Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-15
THE war IN AFRICA.

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Cross breed Runners and Negro Bum
users-An Immense Meeting at Fisk
school Last NIght-Speeches by Kan
dal Brown, Allen MeTeer and John
COckrel, (NegrOes,) and J. P RexfOrd
and ID. w. Peabody, Gross br eeds)-
The Mercer Party a FIzzIe,
All day yesterday the drums and ffes OF
the rival parties were outin full blast. The
friends Of Prosser had an immense meeting at
the Fisk University, West Church street,
Rexford, the one horse hummer attorney,
harangued the sable audience for a period
of some long drawn out moments, saying
nothing worthy of attention, and was terri
bly, confused by some in the crowd saying
they intended to vote for Seymour. Quiet
once more restored, Randall Brown hoped
upon the stage, and said he wanted to be
understood by the Reporter--wanted every
word taken down. He believed ia the
freedom OF the press and of speech; II
there is man here who wanted to vote for
Seymour, he had no objection. ..fa.
We have got cut Threats to fight against
he was friend to men from the East,
West, or wherever they were born. Rebels
had gone to Brownlow in prison, and
said to him: Governor BroWnlow, you
need not stay here; you can get out in two
hours if you will only promise to support
the Southern Confederacy." 1dgWhat did
our noble Governor reply? He said 81
will lie here and let the green flies
take me through that keyhole, before /
will support the Southern Confederscy.D
He knew the Northern men would come
and release him, and now would YOU turn
your backs upon such men? TCries of no,
no, never, You should form Commit
tee of the Whole, and go up and down the
streets electioneering as busy as bees to put
good men into Office. Loud applause
Last October he Brown went to the Balti-
more Convention. He carried along with
him that everlasting Daniel Watkins, who
begged himself up there and rep
resented himself as being connected
with the Freedman's Savings Bank. He
went all around through Baltimore, Phila-
delphia and Boston, and collected about
one thousand dollars. As soon as he got
home he began to abuse the carpet-bag
men. He says no carpet-bag man will do
to trust If General Fisk, who founded
this noble institution, would come here to
live, he would be called hummer.
After few personal TRADES upon Mel
son Merry, William Sumner and others,
the speaker left the stand amid loud and
prolonged cheering.
Allen McTier of the Hook and Ladder
Company, made few remarks and was
frequently applauded.
John Cockrell, harangued the audience
for about half an hour, but Johns anec-
dotes caused so much laughter that we
were unable to hear much Of what he said.
D. w. Peabody, the trans-Ohio attorney,
who, as We are credibly informed
fought (2) CALAMITY through the
late Conflict Of opinions" in the
Third Auditors Office, and while under
the shade of Bunker Hill Monument {, lost
all of the air off of his pate shaking his fist
at the Rebels in South Carolina, Jumped
up on the stand and began in his regular
nasal tWang, TO divest himself as follows:
Said he didn't come to make a speech, but
because he could not stay away.
A candidate is before you, appealing to
you for your suffrages. He comes here to
turn against his own brethren, and to try
to get you to turn against them. Travis
Winham says; Mercer went North to
collect money for the Press and Times, and
put it into his own pocket" He says an
other thing: "The fact of it is, that want
TO get rid Of Mercer more than any Of you,
and the best way to get rid of him was by
sending him to Congress-"
Do you think that is the best way of
getting rid of him2 ["No, no"l There
is a better way to get rid of him than that,
and that is by all of you voting en- nlasse
for VIM. F. Prosser. Loud applausel
and cries of 1--WE will do it'll Mr.. Mercer
is now loud in saying that he is your best
friend Mr.. Prosser need not say words, but
point to his record. He has been our Repre-
esentative in the Lower House. The Radical
party will say to Col. Prosser: You have
been faithful over few things, we will
make you ruler over many. Peabody con-
cluded by proposing three cheers for Pros
ser. -fr"