The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-09

cautiously around him, but the silen
moonlight rested only on the cars, tn,
track and the distant depot: sis this tow,
Democratic or Republican,
Republican. two to one," said Julius
"Then." said Seagrave with sigh o
relief. Il can speak my mind freely
The truth is, my colored brother, l hay.
been for years the leading abolitionist Of
my section; black republican of the
most ebony hue; and this year ran fol
State Senator on the Radical ticket, and
would have beaten my man but that the
railroad men came to his aid; thew
drugged my coffee, for | never touch in.
toxicating fluids; and boxed me up and
shipped me for Arkansas; but by some
mischance | got switched off on a side
track. Pull off these boards and let me
out. am the victim of damnable Da-
kota county Democratic Ku klux con-
spiracy. Mike Mullaney. Peter Flicker,
John Byers, Patt Davitt, Emery and the
rest OF those gucrillas didit. Let me out.
''One question, sah," said julius .sare
you for Grant for third termo"
Eyes," said Seagrave, land for a
fourth term, and Fred after him.
Zone word more, sab; can you make
a speech?"
Speech! you ought to have heard nv
debates this tall. 1t was the universal
opinion Of Stebbins and Kennedy that
wiped out my opponent every time"
This was satisfactory and Julius pulled
off the broken boards and released the
imprisoned carboy. After stretching
his cramped limbs and draining again
the already exhausted demijohns, Julius
led him to pile OF lumber and proceed
ed to explain the situation.
The next day it seems the Radical
Congressional Convention of the District
was tomeet in Old Bourbon. The
negroes constituted large majority of
the voters, and Of course controlled the
convention but there were two factions
in the party, Julius led one and another
cOlored gentleman, called SemproEious
Alexander Magruder. led the other. The
convention was to nominate a candidate
for Congress. and Sempronious Alexan-
der was himself a candidate julius
now proposed that Segrave should be
presented to the convention the next day
as the candidate OF his faction for Con
gress, as prosecuted exile driven from
his home by the Ku-Klux OF Dakota
county for his devotion to the rights OF
man-that is to say of the black man.
Seagrave's eyes snapped and he Jump
ed at the proposition. 1t was just in his
line. Seagrave felt at sea in one respect
he had neither money nor whisky but
Julius agreed to furnish lew gallons OF
the latter, and Seagrave shrewdly re
marked that he would supply the place
OF the first with promise.
The next day the convention met. 1t
was three-fourths composed of colored
gentlemen, with sprinkling of colore d
ladies'; the remainder were bnmmers.
loafers and federal office holders. Sea.
grave felt at home among these latter,
and set to work eagerly to canvass them
with those two great forces of society,
hope and rum.
1t was turbulent assemblage, that
convention. One colored gentleman
nominated the Honorable Sempronius
Alexander Mayruder forC Congress amidst
thunders of applause, and entered into a
high-sounding eulogium of his great
merits. But ere the uproar had ceased.
Julius mounted the platform and, with
many a quotation from his favorite plays,
told the pitiful story of Seagrave's cruel
treatment by the Kukluk OF Dakota
county, because Of his devotion 10 the
rights of the black man and enlarged
upon his great merits as lawyer, an
orator, and philanthropist, and conclu-
ded by asking the audience to listen to
him.
The air was thick with the smell OF
onions and shouts OF "Smith Smith r
when Seagrave. little the worse from
seeing his friends drink SO much of Ju-
Illus Browns whiskey, walked, solemniy
and gravely to the platform.
My beloved friends and bretheren, >
said Seagrave. extending his arms low
ngly towards the audience, ''in the
words Of the fine old hymn:
"This is the day long have sought
And wept because found it not"
Here see at last the Republican party
in all its intelligence and its purify. /
look into your shining faces and ask
myself what are those ,llustrious men
Stebbins and Bill Tod, and Emery, and
Patti Davitt and even the great Kennedy
himself. one Of Gods master pieces Of
workmanship, compared with these cbo.
sen shepards of the Lamb of the Lord.r
CThunders of applause; and the friends
of Sempr0nius Alexander began to look
pale), "Where / came from. in that
cold and stormy north. your great party
has to cloak and mask itself in the mis-
cradle Disguise Of Peoples Party. and
to wade around in the snow arm Ia arm
with renegade Democrats like Peter
Flicker and Jim Chewing, but here it
expands itself in tropical profnsion like
the balm of Gilead let loose ON the ten
thousand hills Of everlasting Judea.
Immense applause, long continued. J
But. !" said Seagrave, coming down to
business, lyon have traitors here right
in Jour midst Who is this Sempronius
Alexander MAgruder? Who Is he, / saw