Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-10-02

Through the enterprise of the New
York World which commissioned a re-
porter find out all about him, we have
now ut hand the autobiography OF Dele
safe Montgomery, the Intelligent colared
man whose coarse in the Mississipoi con.
s,itutionai convention has attracted so
much attention, and we can assure the
Ildtiy ReptbleaA, on the authority OF
MIR. Montgomery himself, that its asser.
ton that his was Democrat and that he
was elected by Democratic votes is yery
wide OF the mark. Mr.. MONTGOMERY
writes that he Was earnestly pressed BY
the Republican County COMMITTEES OF
Bolivar county to become candidate
IS delepste from that county to
tie convention; that he accepted,
aud that he was elected. Previous
70 that time ne had served o. q RepnbIi-
can delegate ii county aud district con.
ventlonsi mad bssn Republican candidate
on the hiGns electoral ticket had been
az active Membas OF ths Republican com
mitlee OF lis county, and had BEEN ener.
ssue In the servioa of his party. 10 Nav.
OF thil year h4 visited Washington, with
committee representing rae Republicans
and citizens Of the Misslsbippi Valley, to
represent the valley interest Ia relation to
obtaining government assistauce in re-
stFalnng oysrtiNws and twas one Of the
Committee who presented oar case to the
Senate COMMITTEES on oontersnes.n The
modeaty With which lie writes indicates
that ha does not place the value on his
ser .ceB that his commitments did. From
Others the World learns that Mont.
Rnmerys right to a scat in tie ca-
ventioa Vas contested, 81 tine ground
that the Ballots cast for him were
Illegal 10 that they failed to ppeclty
whether ths vote was intended to BE- usst
for 4 delegate for .iyAr county or for
the State at large Hs WA the only
Negro Ia she convention; the Judges and
jurors WHO passed upon his ripht 10 iii
there we're ali white men, aud most of
them Democrats; yet, instead Of pattern.
ms after tbs Reed Congress aud stealing
hia seat by sheer force Of numbers, they,
after hearing the case and Sir. Mont
gomary's own argament confirmed his
the y = seat by a vote Of ~ 70 rs This
remarkable negio was born slave on
tue plantation Of Joseph L Davis.
brother to Jetfarson Davis; remained on
th9 plenta.ion until Admiral Porter's
hset, having run the Nioksburs blockade.
made its appearance tLsre. wien be en-.
tered The ssryioe OF the Admiral, and re-
NAMED with him, on the United States
gunboat Benton, unit, after the
oapitulation Of yioksburg. A self
taught and self mad man. he
not only fitted himself to serve his State
intelligentiy bat ALEC turned his knowl
edge of bookkeeping to such good
account thai, in 1867, he was able TO
materially help his father in purchasing
from his old master the plantation of
900 acres on which he Was born. Four
Years agl Mr.. Montgomery, so we'll mad
he pFcspered IN worldly affairs, vas able
to branch out and start colony in the
Great Yazoo Delta, which now rumbars
60O persons snd has on it the ,,rowinq
little iowa of Mound Bayou, 'oyhere.m
he writes, II now conduct a bus ness of
4 T2OUUG per Rnnun, exclusive OF cotton
shipmenr1, which will amg mt IN 05O
e-i-- ~-"" 1880" And all this hhs bsen
d.