The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-23
Porter and Lindsey on their Travels.
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MANAKrN, March 20, 1869.
MFR. Charles Porter and the /" Honorable
| Lewis Lindsey" We suppose being 60
much dispieased with their former visit,
| and wishing to get another hearing from
the newly constituted voters Of Manakin,
made their appearance in our quiet little
| village again this morning after heralding
their approach for aeyerafdays. The meet
ing was called to order by George Honesty,
8 noted politician Of very dark complexion,
| short hair, thick skull, and small BRAIN
and Of course George had to make an ez-
planatory speech, setting forth the object of
the meeting, extolling the praises OF the
carpet-bagger and scalawag constitution,
and eulogizing the speakers who were to
| succeed him. George was expatiating upon
the wants of the Conservative party-tell-
| ing his colored friends that the white peo-
pie wanted q constitution that would place
them back into slavery-about which time
! several white gentlemen walked up, and
George suddenly, if not designedly, let the
subject rest. There is gentleman or two In
the community who have befriended George
very considerably, and George would not
like for such language to get to their ears,
and Georges speech was soon brought TO q
close.
The " Honorable Charles then took the
stand. and commenced his miserable ha-
rangue by protesting bitterly against being
called carpet-bagger. Pretty state Of
affairs. uuoth he, that o respectable citizen
of the State of Virginia, having a six years
residence therein, should be called car
| pet-bagger. In this connection the Hon
orable" Charles said that as he was on his
way to the courthouse of Coco bland county,
in the month Of May last, to speak to the
loyal people of the county, he was told by
an old servant man that his master told him
not to listen to Porter that 9 (Porter) had
been tried for stealing watch and pair of
spectacles. All! but, said tn Honorable u
Charles, trying to assume FIN air Of digni-
fed importance, when hon est, loyal men
are permitted to sit in the jury-box (which
privilege they will soon have under the new
constitution will make him pay for what
he said.
The " Honorable" Charles says that your
correspondent thought from b is appearance
that he Porter was the lowest, or among
the lowest, of the human race. Your cor
respondent begs leave to ash: pardon if he
is mistaken, yet your correspondent knows
OF no better method of judging the tree than
by the fruits. The Honorable Charles AYERS
that he is high-minded, honorable gentle.
man, resident of the State of Virginia, and
that he has the right to belong to any party
he pleases. We think he has the best right
to belong to his wing Of the Republican
party, but no right to belong to the wing
which has recently severed itself from the
Petersburg conventional body. AS to how
honorable Charles is, the people Of Virgil
MIA know but little; they can hardly be
satisfied on that subject unless he produces
his pedigree with many affidavits to sus-
tain it.
He made On attempt at argument in de-
fence of. the claims Of the late constitution,
and we think made q miserable failure
Lewis says he is no grammarian, and no.
body will accuse him Of falsehood on that
question; he says he never rubbed his head
against any college wall; if he had, the
skull was SO thick that its influence could
never have reached, if it could have found
brains. 5.