The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-08-24
RADICAL RALLY AT VICKS-
BURG.
From the vicksburg Herald.

Inere was grand Mass Meeting yester-
| day 18th, ut the Court House, the purpose
of which was to elect delegates to attend
the Radical State Convention at Jackson,
on the Both of this month. The meeting
was composed principally of coIored men,
who Hooked from every quarter of the
county TO See what was TO be seen.
At o'clock precisely Mr.. J. F. Rankin,
called the meeting to order, aud stated the
object of the meeting, and motions were
made TO appoint as chairnen Messers Fur
long, Weber, Bush cOlored.
Here the fun commenced-cries of Fur
long, Weber, Bush colored, numbered
from about foHr or five hundred pretty good
sized mouths, and such bedlam we never
witnessed. During the fun Ben Allen col
ored became very much enraged, ard re-
marked that he would {" mash somebody's
mouf, and proceeded to do so. ben had
been drinking little and felt warlike; he
went for some fellow. and was Immediately
taken charge of by six or seven men and
placed in side room, where he cooled off,
Inc up-roar continued; the Rankin pound
Ell away with his hammer, yelled and stamp
ed; Colonel Wood got up and beloved,
Furlong whined withdrawal in favor of
his more gentlemanly and more intelligent
friend Charlie Bush, and Weber very
wisely did the same, although the latter
was in high favor, and things generally
were beginning to be in higher flavor.
Mr.. Bush accordingly took the chair; A.
w. Benson was elected secretary. After
this lad been done a motion was made by
somebody that the President select com
mittee of fifteen to appoint a committee of
ten, which ten shall comprise the board of
delegates to the jackson Convention. The
committee consisted of the following, who
imm ediately retired, viz:
q. w. Walton, Carpet bagger,) j. c.
Weber, Carpet bagger,) q. w. Deven-
port, Carpet bagger,) A. w. Jones, Carpet
bagger,) w. Ill. Furnis, Carpet bagger,)
Albert NJ. Lea, Carpet bagger,) Hon. George
+. Brown, Carpet bagger,) j. w. Bourne,
carpet bagger,) Norman Hart, (colored,)
Ephrom Powell, (cOlOrd,) Milton Coates,
(colored;1 J. I. Tucker, Carpet baggerD
Charles +. Furlong Carpet bagger,) Peter
Crosby, Carpet bagger,) A. Mygett, (scalla-
wag).
While the committee was out some intelli-
gent cClored man-knowiug the weakness
of the men apponted-moved that no mem
Der of the committee be allowed to be NOM
mated member of the board of delegates.
More fun, every body wanted to "riSe to
pint OBJ order and Observation-Disclosures
amendments and pints OBJ order were piled
away up-the speaker meanwhile hammer
ing away on the judges desk. Finally the
resolution was laid on the table, and peace
reigned ouce more, but alas! for how short
timei The report of the Committee came
in, and just as was expected, almost every
man appointed on the committee of nomination
,oGs appointed delegate. Here follows list
OF the immortal ten, with the merely mortal
alternates:
DELEGATES.
c. Z. Furlong, Carpet bagger,) j. G.
Weber, Carpet bagger) &. w. Walton,
Carpet bagger) c. w. Bush, (colord.) VIM.
Ashbury. (colored,) Peter Bowen, Carpet
bagger.) III. X. Thomas, Carpet baggers,)
j. w. Bourne, Carpet bagger) w. I'll. Fur
Miss. (colored Carpet bagger,) Luke Lea,
Carpet bagger).
ALTERNATEs.
G. W. Davenport Carpet bagger,) VIM.
Rice, (colored,) G.. Middleton, (colored,)
Norman Hunt (coIored,) T. NJ. Broadwater,
(colOred,) Anderson Jones, (colored.) Peter
Crosby, Carpet bagger,) w. I'll. Mallory.
carpet begger,) James Tucker, (colored,)
ii. Carter. (cOlOred carpet bagger.)
Whew Now ''see de har fly" No, sir,
never! ''Down wild emf Il move de
names be acted on separate; Il move dey
donf;'' Il rise to a pint OBJ order" ''Gou
get out" In fact all sorts of tun-chair-
man pummeling away on the desk; Ben
Allen very much excited; Peoria Hog very
much eXcited-oh, very much excited,
because he was not one of the committee.
Peoria Hog tried TO make speech, and was
Missed down. The motion to accept the
report of the committee was struggled
through and an adjournment. was effected
in short order. Men denounced Furlong,
Weber, the whole crOwd-and each chair
became q stump, and oh Lord, what fun.
Finally Furlong cleared che Court House
and that made them all mad again.
The crowd went down and formed
meeting of colored men exclusively; a new
chairman and secretary were elected and
the whole proceedings of the previous
meeting condemned. While this was being
done, j. w. Bourne, carpet Dagger jumped
up and began TO dictate 20 the crowd, when
he was hoOted down, one colored man re-
marking, I'VE amt gwine back for Bourne
or any body else" There was dirty faced
looking thing called Cassel, then got up,
and was expatiating at length when he
came to the words g. who are We" Oats
what de matter-who is we? Who is you 90
Is you IRE P-get down-put him outflow
long yer been hers-wash your face. >
This last was good advice and elected much
applause, when the dirty faced fellow
disappeared.
A motion was made and carried that a
meeting be held on Tuesday next, and that
the proceedings of to-day be reconsidered
and new delegation appointed, the pre-
sent one not being the choice the people.
This last meeting consisted of about two
hundred colored men, who, with one voice
disapproved of and condemned the course
taken by handful of "mournful facts"
declared with one voice that they had been
the tools of unprincipled men who ride into
office upon their backs, and going back
home, laugh at their folly.