Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-01-10
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VIRGINIA CONVENTION.

VIRGINIA CONVENTION.
The convention again assembled Oh Thurs
day tile 2nd inst. No quorum was present
~- On. Friday a q,,er,,.t being present the
Convention proceeded tn business. 45s
As usual very little was done. a I.aa
| MIR. Hawxhurst offered resolution that
General Howard be earnestly requested to
continue the Frcedmens Bureau by the all
Of such agents as he may deem bestsuiied
to, the service Mr.. Allen. madesa SPEECH
in favor Of the resolution iI..s,,45 u
4 Hodges (colored) made the following lu-
minous spe, CHI on the subject
He said that he had hearn his friends
speak of de blessings of de Freemcn's
Beroo. lie acknowledged the wisdom
and kindness Of the Beroo. and that
it was in the interest OF tie people. He
was very fond Of Gineral Howard, and had
hearn people where Jaw him say that he was
a man whar was best loved whar best known
He was in New York 8 AN lie had left dav
in 1868 to come down here an answer to
the cry for help that riz up, He fund
thousands and hundreds OF thousands in
want. ard pcdled up ON five dnllar> i, piece.
When he come on and found de people. he
tole 'c,n he was pinted to come down am help
! EN-; and he cut a piece oui'n lie Tribune
and all de other papers wl,ar had ii in. IL.
had, when he WAS at home dis wear, seen Il
good many men laboring on Government
farms apply toihe Beroo for jestice. and
iestice WASH done for il. His brightest
hope was to see de Ber o got away He
w1nted TO see de time When '.lyaf" men
! whose wives aud husbands had went forth
to de free battle to meet de inwadin fne-
Dey loved OAR wives and homes. hut dey
; loved dar country better. And he had seen
men Speckera,in on the clothes sent these
'.lyai" nen hy tile i,seriushn wlivl, he rep
rcsented. Yes. he had seen them spcckcr-
i latin right at thar doors. and he had seen
men waikiki down de streets Of Norfolk.
| Portsmouth,. and lorcl,,ss Monroe He had
told EN- that dc wife folks had hogs. and they
must kill EN- and eat-taAbciore they suffered
for sopeihin to eat He ,nIe EN- 70 pull de
corn. which was bcndin lie stalks down. be-
fore they Shout; starve He tulc en- this. too
on WiSc'> farm, and he was ordered back
TO New York though he r;z his voice against
it, Ole men and men. in his county had
been cold and were Shot, and they WIS free
! zir. aGd lii ut, nan' IIaycnS had his floor
/ covered all over with blankets De truth
must p.eyail and he intended to write book
! on de tc>'im ny Of his people, which would
make dose men where had persecuied desc
! '.l.al" men in dc dark deus which their dark
deeds had brought upon them. Dis history
of de Freemch's Bcruo which he intended 10
write woul'i astoni~h de C"nvention aud as.
tmisl, de world The State was to BE- GOV.
erned by honest men, and dey INTENDED t."
drive de rogues off. lie was compelled to
speak desc worus because dey were true -
Dey intended to organize New Virginia -
De Scrip>her told US that old things should
pass away De power Of desc 'di>lyaf'
men whose larmin aud houses had been gail-
! I'd Nv de labor of de blacks. and dc very.
stones under their feet had been got from,
! their blood, must pass away. He remeni
bcre,i when his father used 10 have IL good
many hogs to feed, and the hogs would keep
on SOU, clin and squalin round lie pen until
] d.y vas fed; aud they wouldn't 90 of IL"
work till you FED en- Now the Freeme,n's
Bcroo was les like dat. and the blacks was
squalin round, and couldn't go to work till
.l,\ was fed with "a handful u corn to keen.
en- from hangin around. God had provided
! for dc hog, and he could provide for de black
man gess MS well as lie hog lie had been
called II ccr,-fell niggel. He was but he
/ thanked! Col he had been born free. De
Fvemen's Broo agents got thirty five per
t cent, uf what lie black man made.
He had come to the conclusion that The
blacks must root or dieto decolat.. de re-
proachcs against 'em, and he pralcd as
cheerfully as Ire ever did in his life that
God would help EN- He hoped dc Con
vertiun wutlhi vote for the amendment
Mcssrs L;gyatt and y illiails opposed
j the resolution
The resolution was adoprcd-Aycs 50
noes a. .'
!. Saturday. Among the resolutions off red
we note the following Of general interest.
l.. A resolution providing that the time for
hired labor be limited to eight hours
! A resolution providing all debts, inclu-
ding State taxes (and exec ping State debt)
/ contracted before April Sd, 1868, shall he
sealed down to twenty five cents OH the dol
FAR; that all sections against debtors now
pending be stayed, and costs assessed to tile
same scale. and that hencetorh 10 more
shall be clalnahle by law than twenty five
! cents OH the dollar Of all such debts.
~ Resolutions providing for the establish
n,ent Of Agricultural Colleges. at public ex-
pense, in every city Of 10000 inhabitants,
for the working RI roads hy contract at the
expense of the Treasury. for legalizins
the marriage Of cofor~' persons who have
lived +" gether as man and wife and pr'yi-
ding for Inheritance Of t1.c:ir property by
1 their chii,llsn-ior establishing "a general
system of common schools for the intro
d,lction of a CLAUSE in the Constit tuition Civ
ing the right to every person ~ enter any
/ College, Seminary or other public institu-
ton of learning as students. upon cqua
terms, without regard to race, color. Or pre-
vious condition Of loyalty Or disloyalty
4 frcel,m or slavery. ard for the ob!iterati"r
of tire Va Military Institute and conversion
( If its property aud finds into iun,i Tor tht
= bcrefit of coili4,iont schools. All referred.
Hodges. negro, arose with copy Of thu
{, H. I,,,;,,, ;,..l i.s hand ami said th