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fcockdale Register. RAMBO in convention. Gur.ttoiA nr.runi.iCANs and tiikik rnttsi- PBNTIAL PRKFKKRNCKS — DI’SK V AND lIfUSTBROIIB KRIE'.IIM OK BKHATOR MOIt- TON —A HUNDRED NKGROKS TAI.KINC AT 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. 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