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fcockdale Register.
RAMBO in convention.
Gur.ttoiA nr.runi.iCANs and tiikik rnttsi-
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ONCE—THE DEMOCRATIC I'AKTV A Kit A'
IGNED.
Atlanta, Ga., May s—The Repuclican
State Convention, which has just closed
its session here, held lor the purpose ol
selecting delegates to Cincinnati and
nominating a candidate for Govei nor,was
one of the most protracted, disorderly,
ami comical ever held in Georgia,
Wednesday was the day of opening. Pe-
lore 12 o’clock a great crowd ol blacks
and whites spectators began filing into
the spacious gallerii b of the House ol Rep.
resentatlvcs, while the delegates took
their places below. It was an odd sight.
It was the first General Republican
Convention held in Georgia in tour
yea is. The men ol olden times were here
Ihose who took part in reconstruction
and in organizing the llebuclioan party
on Georgia soil. Familiar faces,'.brought
down to us from'the Bullock regime, were
on hand' Hut time had left the marks
of its progress. Tim watch chains were
JJoss massive, and the plug hats of 1870
showed the effects of time and Democratic
‘rule. All these signs of departed glory
brought hack to our minds the halcyon
days of 1871.
Hlodget was on hand, not ns a delegate
but as a striker lor Morton. He is under
indictment in several cases and an efficient
bail bond only keeps him out of the
sheriff's custody. Still, before couii
meets, and during the pendency of tins
campaign he is enabled to make his irt
flucnce felt for Morton.
Mr Farrow called the convention to
Order. Mr Deveaux, a bright yong mu
latto from Savannah, was chosen tem
porary chairman. This young man, ap
parently not long out of teens, cultivates
a*small moustache and a large watchohain
but fails as an orator. Ilis opening
speech was in the nature of a failure. A
black delegate from the interior, about
six feet and a half high, and less handsome
than Apollo ,got the “flo’,’’ and talked
several others down who had it, or
thought they had, which is the same thing
in a convention. Having got the “flp,’’
he flowed, lie said there was a burning
lire in this hero convention, and the first
tiling we know \\e‘li be in thp middle
of the blaze. lie warned the delegates
to keep tho flames from bursting forth
If once we get into confusion, who
can see the. end!
anti MonroN tactics.
When it came tQ tho presentation of
credentials, the tactics of the anti Morton
men appeal'd. There was a great deal of
underhanded wire-working, and as an
old darky expressed it, “she nanagin”
about that time. The colored delegates
being almost unanimously for Morton
and having a large majoity, it required
effort on the part of doubling's friends
to manage things.
Before anything of importance had been
done, the Conklin and Blaine men moved
a recess until 10 o'clock next day. The
object oft this twenty hours recess was to
tiro out tho Morton darkies, so that many
of them would go home; this, of course,
raised a row. Avery black delegate got
the floor aid declared that he had money
enough to stay in Atlanta a whole week,
and lie would do it rather than be
deprive of his veto in this convention.
But he referred piteously to the fact
that other delegates barely had money
enough to keep them one day at a cheap
boarding house, and he plea led with the
anti-Morton men not to resort to the
expedient of delay to get rid of the
blacks, or any of them.
In the debate it transpired that an all
night session would be agreeable to many
ns it would save the expenso of lodging.
the discussion of these mighty
questions a delegate rose to a “pint” of
order, saying that ho was opposed to
wasting surplus time.
Parlimentary laws is a diffcult science
to masterjat best, and when you havo one
hundred negroes talking about it a dozen
at a time, each trying to talk dowu the
re it by mere strength of gestures and
force of wind, and the President rapping
all tho time, and the mob in the galleries
yelling aud throwing paper wads and
calling cats, you have a case difficult to
'describe, bill immensely amusing.
KNOCK DOWM ARGUMENTS.
The next day, Thuvsday, the fun was
'begun again. After all the skirmishing
and woo! pulling, it was appar nt that
the bottom cause of strife was anxiety
to go to Cinciflbati and advocate various
favorite sons. The whites were divid' and
between Biaine, Bristow and Morton,
while the blacks were almost unanimous
for Morton. The auxiely to go to Cin
cinnati was very great. The delegation
is, of course, limited to twenty-two,
while about one hundred sought the
place. The luxury of being an unin
structed delegate in a city where beer is
only five •cents a glass is something woith
striving tor. ..
When the Convention reassembled at
night the galeries were packed to the r
full .capacity. The right hand gallery
w;ls tilled with whites, the left w ith
blacks, and the-centre with both. The
whites were boisterous, and manifested a
disposition to turn the whole aflsir into
ridicule.
