Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-03-13

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one, a va,co,ne a less reereant ht,t A. greater |
sl.o 49,, 8 q preutiss ~
RSt must leave these lesser Iicbts ana
and ;.t,oace n vo,, I'm 6,ll orbe7 snleudors
If tb;s brilliant ca.bering. IIwfs rather
s,,rnr;sed ,o and there were NOT more evan
Lae niggersp amongst the colered delegates
M tfa nihefeen9 mink tbfre were otily four
a. f;vo The others were nearly ali darkies
If Tho thoroucbbred plantation tyne. These
Srere r,ostlv rounc nBurksD with only Two
or three of tho clean and slippered pauta-
joons aor
.as ,old ,ha,an mr. nsarlv nil of the
wb;,e dsIega,es who had been elected as
Conse,ya,iyes had Ief. tho convention in dis
Gus. ana zone home. ! An that were left
we're Radicals vet these had. divided them
selves into extreme RAIDS and conservative
ads-,hat ia into RAIDS who were willing to
Rcd and hoard with a Niger for, lifetime,
and ,bose who hadn't made up their. minds
10 do tbis but occasionally. fhe latter class
numbered about ons-third of the whites. OF,
course the negroes had their seats upon the
other side of The house with the rman and
brother majority. They generally paired
together. though / saw one desk occupied by
n aeross suit Il freauen,ly, saw, however,
the white members leave their seats and sit
dawn or s,and up Nv these amen and broth
ersu INDUCING in close conversation, the
while. i saw one of the most eenteel lookin
of these white extremes pass his arm around
the neck of one the blacklist and niggerest
lookioo of the delegation from Africa, and
touching the sable ear with his own lips,
held a long attentive 10 a Is whispered words.
Then ceasinr and looking into, the, negro's
face, its qrinning iyories and nodding acqui-
esceuce were rewarded with play[ully af-
fectiouate tan ,lpon the shoulder. -, "a 4
The Sergeant at. Arms or door-keeper,
h, a ,mulatto, who, by the way, wished to
discharge two little white pages he had ap-
| poiu,ed.I for ridiculing the convention.
presume be did so and has since selected in
their stead some of the more favorite and
reliable color. ,..-,f.., -l-...,,sg g.,
The head page is hotel waiter Hooking
sort of darkie and seems to be great favor
tie with the House. He ia continually ,occu-
MED in gathering up the documents thrown
! over to the floor by the members from their
desks. "a The sable delegates, alone, give him
constant. employ ment at this business, as
they do more writing than all the other
members together, and enjoy hugely the ad-
miration. Of their,dark brethren outside The
! railing over this display of Charming"
did not hear aay of these sneak while was
present; bnt they sat at their desks and held
Ia newspaper or pen constantly in theil
4 hands. All did this, with the exception o.
! one Young Buck, whose cotton field type Of
face contrasted most amusingly with tbs
iauniy brass buttoned coat and standing col.
, lar touching his ears which he wore RI,
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