The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-05

had been arrested id Lynchbnrg on the
charge Of stealing q horse from Edwin
Brook, OF this city. The stolen animal is
said to have been found in Tripp's posses
sion. ~ = a,t 7s'. - IS .G.&f
BOLD. THEFT.-Last evening about dusk,
some little rogues stole a black Morgan
| saddle, with silyer.plated stirrup irons,
| from the back Of a horse belonging to Cap
tain Charters, Of the Fire Department. The
horse was tied right in front Of the Cap
tain's Office, corner Eleventh and Main
streets. ~ - '"'h 'S,G'oo
IaC HUNN1cUTT VERSUS THE CARPET-BAG-
aERsAHE SPEAKS BIS SENTIMENTS, AND
GETS SLIGHTLY fPERsoNAL.-In accordance
with previous announcement, the "Friend
and Hero" Rev. James w. Hunnicutt,
made his appearance upon the western por-
tico Of the capitol yesterday afternoon, and
ventilated himself to sn auditory Of some
thousand or 30, mostly black. 3i9i39 no
r The SC Friend and Hero" at the time Of
our arrivslgwas harping upon the conduct
| of the committee which had gone to Wash
ington to request Mr. Mcpherson to givethe
public printing to the State Journal, to be
established in Richmond. He understood
that Messrs. Bond, Whittlesey,2 and Lysan-
der Hill, Mr.. Miller; and Mr.. White, we're
on this committee that had gone to Wash
| ington for the purpose Of undermining
hiIn-of breaking up the frst organ Of the
colored people, the first to claim for them
their rights, and the first to- advocate the
claims Of free American citizens. The
action was mean, and he would have suf-
| fered his throat to be cut before he would
have gone to Washington to undermine Mr.
Whittlesey. "-19t. =
lr7gHe then launched into the State Central
| COMMITTEES, which were gobbling up the
power Of the State and dispensing its pa
fronage as best suited them. Any one who
wanted to get his disabilities removed or
to be recommended, must walk themselves
to your Mr.. Bond, Or your Mr.. Dudley, or
your Mr.. Washburne. The colored people
could not be too careful in guarding against
such men, who had always been opposed to
negro suffrage, and yet were Republicans.
Voice ts1 don't see how dat can be-"
Hunnicutt: You don't9 Then I'll explain
| it to you. Not one of these men believed
in negro suffrage or favored it until the act
of Congress declared its existence. These
demagogues are the creatures of circum-
stances, and when they say they came here
| to protect your rights, they say that which is
false. When they say they came to fight for
your freedom, they do not speak truly.
General Stoneman will not say that he
fought for your freedom General Scho-
field will not nor will General Grant say
30. They fought for the perpetuation of
To- k1a Inf
try. This war was not brought for your
freedom. Lincoln's call for $4,000 men
was not made for that purpose. Had Abe
Lincoln worded his proclamation 30 as to
call for men to whip out Virginia and free
the nigger he could not have raised regi-
ment. God Almighty gave you your free
dom, and no one else. ("Ay, ay; dat's SO.
Now he hit. it.") 1t has been said that l
have spoken broadly and Unfortunately
against the people of the North. l deny
this. know as high-toncd and honorable
people in the North as God ever made.
But I do speak against those who
come down here for nothing but to med
die with ether peoples business and
break it up. Those men are not respecta-
bic. If they were, would they leave their
homes where they enjoyed respect and con-
fdence to come down here to be eternally
boring and fishing for little thousand dollar
and fifteen -hundred-dolla officesS "No !
OATS so!") If the people of the North
knew how the political affairs in this State
is manipulated by tricksters and dema-
gogues, their anathemas would fall upon
their heads as heavily as upon the rebels
Of Virginia. These men down here are
not the flower of the North. I know there
are some of the flower Of the North here
engaged in business and substantial pur-
suits, but these chaps were merely left here
the creatures of umstances, adventures
and strangers, entirely without object in
life, without employment, without money,
without position, and they have been wait
ing for something to turn up to their ad-
vantage, and their only cry and motive is
bitterly Office Office Office office! Now,
boys, look here, because l exposed them in
my paper they said, !" Look at Hunnicutt,
see how he rails against the entire north
ern people," Continuing further on this
point, he said gua7as ~f
And how many battles for you has your
Mr.. Bond fought Z Why, he had fat Office
while the war was being fought. Why, If
I am not mistaken, he told me thathe was
q gold speculator in New York during the
war. He made money during the war, and
now he comes here and makes his hundred
Thousand dollars more. Then he pretends
to control the whole political machinery of
the State, and tells us if We want our dlea-
bilities removed we must come TO him.
How many political speeches has Dir. Bond
made |? How many political meetings has
Mr.. Washburne addressed? Where are
Mr.. Humphries' ward negro meetings ?
How many battles did Mr.. Painter fight ?
How many speeches has he made I Z He
was always ready to write resolutions for
your meetings, but he WAS careful to stand
in the back ground and get somebody else
to offer them. Old Hunnicutt has been
made the scapegoat for all their foolish
actions. cry TO them, Shame! shame
shame s.L g S.'.l.'.
Mr. Painter came here twelve months
ago. What for9.. How has he fought for
your political rightsf By applying for 3
position under the clerk Of the Convention |;
and he got it. These men have gotten
Offices; they have kept them, and they in
tend TO hold them. They give the recon-
mendations for the offices to Wells. He
sends them to General stoneman, snd they
say zoe give you the Offices Great God Of
Hesyer, but the time will come when the
people win give the Offices. [Cheers. And
lis il true that If the name Of the Central
Committee were changed into Bond, Wash
burne, Dudley & Co. it would make the