When the resolutions were being read,
which was upon the assembling of the
Convention, some of these rude fellows
in the galleries (probably drunk) would
create disturbances in the gallery on
purpose. At or.o time there was regular
fight, and two were knocked down, to
the great terror of the negroes. One
man amused himself by exploding tor- j
pedoes. All this was not, pleasant m a
densely packed building, with most men
armed, and a vague feeling that we tread
upon a volcano.
Now, if this had been a Democratic j
Convention,'and negroes in the galleries
had acted thus, what a howl wo would
hear in thoTand ! The races are equal
on paper.
'The resolutions as adopted are very
bitter. They arraign the Democratic
party for treason, slavery, secession, nul
lification, assassination, fraud, murder,
robbery and so on. It is vigorously
bitter and aggressive set of resolves.
Fight sticks out all over it. The Demo
cratic party is pictured in muddy colors,
and the more vigorous the plank the
more vigorously it was applauded upon
being read.
MOUTON THE GREATEST MAN WUO EVER
I.IVED.
The colored delegates would not be
silent as to Morton. No sooner had this
resolution been tabled than another
jumped up, pledging Georgia to Morton
first, last, and ail the time. (He is a
favored sou.) The mover of this reso
lution got. the floor, arid—keptit. lliere
was no way to get him down. lie stood
.like a rock, and spoke nearly one hour,
lie was a great bore. To get rid of him
the Speaker ruled him down, whereupon
lie read parliamentary law to the Speak
er, and told him he didn’t understand
tli at science. Great confusion. Speech
go ‘8 on. Morton is the greatest man
who ever lived. [Applause, shouts,
cheers, and yells.] The hour draws near
midnight, aud still no end to the speech.
It is a regular machine affair. The ma
chine was wound up and had to run
down.
W bite Delegate (who wanted to go
home) —Is there no way to stop that
damned.nigger!
Colored Delegate —The gc’man has
de flo’.
Orator—And I’ll keep it till Sunday
but wliat I’ll spress my sentiments afore
tins Couvenshun.
Orios ot “Put him out 1” “This ain’t
a Morton meeting 1" and immeuse contu
sion.
Colored delegate (with a voice resem
bling a ci'obs betweuu a screeehowl and
a sawmill, with a bad cold) —1 arise to a
pint of order.
“Damn your pint of order.’’
Quiet partially restored, speech goes
on. The colored gentleman stuck to it,
until he got through, when he gracefully
yielded the “flo’.”
Mr. Wimpey (white) Seconded the
Morton resolution. Morton was the only
man who could do the Southern Repub
licans any good. lie would enforce the
law. lie would put a stop to arresting
Union men in North Georgia for Selling
five‘cents’ worth of untaxed whiskey,
and he would bend the energies ot the
Government against the kuklux and
murderers ot negroes. [Great applause.]
It had been sail that Morton could not
carry New Yotk. That don’t make any
difference, continued Wimpey, for I
don’t believe we can carry New York
any way. [lmmense app’ause iu the
galleries, and ct ies from the Democrats
there assembled, “That's so !” “Bully
lor New \^pk!"]
In conclusion, ho moved the previous
question. Tremendous confusion, and
cries of “Don’t don’t,” “Oil, yes, yes,
let's fix Morton right here,” etc. The
very demon ot confusion himself seemed
to have taken possession ot things.
BABKt. lti AFRICA.
A colored delegate thought there were
other men in the United States besides
O. P. Morten. When lie was a slave a
root doctor came along. This doctor
got one ot the niggers to buy some ot
the roots, telling him that if he would
ksep them in Ins cabiii he could cure
Ins master, and .would not be whipped.
He hung the roots over the cabin door,
aud when his master cam: in the morn
ing, he outsed him, told him to go to the
devil,• and so forth. What did that
master do ! He gave that nigger about
3UO lashes The root doctor came hack
to S‘*e how the roots had worked. The
nigger told him they wern’t no account,
that he had cursed Ins master, aud got
an awful whipping. “Oil!” said the doc
tor, “you should not have cursed your
master until lie got out ot hearing.”
The reader may apply the story —it he
can, I give it up.
Then fo.lowed another attempt to
force the Morton resolution. It led
to the most uproarious confusion.
