The weekly Anglo-African. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1859-1861, 1860-03-31
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Il ~ O.<a iEl Place, "a W Ord About "a
Place, and IA Word Which by
Some May DE Thought Out OF
Place.
lAdyertisenlent.l


Well, who would ever have thought it Here
is the widower again! | should think that he
would he well nigh out Of his mind by this time,
from hearing the dulvful sound of tho cricket.
No, he is not out of his mind but out of many
other things, and some of them he intends to stay
out of.
Mr.. Editor, l again appear before you, to be
sent by you to the four corners of the earth; but
l hope, sir, that none may now have cause to ask
the aI-mportant question, is he rich? ?" as it is
not my intention at this time to make any private
appeals to any Although l had not the
pleasure of a bite at the bait thrown out by ME
some time back, there were many nibbles at the
hook but when it was found out that the fisher
man was not one of attluence the suckers all left
my line. So | have made discovery which may
hereafter DO me much good for l shall hereafter
be very careful not to take (she) sucker who
will bite at nothing but golden hook, or perhaps
she might stick her fin in my heart. Then it
might be that l should have to seek the advice OF
doctor for the heart, whereas | now only go
ing to ask yours for the head, for my heart is all
right,
Sir, am living in a town where there is abo II
five thousand inhabitants, all of whom are white
except thirty l am making living, but l do
not like the place, and, had almost said, the PEG
pie but We are told to think twice before We
speak once-so will think 1t Notwithstanding,
however, l will say that l DO not admire their
ways. have been living here i've years Kor
three out of the five l have been trying to find
out what kind of a people l am living among but
am not competent-so will give 1t up, aud l
would be glad could l see my way clearly SO that
| could abandon the place as easily. Sir, here is
place over a hundred years since it was first
made settlement by white men, and at this time
Boosting OF population o. five Thousand, and
am compelled, without fear OF contradiction here
after, to say that they are--taken Il whole
the most ignorant and the nIeanest set that God
ever let hive
l am forced at this point to stop and ask CUES
ton: Whereof! where-wouId you find five
thousand negroes who had had chance to live
in free government of their own, but what could
boast of raising up some smart men except minis
tiers and DOCTORS cannot say lawyers Tor there
is only pettifogger here And since | think
of it, there is not of their ministers who was
born here, and only doctor. l do not praise
any place for having smart men from other local
tiles lift has none of its own raising. Well, sir,
here is place where white American citizens
live and have lived for over hundred years, and
| blush for fear you may think Iexaggerate when
| say that there is not three men in the town who
were brought up here who can get up before
audience and deliver an of-hand speech nor do
believe that six can be found who can deliver
written one as it should be. They have no de-
batting society, and place where you go to
pass your spare time. But, say you, is there not
thirty of your own color there? Yes, sir, there
is but it might as well be the same number Of
those brutes which walk on four legs and grunt.
There are three BARRIERS, two of whom make out to
speak. and four walters who are down ON the bar
bers The white people are funny and we blacks
are funny too. Now, under this state of things, l
have become tired of the place, and want to get
out of it. 1t is true l am making a living, but l
am afraid that by staying here l shall become
mute. never did see any people who had less
to say | have always been used to hearing men
talk, but you would think these people were all
strangers to one another. I must say that new
er did see in any place more Ignorant or less
reading set of young white men than can be found