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Losal Correspondence.
Tho Love Feast Mt New England
Church.


EpiToRs BANNER:
Upon the presumption that You have
no reporter employed to accompany the
crowd of county officials, and aspirants to
county Offices, that are now engaged in
holding night meetings of colored people
throughout III: county, I have concluded to
report one of their meetings. They are
a sly set OF foxes and in order 10 keep up
with them you must adopt the habits of the
fox.
New England church, as you perhaps
know, is church for colored people, stu
ated 10 miles west of Brenham in precinct
No. 4, where soon after dark the coiered
sovereings began to come in; occasionally
pale face" could be seen shying around
in the crowd. Mr.. Jasper Crenshaw called
the meeting to order, and explained that
it was for the purpose OF discussing the po-
itical issues OF the day and the merits of
the several candidates for county Offices.
The chairman being seated a number OF
calls were made upon candidates and
speakers The first to respond was Mr..
Bryan, pale face" from the Gay Hill
neighborhood. He said he was candi-
date for assessor Of Taxes, and went on
TO prove to the voters his merits. which
consisted in his shrewdness in Sinking
duty in the Confederate service, in practicing
deceiifulness and hypocrisy with the people,
then his hatred for the Democrats and
demagogues, and his love for the negroes
and Radicalism. Then came Mr.. Brown
who was not a candidate, but appeared as
champion OF some four or Ave OF the coun-
ty officials, and done all that he could to
show up their good qualities, and cover up
their bad ones. Then came Col. Huse
McAdoo. from the Gay Hin country, who
has some brains and all the brass necessary
TO tell all he knows, and he knows great
deal more than some OF them are pleased
At, for while he poured in the no, shot
among them in his peculiar style, favored
with wit. sarcasm, irony and vulgar allu-
sions and comparisons, signs of uneasiness
were very visablc with several of the asp;r-
ants. In fact he is thorn in the flesh
with some of them. He is opposed TO
what he calls the Brennan ring, he wants
channc in some of the officers, by turn
ing out some of,hose "fat stall fed bulls "
that have been fed so long out of the public
crib. Truly this style and manner must be
seen and heard to be appreciated. Then
came Mr.. Allen Wilder, from Chappell
Hill, who was quite lengthy and who said
he could not condescend to deal in the vul-
garity and slang that Others had INDUCED
in, but desired 10 state facts backed up by
history and the record etc., and obtained
the consent Of the house to proceed in his
own way, which he did without Interrupt
ton, till he undertook TO saddle the intro
duction of slavery into the United State
upon the Dutch, by reference to those
brought over in Dutch vessel in 1870,
and sold in Massachusetts. This state
snent called forth some remarks from his
Honor, the district attorney, Mr.. Schultz
and Mr.. Hoffman, rather in denial of
Wilder's statements, and in palia,ion of
the act, etc. After which, Wilder proceed
ed and dealt rather severely with what en-
termed the Dutch aspirants TO Office and
their desire to dupe the darkies, and to ride
into Office upon their shoulders. He clos
ed by recommending several Of the pres
ent county officials to the favorable con-
sideration Of the audience. Here came in
something nice: Col. McAdoo was loudly |
called for, and he appearing, was granted
FIVE minutes time; he occupied only abou,
three minutes, and then wound up demol-
ishing Wilder as completely as ever heard
done BY any one in the same time-Char-.
ley Breedlovc could not have done it half
so well. Next on the rostrum was Esq.
Schultz, who took mis- text upon said VIII
der and his statements, dilating largely
upon them, and l presume, succeeded in
his audience that Wilder was
not posted, behind the times, or intention
ally endeavoring to decleve them. AS he
asserted that the FIRST African slaves were
brought over from Africa upon a mule,
hat in 1920 the Dutch had no vessels to
navigate the ocean with, and called for
lenial and no one responded. That the
Germans were considered to be simon pure
Radicals by Gov. Davis, (thc best govern
Or Texas has ever had), IS he had elected
Germans TO fill many responsible places.
And that the Germans now were in this
,ounty, as pure and sound Republicans as
he colored men, or any one else, even in
nasse and that they were ready and will
ng and anxious to consolidate with the
olored people, and fill the offices OF the
ounty from their ranks according 10 their
oting strength, and claimed that they had
coo or 1900 voters and on basis Of 50 to
he delegate should have - votes in the
blu, finally proposed to SO in on
7 voics plcdging every one of them.
low things will 50 ! cannot say. they
eem to be rather stormy now; butt pre-
ume Schutze and others can succeed in
uicting Wilder, and all Other discordant
lenents by the wceklyor tii-weckly apph-
ations.of a few doses of soothing syrup"
me O'Clock NJ Schutze still spouting. and
everal more to follow, can't stay, SO good
,orning. leave with the story half told.
SrRAGGLER.