The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-24
SEPTEMBER "a, 1874.
men who asked him for money. aud whom
he refused, and they were now supporting

men who asked him for money. aud whom
he refused, and they were now supporting
Burgess.
MIR. Smith took up Mr.. Burgess speech
to comment upon 1t, and asked, "Who nom.-
mated him?"
"A voice: The people.
Mr. Smith: No, not the people; but a set
of unworthy, bribed delegates, bought with
the dollars and cents OF the Federal Office
holders.
MIR. Smith was very severe upon the car.
petbaggers, and asked where were they
when the negroes were being butchered in
the South. ALI had run away to Washing
ton. he had no compromise to make with
carpet-baggers, and wanted nothing to do
with them, but as for the negroes, if necessa.
~, he would die for them. [Applause.] He
would say right plainly that he was opposed
to mixed schools, and had no apology to
make for voting against the ciyil-rights bill.
An honest man was better than any party;
but if his name was placed before the 7th of
October convention, and he was defeated,
he would support Burgess, though he was
satisfied he would be defeated by Walker by
5000 majority.
A coored man: Yes, by $4,000 majority.
Mr. Smith further charged that Walkers
friends had spent money to secure Burgess's
nomination, knowing his weakness. Bur-
CESS, too, he asserted, had freely spent money
to get supporters. There vas great deal
of truth in what Mr.. Lewis Lindsay had said
in his speech in front of the custom.house,
that the place for the sale of negroes used 10
be down on Franklin street, but now is at
the custom-house. Mr.. Smith said re-
peatedIy that he was not a candidate for re-
election to Congress uutil the carpet baggers
put him up to be knocked down, and now he
he did not intend to be run over.
In relation TO the granite contract Mr..
Smith reiterated the statement made by him
to reporter of this paper in published in
tervieW some weeks sgo. 10 addition he
charged that one party was required to pay
$50 to get small appointment at the gra-
mite works from Federal Off .ial.
At this point some one in the audience
made some remark which gave offence, and
cries of "put him out, - :" put him OUT" were
uttered, and there was great commotion.
Mr.. Humphreys begged that order should be
maintained. Mr.. Smith kept cool, and was
soon enabled to go on.
Returning to his audience, Mr.. Smith said
boldly that if he did not determine to allow
bis name to 60 before the convention of the
7th of October. he should not feel obligated
to support any infamous carpet-bagger who
nigh. be nominated.
Mr.. Smith attacked ex Governor Walkers
record, and expressed his opinion that no
'scarpet-bagger" could be of use to the dis
trict. incidentally he denounced A. B. Null
lett, the Government architect, US "a dirty
dog and infamous rascal, and said Congress
had to stop appropriations for public build
ings because they were afraid Mulletfs ring
would steal all the money. The convention
that nominated Burgess was, he believed, a
bribed body; indeed, members of it bad told
him that they had received money from Bur-
CESS, and did not get as much as they had
promised.
His respects were paid to the State Repub-
licau Committee, body of carpetbaggers,
and be declared that for every honest man
In it he would show hens tooth. The
sickest day of his life would be when be was
called upon to choose between Walker and
Burgess, but he was willing to withdraw
from the contest if Burgess would.
Much more Mr.. Smith said in repetition
of what is given above. His language about
Mr.. Burgess, the Federal office-holders, and
the carpet-baggers was very decided. He
occupied the floor for fully an hour, aud
spoke with more confidence than he ever
previously exhibited before a Richmond au-
dience.
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Colonel w. W. Forbes, the register in
bankruptcy, was introduced by both Mr..
Smith and Mr.. Humphreys, and attempted
to speak, but had not proceeded far when he
was interrupted by interrogatories and
much disorder. He was compelled to take
bis seat, but before doing so expressed his
contempt for those who had acted so rudely
towards him.
WIS. Bowe (colored). secretary Of the
Humphreys District Committee, followed
in an argument in behalf of Smith and
against Burgess.
Lewis Lindsay concluded the evenings
entertainment with one OF his characteristic
orations. If possible he was even harder
than Mr.Smith on carpet-baggers and Federal
office-holders, and be repeatedly charged that
the negroes were allowing themselves to be
bought and sold daily. In relation to the
alleged threat of intimidation made by Judge
Morton to Bowe, he declared that if he had
been Bowe, Morton would have been before
Judge Gnigon by this time.
The crowd began to break before Lindsay
had uttered all be had to say, but not before
he had very thoroughly ventilated his views
upon all The prominent questions OF the
day.