Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-03

Ditto as the MarkethOuse Last Night
The ringing of bells and curious batter
ing of kettIe-drans, together with the fol
lowing poeticaI appeal on aiodgers'' to th,
colOred population
1 Come as the wind comes
/ When forests are rendered,
Come as the waves come
/ when naYies are stranded"
Gathered a large nanber of The great en-
franchised to the market place last night.
The meeting was called to order by the
appointment Of Thomas Mckinney as
chairman. Emory, the hawk-eyed broom
factor, made few remarks indorsing Pros
ser for Congress.
| Gen. III. II. Thomas was next introduced
10 the assembly, (who never knew him be-
FORE and proceeded to read some extracts
from the Union published Ia 1862. and
written by Mercer, the prescriptionist-
went on to say Mercer is Of the opinion in
one of his articles that the two races can
never live in harmony. Your would-be
Congressman fills his paper with vitupera
tons against you as slaves; now he takes
you in greg-shops and hugs you, when six
years ago he called you half savaged ne
groes. Mercer furthermore says that Pres
ldent Lincoln was no President of his, but
that he opposed his election violently, and
that he regarded his election as a public
calamity. We have been very unfortu-
nate in sending our representatives to Con-
gress. We sent Emmerson Etheridge, but
he soon turned Rebel. We elected Andrew
johnson our Vice President, who was q
great Radical, but who is now the great
leader of such men as Lee, Chatham, For
rest and others. A more divine eomph-
ment could not have been paid such men
Reporter need not say anything in
reference to Col. Prosser's character. You
all know it.. HEt ...F..{ p
John Cockrell-"OId Cock" the niger
limping Jesu5-was set upon the stand,
when he yelled and sputtered in a regular
old camp-meeting harangue for few min
utes. He commenced by saying Tennessee
was the most glorious spot Of the whole !
Southern COntederGcy. Ha ha ha Want 4
ed to know what niger man gwine to
look like Stunning de title of Mare of the
city, Why just no more dan hog trying
to initiate Mef' dis preacer in the pulpit.
We must stand togedder, and when Useless
Grant and Skier Coldlacts are brought fore |
the cullud people they's gWine TO VIM de
Victry."
Some very sensible remarks from a negro |
named Bob Noah followed "Old Coek'sp |
elegant Grafton. aa--I4aI
Then came the "Boss of the Workhouse |
Cemmittee," who was not there tonight to
make speech, never goes for that pur-
pose, ola, no J but to see the vast assembly
of the Radical Republican party. The Hon.
John Trimble having declined the nomi- |
nation of the Radical party, they had been
called upon TO select a man qualified to |
I'LL his place. There are two men who stand
before you ready to fill the place of Mr..
One Of these men had forced his
name before the people, and had been adj
vocating his claims throughout the county
in his lying sheet, the Press and Times.
The other has waited until he was called
upon to fill this position. He (Allen) was
not willing to trust a man who had peddled
quinine. The Radical Republican party
stands upon seven principles, and they are
the five loaves and two fishes. He was
there 70 defend those principles. He was
sorry that some of the party had tried to
split, ETC., etc. -
The gathering broke up after the firing
of of a few smaller mouth-piecss. Jno.
Kuhn amused small gathering on the
outskirts of the crowd by quarreling with
! greasy back negro, during the speaking
put he was his equal. Excuse us for men
ioning it. . ....