The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-21
rHE NEW OVEMENT.
~,,E rARPET-BAGGERs ON THE
NEW MOVEMENT.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED, ETC.

assembled in Metropolitan Hall last eve.
ming TO enter their indignant protest
against the friendly reception given by
Congress TO the {: committee Of nine " now
in Washington.
At about half-past o'clock Joe Cox (ne-
rro) called the meeting to order ana an
Iounced that nominations for Office were IN
order.
Somebody in the crowd nominated Joe
Cox, /" eff he could git secun."
Lewis Lindsay ION the PLATFORM sg n
that man was nominating irreg, lar: ne
nominated Captain Maddox, OF Powhstan.
Several persons then arose, but LinoPay
moved that the nominations be now closeo'
and mon that motion called the previous
question. Agreed to. -
The vote was about to be taken Wheh
Lindsay again arose and moved ina,
he cone into by risin' and standin' and set
TIM" Agreed to.
Mr.. Maddox WAS then elected by large
majority. Being escorted to the chair, ne
made few remarks explaining the ooJec.s
of the meeting. The rebels OF virginia
were attempting to effect by strategy .nas
they could not do by force. a commlttee
with that end in view had during the past
week been lahoring in Washington with
considerable success. They only conceded
co1ored suffrage because they could not help
themselves, and would make the best OF
what they consider bad job by an effort
to get their disabilities removed. rms
meeting was called to protest as Repuoh-
cans against this sort Of thing going any
further.
Mr.. B. W. ellis, Of the State Journal,
and r. L. Hobson (negro), were elected
secretaries. , .af @so#
Cornelius Harris (negro) was also nomi-
mated for secretary, but Lewis LINDSAY
again moved that nominations be closeo'
and called the previous question.
The following persons were elected wee.
presidents: First, Joe Cox (negro), OF
Richmond second, B. Wardwell, Of Rich
mond third, Joseph Farrsr; fourth. Chas'
E, Zincke, of Buckingham fifth, Henry
Cox (negro), Of Chesterfield sixth, Robert
johnson; seventh, D. B. White, OF Eliza
beth City.
Mr.. Charles r.. Porter moved the ap-
nointment of a committee of fifteen to
draft resolutions expressive of the sense
of the meeting. Agreed to; and the
Chair appointed Charles H. Porter. D. B.
White. B. W. ellis, E. W. Massie, Luther
Lee. Jr., W. H. Samuel. G. L. Harris,
Benjamin C. Cook. C. E. Zincke, B. Ward
we'll, William H. Trent, and some negroes.
While the committee were behind the
scenes, G. W. Buttz, of Norfolk, was called
out, and made spirited speech against the
"new movement"
At length the committee returned and re-
ported several long resolutions which were
unanimously adopted. ...-.
The first declares that the constitution
framed by the convention which met in
Richmond on the Sd Of December, 1867.
was conceived in loyalty and in accordance
with the congressional policy of reconstruc-
ton and denies that it is vindictive, pre-
scriptive, or that it tends to retard the
prosperity Of the State.
The second beseeches Congress to listen
to the friends of the Republican party and
not to heed the "song of the nine" 1t
further asks that vote upon the new con-
stitution be forthwith ordered to take place
on the fourth Thursday in May-the cleo
ton to last three days in Richmond, two IN
Norfolk and Petersburg. and one in other
parts of the State. The Legislature to meet
in thirty days thereafter.
The third declares that the Underwood
Bayue constitution does not disfranchlse
any more persons than are already disfran-
chised by the, reconstruction laws OF Con-
gress. as
The fourth claims for the loyal people OF
Virginia the right to complete the work OF
reconstruction, under their auspices 80
gloriously commenced, and not to hand it
over to the enemies of the Union. 1t also
scouts at the idea of Grants being IN sym
pathy with the "nine."
The fifth says that any Republicans at
the Capital showing sympathy with the
"pew movement" are not sustained by the
Republican party of Virginia.
The sixth emphatically declares that it is
inexpedient to remove the disabilities of
any more persons until the State is in the
hands of s'the loyal"
Finally, the Washington papers are re-
ouested to lay the proceedings of this meet
ing before their readers as an act of justice
to the State of Virginia.
Addresses were then made by Porter and
others, and the people dispersed.
PUBLIC MEETING AT AMHERST COURT
HoUsE.-In pursuance Of notice previ-
ously published through the Lynchburg
papers, meeting of the people of Amherst
was held at the Courthouse on Monday the
18th January, 1869. Colonel R. L. Cole
man was appointed chairman and R. M.
Taliaferro secretary. The object of the
meeting was explained by Robert NJ. Brown,