The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-06-23

commenced denouncing Stokes, when the
Take him to his mother" g., amid the
jeers of the negroes who cried out, Stokes
amt like Senter, he didn't have to have
his difficulties removed"
A Disabilities, you dn
fool" .....'..-. r.f -.
Here everything went into confusion
worse confounded-st least fifty men all
talking at once, and some getting ready to
try the knock down argument of the fist.
Cate-I have q paper. -
Several Voices-Go to h-ll with your
paper.
Cate-But it's important @ 20
Voices Then let white man read it.
We don't want to hear you. [Cheers,
grOans and laughter. -
Cate-It's dispatch from Gov. Sprague
to the working men. .. rE -
Voices-'tG-d6 6-n Sprsgue and you
too" r---- e.. ..-.
A negro--Whats sprague- got to do
with this 'VentiOn2"
Butler-Silence, till the dispatch is read.
LGroans for Butler and cheers for Pearn.
Cate-I viii now read the dispatch.
Delegate frOmC mChattanoOga, [very hOarse]
No you wont, you're played out; we don't
want to hear you.
Negro-Let the gem an read.
White Delegate-Yes, let him read
about the Stokes-Cate conspiracy. That's
what we want to hear.
Cate here began reading the dispatch
from Sprague in loud voice. The SUBJ
stance of it was that the man who killed
Abbott, would address the citizens of
Nashville on Monday night H
Delegate-Let's nominate Sprague for
Governor. ..i 1
Another-No, let's nominate Enos Hop
kins. [Great laughter and cheers.
Delegate-Cate, apologize to Sprague
for not listening TO the dispatch, but not
to you, Cd d-n you. -.a. ID
A negro-I moves that w 'uns do now
adjourn.
AnOther-Where to2
White man-TO hell.
Voices-We're there already.
Here q large, fine looking 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 maintained his ground, and as
| the confusion subsIded little, he said he
hoped that he would never see such q
day again, and that his ears would never
again hear what they had this day been
compelled to listen to. "White men,
said he, ''the colored men look to you for
an example, but warn my race to follow
you no longer, if this is the way you are
going to act. 1t seems as though the voice
| of that martyred man Ipointing to the por-
| trait of LincOlnl would cry from the grave
at such q scene as this. My white fHis0ds
1 am ashamed of you, and so is every de-
cent coloIed man in this house. say to
my people, beware, oh beware, of follow
| ing after the white man."
! This little speech produced a sensation.
| Silence reigned for the space of minute,
and it seemed as though the truths he had
spoken had sunk deep into the hearts of
his hearers.
Captain Hathaway, of militia fame, in
reply to something young BrOwnlow had
said, used the following elegant and eX-
pressive language: "Don't say any more
| of your Cd id stuff. If nothing else
will do you, and you must haYe q ID
rebel, put N. B. Forrest in nomination,
and vote for him in spite of hell. want
/ it distinctly understood that I've got mill
In me big enough to wrap twice around
my body, and tie knot behind my back,
with the ends tapping down upon the
calves of my legs, and Cd id me tC
hell if can be hOwled down by any sci
of men.
Having given vent to this enlightened
and Christian sentiment, the gallant Cap
tain had to get off of the desk to take in
some of that common article called breath.
Hamilton continued, '1 know what yoT
want, you want Senter elected, so that the
/ Brownlow family can keep their fingers II
the treasury" This produced an Immense
sensation, for several of the "BrownloN
| family were on hand.
sSTOm Hamilton, you are Cd dc
| infamous liar" said some one jumping to-
ward him. 'FYes you are, said another
Hamilton turned very pale, and retOrted
81 have only your word for 1t, gentlemen.
Here another beligerent Individual came
to the surface, and raved around at furi
GUS rate. tTake it up BrOwnlOw, take i
up, if YOU don't will. D-n me if dom
have satisfaction" and off he started to-
ward the door, but for some reason he die
not come back any more, and to that prov
idential circumstance Hamilton probably
owes his life. He either failed to find AM
whisky to steam up with, or else he found
too much. Perhaps some friend prevailed
upon him not to kill anybody Immediately
but to think over the matter little ant
see how 1t would seem. BrownlOw resum
ed his speech and went on to show hoV
muck more money Stokes had drawn iron
the treasury than the entire BrownloV
family, when some one got up in tn
Speakers stand and, in q cool and delber
ate manner, said: ffGentlemen, it is Tim
we stopped this muss. Let's all go hom
and let this Convention go to hell if
wants to-" .....
''Good, " said Chairman Butler, 81 sec
ond the notion" And at that BrownloN
stopped speaking, and the Convention wa
declared adjourLed. y ..i..-... ..,-l,...