The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-29


~ Louisa COURTHOUSE, Va,
i, 2af <.e II September rs, 1874.5
Editors Dispatch: 1t has been noted in
rour teleeraphic columns that q Radical
meeting was held here on Saturday last.
About 1880 O'Clock l.. 81. Shields, Of Rich
moud, opened the exercises by q speech on
platform at the door of Lazarus Blbb's
fcolored> store. After his speech Colonel (?)
Rush Burgess proceeded to abuse Governor
Walker and the Conservative party with the
same old routine which they hang on. This
abuse is not worthy Of mention. "He
would not vote for the ciril-rights bill
as il stood at present" "Didn't want
mixed schools, but simply wanted equal
privileges for the negro by law" lie seemed
to be afraid to hit Smith much. as he was IN
the audience, and simply stated In conclu.
sion that be hoped the gentleman would
rive the audience an account of his steward.
ship in Congress. The point Smiths friends
hold on Burgess is hard, if true. They say
it was agreed that Burgess should speak,
then smith should be allowed the same
length oftime to answer him in /; then Bur
cess should be allowed fifteen minutes for
r. ioinder, and Smith the same. But Burgess
spoke till the train got to the DEPOT ana got
on and went to Richmond, saying he bad an
engagement in Manchester that night. John
Amber Smith took the stand next. Burgess
ran because he knew be was going TO tell
things on him which be did not like. Never
would meet him." He then took up about halt
an hour in reviewing BURGESS history. He
denounced him in the harshest terms. :" de
Burgess was the tWenty-seventh man that
yo,ed for secession, the ninety. seventh that
voted for Jefferson Davis, and gave five hun
bred dollars to aid a Confederate regiment;
and it wasn't worth while for him to swear
he was never in sympathy with the Confed-
eracy." LIE then gave his opinion of carpet
baggers, dehounclng them in the harshest
terms. and winding up on that point by say
Ing Rush Burgess acas one Of them. Bur-
CESS was buying votes. He had bought the
which nominated him." "Bur-
gesS stood about as much chance Of
going TO Congress as cur.dog. He
had said If he was nominated at the
next convention he would vote for him, but
if there were q thousand John Amber
Smiths and each one was allowed a thousand
votes be tBurgess) Wouldn'tib be elected.
Walker could beat him in Richmondby fif-
teen hundred majority. The people couldn't
entrust their rights to such q man as Bur-
CESS" His remarks upon Burgess were
very harsh. He next came to Walker. He
voted for Wells as choice between two
evils. If Firginian had run on the same
platform as Walker did he would have voted
for him." A voice: Walker made us O
good Governor, did he not, MIR. SmithD Ca
bewilderment, pause.) g Yes, he
did except when he sold Virginia on the
funding bill. Was there any one such a
tool as not to know Grant had an eye |
on the third term, and didn't every
one know that Walker wouldn't run for |
Congress after he bad been Governor with. |
out having his eye on something? lie |
wanted tile Presidency" He then |
went oh about the fourteenth amendment to |
the Constitution. "Walker didn't have |
brains enough to write it." Ca voice: He |
is smart man, though" ANSWER: +" You
are one of the few who have found it out.") |
"A voice: Gle is just as smart as j.
Amber Smith" He (Smi!h) didn't want
to 20 to Congress. 1t was no bed of roses; |
but when he saw how the negroes were be- |
ing treated on this Burgess faction be was |
determined to try to rescue them. Burgess |
had snent four thousand dollars and bought |
every negro in the country"
After speaking about an hour he closed, |
and one Arnold, of Richmond, (colored |
mani, took the stand. "There had been a |
heap of talk as to who wrote the fourteenth |
amendment to the Constitution, and he |
would say and could prove that negro born |
in Louisa county wrote it. That was Lang.
ston, now professor in Howard University"
ale wouldn't say anything against Walker,
for his motto was if he couldn't say anything |
for a man lie wouldn't say anything against
him." After he had finished, Lewis Lind. |
say, the jumping man." jumped considera-
bly,, and took up for Smith. He busted con-
and had very few listeners. Then
some more speeches were made, and Smith |
colored man and gave him the |
"ie'' aud ''rogue." Louisa Radicals are
strong for Burgess, and didn't like the Rich
mond fellows coming down on him. Alright
at night, but no one hurt. They meet next
Wednesday, instead of Tuesday, as your
telegram announced, to nominate clerk.
In my Geographic report, which appeared
this morning, was made to say that Smith
said John NJ. Langston wrote the fourteenth
Should have been that arnold
said so; but had to write the report uery
hurriedly, as the telegraph office closes
shortly after O'Clock. b.