Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-22
Pow-wow.
The Faithful COIoreds of Desoto county
Have Another Meeting.

AlG Il u OOA0EEAAW u DEo0N0 u
Have Another Meeting.
There was q Radical pow-wow of con.
siderable proportions at Joe Days, sew
en- miles northeast OF ColdWster, Missis-
sippi, on Saturday last for the purpose oi
rousing up the enthusiasm OF the flag
ging "colored brethren" There was q
large gathering of whites and colored, but
the whites appear to nave gone there
through curiosity, for there were very
few white RAIDS among them. Joe, the
host of the piebald guests, is sheriff Of
DeSoto county, and hence the great hon
or that was paid him in this case. A
brother-in-lsw OF Joe's was introduced on
the stand by a negro during the meeting.
He remarked that he had never made a
political speech. On motion OF q cOlOred
a vote was taken upon the question
Whether Joe's brother-in-laW should be
made chairman. Three heroic voices said
'aye." No n else said anything. By
virtue OF this overwhelming vote be
took the chair. The chairman then
introduced q piebsld niger from Ohio
somewhere, by the name fSam Johnson,
who is at present officiating as a hot Cos
peler in fernando. During his hsrangue
this very eXUberant speaker had the con-
descensiOn to address the Caucasian peO-
pie present as "white brethren" After
this persons hRrangue the brothsr-in-IaW
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assembly as "yOu colored gentlemen"
said he would now introduce to them a
man whom they had all known for q quar-
ter Of s century, man that was so much
respected, and revsred, and honsred, as
to be sent TO the United States Congress
to represent that district. He, that dis
tinsuished man, was George Z. Harris, of
HernsndO, Miss. This eloquent gentle
man made a long speech about q fool and
a pet lamb, the coloreds n whites, the
RAIDS and Democrats. He wanted the
colored people to know that there must
be social right and social equality; that
was the cardinal point OF Radical doe
trine.
There was dinner after this speech. The
dinner consisted principally of bsTbeeued
shOst and NANCY sheep. After this de-
lightful and sTcadian repast the company
gathered enthusiastically around the
stand again to listen to more talking. The
first after-dinner speaker was William
Nesbit, Of Nesbit's Station. who spoke
about social equality. He had the mis-
fortune not to be an eloquent speaker, so
that q half hours effort did not throw
much Light on matters and things in gen.
ersl.
The last speaker was Major Walker, of
the honorable Mississippi Legislature,
who wished to God he had a copy of the
records to show what he and his confreres
had done in the Legislature. He could
not find a copy in the mseting; but he
promised to hsul it forth the next best
chance he could get.
A negro was going to speak sfter the
Major, but q pistol shot was fred in the
adjacent woods, g general shout was
raised, the "swgence" scattered, and all
hands pulled out their pistols and fred
them of in the air all over the woods.
The affair was broken up in a general
pell-mell, with two lemonade men run
ming in opposite directions following out
al the top of their voices: "'Here's your
lemonade at five cents q glass"