The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-16
TIE WALLS OF JERICHO TREaIBLE.

.rr.. attendance ut the great Conservative
mas, mcrtlug on the Capitol Square ycStcr-
t.y .ftrrnopu Tar exceeded the expectation
.r.rh. mn>j ~;M-uinc supporters of Walker,
l.wi,. and Tay ior.
Nur h.>> than FIVE thousand people, n large
,....sr:,, ol them white voters, were gath
.w,H M front of the eastern portco of the
,.r..H. their faces bearing the determined
.z'rr->,ru Of mCn in earnest.
I.. speakers were Mc>srs. Raleigh +.
rrfE. Eohrrt Ould. and James NeeSou, of
mn1nud. and W. W. Walker, OF West
,...m.I Iud. The iaSt-uamcd gentleman was
r.. "hg gun" of the day, and despite Il
hn.r.,uc-> which rendered hiSyoicc inaudi-
fl.ra many in the crowd, he vindicated the
rn#:t'iou a. a Great popular orator which
h.> mnie iI> name familiar throughout the
,.t.,. for the past few wccks-a result of his
nNnr> in behalf Of the cause Of COnScrva-
,,m.
\.a remarkable evidence of the general
interest taken in the great struggle now
a..p- ON i'm our state, il may be mentioned
;Ia, tu,mu>> was almost entirely suspended
sm tlr rlty. The main streets were deserted,
nal the footsteps Of a} were turned toward
rf,. raal gathering Of the people on the
SQUARE. which has 20 often been dcSccratcd
e., the Radical mohs that have for four years
m.nnopoIizcd political excitement i'll Virgil
I.g.
INTRODUCTORY.
Thn1a>t as>cmhlugc WAS called to order
p. E.lr-h +. Duicl, Esq, chief director
ut ,b" Conservative" party. He rcjoiccd to
... This grrut meeting rs m evidence that
ia.. uuw.lr heart i stirred In the great
n#tl-a which now binds Us together. We
hy. h".u driven to the wall by oppression,
.n@ 'hc question now is whether we shall
.IN. rs members of Il C0Iumon body-polItr
u..~ slaves. And we had better all hc III
uu Graves than he --SiHUcS Qf SidrcS. Car
.rf-ha--yr> and syallWa@S and other >clTt
rr wunmW have To invent names threaten
te.tlhc upon themselves alone the govern
u,ut Of this once proud Commonwealth.
Ne W.ls speaking to 4 Richmond au-
dl,Hcr. and wished 10 Improve the 0c-
.l~un. and with this view spoke of the
f.w Efforts being made hy the Young
mrH lo carry the state for the good cause.
There were numbers Of white men who
htd irlt the city in quest Of work, and VINO
>UoGld be brought back here 10 vote. There
Wrr" others who are here, hut have only
registered in 1861, and thought they could
vote NOW. They were mistaken, and Such
men should be brought to the places OF
registration. And there were other classes
still who had not registered. Let all these
men be brought ont. Let The young men
of Richmond 60 to work, each con.lderln@
himself 4 committeeman, or Il miuutc-man,
with authority To search out voters. Let
the polls be guarded against fraud, and
raise money 10 bring absent voters back to
town. in order that the election may be
carried. The Young men must awake TO the
importance OF stcmmin@ the wave OF van
dalism which tlrcalcnSto oNcrWhclm lis and
all we hold most dear as NirginianS.
srEECH or COLONEL OuLD.
Colonel Robert Ould was then intro
duccd. He sud that he belonged to that
class of people that did not believe that the
negro was the cream of all creation OF the
jsy Of the universe. His heart beat rcSpOn-
~iy, always TO the declaration that this is Il
white mans government, ana that the ne
gro has no RIGHT to share in its adIniniStra-
tion-uot because he is a negro, but be-
cause Of his lack Of intelligence and dis
qualifying antcccdcntS.
NoT SUFFRAGE EUT SUPREMACY.
He had been ready to enter upon cam
va,- upon this platform ut any time but
while we were debating whether the negro
should be granted suffrage, the negro hiin-
stit shifted the issue, and demanded not
only sufruqe but Supremacy. Under the
impulse Of the raNcnouo carpet-ba%gcrS,
with their Mediterranean mouths, they had
entered upon the war for office, and they
not tho white mcu-had made the issue in
this state either white or black supremacy.
AN INFAMOUS PROGRAMME.
The programme was, first that half the
white men should he diSfranchiScd in order
that the negro might have the supremacy
second. that niucW-minc out OF hundred
Waite men should be ineligible TO office
and third, that the substance OF the White
man >hould he consumed i'll the establish
ment and maintenance OF poOr-houScS,
and mixed public schools;
and notthc least evidence Of the outrageous
ness of thi, plan was the fact that General
Grant and Congress, with all their anlinoSlty
to the rebelliouS South, said that tins lhin@
should not be. and accordingly submitted
the obnoxious features Of the constitution
TO 4 separate vote.
NEGRO INCONSISTENCY.
Now let uS look at the situation. The
negro starts out with the dogma that ne Is
entitled 10 equal rights with every other
man. and at the same time is breathing out
Of prescription ana pcrsccu-
fion AGAINST the whole white population.
Protesting TO bc advocates OF liberation,
.hcy are the blatant champions OF dlstran-
.hiscment. Forgetting the spirit OF their
they defy even the spirit ol
he ace and invoke upon themselves tlat
.ctributiyc Justice that must eventually
.ome from the race whom they seek to OPP
,rcss. The sum and substance OF it all Is
nat negro suffrage and White dlsiranchise-
ncnt combined is an iniquity and calamity
hat neither God nor man Will long endure.
TAKE A CoMMON-sENsE VIEW.
Colonel Ould, continuing, urged the peo-
ole of Virginia, III view OF the state OF al
airs which he had Skctched, TO exercise Ill
matters affecting the State the same discre-
ion that they would display in the manage,
ucnt of their own households. III Wou'o
10 the part Of madness, merely because we
.annot get the highest good, not 10 seek 'he
highest possible good.
DO THE BEST YOU CAN.
DO the best you can for yourself, for your
biIdren. for your State, and for your color.
tnd what is that highest possible good IN
his caee> 4 constitution has been proposed
O yolI--a bundle of iniquity- which was
igprace even TO the men that made IL. Dut
he DaopIe seem TO think that conStltu-
ION once adopted can never DC overthrowh.
he laws touch you ten times Wncre Inc
onstitution touches you once. GIVE me
be men that make the laws, and care not
Tho makes your constitution.
SECURE THE LEGISLATURE.
1t is, therefore, most important 10 secure
,c rgisIature, DO that. and the cOnStltu-