Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-03-07
Virginia Reconstruction Convention.

In The Convention on Thursday, the
suffrage question, being under cunsiders-
ton. Hodges took the floor. and spoke in
favor Of negro Suffrage. He said tina,
when he came here he was 10 favor Of
taking all political Disabilities off of men
of the South in 1870, JEFF Davis and
Robt. Lee not excepted. Dey tole Us if
we do not wole widen dey had several
hundred od-hounds behind The curtain,
and would run usin The gulf Of Mexico,
or some udder place, but we didns do it;
and dey heisi the curtain, and what did
we Sc de ole def dog, de ole blind dog,
&c ded dog. De def dog was de sece.
shun party, who would no, hear de cries
of de North. the blind dog was dc Con.
servative party, and The ded dog was the
Confedefacy and he tell you now. da,
cey. wan, fraid Of either dog (; we never
can trust man who had dem in slavery.
Dey may forgive dem. but dey would
watch dem. and would never forget dem.
You will never get de coloTed man out
OF Virginia while de sun shines. He
warnl gwne anywhsr else; dis was heb
en- enough for him, until Jesus comes out
of de abundance OF de heart de tongue
speaks. Oar was white men in some
portions OF de State who neber did see de
constitution, and neber will see il; all
dey want was 10 see bonle Of whiskey
and chance to drink it. You tell US
your are our friend why, de devil might
as we'll tell God he was His friend. He
said once dar was man who was named
Moses and his wife was named Mary and
dey use 10 fall out sometimes. and one
day Mary 60, Moses down and she pick
ed up brick, aud Moses followed. "Oh,
Mary, don't don't hit me. "WelI, ]
won't; bu. you mast not DO SO any mo
or not" MARY, | won't do So again
So Mary got up. but jus. as soon as Ma
ry got in front, Moses picked up The
brick and knocked her down. and Mary
asked him no, 10 hit her, as she did not
hit him, but Moses said, Il got de brick
now - end dat was de way wild the
Conservative party. We got de whip
now, and you ask US no, TO whip you
but amt going TO trust you wid it, either.
{ Grea. laughter.
Hodges wen, through The whole bible
history Of the negro race, from The days
OF Ham. He announced that the Queen
of Shsba was as black as he ace OF spades.
De Republican party had dug deep, and
was going to build It's house on the rock,
while the other party was bull! on de
sand, and gres. fall was comm some
day. He felt that God had pu. il in his
heart 10 make speech; he had done
done it. He give Him The glory for 1t.
and concluded.
A member said he did no, think the
Crest Giver OF all good was quite hard
enough up 10 wan! the glory Of any such
talk.
Lewis Lindsey. got the floor and made
ripping speech in favor of universal sui
frsge TO the negro race, and the dIsiran.
chisement of all concerned in The rebellion
who did no, bring forth fruits meet for re-
peniance. Lewis had new and enlsrg-
ed edition of The history Of The battle OF
New Orleans, az well as q new geogrs-
ply, in which the "mouDtans Of Glib
beralIer" were spoken Of, as well as
many other Places never before heard Of.
He said if you coIonze The mula'to gals
at the foo, of the mountains Of Gibberal.
ter, white men would scale dc mountains
to look down on EN- and gil war dey
ware.
In regard 10 The doctrine Of social equal.
ity he said he had no idea Of bringing eve
ry white man lie saw into his house he
had no idea Of any such thing. He didn't
want nothing TO do With "Poor white
trash" lie then wen, of into dlsser-
,stion (earned, OF courSe.) on the history
of Hannibal, who no one could say was
a white man also in regSrd 10 CheoPs
and carbohydrates" Of Africa.
Lesis travelled all owe, Egypt threo or
four times talked about Oshello. and
"that pocket handkerchief. He was
no, to be fooled by a pocket handker-
cbief-alI he wanted was The right OF
way"
Ths Convention adjourned.