Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1873-03-27

: tute on the
, "As | was saying before
"The gentleman is out of order
take your seat!"
| 81 were up frst!"
"Thespecial hour has arrived.
"One o'clock was the time"
The gentleman will yield ii
floor"
"Sah r'
The gentleman will subside
the Senate is at the door of tn,
House"
"All right, sab"
Gentlemen, arise and receive
the Senate"
The Senators filed in preceded
by large mulatto, who carried /;
heavy eight,io foot pole, which ht
solemnly deposited on the report
er's table. The Senators took {
front row OF seats. They were
half negroes, and the other half
not very thrifty looking whites
| Lieutenant Governor Gleaves, 9
tall spare, solemn looking mulatto
wasescorted to the Speakers stand
He has considerable stoop of
shoulders, a Roman nose, a medium
mustache, wears eyeglasses.
speaks with deliberation, and, but
for his color, is fair specimen of
the average college professor.
The two Houses together were
resolved into joint assembly
for the purpose OF electing a Judge
to succeed William L. Orr, ap-
pointed Minister to Russia by
President Grant.
Several of the Senators were
rather healthy and lusty looking
young gentlemen, whose mental
and physical development would
make more impression 10 the
oornfeld than in the Senate Cham
Der. Some Of them have GER
tainly mistaken their avocation,
but the surroundings are such
that it is not probable they will be
brought to the knowledge Of the
fact.
Whittemore of cadet fame, g.
rose TO move that the joint assem-.
| bly, dissolve. lie is a stout, heavy,
short, tniict set man, with an i'm
mense black beard, impressive abb
dominal development. His ad-
miring constituency elected him
to the State Senate after he was
turned out of Congress, and if
there be wanting any proof of the
unGtneEs of the South Carolina
negroes to govern, it is found in
this. WbittemOre is thorough.
ly corrupt man-one Of the sort
of which the South Carolina mar
ket is pretty well stocked. =
A colored man then pitched in
to the Rev. Whittemore in a cru
el manner. The motion to dis
solve, without electing a Judge.
he did not like. That's one of
his tricks" he said, pointing his
long black finger at the Rev. Whit
temore, che does thing and then
goes agin it. He goes back on
hisself and everybody else. /
know the gem'men. He don't
want any Judge up thar in the
Eight District. He ought to be
in Jail up thar hisself, without
any Judge TO Try him, and see how
it felt"
! agree with the negro that the
Rev, Whittemore ought to be in
! Jail, not so much to see how it
felt, as because he deserves it.
IF the jails of the State bad their
dues the South Carolina Legisla
ture would be hopelessly below a
quorum.
Another darky arose to point
| of. order, No one paid any at.
tention to him, however, and he
sat down. Another defended Mr..
Whittemore, whereupon he got a
dose from still another, who hit
him thus ooh, yes, ! knows
what you want; you want to be
lobbied with and button-holed,
and took in a dark corner; that's
what's the matter" This made
it warm all around, and for a time
there was an exceedingly lively
debate. In fact it was a general
squabble, participated in by about
aadozen plantation hands.
Finally "the gentleman from
Georgetown" got the fl or. The
/ gentleman from Georgetown was
| black and ferocious. He was fat
around the body, but lean around
the brain. | also heard it init
mated by an impstient person
that he was Id fool. The
gentleman from Georgetown be-
gan: "Again has question of
vital Importance been brought be.
fore the General Assembly of the
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