The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-28

RADICAL CAUCUS-hlCdMOND" ~ BE hE'
oFF1cERED.-A few nights since that caul-
dron wherein the Radicals of Jefferson
Ward prepare their political diet,-the old
United States Hotel-boiled and seethed
with unwonted vigor and activity. The
party in that ward have looked. with long
ing eyes to the fat Offices and pleasant
places which are filled by the "rebels %
of the city, and have persistentIy 6ndae&a- 6ndea-
vored to get their own men into them. \
large number of the faithful assembled on
that occasion, and were organized by put
ting Mr.. Benjamin Bragg in the cL4ir.
Among those on the stand we noticed
several who were at one time prominent in
their advocacy Of the "Lost Cause -
such as J. l.. G. Danner, G. A. Brock
meyer, E. W. Massey (member OF the Con-
yention), etc., etc. 1t was agreed by L
vote of 10 to 36 to take the Offices of the
city by storm and Brockmeyer's name
being mentioned for one of them,
wild-looking, red-mouthed Irishman,
whose name we did not catch, ab-
solutely refused to support him " "for
any Office in the gift of General Schoield
or any other man, because he Brock
meyer) had been volunteer in the rebel
army, and was not now true to the negro"
Brockmeyer explained, and his claims to
promotion were strongly urged upon the
brethering" present by Massey, who
assured them that "he, too, had fought in
the rebel army, but not of his own choice /;
he had been forced into the business alto
gether against his will" In conclusion,
he warmly recommended Brockmeyer for
any office in the gift of the General COM
manding, assuring all present that he was
as good and as true man as he Massey
was. This raised q storm for Brockmeyer
is not as popular in the party as ne would
like to be, many seeming to coincide in
opinion with the first speaker, q" that Brock
meyer was not true to the negro" A
sharp-nosed, thin-faced man, named Gale,
who bore about him the marks of
active service in the field, objected
to Brockmeyer on the ground that
there was an iron-clad oath which all
foreigners becoming citizens of this State
had to take Brockmeyer had once taken
that oath, and afterwards voluntarily taken
up arms against the United States, and he
now comes here and asks you to recon-
mend him for office. "I," said Gale,
" was in service st the battle of Bull Run,
and during the heat Of that days engage
ment received seven bullet wounds, and l
fear that one or more Of them may have
been from the hands of Brockmeyer, as he
claims to have fought bravely and well in
the rebel cause on that day."
Quite storm Of patr otism now ragged,
and resulted in the formation of ticket,
to be presented to General SchOfeld for
his favorable consideration, and commit
tee was appointed to wait on him with
said names, and demand from him the remo-
val of all the city officers, putting in their
places those who claim to have fought gal
lantly and we'll in the "rebel army" and
who are now ready to "do or die " for any
office in his gift.
When the name of Mr.. Bragg was call
ed, he positively declined to accept office
in any such manner, but stated that if
called upon by the people he would not
feel at liberty to decline to serve them.(O
The chairman Of this meeting, as we'll
as the most of those who had seats on the
stand, were Hunnicutt men but We have
reason to believe that he does not approve
of their action, and he has very little con-
fdence in any man who has ever done
volunteer service in the cause of the
South unless said willing or unwilling
"rebel" shall support him for Governor.
Our reporter was not accorded the cour-
tesies usually shown to the press on such
occasions, and hence his report of the
meeting is not as complete as it would
otherwise have been.
P. S.-This was written for yesterdays
paper, but was unavoidably left out.