The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-22

afternoon. The object of the meeting was
stated to have been for the purpose OF "se-
curing loyal men in all their rights. ;" but
really seemed to have been called for the
purpose Of denouncing the Republican
State Executive Committee and others OF
their number in sympathy with that branch
of their party for such appeared to be the
burden Of some of the best speeches made.
Hunnicutt, Fuller (negro), Hunter inc
gro), Banner, Lindsey (negro( and Others
addressed the meeting. Hunnicuts IN,
dulged in his usual laudation of self, ana
his whole speech was but repetition Oh the
tiresome TRADE with which the negroes
have long since become Disguised. There was
no enthusiasm, and no great interest mani
tested during the delivery of his address. :,
"Professor Fuller (negro) followed
Hunnicutt, but said nothing worth noting,
Hunter inegro) came next. His speech
was but a wholesale anatheme against the
Republican Central Executive Committee
of This State, He said that committee coulo
not be trusted they were treacherous, ana
only wanted the votes of the negroes TO eie,
waite them to office, after which they would
have no use for them. A member OF that
committee had told him, when they were
arranging for the meeting recently hsidsat
City Spring Park, that there were na8ne-
GRO speakers qualified to occupy ;thesam
Stand with the white men who were slnvlted
to address that meeting. Again, member
of that same party, high in authority IN
this city, had said, when asked to appoint
negroes as policemen, that he had no au-
thority to make such appointments. moula
the negroes support such men? lCrles OF
{" No, non If it be necessary, negroes can
fill the Offices, or if we want white men we
can import them and if none of that kind
be found competent, let us then take native
Virginians and put them in office. When
ever there is any money to be picked up
these fellows were always ready; but we
don't want such men; we must get rid OF
them. In conclusion, he gave the Central
Committee another thrust, warning the ne
groes not I" to touch that dirty Central Com
mittee they were too filthy to look at"
Mr.. J. L. c.. Banner appeared on call,
and shouldered his way to the front. tie
gave the usual history of politics during
and since the war, and what he had done,
and why he had done it. This getting a
little tiresome, he launched into the scar
pet-borgers,'' in which the negroes seemed
TO take more interest. He said they were
charity politicians, who had no interest ID
the State, and who had borne none OF the
heat of the day. He (Danner) had ad-
dressed the Republicans before B." car
pet-bogcer" dared to do it. He had been
bolite to the negroes and whites before the
war ended, and was SO still, but not for Of
fee. He was about to exile himself from
Virginia and 60 to Alabama. The State
Central Committee was too much for him,
and had prescribed him as they had the ma
tive Virginians. But everybody ought to
90 for Grant and Golfex," and he thought
things would come out right. The names
of Grant and Colfax seemed to fall rather
cold. The negroes were after the State
Central Committee, and didn't want to hear
about anybody else. Even banners an
that Governor Smith, of Ala
bama, was splendid gentleman " didn't
work they didn't know who Governor
Smith was, and they had come to hear about
the State Central Committee.
At last Banner retired, and Joe Cox
brought out his gun and fired it plumb into
the committee. 1t was in the shape OF a
set of resolutions, in which it was declared
in effect that the committee wasn't to be
and didn't favor equality of rights
for all, and wasn't any particular friend OF
the negro any more than to let him vote.
In fact, one of the committee, the secretary,
had said he didn't know negro In Virgil
MIA who was qualified to make speech.
Altogether, it was such a document as, en-
dorsed by fifteen hundred Republican
voters" was calculated to make the Wells
party very sick and sold Rye" i'll.
Joe hoisted the resolutions up into the air
and commenced calling the question.
In twinkling, as if somebody had
taken him out of his hat and set him
DOWN, the secretary of the State Central
Committee appeared on the Capitol steps
and demanded to be heard, denouncing the
resolutions as false. Cries OF Put him
Joe Cox: evil de gentleman hold on o
minute ?" But the gentleman, who seemed
afraid Joe was trying to pacify him so as
to put the question, wouldn't "hold on"
More cries Of "Put him out" and the
active secretary commenced scrambling for
the speakers stand, whose occupants looked,
to the bystanders, as if they were getting
ready to punch his head when he got there.
A white hat here climbed a lamp-post, and
cried out, " Give him five minutes. OATS
de way de rebellion was fotch on us-by
not hearin nobody" The white hat proved
to be the helmet of the ever-present Bayne,
and was the signal for cries in the crowd
of ooh yes, hear him; give him five
minutes
The homely representative of the State
Central then got on the stand, and said
more words in five minutes than We be-
lieyed it possible for the human tongue to
get out. 1t amounted to denial Of the
report about his opinion of the capacity of
negro orators, and defiance to anybody to
prove that he said it. There never had
been such a friend to the negroes as he had
been. He had voted with them, gone to
school with them, &c. But it wouldn't do.
No sooner had Joe Cox dismounted this
solitary mourner than three negroes leaped
upon the stand in answer to the sheriff-lik e
call of Joe, and commenced delivering their
testimony. They had all heard him say it.
The secretary passed." and the crowd
took vote, which resulted in an over
majority in favor of the resolu-
tons.
Lewis Lindsey then took the stand and
made red-hot speech. He denounced the
and "them dirty black
whar was licking their boots for
office" He was tired Of hearing that ne
groes warn't fit to address "public ordi-
They we're as fit as anybody
else, and filter too, because all the Repub-
lican "ordinances were composed of
nothing but niggers," and they could I'M
lerstand one another better. Lewis de-
the "poor white trash,'' whether
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