The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-05-27
From he Charlottesville Chronicle. I
Personnel Of the late Convention,

w wv hot suppose Sucll collection OF
Fhgabonds was ever assembl ed before--not
including among them, of course, the Con-
seryativcs and the niggers. There was u
greater variety Of rascality than we could
nave conceived ii. tho same room. AT the
penitcntiary and at Newgate tho conviots
are Tor the most part confined separately !;
but III the Convention there was Il congrc.
CATION Of vilianous aspects--a blaze of sim
lister physiognomy-w made an uncom-
'"Haesc impression iinc the glow of the
far;arus like furnaces of the Trcdo gar Iron
Works
The whole scene looked like a niyi.tinarc
= an asscnblagc Of imps, and ghouls. and
ana sharpcrs, makingn Constitution. Tn
"cfWoou was horrible to look at--rc,ym-
biing great sallow toad that had been out
TO dlnc with buA2ard. hight in the CEN
ire OF the hall you see Daync-a thorough
nIggcr. Indeed, we know that if wc had
met bayhe IN The tropics, up in II cocoanut
tree, we should have stated without hcsila
ton that we llaq seen an ape. lie rises TO
speak on tho judiciary question. Tic
heavy, rCd-fnccI man with that sinister
utabolical grin on his counlcnanco is Bow
den, ol Norfolk. lie gets up to II "pint Of
order" Joe Maysc (or Eaih) remarked of
old Bowdcn that she never rose to Il yiut 0J
or,|er, and never left The hall except for Il
PiM Of '0dtshcy." Ile was accurate Bow
den Is very bad man--;tn uncle Of The
httlo attorney gcucrcl. lie is uncle in law
to the biggest rascal perhaps in the body
- HAT is Porter, OF Norfolk representing
ChcstcriiclU. Both orlhcsc creatures voted
fer mixed public schools both for fhc tcst
oath. They hato each othcr-all of tho
Radicals hated each other. Porter is the
author OF the homestead provision. hen
he speaks, he reninds you Of Il forccrpum
with very little water in the well. lie has
some smartness, knows II little is inslcn.c-
~ vulgar, and has determined to 80 the
whole figure. lie asrircs TO the bcucl, of
The Court Of Appeals, to Congress, to the
Attorney Gcncralship, and to the rubc,na
iorul chair.
That little vagahond right under the Pre-
sidcnt's chair to the lcil) is llinc-;, Yam,
kcc, oc course. Ilinc is rs smart as Il steel
trap. When he speaks he does not move
ut all--hc stands like Il pump, and the
words flow monoonouSly through his nose.
He las not particle OF feeling. lie would
bring IN Il proposition tomorrow, if he
thought it would pass, in the sane cold
impcrturbablc, nasal tone, to oi.t clr The
thumbs and great toes Of all the males in
the States under s'Hty, unless they could
take the ilonclal oa;h; and lcscrviug the
chance TO prosecute thcm for perjury illhcy
sworc falsely.
On the right Of the main aisle, lust after
you enter the hall, is llawXhurSt, the favor
ito Of tho Albermarlc negroes for Governor.
He speaks through his nose like lIinc, and
gives sort Of trumpctinS groan at the close
OF every two or three acutcnccs--lhc com
the lohg Island Yankee. lie is man.
however, Of first rate sense: n Radical on
systcm---an earnest knavc unlike Porter
in this. lie is large man, with gray hair,
and dish-facc, lives in Alexandria, and
ro, s,w ,,;u ,r,, ho o,
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,hc rieht who l,s ir., ,,o, 49,, :.
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JJorncr,,v or worro, o,,o h;,, a.. .
IIc soil II, rcminIoa lin or ana nr ,,ns.
G,,Ic s,,dn;,o,. ana Goa. ., I,o -; ).
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P'"' ''''"a "p '"" "o"h' lie !" not
Lewis Lindsey sits TO the left ofthc Chair
lie has The voice of a trumpet; and the
Conservatives are delighted when he rises,
mauGte his inso!clcc You can hear him u
mile and as he isa gncnt fool, and uses
Wo.ds utterly at random, tho effect is irrc-
s'sliblc. Sec how Scott laugh n,w-Lcwis
has just exploded some terrible thought,
and, taking his scat. rocks Himself about
thirty seconds in spirit of universal gran