The herald., 1895-01-01

to the cottage OF Abraham Mack and
his con, nnd epant LONG tms vii
ihem in earnest C nvsrsat'on He hen
called on iem of his nesres. friends and
from the cunning liitle smile which he
wore, the ss.oon freguanfers whispered
among themselves that Unclo Vincent
must have received money frJm Bllti-
more.
The Democratic convention met. I'M
Gle V;ncant called tho meeting TO urder
and after Chairman WAS elected. he
took his accustomed seat on tho right to
direct everything without any incon.
venience to himself. The nominations
wens sloDg without any friction the
delegates hed bsen instructed and
everything bore the direction OF mae
ter's haud, until it came 70 the last
county commissioner, and :hen the
chairman lost his pleasant countenance,
Uncle Vincent, 1--WE have forgotten to
instruct for a county commsaioner.
Uncle Vincent arose. A murmer went
through the house, Uncle Vincent is
going to make a spesch," ami then fol-
lowed deateniag applause, As soon as
quiet was restored, he spoke. Fellow
citizens, it has been decided (not off,
cially) by large majority OF the
Intelligent voters OF St. Mury's, that it
ia necessary to cater TO the vote of our
independent colored citizens [applause].
and to give to our colored brethren the
testimony of our esteem and an evil
dence OF our appreciation for the SCR
vices they have rendered the party in
the past and which, | have no doubt,
they will render in the future; the op-
portunity presents itself to express oar
especial gratitude in substantial man
ner to one OF our most noted colored
citizens, who has ALWAYS been at the
post OF duty. and in prosperity and ad-
vsrsity has stood in the foremost rents
OF the Democratic party" [Grsat ap-
plause the drift had not been caught
yet. ~ preBent," continued Mr.. Dig@,
lat the request OF large mum Der bf
voters, the nams of MIR. Slidell Mack FIR
county commissioner" Silence fdl-
lowed then every man whispered ques-
tions to his neighbor. To every qusstipn
WAS the same reply: That he had not
heard Of the arrangement before; hut
everyone supposed nomsone else had
accordingly Slideli Mack was nominated
unanimously.
That evening the greatest excite
ment prevailed. Men stood about
in groups talking about the nomination,
Never had such thing happened before
in staid, conservative St. Mary's--a
negro ON the Democratic ticket. Some
predicted eeven-year locusts; others
thought that ii the nomination was &C.
compsnied by q comet, war would en-
sue an old citizsn remarked that The
atmosphere looked very much like il
did during the great drouth which came
before the Mexican war, and all said Sit
was going pretty far to knucke down in
that way to the niggers." but by the
wise leadership of Uncle Vincent they
soon forgot the strangensrs Of the cir
cumstances and came to the conclusiou
that it was bold stroke which would
certainly obtain the votes OF the negroes
and elect the rest Of the ticket along
with Slidell Mack.
The Republicans soon after met and.
not to be outdone, placed on their
ticket Simpson Toombs. also colored
man, so that it was negro against negro.
This particular move, however, was one
which Mr.. Diggs had not calculated on.
While Toombs could not gain any DEM
ocratic votee, he could stop the negroes
from going over to Slidell Mack. and
that meant defeat. Uncle Vincent
however. was now in the fight to win
He had sacrificed principle to expedi-