The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-12-06
For the Southern Press.
For the Southern Press.
Big Talk between Orator Cutfee Douglas,
and Pompey, late Protegee of Mr.. North,
touching the Higher Law and the Scru-
pie Of Conscience.
SCENE, FASHIONABLE PARTY AT A SPLENDID
ENTERTAINMENT IN BosTING.
Cufee and Pompey meeting:

ENTERTAINMENT IN BosTING.
Cufee and Pompey meeting:
Pompey.-Ah Cuff, dat you. Ole Massa
not hab you yet, | see. How you come on
Cuf-hey?
Cufee.-Why, berry well, tank you. But
Pomp, you no call me Cuff emmy more. mis-
ter horator Douglas-I headeeter of de Higher
Law Goosette-I ham an glove wild Carrot
Smit-he berry rich-great deal more 'mong
dar brains-I sort wild de white men, and de white
women tool make spitch-I renounce de Bi.
ble-l tramp de Onion and de Constushn under
my foot go for de higher law and de scripple
Of conshunts-l keep head of de march of mine
and de spirit of de edge-how dat, Pomp!
Pompey-O, ees, ees-berry we'll | spose
you mean by sperrit of de eggs, wha: we call
egg nogg, and by de march of mine, de big Cy-
press Swamp, bout our old place, whar we went
to tree coons, by de moonshine.
Cu6ee.-Ah! Pomp, see you want degen-
Grating berry much. You no stand Aantropy.
But never mine. How you get long here in
Bosting, Pomp?
Pompey-Ah! berry blackberry bad You
see ply to de Borshun Siety, but he tell me
must take keer of myself now. frceman-dat
nuff-and dey no more to say to me. So for
long SPELL sleep in de street cherry night, and
60 widout eatin' all day. l wish back to ole
massa agin'. sleep warm, get plenty to eat,
and dance cherry night to de banjo tink |
make track agin to ole Phiginny
Cu6ee.-You do? Wy dow regenerate son
Of Africa! You are jis fiji. for de stripe and de
chain.
Pompey,-Ole massa nebber stripe or chain
me elder. He sometime say! Pomp, you no
stir your stumps, | no glib you new suite mex
Christmas. OATS all.
Cufee.-Berry we'll But didn't de Borton-
lists fine you sumting to eat, or some work,
Pomp!
Pompey.-Work? Tink come here to work
free man now gemmen oh color. Ole massa
gemman, and he nebber work. stan up for
quality.
Cufee.-Berry well, dat's reasonable, cordip
to de higher law ard de scripple of conshunts.
Pompey.-I say Cuff mean Mr.. Headeeter
Dougas-I hear mighty palaver bout de higher
law and de scripple of conshunts Wot all dat
mean-hey!
Cu6e:.-Why, Pomp you see he mean-dat
is de higher law-he mean--he mean-no law
at all. You see, Pomp, de people dey make de-
law 'cordin to dere limmitted capissties, but
dere is law Dove dis, Pomp-law clear out of
site.
Pompey-Whar he cum from-hey?
Cutee.-Why, you see, Pomp, he cum right
plump from de conshunts, and if de conshunts
don't prove de law of de people-phew! he no
hey it, not he. He snap de finger at him, and
he say: "You 60 to de debbil wild your law and
your Constushin, don't vally 'em more dan
piece of ole newspaper. | law for myself
60 for de higher law and de scripple of con-
stunts" Hey, Pomp-stan' dis!
Pompey.-O, berry well, OATS all right
He mean dat de law and de dem Constuslin all
cotton Seed good for nothin', and nobody
'bleeged to hey UNI.
Cufee.-Jis so-js so, Pomp---you stand
UNI zackley.
Pompey-Berry well-now de scrpple of
conshunts-wot dat-wot he got to say in de
bisness?
Cufee.-Why, you see, pomp, de jurispru-
dence of de matter is dis. When man is CUB
berned 'tirely by his conshunts, and he want TO
know de right ting, he AK himsel' wedder he
like it or not If he like it, he do tiff he no
like it, he no do it-caze, you see he may be
shure it 60 agin his conshunts, ard dc higher
law say he mus do is' contrary. Stan dat
Pomp!
Pompey - Clear as mud. IIurrah for de
higher law and de scripple of conshunts. 60
de hull hog for UNI bote. ah-hah-Cuff:-
you see my conshunts tell me no like work
cordngly no work. Den my conshunts tell
me like berry much to go dc splice wild dem
purity gal wild dc red cheek, dc blue eye, an de
leetle foot wat see gwine to market ebery
mornin', when lay sleep under butchers stall
gar, reckon hab her dead as possum 'cordin
to conshunts
Cutee.-Suttenly suttenly you hab de
right, cordin to de higher law-dat is, if you
ony tink so-ebery ting pend on dat Pomp.
When you tnk you hit, nebber mine wat de
dem law and de Constushin say. If any boldly
60 to mslist you, out wild de bowie knife an
de revolver, and blaze way like tunder. You
needn't be fraid; de mare, de Judge, de jury, all
stan by you in Bosting, and what if de Pres
dent cum out wild he promulgation, who de deb
bill care! He on our side too, if he ony hab de
pluck to say So You stan all dis, Pomp!
Po,npey-I warren you. Hurrah for de
higher law an de scripple of conshunts. | stick
to dis like deaf to an old niger.
Cufee.-Gcmmen of choer, you shood say,
Pomp No more niger now. All quality
sept gemmen and lady of choler, lectle touch
buve de man stcne.. But, Pomp, say, ebber
tend meetin Of Bortion siety and de right of
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