The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-02

OUISIANA, SATUR L
West Indies, where he remained
until the close Of war, when he re.
turned to his native town. Mr.
Rainey is forty-two years Of age
and is . light mulatto, with regular
features bright, pleasant eyes, has .
peculiar genial expression Of face, .
broad, clear, sincere brow
and q remarkable profusion O
aky, glossy hair, which
gives him the appearance O
having always been freshly oombed
Tor, the occasion. He is Of medium
height graceful and easy in biz
movements, and possesses the small
est kind of hands, which he uses
gracefully in gesturing-
He lis an exceedingly courteous
man, suave, not naturally aggres'
sive, rather seeking to avoid wordy
collisions by tact; but when he does
resist he does it well. Asa speaker
he is fluent, even eloquent, with IN
agreeable voice, every n i@aordof which
is sure to be clearly enunciated. he
is held in great respect ~ the mem.
bers Of the House, and T am sure
he is confident that be possesses the
power and merit to continue to hold
it T heafd Mr.. Rainey make On
impromtu speech, in reply to emin-
ent members, and Il was effective
and pungent in tone, rejecting
credit in it's moderation, combined
with hearty earnestness (always q
successful combination) which hia
opponent did not possess.
Mr.. Rainey was q member of the
State Senate Of South Carolina in
1870, resigning when elected to the
Forty-6rat Congress. He is q man
Of family and Of comfortable worldly
means. enext colored member Is
A1oNzA g. RANs1ER,
Of Charleston, S. G. He has q COM
minging of French or Haytien
blood, and has a look of q man OF
great courage and sagacity. He has
reached middle age, is stout and
heavily, even clumsily, built, moves
and speaks uneaaily when beginning
. speech, but warns up to a degree
of ease and fluency as he proceeds
As I have only heard him speak at
the women's convention, Il trust my
sex will remember that he did=not
finch in the face of our last CONVEX
ton here,) I may not be quite fair
in my Judgment Almost any man
would feel awkward in the concen-
trated Light Of q thousand ladies'
eyes Mr.. :Ransier has long been
known as q jealous partisan. It
will be remembered that q delega-
ton Of colored men, known at the
time Is the tt'Outside Congress" i" re-
mained in Washington during the
first session Of Andrew Johnson's
administration as President.
They were from the different
States, Florida, Louisana. Missis-
appi Georgia, North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, New
York, Virginia, Maryland and the
New England States. The latter
were represented by the astute pol
George Z. Downing, Of New
York; Frederick Douglass, Of South
Carolina, and this member. Alonzo
Ranser: The influence brought to
bear upon the President by this
delegation may be said to have
caused him to declare his true pol
icy; it certainly exercised q happy
influence on the reoonstr uoting pol
icy thus urged. Mr.. Ransiers pol
Eical career has been q varied and
powerful one, and his strong, tough,
active brain, makes him an effective
and worthy worker IN the House.
He IL also is . man of family and
property. Now We come to |
aAm 1
md, forgetting all ..observationsf
made upon him, I will tell you how
ae impressed me the only time I