A dozen or more delegates col ected
around the speaker, yilling and gestic
ulating like madmen. It was a babel ot
sounds. The Democrats iu the galleries
! yelled ami hooted, and contributed as
j much as possible to the turmoil. Seine
of the delegates declared that others had
sold out, that it was a gnmeof gag, that
I the Savannah custom-house was trying
Ito run this convention, that other dele
gates weie for sale to the highest bidder
and soon. There seemed no way out ol
the wrangle.
Finally all the names of all the de e
gates, to Cincinnati were agreed upon,
and a half dz n patriots who had been
talking constantly tor four hours look j
their seats and wilted the perspiration
from their massive brows.
It was now midnight A resolution to
adjourn was voted down, Bach side
wanted to gel a whack at the everlast
ing Morton resolution, some to put it
through and others to kill it. The au
thor, sieing l) at it could not pass, with
drew it, and introduced another of a
different stamp. This one did not
pledge the delegaton to Southern affairs.
But a majority of the codventiou did
not think best to even go that far toward
trammeling the delegates, aud in the
confusion a motion to adjourn prevailed.
(So Motion was not endorsed* nor was
any other candidate, and the delegation
to Cincinnati are left as untrammeled, as
the wind.
The delegates ate a pretty good body
of men. Their individual preferences
can, on good authority, be stated as fol-
lows i For Morton, 8 ; for Bristow, 6 ;
for Blaine, 5 ; for (ioukling, 3. Total, 22
All the Morton men are. colored but
one. All the. Bristow men are white
nt one. The Biaine men are mixed.
The Conkling men are all white.—[Gin.
Com.
Mow Franklin Secured A Seat,
Dr. Franklin owed much of his extraor
dinary success to his keen insight into
human nature, and a sagacity that quick
ly perceived the best and readiest meth
od of attaining a desired end. To be
sure, many of iiis ‘stragic movements
were not commendable; but they were
more humorous than injurious; ol
which the following is a characteristic
specimen:
Iu ihe year 1723, Franklin visited
Boston, and on his return to Philadel
phia, at every stopping place he was beset
with officious inquiries for his name bus
iness, etc. on which Jig determined to be
beforehand with such interrogatories in
future. At the next tavern he announc
ed himself as Benjamin Franklin, from
Boston to Philadelphia, a printer not
worth a dollar, eighteen years of ago, a
single man, seeking his fortune etc., and
this singular introduction checked all
further inquiries, and effectually repu'sed
the daring propens.ly of Yankee inquis
itiveness. At one of the public houses,
the fire-place was surrounded by men so
closely packed our traveller coud not get
near enough to feel any of its agreeable
warmth, and being cold and chilled, he
called on!:
‘Hostler, have you got any oysters?’
‘Yes. sir,’ said the man.
‘Well, then, give my horse a peck.’
‘wliat, give your horse oysters?’ in
quired the wondering skeptic.
‘Yes,’ retorted Franklin/ give him a
peck of oysters.’
The hosier carried out oysters, and
many of the occupiers of the fire place
went with him to witness the great cu
riosity of a horse eating oysters. Frank
lin seated himself comfortably in a chair
befor the fire, and derived much satis
faction and enjoyment from his funny ex
periment. ‘The horse would not eat
the oysters, sir !’ and they had lost their
cosy, comfortable, warm seats.
* ‘Well,’ Said Franklin, ‘it the horse
won’t eat them, I’ll eat them myself, you
try him with a peck of oats.
Texts From the Talmud.
If thy wife is small, bend * down to
her, and speak to her; do nothing with
out her advice.
Everything in life can he replaced ;lhe
wife ot early days is irreplaceable.
An honorable man loves his wife ;acon
tetn ptible one despiseth her.
The loss of a first wife is like the loss
ot a mans sanctuary in his lifetime.
If a mau divorces his wife,the alter it
self sheds tears over him. .
Man and wife well matched’have
heaven’s glory as their comoanion-; man
and woman ill matched arc encircled by
a devouring tire.
Rather any ache than heartache ;
rather any evil than an evil wife.
He that loveth his wife like himself,
and honoreth her even mors than him
sell ; who leadeth his sons and his
daughters in the path of integrity, and
who provides for their settlment in ear
ly life: to him may be applied the
Scripture passage, “Thou shalt know
that peace shall adorn thy tent.”
A man who takes a wile for her mon
ey rears ill-bvhaved children.
He who manies a woman congenial to
himself is 'oved by the Almighty.
when a man loseth his wife, the world
around him groeth dark, the light ih his
tent is dim and the light before him is
extinguished.
He who has no wife lives without
comfort, without helo, without joy, with
out blessing
An "Id man in a liaise is a terror ; an
old woman is a pearl.
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