Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1867-11-23
10 rrnair lheir shattered ~fnrtunes

arid aud %ungraclouS, and 10 Que ct these
: 6lsgave birth to fellow familiarity known
! as josh Stevens lie was a slave.own'
. er, drove them hard, was grasping and
c~pSNAsied, crOakrd when men made
history, cursed the Yankees for freeing
his niggrrs, toadied about the seats Of
. the Sa,rOps, whined about equality,
SMILED about the glorious Republican
party, and to climax the whole, took
2 in bis head to lead the new sutfra,
/. gausr
Another fellow Of what the niggers
called Tie poor white trash,' is lead
, er In cid Rome BruluS and Mark
Antony were leaders of the populace,
but il fee America this thing | have
described, Sam Powrl, leads the suffra,
ganS la Rome the best aud most no,
tie aud talented led The people and in
Tree sud enlightened America the Rad.
zeal sutfrlgaus ure led by a man that no
decent or respectable man would toler.
ate in his house We have about GOO
white voters registered in this county,
a1ou' 5000 niggers. Sam Powell has
abSoIut control Of he niggers You
see NJ comment is necessary. This
fellow Is utterly iiitcrate, and to speak
Of talent with respect 10 him W ,uld be
like speakin- Of he talent OF a horse or
Il dog lla gained his inf lenre thus
'ome Northern genltemvu settled here
Snc) the war, Josh Stevens with them
pro- rted IA meeting to seud delegates to
he Radical Convention at jackson.
They ui~d all mean, to get them 10 the
Court House and taJlrd. Sam Powell
WIT am n! them auI threw GU: this
wa chwold IAN you that wan land
AID mules follow me-, aud the whole
herd some ; 500 Flowed him to the
wood, where hims II aud two higg r.
were obligated TO the Radical Convrn
tan Trl' was some time back JOSH
o,veoS was d ,caicd once Yesterday
sam Powell let th.m 90 TO the Court
House. Two thousand TT more janmed
Il ana !oa need 40 duubt %pcrinmcd It
sam Powers ri,ht haud man, l>am
Galloway Il Niger ofuo more shrewd
ueSs Than himself and perfectly Hitter
ale was drileG Tor the OCCASION
Tue comedy opens Josh Stevens,
who had good opportunities in life, aud
has even taught respectable mems chil.
drcu 0 jcai aud write, ascend d the
stand and moved to "requ s Col Pow
ers IA respectable Noruern gcutIemau
come here since the wary to uct as
chalfuidn Of the meeting All IN favor
OF Il, make 1t known by saying aye
All %responed, shouted granted AYE "
All opposed say no All suou,ed.
grooned, yelled, squealed, Cruz led
'no' Josh, thinking assurance would
carry hun through, called the CoIoucl
to the chair The Colonel caue ~
ike a culplt, aud had 10 sooner taken
the clair than old lsham moualed The
stand, astoulshed hi, "fleuds' with
Use osed ter dat ar. Yer duu1o
nuihn Spoke when | tells yer.
motions dat Judge Chapel takes de
All dat proves it say yes.
All ,aid yes, Now, wheu yer says
no, ycrs yoilug giusl IT. All dat dolit
Mr. Judge CharpvI 10 putzdc,
say no. All were silent Josh Ste
vens defeated twice So this tel ow
takes The chair Now, who
is he? lie is a tuhng fellow WIN
tima--.."u nun PlckenS
Alabama, escaped the sheriff 5 !
who had "a writ against hum Oh c
An Indictment for stealing ten dollars. t
he slipped aud Sided about here be ,
himself Judge, and pretended
(,he bar would not recognize :
'lm) wJrwed into the Radical camp, !
a governor from r. Pope's salrapy f
SonId lot remand hun I" justice. tic n
among The nlggcrS aud the q
Hest whites. Such is thIs fellow
Thus organized. General Eggleston u
md Colonel Stafford addressed the Rad. y
dear people lie told them of the fl
hlIiren OF lSr ell journeyiug to the laud h
# promise, the Radicals, their Moses. !.
pharaoh and his host tlhe Democracy u
gallowed up, Poor Stafford, with bis IA
lnky w,tStOld them Abe's joke about Il
% big a boo for SO snail a pony, and al
pplled it to the recent Conservative =,
aims. Baboons would have made the
anne kind of applause that followed ; '"
nd thus heated, their stencil becomes lG
much for the Northern gentlemen IN
nd they slide out and begin to believe yh
D every eccentTicity, aud finally 10 -
as related. SpecCbif, ing over, "
b,oluiely lot n decent white man in III
ne house, exc pit some boys and men nj
etermlued 10 see the show, got among ne
re ratIers of the unfinished building. ia
nd enjoyed it like they would a circus !.
r ravcIing slow, W
josh Stevens, defeated by Tsham VI
twice, his courage nearly
lean gone, limidly rises aud proposes ca
appoint q committee of eight to pro or
use candidates, lsham the Niger
lmpS up Stroightway aud (magine an yo
''embly OF b'boous) mutters out, with Tel
) assurance really comic, Il moves Of
e has nine" Poor Josh made a yir. IL
/" of necessity, and fairly groaned
IT. i acct pit The gettleman 5 amend
. >papel o dcgrad4tionI or
AlPs known aud there is 'notbing no
rther to recall. The committee re. d.
josh was beaten for the nomi -.
zion, aud the meeting, or rather herd.
minated three candidates f.r the Con, 'n'
Otlon IN ha EolI.n ~ I hs,