Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-10-16
WE'LL RALLY AROUND
MOUNT ZION,

les Handles.
The Mount Zion independent club,
which is composed exclusively of
colored men, who seem to be willing
to zeal the truth and be friendly to
the white people. held a regular weekly
meeting Thursday night at Mount
Zion colored Baptist church, east of
the city cemetery. Your enterprising
and ubiquitous reporter was promptly
on hand to see what was going on.
His fatiguing trip from the classic
precincts of Red Bone on one Of Jim
Lewis best nags made him fresh for
any adventure, and he gladly and
~frolickingly went to see about the
meeting at Brother George Clarke's
place Of worship. By his lightning
chronometer your reporter discovered
that there must be a hurrying up of
things, and when a coach and mule
were placed at his disposal he went
SHINING gently owe the hills and
far away 10 the scriptural locality in
dictated by the name. Connect, If you
can, Mount Zion with Warren county
politics. But what's the use in dab
bling in Biblical history in these pip
ing times Of peace.
Let's to business.
The drums did beat, and the fife SO sweet,
Called the voters from far ana near,
While the old hill side, echoed far and wide
Our political meeting is here"
A ftnr u frnmpn6nuS Inf NJ drum.
ming and fling, which was heard at
first in the grim distance, then slowly
but surely approaching, your reporter
and his %palpitating hears almost stood
still. The fact of the matter is, his
watch stopped. He was reminded of
the time when, in battle array, he met
the cohorts OF the enemy-and prompt
ly took to the woods. AS there were
no woods to take to, he took a small
drink of lemonade, and waited for the
army. Headed by Gen. hewitt Cook,
the enemy approached. Your reporter
sighed.
"Crack down y said a voice.
"Paralyse the natives" said another.
await on the cash customers" quoth
a third.
Wondering what these mystic words
meant, your reporter went into hys-
terics and was promptly assured
there was no danger. He was after
ward c~onfdentially assured that every
thing was all right, and this reporter,
with his soul full Of poetry, remarked:
"Then give us a light"
Heres a match" quoth William
Asberry; and Jim Martin and Pinck'
ney Downs said: "How can we light u[
a church with a match. Saint you
got NO candles? {"
Mot a cand-ull."
The general of the army borrowed
fifteen cents then and there, and sem
a trusty servant on a mule for an illu-
mination.
1t came.
And Mr.. Reuben Terrell called thu
Mount Zion Independent Club tt
order.
The space will not permit you, ]
presume, to print the excellent
speeches that were made by the chair
man, by Hon. H. G. Carter-which was
a model of eloquence-by Mr.. Albert
Kleinman, and others. But you mus
give a place to the burning words O.
oratory of Gen. hewitt Cook.
The general said:
1 want you all to under
stand, my friends, that l wa
born and raised right her
amongst you. 1 work side by side will
you and what is my interest is als'
yours. l want you to know that l an
opposed to the Democratic ticket
which was nominated at the court
house and announce myself here anC
now in favor of Dick Beck. l den!
that l have received any money from
Dick. But l will say that he has mad,
a good sheriff. 1 was at the meeting a
Freetown the other night and l mus
say that it was n of the most dis
graceful meetings / ever saw. 1t wa
worse than the railroad election
, What he meant by that nobody
knew.
hewitt warmed up a little after tina
! brilliant remark and waved the bloody
? shirt for all there was out. "Why
said be-" an old niger told me tn
other day that if the Democrat tickle
was elected the niggers would all hav
to take to the cane. They were afrait
they would be murdered and slaughter
, ed" etc., etc. hewitt didn't say tina
he assured the old man such could no
be the case, but he seemed to want i
} understood that it would be so.
But here is a fine a bit of logic a
8 ever emanated from hewitt, said he:
, "They say Beck has bought scrip
, Why suppose he did? That's no helm
Gus crime. In the name of heaveI
e and all the angels if a nan has got
Q few dollars hasn't he a right to .specu
! late in scrip or anything else.
THE PAPERS SAY IBECK HAS BoUGH'
SCRIP.
: Well the law don't say so. Laughte
all over the house. And they accus
Beck of allowing prisoners to escap
, l know that amt so. Beck is no
> supposed to be sheriff and bailiff an,
deputy and iailor. He might hav
been down on Washington stree
when these prisoners escaped" Gen