The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-04-01
From the Raleigh Sentinel
The Closing Soena of tho North Caroline
COnyentiOn


their native junslcs-cxcept the import,
cd beasts, which were sent to the tenn
porary coycrts whic!A they have selected.
All the white women and children in
tt's city were kept in doors OH ycstcr-
day, tor fear OF the consequences invoy.
ed by unmuzzlng such a motley horde
They can venture out this morning, as
perhaps, the last Of thc mongrcls has
either disappeared from our midst or is
only skullting around in the pnricua,
harmlcss and contemplate. The asinnc
TonrSce,. the greasy Watts, the lantern.
iawcd Ashley, the wcllied Welkcr,
The ravishi"g Muy, the nondrscrrpt
Rodman are all gone the air is purcr,
the streets ar" cleaner, and the commu :.
nifty IS hapnier.
We learn that the closing proceedings
"i Tins Infamous asscmblagc were even
more d'scrcltablr, if that were possible.
tha', any Of those which preceded it and
wFlch have brought disgrace upon the
Hall Of House OF Commons, that will
render it M INIT place for decent men
to assemble in for some time to come
'''' 80 'iS uiSliIltttuniS kllp"lt 10 me
Pharmacopcia be brought into requisi
ton at once, TO purify and to cleanse the
Injected room. I1et the windows be
kept .oron, so that the Spring brcczcs
can have free and gentle play through
the polluted arches.
! IN tie barharous regions or Africa. It
is the custom, when human sacrifices are
to be made and bloody rites celebrated
when beaslial appetites are to be
rorgcd and brutal l,lsts graliGcd- for
/ The sava9cs to form ring and DANCE in
drmoniac glee around the intended VIC.
Inns. This African aascmblace closed.
it's srssionin the>genuinc and appropriate
African style. One looking INTO ..!ey hall
Mt midnight of Monday. and bckolding
the scene then, and there transpirinc,
might wei. have ina gncd that he had
been sudaenly y transported into the re.
glons OF which Livingstone gives us All
account. Tile rictim acas rcady-.tnc
sacred old Constitution Of our fathers,
under which we have lived aud prosper.
rd..-and the savagcs gathered around
lL.,Nrgroes and scalawags, hand in hand,
and danced and sung boistcrous and.
ridiculous melodies. THIS isno meta.
phor. 1t is literal fact, and will bring
blush Of shame to the check of every
true North Carolnlan, that the good
and honest old State has come TO such
pass--that set Of apes and hybrids
should be holding brutal carnival in
her halls OF legislation and shocking dc.
ccncy. propriety and civilization 10y their
lmpious and drunken orgies.
Pretty much the same scenes were
, re-cnactcd, just before tho final adjourn
'uent, on yesterday. We learn that,
after the business OF the body was FIN
lshcd, speeches were called for from
outsiders. a Gen. Littlefcld, (a New
York Broker or A gent OF Wall Street,
and, perhaps, others, responded in
strains of glorification over the murdered
remains Of civil liberty IN North Carroll
ma, and the excessive taxation Of an i'm
poverished people. This Gen. Little
field sang, wo understand from near the
Speakers Chair the sent Of Macon and
Stanley-from book OF odcs the dis.
gushing melody, cold John Browns
soul is 'arching nn." or something Of
that sort, lining it ont to the Convention
and the negro auditors, who Joined in
the refrain with boistcrous, ulnlation.
Great Heaven -Hape ayc come bMis J.?
What words are adequate to o,expIess the
horror and shame Of good men at such
Infamous exhibition What words can
paint The evils, dcpravity, The ,gno-
miny that must result from The rule of
such men?
1t is needless to add that the Conser.
vattvo members all left in disgust before
these shameful scenes. 1t has given us
deep pain, for The sake Of old North
Carolina, to record .hcsc things; but it
is due to history that wo should mention
! them due to thn people in all parts of
the State, to tell thom what sort Of men
they allowed, through their Indifference,
to come up here to make Constitution
FIR thcm-duc to all that we consider
dear to dcnounco.thesc things. that all
lovers ofthc State may be aroused to
effort to put down a. ".Constitulion" con.
wed III scoh o spirieaanl framed by
snch travestiss npon legislators and, men !
/. With tins view we shnll givo tomorrow
it pessible, graphic resume Of the
details of these disgracc(ul occurren.
+, ces.
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/ 1ARREST. or PARTIES .SusrECTED OF
OBsTRUCTlEa THE WtLMlNGToN AND
MANCHESTER RAILROAD. The Whining.
ton JoW'ma!. of Wednesday says: "a
detective from Charles on, specially
charged with this duty, pade the arrest
ola white man named Daniel VI. Elkins
! at Peacock's Station, Columbus COUNTY
on Sunday last, on suspicion, ,.rM being
one OF the parties who recently placed
distractions or !he track, Of The Will
mington and Manchester Railroad. Or
che followihgldap (Monday) negro
named Wesley Garter was also arrested
{ bytbis pfsiserat Gainesville, S. c. to
u alleged completely in tho game offence
Both parties we're brought to this cit,
yesterday and lodged in the militar,
4 guardhouse. They left here last nigh
p ,,nI..r f,,, ri cor M .Io.t~s 1t 2. f'ti