The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-02-08


the Red Skool House. i spoke neerly as
follers: IA .7M yd ae1tb0 uorar-,1 ..,
Baldinsvillins: Hearto4, as / have nu-
merously observed, l hav abstrained from
havin any sentimupts or principles, my poll
lertics, like in religion, bein of exceedin
Accommodate character. But the fack
can't be no longer disgised that Krysis is
onto US, & l feel it's my dOoty to except
your invite for one consecutive mite only.
/ spose the infammertory individooals who
assisted in producing this Krysis know what
good she will do, but aint shamed to state
that ! don't, scacely. But the Krysis is
hear She's bin hear for sevral weeks, &
goodness nose how long she'll stay. But 1
ventur to assert that she's rippin things.
She's knockt trade into cocktup hat and
chaned Bizniss of all kinds tighter nor
ever chaned any of my Twin wild Beests.
Allow me to hear dygress & staff that my
Beests at present is as harmless as the new
born Babe. Ladys & gentlemen needn't
have no fears on that pint. 10 resoom-
Altho l can't exackly see what good this
Krysis can do, can very quick say what
the origernal cawz of her is. The origernal
cawz is Our Afrikan Brother. 1 was into
Barnim's Moozeum down to New York the
other day & saw that exsentric Ethiopian,
the What Is 1t. SEE 1, sinister What Is
1t, you folks air raisin thunder with this
crate country. You're gettin TO be rather
more numeris than interestn. 1t is pity
you coodent 60 orr sumwhares by yourselves,
& be nashun of What Is Its, tho if you'll
excoose me, shooden't care about margin
amung you"
No dOwt you're exceedin charmin to hum,
but your stile Of luvliness isn't adapted to
this cold climit. He larfed into my lace,
which rather Rled me, as had been per
fekly virtoous and respectable in my obser-
vashuns. So SEE |, turnn a leetle red in the
face spect, DO you hav the unbushn
impoodents to say you folks haven't raised
big mess of thunder in this brite land,
Mister What Is It?" lie larled agin,
wusser nor be4, whareupon up and sex,
Go home, Sir, to Alriky's burnin shores
& talk all the other What Is Its along with
you. Don't think we can't spair your in.
terestin picters. You What Is lis air 90
the pint OF smashn up the greatest Guv'-
ment ever erected by man, IL you actooally
hav the owdassity TO larf abowt it. 20
home, you low cuss p - gro
was workt up to high pitch & pro-
cee1ed to Restorator & cooled orr with sum
little fishes billed in ile-I b'Ieeve they Call
'em sardeens.
Feller Sltterzuns, the Afrikan may be
Our Brother. Sevral billy respectable gen.
tiemen, and sum tainted females tell US so,
& fur arguments sake mite be injooced to
grant it, tho don't b'Ieeve it myself. But
the Afrikan isn't our sister & our vile &
our uncle. He isn't sevral of our brothers
& all our fust wite's relashuns. He isn't
our grandfather, and our Aunt in the
country. Scarcely. & yit numerous per.
SONS would hav US think so. It's troO be
runs Congress & sevral other public gro.
serys, but then be amt everybody & every
body else likewise. Notiss to bizness
man of VANITY FAIR: Extry charg fur
this larst remark. It's goak-A. W.
But we've got the Afrikan, or ruther he's
got us, & now what air we going to do
about it! He's orful noosance. Praps
he was creatid for sum wise purpuss, like
the measles and new England rum, but it's
nifty hard to see 1t. AT any rate he's no
good here, & as l statid to Mister What Is
1t, it's pity he cooden't go orr sumwhares
quietly by hisself, whar he Good wear red
weskits and speckled neckties & gratterfy
biz ambishun 10 varis interestin vase, with.
out hevin eternal fuss kickt up about him.
P'raps I'm bearing down to hard upon
Guilty. Cum to think on it, l am. He
woodent be SIGH Internal nonsance if whit
people wood let him alone. He mite in-
deed be interestin. And now think of it,
why can't the white people let him alone.
WHAT'S the goad of contiDnerly stirring him
up with ten foot pole? He isn't the sweet
est kind of Perfoomery when in natral
staff. ..t. bill. 4.t. ..|..
Feller Sitterzens, the Unions in danger.
The black devil disunioni is trooly hear,
squarin squarely in the face. We must drive
him back. Shall we make I'd Mexiko of
ourselves? Shall we sell our birthrlte for
a mess of potash? Shall one brother put
the knife TO the throat OF anothur brother?
Shall we mix our whisky with each others
blud? Shall the star spangled Banner be
cut up into dish cloths? Standin here in
this here Skoolhouse, upon my nativ shore,
SO to speek,:I ansur-Naryl 'ou saI
: Oh you fellers who air rasin this row &
who in the fust place startid it, I'm slammed
OF you. The Snowman bushes for you,
from his boats to the topmost har upon his
venerable he'd DC 70 ,jaos In 5la0J
l say to the South don't sesesh !! q I say
to the galyian peple OF that sunny land, jus
lock up a few hundred Of them 1tearin &
roarin fellers of yourn in sum strong boxes,
and send em over to Mexiko. And we peple
up North here will conslne ekal number
OF our addle braned rip snorters to the same
lokallerty, & thar let 'em fite it out among
themselves. No consekents, not the sltist,
which ticks. Why shooden't the peple who
got up this fite do the fitin : Git these
ornesy critters out Of the way, & the sensi-
bic peple of the North & South, can fix the
matter up very easy. And when tits fxt
let both secshuns resolve to mind their own
bizniss. hGi W h,f,.b1. sssI zoo
s., Teller Sitterzeus, ] am in the Sheer &
Yeller leaf. shall peg out Of these
dase. But while do stop here shall stay
in the Union. / know not what the Super
vizers Of Baldinsville may conclude to do,