The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-29
Radical State Central Committee.
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A NEW CONVENTION ORDERED.


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An authentic report Of the first days
proceedings Of the Radical State Central
appeared in our las. issue. sfeo ="
I'VE make the following extract from the
report made by Levi e. Dudley, chairman
OF the Exective Committee, in reference to
the removal Of sa =. ~ .'".' a"t p
-Atal@7' "PoLfTrcAL Disabilities. -,
Z" Desiring to secure the removal of political
disabilities from proper persons. and to pre-
vent, If possible, the relief of men who con-
time their opposition to reconstruction, the
commit ttee adopted a blank form to secure uni
forrnity in the applications, and requested the
several coun ty committees to recommend suit
able persons for amnesty. The Executive Com
mittee has recommended one hundred and
eleven persons, who have been commended to
them by persons living near and knowing the
applicants welI and dtheir petitions have been
to Congress through his Excellency
the Governor !; and we believe all recommend
ed by the committee have received favorable
action inithe House of Representatives. s
"We have adopted this method for the rea-
son that 1t seern5 to be the only one which is
at all likely, In our judgment, TO aid Congress
VI n WISE nlScTlIn1udtlON DeL"eeH tuOSe "nOse
disabilities ought to be removed and those
whose disabilities should be continued. rr
: !" It Is found that individuals throughout the
State yielding. and perhaps naturally enough,
to- the considerations OF friendship and per
soual attachments, are much In the habit OF
recommending persons who should be the last
relieved while the method we pursue avoids
that difficulty, because we determ ined to be
liberal in ohr Recommendations, and at the
same time to refuse an endorsement on per-
sonal considerations, or to any individual who
has not claims to amnesty superior to those
great body of disfranchised
PERSONS tr'Fv rr;7: stsrrg~g gET Tc twrCTf
: "It is lalsos unfortunately, too common, for
gentlemen throaghout the State to recon.
mend their eighbors and friends for removal
of disabilities simply to- enable such persons to
continue to hold offices which they now 9etain
in plain Violation OF the fourteenth article of
amendment to the Constitution OF the United
States. Ihis action Is not approved by MS. We
believe that the Constitution should in that
particular. as in all others, be honestly exc
cuted and fairly carried out; and therefore we
are not in favor of, and will not recommend,
any person for removal of disabilities in order
that they may so continue to hold Office. We
believe there should be some other reason for
granting this favor. besides desire to enable
persons practically to nullify the constitu-
tional provision. r2G-Cga 7 G1 IT
owe are especially encouraged to this
course because we find it to be true that very
lp" CnCG-0OlURTS dUpileu 10 udfc Lueii uiSh-
bill ties removed IN til after or about the first Of
January, 1859, when the action of the Gene
raj commanding rendered 1t tolerably certain
that they would be removed from office. -
'The committee has received many appst-
cations which they have not yet approved.
Many have been referred to the local commit.
tees for report. We have absolutely rejected
only six or sc ven. .4 -.
THE NEW MOVEMENT. ...
The following preamble and resolutions,
submitted by Mr.. Jenkins, were adopted
Whereas certain unauthorized parties
have assumed to represent the Republican
party of Virginia before the Reconstruction
Committee Of Congress and other committees
thereof: therefore be it '.-
"ResoLued, That the folio owing named gentle
men, members Of the Republican party OF
Virginia, are hereby constituted and ap-
pointed a representative committee, with
Governor II. FL. Wells rs chairman, and as
such are charged with the duty Of represent
ing the Republican party OF Virginia at
Washington, before the Congress Of the Uni
ted States and the committees thereof:
"Gorernor Il: h Wells, Hon. L. H Chand-
Ter, General Williams 9. Wickham, Fields
Cook, George Rye, @. M. Gibbens, George
Seaton, James H. Clements, Alexander Sharp,
James H. Platt. H G., Bond, Charles Whit
tlesey, Robert Boiling, and W. W. Forbes.
"Resolued, That said committee is the only
publican party of Virginia ut Washington,
and they are hereby recommended to Con
gress rs possessing the confidence OF the MON
element Of Virginia"
REsIG NATIONS ACCEPTED. ... .
Messrs. Dudley, Samuel, Bond, and
Washburne, and John Oliver (colored) , Of
the Executive Committee, offered their re-
signations, believing it important that the
said committee should be re0rganized. Their
were accepted.
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Yesterday morning the committee met
according to adjournment.
State Treasurer Rye was added to the
State Central Committee.
The Executive Committee was increased
to nine members, and is now composed Of
the following persons: G. R. Gilman, chair
man L. Edwin Dudley, secretary Alex
ander Sharp, treasurer; General W. C.
Wickham, H. G.. Bond, John Oliver, G. g..
Curtiss, Franklin Stearns, and George Rye.
A NEW CONVENTION. a
The following resolution was then adopt
ed: s @a. an "
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yention be called, to assemble at Petersburg
on the 9th day of March, 1859, the duty OF
which convention shall be to nominate candi-
dates for State Offices"
On motion, the executive committee was
directed, in issuing their call for the con-
vention, to request the Republicans Of each
county in the State to assemble on given
day at their respective courthouses, and
elect as many delegates as they are entitled
members of the House of Delegates under
the new constitution said delegates to be
provided with credentials from the officers
of the meeting which elect them.
On motion, it wes ordered that any county
not entitled to a member Of the House of
Delegates shall be entitled to one member
Of this convention. e.s
1t having been stated to the committee
that there was no Executive Committee in
the first congressional district, the follow
ing named gentlemen were appointed such
committee W. W. Douglass (chairman), G.
W. Buttz, Israel Townsend, D. B. White,
William Breedlove, D. M. Norton, F. W.
Hall, John W. Bullman, and F. s. Tukey.
After transacting some other business,
the committee adjourned, subject to the
call of the Executive Committee.
Rip VAN WINKLE.-Rip makes another
appearance this evening at the Leigh-street
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