The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-26
SIGNS.


the endeayorS Of the would-be candidates,
especially among the ''free and ekil."
SIGNS.
Day by dav the difficulties that surround
Wells and his satellites increase, and their
base hypocrisy in cndeavoring to meet the
views of both parties with professions pro
and CON, distranchisemcnt, and tcst-oaths,
have gained the merited contempt Of the
one side and the distrust of the other. But
few of the Walker men are apt to he de-
ceivcd by the " "Shadwel letter." and the
Wells men are fools to think it mere ruse.
The darkies. however, are rather nom
piusscd. They have so long been accus-
toned to hear prescription, test-oaths, and
disiranchisemcnt preached, that they are
somewhat at loss 10 know what to make
of the sudden change in the oft-proclaimed
sentiments Of their standard-bcarer. From
the speeches Of their sable leaders in their
meetings one would judge that the negroes
were unanimously in favor Of the conStitu-
ton rs q whole, but there are many evil
dences to show that this is not so.
"TALKIE' At BOTH EESDs.'
We heard two darkcs convcrsing the
other day, and the principal spokesman,
who had lived apparently some sixty years,
greeting the other, remarked, . | say, lSril,
has you heard talk of all dis here thing
about Guvner Wells done gone back on de
ilatform! Well, sab, dcrc was 4 gentleman
down town dis mornin' Whar showed it to
me in de papers, and it suttinly said dat we
must vote agin de diSiranchisin Of rebels.
Now, all got to say is dis !: | 9ittin' tired
of ali dis here foolishncSs. It's sorter like
| dc old saying, cf he come he no come, and
! cf he no come he come. When | was wild
! old marster in ole times der was one Of desc
kungcrin men (magician and ventriloqui>t)
| comes dar and put his horse in dc stable,
! and | fed de horse. Well, arter dinner dis
! kungcrin man, whar had 4 curias sort o
| way O. makin-a horse talk, or a dog talk, or
! anyyether thing talk, say, Uncle, you fed
| fed nv horscp | say Yes, boss De horse
say out'n his mouth, he say, OATS so ::
and he hadn't no morc'n say so before he
say out'n de tip end of his tail: Oats lie !;
| he amt done no sich thing ! turned to
ole lnarstcr, and say, sole marSter, | don't
! want no sich horse as dis in my stable. It's
! bad enough to have Il horse whar kin talk,
! but can't stand horse whar can talk out II
! his mouth and de tip cend Of his tail too.
and den tell two stories ut dat Now, |
| believes, Isril, dat Wells is Il ScorriSpondin
man to dat horse, and | amt got much
| faith in him. | gwine mind my own people
! hereafter
Isril 'Tom, cf you listen to NE you
won't have no faith i'll any on ,em. Paddle
voEr own klnncr. Gnc white mans got
jess rs much Use for you or any ycther mig
ger as another, ccp'n whar Office and sell
! degredizcment is concerned. | take cny-
| thing | hear white man say with Il dram
| . sult-ycs, and a little pepper, too. Don't
truss none on 'cm, Tom. Good mornin'."
The above is fair sample Of the scnti-
| ments of Il respectable portion OF our color
ed people.
| GRANT AND CoLFAxERS.
One of the first evidences Of the disSension
! rreated in the Radical ranks by the nomlna-
! tion of Walker was the disturbance Of the to-
| lcrable harmony of the Grant and ColtaX AS
sociation. which has been going on for some
weeks past. but which has reached an in
terestine climax within the last day or so.
The first difficulty was inrcgard to rent due
! for the rooms in which the meetings were
held. There was danger of 4 descent by the
sheriff, and IL the Walker and Wells mem
! bers be1anto divide themselves, either party
| threatened to have the club broken mp by
encouraging the iron hand of the law. BY
this each party expected to be able before
! the othelo to reform the club, and to eX-
clude adyersarics.
Humphreys attempted to get i'll rcsolu-
| ton declaring that no man should be mem
Der Of the club unless he should pledge HIM
| =.
phrcvs Indignantly resigned the chair. The
club, looliSllIy enough, refused to accept the
resignation. At a subsequent meeting 4
resolution was adopted giving up the rooms.
on Monday the Walker men got possession
! of the KEYS, resumed possession of the rooms,
and on Yesterday none Of the Wells party
were admitted SO that the Grant and Col
. fax association is ut present Walker lnStl-
| tuition.
NEGRO CANDIDATES.
The rush among the negroes for nomina.
tons for the Legislature is very large. We
understand that there are fourteen who de.
Among these we hear Of Lewis Lindsey
Cornelius Harris, Rev. Mr.. Troy, "Signor'
Bowe, Landon Boyd, Joe Cox, and William
Lester. Among the whites who propose tc
run are - Gale, Parrclmintiary Nor
rissev, and CDR" Sterling; but they vii
have hard work in quieting the demand,
of the unterriiicd "iree and equal"
The report in regard to Lewis Lind
scy is lust rs true as the one that he vii
run for the State senatorship from th'
county, and neither Of them are false lnso
much rs his cndcavor to get the nomination
is concerned. Lewis is shreWd demagogue
and has his triggers set both in the count.
and city, and he will in all probability get ;
Lewis played pretty good trick on Mon
day evening. He called Il meeting fol
the benefit Of Joe Holiness widow. Bu
with the exception of an incendiary tirad'
upon the subject of assassination, there wa
but little to remind one that there was
widow in the case. Lewis gave another re
view of the Cotteegenians, who would al
! ways fight before they would die. " An
YES, an when the Romans was contendin o
the matter of sendin these Cofeegenian
into an interior town, and they wouldn't 90
and the women cut off thar hair to maxi
bow-strings; yes, IN Pll tell you Llndse.
II suffer his hair to be cut oil, too, betor
Pm suffer nv rights to be eegnorcd. Yes
an III tell you, speakin in regards of thi
.hino of my takin Off my hat to whit
mau. amt gwine take Oft my hat to MI
Icte lie nor no yethcr man."
As lewis closed, he very cunningly in
troduce,,' "Mr." Harris, of Henrico, t
show that he was all right and to vindicat
his princiL Lels." Mr." Harris, a genu
inc specimen If a darky lahorer, with pass
ing reflection ti.at Mr.. Lindsey was MAJ
of correct princil' Mes, went on 10 say, con
cerning the oppres sion OF the cololeo .,l nii,i
.sYes. an I know tl,at there Is great man
coIored man wonder TO de penitentlary VIII
nnrrer commit no gr.ud larceny to go da
This didn't suit Lewis's purpose, so h
stopped him, and proposed question
which. had it been repeated as an answer
would have proven a fulsome eulogy
Lindsey. ,.+ ,
much interested in Lewis as he would hav
wished him to be. ~,
Said he, res,lming: owe all thinks MI
lindsey a true man eff he is wicked man
and as for this thing Of sassinatin people,
Won pwine to sassinate q man for beln XII