The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-08-17
VTRGTNTA NEWS.
The 20 ter Meeting at Ashland Inst
saturday--Ehe State Journal he.

correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.

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Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
ASHLAND, August ID, 1870.
It seems as IL Mr.. James, who is an indie.
| pendent Radical candidate, holding the
ground that Charles II. Porter's nomination
rs the Republican candidate of this con-
| crcssionai district was not "lcgal," had q
quantity Of placards or bills appealing to
the sympathies and rights Of all true Repub-
licans I'VE suppose) printed and distributed
among the colored people, for the purpose
Of holding a "idrge Republican meeting"
| len mdSse), in view Of bringing about his
nomination in Porter's stead. But 1t ap-
pears that the latter heard of his arrange
ments, and sent Boyd. Lindsey. and Cox
all colored--to the rescue, much to Jamcs's
discontinue, we imagine.
When we reached the place Of meeting
we found Phil. Hawkins (colorcd) in the
chair. didn't learn the secretary's name, }
and Boyd on the sand. We regret that we
were too late to hear JameS's speech but
by the way of a reply, in good language
and credtable manner, without using any
diabolica! expressions and uttering detesta-
bic sentiments, Boyd insisted that the
Convention in which Charles Ii. Porter was
nominated was not a farce, but that it's ac-
ton must he considered valid, since 1t was
composed Of thirty-siX delegates, the exact
number required from the nine countless
these being the fairly-chosen ones" His
speech WAS the only one we heard that had
any bearing on the topic of discussion.
Lindsey next appeared, and after a long
and bold speech, such as are characteristic
of - Knee-Deep Lindsey" with many Sc
we're cuts at James, and feeling so conf
dent that, rs they had the locks fastened
no,c, they ,couId r0tc ccer'n the future so as
to keep the keyS,' he resigned the floor in
favor of Mr.. Cox.
This speaker made but few remarks,
'.as it was getting late and Mr.. Lindsey
had 81 resolution to put through" The
resolution was acted upon and passed, the
purport of which was TO support Porter,
the regular nominee Of their party"
Whereupon another resolution was pro-
| posed, and after great confusion and three
| trials was adopted. This resolution dis
countenanced the recognition however
much it "grie0ed their party,' as they cx-
pressed it, of the State Journal rs the
"they We're going to organize paper that
would make known all the sutferings Of
| their race and it would not call them mon
| Keys. ETC., rs the Journal had done. The
reason that this important document re-
| CURED 10 be submitted three times before
| being accepted is because the thick-headed,
| muddy-braincd. and motley-taced crowd ac-
tualy could not understand (which side
oh DC question de loil populashum am to
vote upon.% But after much ingenuity it
was "put" in such form that even if they
did not know for what they were voting
they nevertheless receives dat rcsumlu-
shium.' GLORIOUS LIBERTY. DEAR OLD
| USIoS.!
This "great meeting" was the most COM
p!ete Failure and the greatest mock Of politi-
cal rallies that we ever beheld, and unless
there is immense Improvement in the pha-
lanX of the enemy the Conservatives on
ccciion-day will snatch their "kcys" from
them, and, to their great CONSERVATION,
letter them with their own clocks"