The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-21

any other portion of the land. That this Con-
Ventlon looks with anxiety and alarm at the
condition Of Reorganization and dissatfsfec-
sion exlsting In. the party Of the s ate. caused
og the appointment Of numbers of Federal,
once.nolders oil over the State, many of them
| prominent Democrats, who would blush aud
deny, Judas.like, were Republican sentiments
imputed to them; aud OF others who are an
incubus to the party, and who are preparing
the way for precipitate desertion to the
Democratic lines In case the late tane,ted
| Confederacy shall succeed in establishing its
power and supremacy again In 1875. That
| q copy Of these resolutions be sent to Grant,
&e. ~ ,Fa .i
The resolutions created warm discussion.
Mr.. Joe Cox. Anderson Taylor, and others
spoke vehemently against them.
The Rev. Mr.. Averitt, from Lynchburg,,
moved to lay the resolutions under the ta-
ble' a.
Another member wanted the resolutions
indefinitely postponed.
Amid the most perfect uproar the Chair
endeayored to announce that there was no
such motion as to lay "under" the table. i
A dozen points of order were raised.
One member wanted the resolutions
| "thrown out of the window. in place Of on
tue CaOie, aS tHty %cIc fatsiuS tie fciy uCfii
in the Convention"
Spencer Green, of Petersburg, made a
very sensible speech. He said he didh't
think the Convention had anything to Go
with Federal politics and office-holders. The
matter that he wanted to settle was nearer at
home. It was here in Virginia, with the
white people, with whom be had been raised :.
He loved the white people. but he loved the
black people the best. He thought it was
natural for the white people to feel so, too.
He wanted to bury all animosItes and live
with them quietly. He wanted his children
taught, but would prefer colored people to
| teach them.
About dozen members now claimed that
| the resolutions were not in order because
they ought to have come from the Committee
| on Federal Relations.
After much more noise and confusion the
Chair decided that the resolutions ought to
| 90 to the Committee on Federal Relations.
The Finance Committee reported that the
expenses Of the Convention amounted to
$3.50, and that each county aud city be taxed
| in proportion to representation. The report
| created heated debate, which lasted about
an hour. The report was recon mitted.
The Committee on Temperance reported,
recommending total abstinence from all 10.
toxicating drinks. Received and adopted.
The report OF the Committee on Resolu-
tons, declaring l. ineXpedient to recon- mend
any individull for any office, was adopted.
| The Committee on Eduta.ion reported that
| they tiud the education Of the cOlored children
of the State very much hindered not only by
| the employment OF local boards Of incompe-
tent teachers in some localities, but by the
opposition of the State Superintendent in
| his false official statements, in which he
attempts to demonstrate the c0lOred chid'S
incompetency to equal the white child in ac-
auirements. The report further sets forth
the progress the negroes have made in
the past few years; condemns the want
of school apparatus and dllapidlted school
buildings 10 the country, where white chill.
dren have modern school-houses, SC that
discrimination is made Ia places where the
school population OF both faces is the same !;
that these things call for protest, and duty
demands that the State Superintendent and
| local boards should act differently. As to the
portion the school fuDd erj)yed by the
colored children, in the absence OF any statis-
| tics or official tables the committee is unable
to make any declaration; but 10 the opiuion
of the committee the colored children do not
eoioy the proportion to which they are fully
entitled. This part of the report is left, how.
ever, to the Educational Convention, which
meets on Monday next.
On the subject OF press the committee are
of opinion that individual effort alone can
make the establishment OF plper g success
In connection with the report OF the COM
mittee the chairman read letter (slgDed
Ora Langhorne from lady of Lynch
burg advising the Colored Convention as 10
what they ought to do on the SUBJECT OF the
public free schools of the State. The writer
advises the Convention 10 adhere to that
party which will educate the co'ored emil
dren; that the free-school feature should be
made the longest, broadest, and strongest
plank in their platform. The letter repre-
sents the free schools Of Lynchburg to be In
an unhealthy condition.
| The report was adopted.
| The Committee on Labor and Organizi-
tion presented their report, recommending
the formation of labor unions, with an adyi.
sorry board, whose headquarters shall be in
Richmond, and an executive committee
composed of two from each congressional
| district.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
Mr. De Mortie moved that committee Oh
| three be appointed to petition the Legsla-
ture against the proposed amendments to the
Constitution which disfranchise o person
| convicted of petty larceny and require man
| to pay his capitation tax before he can vote,
&c.
After a tedious discussion the motion was
| Withdrawn and then presented In resolu-
| ton, which was adopted.
On motion OF Mr.. joe Cox, the Conven-
tion adjourned at O'Clock until 8 O'Clock
this morning.