The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1864-10-27
A Panoramic View Of the Pro-
posed COnventiO0.


(nan,eiy, the action vi the Chicago meet
ing.) demands favorable respo,ise Iron,
o government" Aud the honorable g>n.
tlc,,,an carries the joke 80 Tor, IN his art,ul
design ot encouraging Yankee peace men,
as to effect u kind OF enthusiasm ipr their
ucw idea Ut a convention. "linagisre, he
cries, ..thi- grand council OF States in the
act oi convcn,ng, after the people every
where in peaceful possession oi their right
Ito elect their ambassadors, had done so.
What sublime spectacle! There VIZ Id
be nothing to compare with 1t III moral
grandeur III ancient or uiudern times,
&c.
" ell imagine it. Let US also try to
coIcc,ve, if the human imagination eau,
tins proposed august convention. A very
vast "wlSwam," higher than the Coliseum,
is erected with circiug ties oi seats tnr my
rIds Ut spectators; tor II Is to te highly
lmp,sing assembiy--ucver was tue like lin
All crcatloa, Ga Yankee boast which this
tiE'c VIII Uc true,) ami ia we nave ASTON.
isted IN nAind by our war, so We q 10
dazzle them by u peace which shall be the
envy AID despair uf all ma Ions. Oh Course.
there viii be u mighty throng pi ladies'
from the several States--iur NONE have .
Ceeper interest in the =, suit, nor more le-
Stnniatc cuiioslty to bcho1 SO many men
oi immortal numes assembled Oh the gran.
5c;t occasion III hisio,yAup to this date.
The solemn assemblage, pregna..t with tue
desilny uf II hemisphere. rs uprned The
heart ot the vust multitude beaIs nigh, and
Its breath comes 'Iu.cs as tile dciCs atcs Ell
ter Arrive the representatives vi South
Caro.Ina; they take th1ir seats, wih cunr
.ssu.s SsccIiBg, beside the honorable gen
ticncn tom Massachusetts,; and the bay
State has, oi course, sent their greatest
meii-thcrc si,s BLDAs, ia;e commanding
general at New Orleans, III civil attire; ior
all swords are sheaThcd. or turmrd into
plough stid,c, or stee, peus At sight OF
INN, perhaps, one ui our Louisiana dec
gat' cauhot but think sadly OF MS house
aud planta alton sacked aud uurueL un Red
Hivcr. and his children shipp,d off aud
landed ga The bare strands ot Pasca.oui,,
ry 'rusf u that Baak-: but he rcprcsses
sJcn tt"L-ht they must uOr bu inuui.ed
u" in!s joyful day, ur 'his i",k y,u. H.
Gay ui peace un earth aud 20. u wal umtu
hcir "a. fhc same D''"ch YOU r-cugHizc
-" 'hr c.i!m 'ttt, ,sn,aus'ip like v's.... "t
>un..',r. rhu i"tni"ry, IN tie bitterness
.. L." hc.'i and '"tc'., - oi his head s--ru
q" ~ H"ItEetrefs, S1c "sun, total of All
''''"ar'Sm ---he h, ~ sisiies To uay AZ hc
suEk- g" rl> S"u,ne u brethren, ivr he s.,y
vtufu a,n.>r..: NV know the Lord hath
H '4ra' t"e;n intp my ham,>. Behold
1'so ia. .tiiN hrOw Ut iuciiIla.u, Everett,
vIv crr, ne. Inc very old ,,o...n OF Ma
, a.. A
800 ~ WIN th.ir knitting nrcGic>; aud
r0I - ''rn .!I,lvr, Mhu>c Wholesome disci-
i'sir .a,n'. the sprt uI the N"w q leans
"Ih'h ani pht hi between the t..tn ui
clergy Sinvn oI Norfolk. Aud nov ali eyes
are ca; riy "cnt to gaze, as jrnu.i IA auudh
cr doJr l!e IN the proud t,ryinLin,, hulu
inS their heads snuIe what hi.h at first:
but sbon they look more hum ic, when
they hnd their allotted chairs beside the
representatives, OIL '''ierpon," Virginia, (iur
thus, you rcmcmuer, IS i Convention oi all
the ''.otates,) DIR. Rucker aud General
Hunter poil'cly greet ,he scntleuem irc 10
the Eastern fragment oi the Ola Dollm-
ION; am as the last named com mandin-
Sen2Id. - announced, there is "A movement
anun Sst tue tlrsiuia !ailes In the auiito-
~ 'hcy 1r&In To INSPECT curlOusiy, through
"'g"ettes, thc Jc~,iry wnicn sraccs the
arms and recas ut the Iuir uau. hters OF
"" i.n2'and. stated hear b,-and fancy
'hdi They recognize certain CHAINS and
br.ce.c's. So may even shivcr and shud
der a'd h'rI.y s.pprcS, , 500, when they
See The u!ln who burned their houses over
'heiT hc'iois, and can almost fancy thcy eau
hear again The roar oi the flames Drlii.ins
their rUui Tree crashins down u, oh tire
hearth Delegates from lahns new
'StaIc OF L"u.sIlml) some oi them color
cd i;emtIcmen) if.terualiy meet pianie,s
from ihc coast, whose plantations have
teen leased To A"kcc asr.cu ,urists Us
Ohio representatives, take their seats, spec
tators from renmcssee perhaps think ni
John Morgan and his staff, with their
heads cropped, IN the PRISON dress ~ the
pen ,trnIiary Not Nurthofn delegate
who enters but calls up ~ some Georgian
or North CLlollnian sp c'a'or lie ueiuory
ot deSol'tcd homes and murder shrieAs ris-
log from burning tuHns, aud the wal OF
Vio'dted virgins tearing their hair. until,
uy the time tue convention Is ca led tu or
der, the whOlo atnuslhe seems laden with
curses .''i lamentations, ..nd the moan ut
u hnnrrI THOUSAND ghosts crying aloud
Lot Vengeance.
| hcn the parson rises to open the pro-
cerdi"yss VITA prayer. But It is best To
stop here, ''et wc verge on Olasphcmy; Tor
what i"l'n oi prayer will serve hi, turn
R'chniDnd E.rdnliaer.
From the Petersburg Express.
THE HON. W. W. BUYCE LETTER.
The rcccn; letter oi The liol. W. w