The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-08-30
THE CONVENTION oFlsos.

sco,.cs 0f the Convention of 1868 that olir
readers may firm an estimate OF tho crew
who dare now to demand that :llcir woik
shalt be fixed upon the Ia,oplc oiNortli
Carolina fol all time. And after these
disgncclui orgies, the insult upou the
State aid upon l,osterity was col,suln-1
mated by sending the election returns, ats
ter The Convention had been submitted To-
the people. Thirty thousand wliilca, intllc
mean linic, having been disGancliiscd,
and eighty lhou&,nd negroes cnfianchised.
thai the ordinances might prevail, li1tlw
city Of Charleston, that u military aatri,p
might pronounce tho work good, which
he was surc 10 DO. Verify, the people
ought TO rise III, ea mdssc and reject a work
~ consIninalcd, wereit ever "a good,-
which IL Is not:
After The members had affixed their slg-
natures TO the hcw wconslitutioiOii Monday
night, rourgcc moved 10 take a rcce.a i',r
a quarter IN iiour, iioufisliing, u the
.,..ne iiluc in Ills hand, i Frcedman's
Bureau SONG book
Iile motion boing put wa9 carried, and
Tuurgee linen reir.iled 10 The Secretary :
drsk and struck Up llIcaons. "Wr'lirally
around the iiag, bsya."
Immediately IRE desk wa5 surrounded
by i ariosd oiDistie ..,id o.itside nesrYc-,
ol both wnitc aid black coniple xion, vino
lent all the power " their lungs to ;le
ciiorus.
As lie song continued the excitement
Increased -halds were joincsi:l arouiid
aud i regular African cUinlirid daIce eil-
sued.
4 Eacl, man commenced singing his own
song. Aiuong the diilics tliat could Dc
distinguished Ia Tie terrific din we've such
~ ..Sui's intIr ga,dcn siIlinsand, h'coinc
out Vi Tie wildeGntss," Ialiow g;il cane
you como oul lo-nigLl," " Hang Jcii Davis.
Ou i sour Appia ner, Old Juin Lfown,
yankee Doodle, lIail Colunlbia, ''iSlar
Spanyled Baiiner,n sound Il,c lnibrel,
&c; &c.
Inis l;edlam scene was kept Up Gnt.!
sheer fatigue induced tie participants 10
stop for breathing lime
some a,;gcrel 10 theiE ecats-o;hcrs
resting their Dunes on Tic Eoor.-CeisiI
D. towlcs lllarcughly tiuwn, neinagea q
crawl 10 iiie chair, and closing his eyes
aud lvauimg lis head gracefully lack Iic
yi,.t,i,,l W, lin,srIlsv ,!i,.liiiieai lcpOSe.
Tor vinc n.uments deep silence
resigned eyer Tie mousse. Allscrnici 10 Le
asleep. Not i sound ryull III heard y us
lurb lie uolc.na stiffness save nov alld
lI,en !. deep aud iong dawn siore from
the ",.rch,ca of gravity
prcsea,ls lsalvia ]. s.arie'l ua, rljlIcd
his yyrs, aad s.rasas wi.a L ossF iae Aa.i.
eulisaisi. III g.G. sias .iis III ii.l.i ssii4
Lroush. down vssha tiiuip..nt5 rae.
and III al ~ IN so.sc suns 81. 4 ye'ea
,os.se, resume sour seals aud y ordys
str.ightway.'
Thfglaucd the naimt,tes. Narioasgrunls
snarls aud gfowcls were nunlged Ia aaa
fun half an hour Passed before tllcirkeelcr
cvuld get them Ilirerforming order.
Three or four orIiHan,.,s for different
pets bath black ard white were read and
passed when ano;her nio!ion for recess
was put and carried.
A scono somewhat similar but great
deal worse IL lr,ssiJlc than the ilrss onsucd
aud continued upto tho hour .ofadJouri-
ment
Atscvcn o'clock next morning the show
again opened. Tlicanim,des canlc creep
ing out Of their places, one Us onc, looking
n good deal usc,l up.
No btisincss was iIansactei until about
hall Islst 0 o'clock, wlicn some two ur
three more ordinances of the same clarac.
Ter were pacscd.
Another recess bring taken, Colonel
Nsa,.,p took tie cllalraud loud calls were
made Cor General Miles, who. brlng a
bashfnl man, excused himself in few fu-
marks. General Iltilcfirld (now al sib-
seconded thlcf1 being called on arose aud
cxpailalcd "a btgwcdd cagie,n AMI con-
cIndcd hla barrauguc hy singing spmc-
thing 10 the tune of"old John Btown's
suul Is Marching on" the house at his re-
quesl loininI.ia Tie chorus JonN QUINCY
ADAMS BRYANT. ,of wilkcsa candidate
for scat IN the Approaching Legislature
nnd now lieutenant IL tho United 5iagca
STILL uougE nUMMElts,l leading.
Juybild Joncs frDm Washington tsilIc,
driven from tho bench III disgMcgl Mr.
Rodlnan now on hcsuplemg court bcnoil
threw their Whole soals into tho melody.
Dyrncs, the fat Secretary, andnlllciH bcing
called ninn for aousg, rroeeeded to rasal,
ihc C6asliiitioaal aud dignlEed Canvcil.
tinn viii "sliAorman's March 10 iiip .ica.
and other songs approrriatcto 10 the framing
ofn Cunslllution Tor tho flvo white pcOpi,
OF North Carclina.
Tac ,lisgiaccful accncs. disgusting cvet
had they bccn enacted in blotlei, wer,
kept ~ nniil, III tie language of Nj
Williams. Di sampson. tie "dir,y concern
adjourned. snhieei o ,bs sal 3: sllp rieas
sivat aai S,gft.all