The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1867-11-28

lectlcut. New ork, pennsylvania, y hlO
Iowa, and Illinois. Eight of the southern
men and one old negro-he'l II go to heaven
for it-have some idea of mercy /; but there
are three score and ten in convention who, il
our Alabama brethren had one single neck
would strike off the head at single blow
One of these men was once ridden on a
rail, and has never forgotten it. Another
is unfavorably known-~in connection with
adultery and murder. Still another has
been in Jail, and openly avows an intention
to . take it out " And still fourth and
fifth arc accused swindlers. Here sits a
pimp, and there mutineer. This man
deserted, and that other played the spy
To-day there spoke in favor OF military
disffanchisement one who raised compa-
ny Of infantry for the confederate service
and called it the 1ancey Guard, and
Yesterday an ex-surgeon in the same army
introduced an ordinance that secession was
4 parricidal crime Of the deepest dye, for
which those engaged in ii should have
been punished and impoverished, y that
! is to say fined and hanged On the left
Of the chair sits, at odd times, the state
commandant, Swayne, to watch his tender
sheep; on the right sat Gen. Pope when
he told them what to do; and between the
two centurions wavcrs a shriveled / tile old
son of Gamaiel who berates the cenven-
ton daily for writing its ordinances SO IL
lcgibly in lead pencil on paItry scraps of
paper that neither he nor his secretary can
make them out OF that secretary | say
nothing. He has been not lnattentive,
and aspres to the secretaryship of state.
| acknowledge past civility and revere iu-
ture greatEess-even the greatness Of a
bureau clerk Neither is it for me to speak
the glories Of full debate, for no pen
could give that delicious medley where
with sweetly alternate the shrill twang of
proving puritanical parsons, and that deep
gobble which transports the ravished fancy
to Atric's golden sands
Montgomery. Ala. (Nov; Is Dispatch to the New York
Herald.
The convention to-day again took up the
suffrage question, and several speeches
were made for and against disfranchise-
ment. The present situation upon this
question is very complicated The more
extreme men have, it is said, been sum-
moned by Gen. Swayne and instructed to
be more moderate in their action.
Gems. Pope and Swayne are said to be
hourly receiving kilograms from Washing
ton to restrain the conveItion from passing
extreme measures. So far, howeye er it is
doubtful whether these warnings will
achieve that object Some ofthe delegates
may be converted to more temperate
cours but Bingham and Griffin, who con-
trol ne negro votes are apparently de-
tern med to carry the majority report
These men refuse to back down, saying
that unless there is disfranchising clause
the radical party in the state is not strong
enough to succeed in the coming election
Gen Swaync is reported to be endeavoring
TO make Alabama, by means Of the con-
vention, Chase state, and hopes himself
TO be elected to the United States senate.
The proposition to pay negroes for services
as slaves is to be killed in the committee.
IL was proposed by Regro, ard the major
ity of the delegates were afraid to vote
against it, fearing that it would prejudice
| the negroes against them. They therefore
voted 10 send 1t to committee, where it
will be smashed.
The Montgomery correspondent Of the
N. Y. World gives the following brief
sketches Of some Of the members If the
Alabama constitutional convento now in
Session:
Ben. Alexander of Hale negro Of the
ordinary type Of field hand.
Jonn Carroway is light ufu'atto with a
back hair Of magnificent proportions. At
its supreme altitude this ornament extends
fully five inches cut from the nape of his
neck, forming right angle very comely
to the eye. Mr.. Carroway is assistant edi-
tor Of the Mobile Nationalist.
Thomas Dicgs is negro whose head is
grizzled and whose hue is brown. He
- represents Barbour, and makes a beau
tiful cross mark when signing his name.
peton Finley is city negro, who once
held the door open for members in that
very chamber where he now sits as dele
gate, and, if memory DO lot fail, / have
for my poor self paid him, on full day,
tribute to the extent of thirty-fvs cents
currency Cor chair.
James X Green is negro who takes
the name of the master of the carriage he
once drove. The name of this statement
does not appear on the signed list, from a
modesty which withheld his sole signature,
an = mark
Ovidc Oregon is light muIatto from
Mobile, whose thin lips, keen cut jaws, and
furtive eyes. seem to body forth Malay
type OF man.
Wash johnson has the very blackest
skin aud the very worst signature of any
patriot of the whole eiehty-thrcc His
hue is, without jest, a jet black, and his
autograph, the sum total of his writing
abilities, might stand equally well for
Smith. or Van Lsndt, or Schemerhorn.
Jordan Hatcher, of Dallas, is a grizzled
negro Of lightish hue, who, after a not un-
usual fashion, takes his formor master S
name.
c. Jones is yellow negro who. on be-
ing called up to tho Secrctary's desk to
register his name, expectorated with re-
freshing abandon that provoked a general
smile, and then made his mark.
Thomas Lee, of Perry, is a negro who
finds chat it assists him very much in sign
ing his name to lean his head quite on
one side, aud not be in hurry about it.