated. He had some influence in Camp
bell county, if his hair was short; and when
they passed that instrument over Campbell
county, they would knock a hole in it, by
Cd, sir"
The truth of the business was that the
carpet-baggers couldn't stand the niger
They were willing to let the niger do. the
votin', but they were afraid to let him hold
some little scoop of an Office" That was
the matter. Sc Niger in de pit" he
didn't mind what had been said by the
King. That was natural enough, coming
from him. But it wasn't General Schofeld
alone-it was men who called themselves
Republicans, and who were elected by me-
gro votes, who were afraid Of the negro
If it hadn't been for the negro vote these
carpet-baggers would never have gotten
into the Convention except as spectators
God grant the day is not far off when Vir-
ginia may be in the hands of true men-of
true Virginians. I care not whether they
be black or white.
Mr.. CAMPBELL explained the position
taken by the Conservatives. They we're,
of course, opposed to the test oath, and
would vote for reconsideration if it were
intended to strike it out altogether, but
they would not vote to reconsider when it
was intended only to rescind its applica-
ton to petty county officers.
The Convention refused to suspend the
rules by vote of ayes 26, noes 81.
At ten minutes past l the Convention
took reteSs.
AFTERNOON SESSION.