Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-19
RADICAL COUNTY CONVENTION n
L In II eig m of Babel R0viVed-Bin
MOOre's Pinfs Of Order-Chadband
Still Extant-LudicrOus Scenes.

The Radicals of New Hanover had what
they called Convention at the City Hall
yesterday. The call emanated from their
County Executive Committee and was for
the ostensible purpose of selecting dele
gates to the State and District Conven-
tions, respectively, but in reality to afford
vent for some of the superabundant gas
which has so long been generating in the
lungs Of those XVIII Amendments who
seek to lead and sp eak for the dear people,
The City Court room was furnished as
the theatre of action. After some little de-
lay, Custom House Rumley was chosen
Chairman, and Poor House Scott was ap-
pointed Secretary. The delegates, by way
OF prelude, had taken their seats with
sanctmonious faces, elegantly expressive of
the high and important trust which had
been cOnfided in them.
AS there were so many willing and eager
to take the honor upon themselves, dis
pensing, even, with the ceremony of invita-
ton, il became matter at once necessary
and delicate to see who really were the
delegates. Accordingly, the appointment
OF a committee on credentials was accom-
plis1ed with little difficulty beyond the in
reference of the irrepressible, bullet-head-
ed Bill Moore, who, in objecting to some
OF the members of the Committee, delivered
himself thusiy: "AIr. Cheerman, Judas
1scariot betrayed our Saviour for thirty
pieces of silver, but dar are men right here
on dis floor who can be bought for less dan
dat" This remark no one seemed dis
posed to contradict.
FINALLY, the committee got a report be-
fore the house. With reference to Lincoln
township, twas submitted, three delegates
had been regularly appointed from that
township, and three additional delegates
from the corporate town of Ellington.
The call had simply been for three from
each township, with an exception in favor
OF the city Of Wilmington; but Lincoln
claimed the right to send three other rep
resentatives, on account of the incorporated
town OF Ellington. And right here, and
upon this question, the fight began. Ex-
| asperated that the object of their assem-
bling lad been SO simple, this unlooked-for
chance Of a squabble was hailed with
avidity and as gOdsend. Long and mOuthy
was the war; mighty and exhaustive
| eve speak not logically, but in point of
breath,) were the arguments; BedIam let
loose, and the yclls of forty hundred packs
of hounds could not have rivalled this little
crew of 81 long-winded delegates.
| And such set to! Bill Moore, who
has not changed in tactics since his first
| appearance on the stUpendous scale of a
ward politician, arose continually, and
! always to "a pint of ORDER These
''pints " We're clamorcd for so repeatedly
that they expanded themselves into gallons
Of frothy Moore-ish eloquence-but nary
point punctured the heartless Convention.
The Chairman raped, the desk rang, ON
ears suffered, Babel was revived, but Bill
| would not be put down. Two or three
modest cOlOrcd brothers from the country
clutched his coat-tail conyulsiVely. In the
agony of despair the weakened pre-
gasped, q VII you sit down. And then
Bill wilted, and he wilted.
1t would be impossible to report all that
was said upon this question, amid this con
fusion, pro and con. The Would-be Marx
Anthony of the city Radicals, Nathan n
G. Sampson, was one among the most elo
quent. In 4 burst of virtuous indignation
at the bare idea of the proposition, he vO
citerously exclaimed: g Yes sir, there is
something rotten in Denmark , can SCI
it SIR" (There was more truth than poe
try in the gentlena remark for the Re
porter could distinctly smell it, Mr.
Sam son resumed that the trouble was
there was now nigger in the corner O
the fence, and white office-holders can't ge
him out, and so the party must be sacri.
feed
Bill Moore again rose to "a pint Or order.
The whole Convention had " pint " t.
make-all to their feet in an inharmoniou
committee Of the whole, Chairman in th
meanwhile beating an accompaniment t.
the discord with official ruler upon the pre-
siding desk. Amid the confusion Poo
House Scott, in despair of noting the pro
ccedings on his Secretary's minutes, spran
upon his desk, with more energy than de
ncy, and with Characteristic eloquenc
declared that by Cd they had come her
to transact business, and if they made sue
HI of fuss, how in the HI were the
= going to do it The force ofthis eloquenc
was irresistible, and the tumult subsidized III
- Tor no nf 10 al
? temporary lull produced a new speaker
and change in the style Of oratory.
= He was recognized as "Mr. Brewington.
Oily, and emitting a substance like the f;
:, of an alligator at every pore, he seemed
:, second Chadband as he stood, the exce]
8 ton of color chiefly dividing them. In tt
realization of the Chadband pattern, l
:, opened his mouth and spake: '"AIy friend
. what have we come here for to-day? Is
because we want offs? No, my friends
!, don't waut oils. Then what have con
here for to-day? | comes here to-da
ontrammelled, ,onmoGelled, d,Onconsarned, ,ol
fusticated, onfaring,to represent the peopl
de whole people and muffin but the peopl
y And that reminds me my friends, of stol
5, which will tell you about bear. D.
le was man in our toWn-dar was tV
of nell-who walked along de road one dt
t. and seed a log with big hole in it, al
, one Of dem says to de odder of dem, les S
ii fire to it and see whats in it; so he gifts in
II de log and commences buildinga fire. No
dar was some young bears in dis log, al
e blme-by the old one she Gums long al