Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1878-05-17
Mustering Of the Clans.
THE THIRD IN COUNCIL - PROPHETIC
SPEECHES.

Mastering Of Ghe Clans.
THE THIRD IN COUNCIL - PROPHETIC
SPEECHES.
A small.sizsd multitude came to.
gether at National Hall, corner OF
South Madison and LeVee streets,
night before last. Some washed, few
unwashed, and many of various com.
plexlons attended. A sprinkling Of
aspirants for every degree Of municipal
honor, wAtered the Assemblage With
their eloquence, sparsely OF proiusely
according to the pFiming Of each para
tIculaF orator. One candidate, 10 the
course Of bis observations, "made the
feathers fly" out OF the Silver Bill, and
made 90 much fuss over the rings at
Washington, 90 would terrier around
an Inhabited rat trap. "This deslraC.
thin shlate av the money markit ls
jiShlt pullin' the shtuhin' out av the
foinanOhil conditions av this Ribubli.
Gin syStim av our Government. An
fur phat? Ne w.coGntrymin, fur
pbat? fSensAtion.) An II elIcted 10
this constituency - dye moind -
I'll put me feet fat doom on
the howl bugaboo of the ringmAsihers
at Washin'ton City. (Applause.) Give
me yure ballils, vOaters aV the TuDd.
herin Third, an whin take me safe In
tho caucus Of Boord av Common
CouncilmIn, III smash this Hydhrant
av corruption, that's bin scattherin' bis
broad opinions sphread.aigle fashion
through the lingth an bridth av this
land. Great applause and cries of
"Dar, nowvO Yis, ma couDtrymen,
this monsther has kept hid fur many
loug months, and wakes besides-but
now the ugly head an dirthy showld-
hers Of the murdberin baste is comm 10
view, and whin wild the hllp o. God /
take me safe, I'll sit right on the top av
this Boord OF Conthraclhors that's bin
squazin' the loif out av this great Amer
icsn paple." loud and prolonged sp
plause and cries of "5thrlke him agin,
Timw "Comb his kinks out, Bose,
and say Something's on dose Murphy
movementl')
The next Speaker had q more deci-
ded accent than the preceding one, but
made himself no less plainly under
stood. Ho said:
I'VE don't can bin ganderdales, de
whole of US, my er-gounthrymSns.
l shoost bin so goot citizen as any of
us, as soon NIT dose offices any Yays.
My bollydigs used to vas Sherman
shust so mOoch as dey efer vas, ant
don't care Won hell Of q tam who
knows him. Ven We Shermans ish in
de MAJORITY, We don't can elect dose
officers 30 many of us. Dose blanks
10 my platforms ish not ell de same
blanks OF | vos not Deutchman, |
would be a Chew und OF | vas not
Chew, would be an Irishmans und of
vas no, an Irishmans, l vas bin 8
niger man's, und be dam 10 himl on
you wants 10 know who's my gander-
kate-of you like TO Wind out who's
de next Mayor already pefore hand,
shust GONE down NIT me ct LOui
Peters, und ] told you all apout II
some dimes next month" Continued
cheering, and voice "Sweitzer,
. cheese it,
A colored speaker said "Feller Cit.
erzens: We hab iurled do banner oh
our internal dIspensions. De white
man hab axed his colored brudder 10
clap his hand in his'n-an' we had
, clspped! De lion an de black sheep Is
layin' down togedder, an de lion neb.
Der axed de sheep to step inside OBJ
him, neither. De iutrust OBJ all colors
I am de same on indi widuals-an' don't
you forget H. tends to cas' my vote
for de bess man lus', an de wust man
last-an' dats my flatform till de lee.
lions over. We's gwine Ter 'lecE our
: candidate we white folks an nlggers
/ is-ef we hab 10 keep. .volln' ill Ga.
briel tools his telephone
, One man said be was private cili.
! zen and was forced to become q public
I one through force OF circumstances
without sp cifying upon what part OF
his anatomy they had been brought TO
bear. One candidate intends TO light
the gas II elected; and another to run
Q horse.cars II placed in the same pre-.
dicament. Another is going 10 erect
the island into huge vegetable garden
for the cultivation Of offenders against
municipal laws.
Life is too short to embody in the
hasty report Of a daily paper, all the
projects for the advancement aud ame-
ioration of the condition of Vlcksburg,
:. stated by the various speakers. The
meeting adjourned at a late hour, and
the reporter left the hall with bis
heart full of JOY and pride, at the
thoughts ho had heard uttered, and
happy OF the prospect Of so much
pleasure 10 be poured out by our fu-
2 ture law-mskers upon the inhabitants
j. of this blissful cily--one Of whom be ia
which-after the fourth day Of this
next coming June.
l. There's many slip 'twlxt the cup AMI the
c lipp
But spite OF that saying let US pray:
"Let her rip"
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