The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-02-06
MISCELLANEOUS.
Z From the Charleston Daily News.
f F.; IA ROYAL ROW. 49,
THE CONVENTION IN a FERMENT-
BLOWS AND BLOODY THREATS.

BLOWS AND BLoODf IHhbAlo'
The convention yesterday had
scarcely adjourned before the hall
was a scene of wild excitement, re-
sulting from an assault by o. W. NJ.
Mackey upon, Roswell r: Logan,
ESQ, assistant Editor of the Charles
top Mercury. -. '-
AS the event transplred in the
presence of the writer of these para
graphs we speak of what we know,
and not from information Of any other
person. s-s,....
Mr.. Logan was in conversation
with the reporter of the Neacs, rela-
ting the action of the convention on
the report of the Finance Committee,
and in the act of rolling up his papers,
when Mackey approached and in
quired: care you the author of the
article in the Charleston Mercury
concerning my father? p Mr.. Logan
replied: II am "
Then, said Mackcy, drawing back
with a curse, 'takc that and deliv-
cred a blow. Mr.. Logan threw up
his arm as u fence and struck back,
and at the same. moment. was seized
by one or two persons nearest to him.
Mackey, being more powcrful' nj
though the attempt was also made to
hold him by Mr.. Whittemore and
Others, was not so easily restrained,
and he succeeded in striking and
kicking once or twice, but only one
blow took effect, and that was upon
the forehead of the assaulted party.
By this timc-in less than minute
delegates, white and black, were
pitching frantically forward towards
the reporters table, and,scenc of af-
fray. and in the pressure of the crowd
which followed Mr.. Logan, held in
the arms of Mr.. Moses, (white), Of
Sumter, was. forced down the hall,
nearly to the middle, and against one
of the windows. The excitement now
became intense. Cries were heard
"kill him'-''cut the Williams throat
-ssthrow him out Of the win dow. =
"No! let him alone''-"the digEity
of the convention is atstake" t
let him be hurt -. keep back -
"keep back" k"-'.order" r"-''hands off
SC. Mr.. Moses meanwhile still clasp
cd Mr.. Logan, and declared that If
any man struck the reporter, they
would have to strike him." doing all
that lay in his power to qnell the now
fairly aroused passions of the crowd.
At this juncture, the president of the
convention pushed his way through
the crowd-(it is said with a horse
whip in his hand, which was taken
from him by some of the colored del
cgrates, but the writer saw nothing of
this)-and while Logan was thus sur
rounded by forty or fifty persons,
standing on tables, chairs, and filling
every space that could he occupied
by human body, DR.. Mackey open
ed "battery" on him, and as an old
lady would say, gave him "a piece Of
his mind" He said that he did not
hold him responsible for his abuse SC
much as the persons who employed
him; that he was engaged in mean
contemplate and dirty business, and
that If any retribution was to be me:
ted out, it belonged to those who paid
him his salary to come there and de.
fame the characters of members of the
convention, &c., &C., &c.
We do not, Of course, pretend tc
give the exact language, but the
above, strongly Infused with adjec'
tives and expletives, expresses the
opinion of the cbullition Of DIR. Mack
ey.
During this address, which occupied
perhaps two minutes, the cxcitemen
within the bar among the members o
the convention and without anon:
the coloured spectators, manyof whom
climbed over the bar, reached dan
gerous pitch. Cries were heard o
t.throw him out of the window :,
".eut his heart out'-kill him, i
.ass.a, .ui .-ii ~ ~ E.