Year: 1868

WILLIAMSON, N. c., April 1st, 1868.


MEssRs. EDITORS Il have concluded to
give you description of so-called Con-
servative Convention that came off at this
place on yesterday After great cxcrtions,
much coaxing and extensive advertising,
about thirty or forty disfranchlsed, disgrun-
tied sore headed rebels were assembled to-
gether at the Court House; they looked as
woe-begone as though they had just COM
pleted the second volume of Pollard's "lost
cause" After looking at each other for
some time, one gent of the pill fraternity
moved that one Josey Biggs, brother to big
Asa, of test-oath uotoriety, be called to the
Chair, and that one little Bggs act as Secre-
tary. The Chairman attempted to explain
the object of the meeting, but upon looking
at the small crowd he discovered three col
ored men, and it so enraged him that he for
got his business, because as it is said, the
Yankees have disfranchised him and abol-
ished the County Courts, over one OF which
he presided as Chief Justice. But one old
rebel, of pump handle notoriety, seeing the
confusion of the Chair, came to his rescue,
and after examining a box OF snuff up his
nose and giving one or two loud snorts and
IA flirt of his handkerchief and wipe of
his fingers in the scat of his breeches, COM
menced by telling an old worn out story, of
what he and Bill Smidic done, when Bill
threw the pump handle overheard, and Con-
cluded by telling ''these fellows what they
ought to have done forty years ago" Next
came the valiant Carraway, whose egotism
and vast supply of brass caused him to ex
hibit degree of ignorance that made even
the white mans party blush, and caused the
English language to be hung for murder
He said that he had not -ead the Constitu-
ton and he did not intend to, for in his
part of the County the people did not want
one-and would not know what a consti-
tuition was if we had one-that they could
not read and did not want to, because the
negroes were learning to read, and he and
his neighbolhood did not want or intend to
do anything that a niger could do. He
closed by relating a sad story of poor
drunkard, who returned home on one occa-
sion, from drinking shop, and abused his
wife, and after cavorting around extensively
he fell PROSTATE on the floor. rolled under
the bed and broke the crockery ware, tire
mendous applause from the so callcdD


After list of disfranchised copperheads
were presented as suitable candidates for
the Legislature and the County, all went
off quietly as there was not enough in at
tendance to execute their threats; their
| thunder all lulled rs seon as they left the
! court room. A few of the stragglers got
drunk that evening and took lodgings on
the door steps of the drinking saloons
Thus ended the big day of the so-called in
old Martin Our friends are jubilant and
certain of glorious victory. Our enemies
are detected and care-worn. Certain polit-
ical death awaits them and they have
become desperate. understand that they
are dissatisfied at their own candidates and
that they expect to try again next week.


We'll, let them 60 on; every time they move


they only fasten their own chains the closer,


and make our deliverarce the more brilliant


and certain have done with the misera-


BILE mess; please excuse an honest lover of


liberty tor touching such mess OF corrup-


tion and filth as this squad of would-be Mo-


guls were, but scavengers are required at cer-


tain seasons of the year and in certain local


tiles to preserve the health of the country.
RADICAL.