The weekly Louisianian., 1874-05-02

| ['deiuded constituents at home. MY
eyes were instantly attracted by an
e1-rebel member. named Rollins,
from North Carolina, who was
rolling around upon unsteady legs
wildly gesticulating and getting
momentarily more and more
apoplecic in the face. Ont 81 the
confusion Of much rhetoric of q fire.
eating Hind, I evolved the strain d
the old-6me pro slavery ridicule d
the negro iaoe, and I looked ON The
other side Of the House to sec Mr.;
Cain quietly and grim taking notes
The Southern member, hsSine
thrown his last civil ege4illen, this
oolored member advanced to q
prominent place, and, to use 4
common phraee, came down upon
him ike 4 '@thousand Of brick"
He gave full play to his African
birth-right of :fervid eloquence, to q
keen ready wit and sarcasm, and
added to these .displsy Of dramatic
power not often found ont 81 the
theatrical arena. His long arms
swa5ed in expressive gestieu1ation,
his black face assumed, in turn, the
pathetic, the humorous, the sordonio,
and his opponents, one by one,
retreated from the exhibition Of
their own weakness into friendly
lobbies and cloak rooms I then
and there made up my mind that
Mr. Cain needed no white backers.
He can hold his own, and I find
him = steady faithful worker some
what snbtle, a man oforiginal ideas,
and one ready at any time to meet
an adversary on fair ground. He is
the Oldest colored member in the
House. The greater part of his life
has been spent in the North as q
Methodist preacher and an anti
slavery lecturer. mSouth Carolina
he has been an editor and q leading
State Senator, He IL the Congress-
nan-atrIarge from his State. Like
Mr.. Elliott, Mr.. Oain shows. his
teeth at civil barriers, thereby dis
covering the instilled ideas Of free
birth and free education.
Jas. LYNCH, OF AnsasspPL
is The youngest colored member
about twenty-five years of age, and
looks even younger. He has light
compilation, bright, quick, black
eyes, regular, handsome features.
and curling black hair; on .
remarkably we1l-ahaped head; he
has q supple, boyish figure,
aristocratio hands and feet, and easy
movements. He was born in
Concordiap parish, Louisiana, a slave,
and remained there until the
antrance Of the Federal troops at
Natchez. Since that time he has
obtained a fair education. He
speaks well, fuent1y, and with
terseness, as If his subject matter
was carefully weighed and prepared
beforehand, and his language
to say, is free from all
negroisrns or provincial accent.
Re has been a member Of the State
House Of Representatives. Near
his young member we find
JAMES q. RAPIER, OF ALABAMA,
. born freeman, a successful cotton |
olanter. In personnel he is tall,
lark, with a quaint, reserved CLEAN |
i fun in his eyes, and an expression !
i internal satisfaction generally
bout him. I am told he is q great
,umorist. He is Of French descent;
vas blessed with . father Of means,
md literally educated in Canada
Here he Is always spoken of in
erms of great respect, and in his
,wn district he was defended on tho !
tump and through the press by
vhite Democratic candidates. Hr.
aapier IL aninsaiable reader, which
Ices notsmake him, foEtunstely, less
in expression of his own
deas He is a feetraderih po
n alecoao.ny, andaspeeoh from him
N this snbjeot is looked for with
interest. He il . paaih forciblAf I
peaker. Mr.. Rapiee is'a b66e3or