The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-06-23

DIack rascal, set 0OWn OF III KnOcK
yer down."
A delegate-''GentIeman for Gods
sake"
Say for old Pearn's sake he's rum
ming this machine"
Brownlow-"I will be heard"
"No you won't the Brownlowsssfam-
ily's played out"
Cate-"Please listen to me one
moment. interrupted by cries of
sPearn, Pearn.'1 i believe" Here
he was completely drowned iout and
forced to give up.1
Pearn advanced toward the Speak
er's stand and ~endeavored to say some
thing, but he only got out "Whither,
ali, whittier, r we drifting p when
a negro answered, "To H." which
was followed by a sroar of laughter,
and cries of "Butler, Butler" But
Ter essayed to speak, but the Senter
men told him to shut his id mouth,
and cheered Justify for Pearne.
Here a man fell off of a desk, and
the cry of Eight, a fight" was raised,
which brought the police and every
body else pell-mell on the unfortunate
man.
n lOuuG IClIOm AlOuubCu a uCoh AAINA
commenced denouncing Stokes, when
down Take him to hiscmother," DC.
amid the jeers Of the negroes who
cried out, %'Stokes amt like Senter,
he didn't have to have his difficulties
removed"
A delegateAsDiSabiEti you d-n
A voiceMaWho removed Buffers
disabilities 2 he used to be a rebel Pr
Another goice,A"Its ed did
internal liern -. ~
Here everything went into confu-
sion worse eonfounded-at least fifty
men all talking at; once, and som get
ting ready to try ~theIknocki down ar
gument of the. fist. -
Cate-.Tfh have q paper"
Several y9ices--"Go to h-n with
CatefaBut IFS important and4n
Voices&Then Let the white man
read it. We don't want to hear you"
TCheers, groans and laughter.
Cate-"Ifs a dispatch from Gov
ernor spragge to the working men,
voieesETsGG97 did sPFague ne; and
Another yeiTcsee."Give it to a man
who can read,"~ Laughter. /
A reyroNtWhats Sprague got to
do with this 'yention r,
A delegate, about tYo-thirds drunk
-'eThree cheers for Senter and d-n
the Duncan letter" lCheers.
Butler-"Silehee. HR the Dispatch
is read.' iGroans for Butler, and
cheers for Pearne.1 .H-3t 81 80
A voice@r'Ca te can't read-give It'll
Anot6er2hLefs buy Stokes and
Cate a spelling book"
Another ISLet' em alone ndthey'H
steal one."
Cate-"1w will now read the dispatch
Delegate from Chattanooga livery
hoarse;)-"No, you won't; you're
played out; we don't want to hear
you"
Negro-eLet the gem'an read"
White Delegate@Yes, let him
read aboutTthe Stokes-C Gate conspiracy.
That's what we want to hear"
A voice-scWhere's the school fund?
Cate here began reading the dispach
from Sprague III a loud voice. The
substance of it was that the man who
killed Abbott would address the citi
zens of Nashville on Monday night.
Delegate-'Less nominate Sprague
for Governor -
Another-"No, less nominate Enos
Hopkins" lGreat laughter and
cheers.
An old man-ttGentleman, II
Here he was interrupted by shouts
of 'sPut him down." HTake him out.
A voice--Iet the Did old fool
go on"
Delegate, "Cate, I apologize to
SpraSue for not listening to the dis
patch, but not to you, Cd d-n
Mr.. Williams, Tin the speakers
standH"I would like to, to-"
Voices-Dry up, you old bald head
ed devil. Go back to Ohio, you Cd
id Carpet Dagger, stop making
your living by swindlrng poor folks"
A negrorI moves that we'uns do
now adjourn"
Another-"Where tot"
White man-seTo hell" T~sael
Voices.-"We're already there" !
Another yoice-"ThenI hope that
old Pearne will burn up, Cd d-n
him." -
Delegate@Pearne, why the h-ll
don't you ight?"
Negro-eHe wouldn't fight a bob
tailed cat .ss. 5s.
= Here.a large, fnelooking mulatto
got down on a desk, and, with tears
in his eyes, asked if the Convention
would hear him: Cries of Eyes"
"No," &c but the mulatto maingain-
ed his ground, and Has the confusion
subsidized q little, he said he hoped
that he would never see such a day
again, and that his ears would never
again hear what they had this day
been compelled to listen to. "White
men," said he, ss'the colored men look
to you for an example, but l warn my
race to follow you no longer if this is
the way you are going to act. It seems
as though the voice of that martyIed
man [pointing-to the portrait of LIN
coin would cry from the grave at such
a scene as this. My friends, / am
ashamed of you, and so is every decent
colored man in this house. I say to
my people, beware, oh beware, of fol-
lowing after the white man." |