The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-09-23
WHO slRucK BILLY PATTERSON,

WHO SIRuCK BILLY PATTERSON
After n gooi dsalo Of drumming, MAJ
Gap N,rt % 31ccet He'd ~ getting ter
or twelve Greenbackers, fifteen or TWEEN
ty negro 5. six n eight oilers aud -
mi z"n cnrpus Democrats at til
Court H use la4t Friday 10 hear the
Speaking " tha +. B orators from,
J,ck%rl- T. II, ,ct w.
led MAJ. B. Ia as .cc'.
nr'Ni-rt trt N~rrpusu-a me brt thr-
N an aucieut clerical ~tsle tor som,
minutes. Brother Jn Sessions WAS mal'
~ecretary.
It. was ascertiined that threa cou'
lies were representa-, aud On. Haro
I'D his Llnc, n county Il zen tt'
- nnmIn IT. 4 canlI ii-e Tor Q ,'',
'nIle the Visiting 81 DID,
Jackson opposed IT. "a or ,~t . -
impatient and waited IA spe ca tr,
the mu'atto. G a, I,rtie, Is vlnr
porter is lnfbrn.L /, e.cp"te1 IA iu,l
mau to the stauI aud saiirn slost.nc
as t blows:
Fellow citlz4us and Brother q - n
h ckers: To m has been asSigrel Ri
lDlnr of mr. lucjlg - vDu ny cpipr-
brother, Mister Mcleod, ne of TIA
most prominent champions OF tn" NJ
CIn ! Greenback Life, Preserving, La
oOr-Savlug party. Mr.. Mcleod is n
cnlored man, but we won't count that;
he is our brother in this righteous
cause. Mr., Mcleod was once a Re
publican. hut that makes no diff Arence.
so was Weaver aud other great men of
our party. Ours is a National party
and W bury sectional feelings. race is
sues aud welcome Mr.. Mcleod and al
darkies to our organization. Hear him
for his cause and shut your eyes to tht
color of his skin"
Mister Mcleod spoke about wv,
hours and came very near cleaning on
the crowd. Martin aud a half dozen
others we've present when he closed
Something was said about nomina'
ting a candidate for Congress, anC
about twenty five voters-who hat
plenty time to lose--were coaxed bach
in the Court House. One element
wanted to unite with the Republicans
and support Col. Deason. The Other
lobiected, saying MS between the two
evils tn4t Hooker was preferable. The
question to nomiu ATE prevailed. and af
ter a good Zeal IF discussion Gen Mar
fin, in glowing aud eloquent language
placed in nomnltion DIR. ". P. Patter
sou, of Beat five, Lincoln county; Ll,
tler Hobbs and 20 Brown nominated
3 T. jones', of Copiah; D. P'ttersor
nominated Mr.. Marsh, of Frtuklip
Willy Fpra nom ptt- Jldge ClsSe ".
of Pike; aul soma one nominated Nc.
LaoI, who Withdrew his name. Breth
rem 10 Sutton and john Jackson Mar
tin-somrtimes called Long Johl'to
short were appointed t%ellers. Tn,
first ballot showed Unat Marsh and Pat
terson were the strongest, and all with
drew bu5 them, when the Doctor walk
ed off with the prize. H. thanked the
Lights of progressive wisdom for the
honor about as follows:
NJ. President and Gentleman o.
the GreenbacE Conventions
I am utterly unprepared to make q
return, I did not expect this; the En>
gIish language does not contain words
sufficient for me to..preseut nv congrat
Nations to this Convention for the re
suit of these deliberations. [ accept
your trust; but wish the Convention
had nominated nv nominee, (referring
to Mr.. Marsh, of Franklin a more able
and better man, aud state that [ stand
on the platform of the Greenback party
of the United States. | will do all I
can 10 nv feeble power to bring victory
to the Greenback party. Gentlemen,
| am Your humble servant.
DR.. Patterson, the nominee, is a
modest. unassuming. sensible gentle
man, and should the Congressional
lightning strike him, he will do more
for his constituents than any of our
present members have done. He is
not proud or stuck up, and should he
get to Washington he would treat his
constituents as the position demands
| fbo, clon1I ha +rootal
A gentleman from Kinds, Mr.. David
son, by name, iOcosely remarked that
the Convention had not adopted his
views and had made a nomination, but
after the second day OF November that
G~reenbackers aud all Others who had
been puzzled in regard to the matter,
would then definitely know "who
struck Billy Patterson" Everybody
laughed at this except Gen Alphabet,
who was ~harangning a new convert
Benjamin Franklin Jones told the
brethren that h would sing them 8
song. as he did not believe any member
present hal religion enough to lead in
prayer. He then, in tones loud, if no
melodious. favored them with the
Little Rag Cabin in the Lane"
This ended the show, and after {
shake all round thp brethren adjourned
BROOKHAyEN DEMOCRATIC CLUB
0rgAniZhiinn II III Cmrt HlnSe LaSi