The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-05-08
THE GRAND POW-WOW.
On last Saturday, in pursuance of
ample notice, the veritable Old Brindle

electrified the sovereigns of this county,
to goodly number, by opening the
sealed book of the corruptions Of the
administration ring of the State house
thieves and scoundrels, as he calls
them. 1t was his appointment, but
having challenged discussion he and
his associate, Col John A. Williams, of
Pine Bluff, courteously agreed to a
division of time with Weary Weari-
some Wiltshire, ex-chief justice, and
one White (colored.) About ten
o'clock in the forenoon, the ball was
opened by Col. Williams, in a very
creditable and argumentative address,
himself breaking few of the seals of
the aforesaid sealed book. At the
conclusion of his remarks, which were
listened TO with profound attention and
respect, cries went up for White, as
if pre>meditated aud pre,arranged.
Whereupon Mr.. Brooks stated that
arrangements hads been made and
agreed upon between the parties that,
as it was his appointment, Williams
and he should first speak-that viii
shire and White should follow and
that he should have twenty minutes
to respond; but if those present desired
to hear White at that time ho would
yield the stand for that purpose. The
minstrel mouth pieces declined, and
Brooks went on, and in a style peculiar
to himself, commenced the work of
breaking the seals. He commenced
TO open them gently, as one would the
seals of document with unknown con-
tents, ,butas the work progressed, Brooks
warmed with his subject, until lie fnal-
ly literally tore them open with appar,
emily righteous indignation, and left
bare to the gaze of the country, hid
eous mass of corruption, thieving rob-
berry, and general plunder, the CON-
mission of which he said had all been
in the name of the republican party
| We could not follow him in his dis.
course, if we would-and we wouk
not, if we could. After him came
White, yellow who by the way, from
what little we heard of his remarks
we decided to be very creditablC
speaker, calculated perhaps to exercise
considerable influence over his race,
in political matters. Then Weary
Wearisome Wiltshire weared the as
sembly tor we don't know how long.
Here, our suppostion was, that Brooks
would conclude. But the cards were
packed. Little Scottie, U. S. Internal
Revenue Assessor and Superintendent
of the State Penitcntiary, in which
institution he told how long he had
been, next camo upon the stage and
entertained his listeners with a whirle,
gust of words and gestures, and the
gentlest imaginable breeze of ideas
so gentle, indeed, that we failed to dis
cover it, but we were afterwards in
formed, by one whose perception is
more acute than ours, that there was
evidently one little idea in his mind
that of owing his service to his master.
Then came Capt. Thomas, the portly,
who said emphatically that he never
stole the forty two thousand four huns
dred levee bonds, and, by way Of set
ting the matter, declared that he was
republic AM (of course that do
settleit) After 50 many appearances
had been put it, Brooks again got the
stand, and got into lively strain of
settling some Of the questions at issue
by another line of argument, when the
minstrels called time on him so parsis>
tently that he had to yield
Thereupon, for the first time we
heard itannounced that this was a"mass
meeting of the republicans of the
county, a chairman was addressed, and
some resolutions read and offered. The
resolutions endorsed the State and Ma
tional administrations, in the present
form, and went on to tender the thanks
of the meeting to Wiltshire and White
for tearing away the fimsy sophistry
which had been thrown about some
thing (the republican platform NAV