The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-26

he m better refutat;on of the hoeis Upon
o,,r Jear did State. Finally, Mr.. Crensnaw
eaid w;thout hesitation, that il the consu,
Triton 1oers not modified It must oe Oosso
do1en. -r.pSe
Mr. stearns then came forward. de eala
that y Was time for all good TO AWAKEN
~ Tho necessity of doing something for the
salvation of Virginia. The party WHICH
hos heen In possession of the political power
had been leading us to ruin. They were
aaIfsb regarding only their own good, and
careless of the fate of Virginia. The good
Mon in the Republican ranks had tried to
keep things straight, and had MAINTAINED Iii
the organization SO long as possible. Iney
had even followed them to Petersburg
where was presented the diegracefui spec
tacle of Is or 100 men fighting for the spois
of Office. It ives then determined that .ne
thing to be done wss to part company. me
good men did withdraw, and the present.
"True Republican organization IS the re-
snlt Colonel Walker and his associates
were nominated, and now from all parts OF
the State came the cheering Intelligence
that the movement would be successful.
The party was pledged not to oppose the
fundamental principles Of the constltution'
but there were some clauses that cannot ne
endured. All requirements OF test-oaths
and the county organization, tending to IT.
ritate and excite prejudice, must be stricken
out. We pledge ourselves not to inquire
into the antecedents of any men, but Will
only ask him to love the union OF the
States. and to love Old Virginia little
better than any of the rest. Ii these 90
fashionable features are not done away with
the constitution must be Uoted dooon, ana We
must commence anew. It was to the inter-
est Of all that prosperity should return to
Virginia. We must forget the past and
look forward to the future, uniting our ef-
forts without regard to the party lines that
once divided us.
LEWIS LINDSEY SPEAKS.
After Mr.. Stearns concluded the meeting
was declared adjourned, and many OF the
audience had left the ground, when Fields
Cook and Lewis Lindsey got up an opposl-
ton meeting.
The notorious Lewis Lindsey next spoke.
From the first sentence he uttered 1t WAS
evident that he was filed with the very
worst spirit towards the white people of the
State who were not disposed to thoroughly
affiliate with his views. Instead OF enter
ing into any argument to show that MS
principles were correct or just, he INDUCED
in TRADE of abuse of the Conservative
party and of the party represented by MT.
Walker. He exulted with savage Joy IN
the position to which the white men OF VIZ
einia were reduced, tainted them with
the past, and with expressions OF
intense qualification rejoiced in the power
which Congress had over them, and in what
Congress was doing towards them and NOT
only that, but he told the white men pre-
sent lat the same time clenching his fstand
outstretching his arm in q most menacing
manner) that worse was to come Tor them.
He ridiculed the idea of any other state Of
things being tolerated than the complete
equality of the negro in everything, and
urged the negroes to get possession OF the
Legislature, and that they should not unite
the hands of the disfranchised, but keep
them as they are. He sneered, too,
at the courage of the Confederate sol"
diers in his illusions to Appomattox,
and characterized the Copperbeads as
party only anxious to plumber the treasury.
Everything that this fellow could say to
stir up the bad passions Of the negroes was
said. He spoke of slavery and the war IN
terms plainly intended to create the bit
terest feeling, and manifestly was lntiu-
enced by purpose, if he could effect 1t,
to put the State entirely into the hands OF
mis- own race. The language Of the fellow
all the way through was Of the most oifen-
sive and outrageous character, and lndl-
Gated malignant purpose and desire to
wreak the bitterest vengeance on the white
men of this State.
At several times during the delivery OF
his harangue, Lindsey was loudly cheered
by the negroes.
GOVERNOR WELLS CALLED OUT.
The negroes then went over to the Guber-
material mansion, and Governor Wells left
his little game of croquet in response to
their calls. The only remarkable thing
said by him was that q certain man calling
himself Republican, and worth million
and q half, had gone up and down the
streets of Petersburg Offering any money
to get the Petersburg Convention broken
up. He contended that there were only two
parties in the State-the Republican and
the Democratic. Between these is the
Walker faction, which was beneath notice.
In allusion to the missing letter +" affair,
he said his hands were cutfed now; but
this would soon be over, and then others
would find themselves in trouble.
The Governor spoke only few minutes
after which the meeting adjourned.