The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-05-11

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strongly. &c referred q the decisions d
! the Supreme Court Id Che stay lsw cases,
and the action off the Legislature when q
homestead act was before it,, BE then told
the Legislature that il any respectable law
yerwould say that retrospective homestead
act was constitutional he would vote for it.
Not one would ssyso.ss Thsrs Mss another
thing about thia eprosisien that seemed to
have bean overlooked In tha address Of, the
Conservatives. There was bankrupt act
in force which provided that no constitu-
tional provision should be effective in
which there should ibeas Homestead tproxi-
sion passed since 1864. And: this MAS
the Law of Congress, the supreme power Of
the land. he was not prophet nor the
son Of prophet, but he would predict
that If the, Constitution were adopted no
man would save >his homestead. Some
sharp, shaver, keen sighted noneyed man,
suggested this homestead provision, i'm order
to deceive the people and hide the fact that
the Constitution contained elsewhere "a
provision declaring that there should BIZ, ne
more stay laws. !. - !: ].
It should be remembered that this state
Of things could not last. The northern
people were burning with Indignation at
these outrages land in the North the very
negroes who so truculently and impudently
spoke in the capitol about ruling Virginia
and this country dare not 60 to the polls
and offer to vote.g Why, In the strongest
Radical State Of the North -thesyery. State
from whence comes what may proves 8. .foun-
tain of bitter waters to the State OF Yir-
ginia if he this Wellsl be chosen Governor
the people declared by o majority Of 10000
voters that the few hundred negroes there
could not vote. The men Of the North
would no longer submit to the idea that=th
vote Of each one Of: them in the presidential
election would be Offset by the vote Of 3
negro in the South.
He then continued to point out the condi-
ton of the negro race, the disadvantages
and disasters that would certainly accrue
to them if they continued in their present
political course, in an able and convincing
manner. ..--.,--.,........
In conclusion, he declared his willingness
and intention to do all he could, and to
speak whenever the opportunity offered it
self, in opposition to the Constitution. BE
urged every man to go forth to the struggle,
and predicted that, should every one do his
duty, majority Of thirty-fve or forty
thousand would be given against the abomi-
nable instrument. ssG Ga;gJ ea. 5aiej 4
Colonel Thomas j. Evans was next intro
duced. He said he never intended to re-.
fuse to speak upon this most important
topic. He declared, in the first place, that
he had no enmity towards the negro.aaHe
was opposing the Constitution not because
of in-feeling towards the. negro, but be-
cause of his hatred for these miserable,
low-lived, thieving, scallawag, carpet-bag
scoundrels.
He then went into the discussion Of the
homestead provision. Who did it benefit I
Not the negro, because there are but few of
them who have $4,000 worth of land. And,
then, suppose creditor were to come to his
debtor and ask him for his money! The
debtor might say he wouldn't pay because
the new Constitution protected $4,000 Of his
property. What could the United States
courts say about this Why, under autho-
rity from the bankrupt act, he would upset
any homestead provision adopted after
1864. And then the stay law was wiped out,
and the Legislature was forbidden from
ever adopting one. r. e,gsiq
He then descanted very sharply upon the
qualifications of the negro and the incon-
sistency of their so-called Yankee friends.
He ,passed briefly over the subject aof the
educational provision, the foreign material
in the Convention which framed the Consti-
tuition, the system of county courts, and the
contemplate mode Of voting by ballot pre-
senting each subject in q clear and practi-
col manner. a9 s.z'-i 70 Ss&' sa>zfs 80 = :
Colonel John B. Young was then intro
duced, and entertained the audience with
his characteristic ability, sitting the most
parts Of the, Constitution, and
urging unanswerable arguments against its
adoption. - DIV = =. go. p 20 ~
He wasI followed by Mr.. John s. Wise,
SON of General II. A. Wise, who delivered
himself with much eloquence, and showed
himself o worthy son of. a worthy sire.
The resolutions offered at the beginning
of the meeting were then adopted after
which the meeting adjourned. IaCsaa saoS
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