Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1860-06-07
\ scene at the Chicago Convention
From the 'Fuz" Oon PATTI correspondence o
the Maclcheek Press e.

From the 'FuZ" (DOn Piatt) correspondence OF
the Mac1cheek Press
New York was off in rooms singing vulgar
songs and ing p-Ufane language. when sud
denly storm broke out. spreading wider aud
wider until the entire nee Was filed with
strange voices. The people had arrived. the
people was energetic. enthusiastic. voc fer
Gus. Many an old Dem lcrat of the Republi-
can organic ttion-wandering bout in very
| lon'iy style, feeling very like swine IN
back ptrlOr-recogn Zed the w"ll known
sound and prickCd up his ears and sunricd
aluud. lie felt 1t home again, and went in
with the wild enthusiasm Oi bursted beer
barrel.
found initiate amusement in the various
little scenes enacted before me. While a
Rough from New York was di cussing tue
chances OF the candidates and ads oc ,ting the
, claims Of Seward with a gentleman irnm New
! Jersey. whose round head seemed held up by
| Il stiii collar. an uucouth specimen with rail
! ON his shoulder drew near.
Cant carry New jersey with Seward"
said collar Cart do it, no use talking"
Cant we p responded II ugh OF New
York. jest you let us strip aud go in with
cd Billy, an eff we don't taAe thai pile YOU
may bam-tring this Christian. That's ala
WHAT'S the use in going on in that way.
| YOU'RE always going or iu that way. WHAT
| it's from | wan, To know. Yet ycu are a.
ways going on in that track. heard you two
/ hours last night, up 10 twelve, and you said
nothing but that. Why, New jersey. amt a
! bully anu you can't punch ajorIIy out of
her in that style"
Who wants to-say? Who said punch
! amt we all friends? know what you want
| for rsey. Lord don't know ., rs. y? Jer-
-'y don't care II G. - Tor Dayton and the
| Constitutions; what she wants lis money"
ltd take :. big pile To carry New jersey
| for Seward"
What 'ye call pile? Speak it out
say Don't care what it is; see that, aud go
something better"
Why. mi>ter-it'd take q hundrd and fifty
| thousand dollars Ia airy New jersey"
That's it. Sing il out You can have t.,
and twice that. Got million with oar
! hackers"
Look here stranger said our friend with
! The, rail, 80 IirIiug a stream If tobacco juice.
| With he accuracy al a d shot between The
di-puia urs. aud bringing his rail down with
| u bang un the marble floor of fremont Hall.
IN take this rail into rscy, tuat no nest
old Abe split thirty years ago and III do
IN re with il than You can with all Cdiiluruy
dug up an counted OUT
At this. all three went at it. talking at the
top OF their lungs, and Winding up with u
drink all round.
The next nearest approach 30 an entertain
Ing crowd was found IN the room devoted &,
Missouri and Bates. They were good set
OF I llows-the delegate from that State.
aud promul gated considerably on Tree whs-
ky. Fine principal attractions IF their room
we're huge Bowie kni'e-some :, feet
long-and the only republican member (
the Missouri l. gislGiure. who wss nearly q.
long and sharp as th, Bowie knife. NIlh u
crowd around the M inter. leaving ias room
enough 10 exrec crate, this g nilcman, 4
long. slender, suuken-eyod thiu-lcgg d, sal
low-compected sp, clmeu of humanity. would
hold forth by TIL hour In Southern dialect,
which is known in Paris rs that always spo-
Ken by the American Minister, and called
the Po-to-mIck.
Give us Bates. gen tel men. an we'll
take Missouri. Better lake Missouri. gen-icl.
men. ef you 10 the President. les sab
carry Missouri, sab. aud you make step
South. Better do il. Now's yer chance.
gen -tel-men. It's GOOD show; usly got ia
say the word. aud we'll do il. Yes. gen-l l.
men. TAX Missouri while yUu can Bate.
is all right. j. all right, gcn-tel-mea-yes
| sab.n