Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1862-05-23
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WASHINGTON, April 18th, 1862.

you last. Inc truth Is, lnlS cIymale III
the spring is ralely very weeknin to the
eonstitushun. Linkin, too has been ter
ribully anxus about the war moose, and
the nigh approach of hot wother. But
the crate sub;eck which the Kernel and
| have bin considerin, is. the " contry-
bands" What is to be done with 'em +?
That's the questshun, and Linkin ses he
would like to see the Teller that can tell
him. One night Linkin got big map,
and be sot down, and " Now" ses he,
Majer, let's take a look at all creashin,
and see eff there amt sum place whar we
kin send these pesky kinky heads, and
git red of them" oval" ses l, F" Ker-
mel, I'm agreed" 50 we went at il.
First, Linkin put his finger on Haty.
Now" ses he, " there's an iland that
jest scots the niger constitushin. Sup
pose they go thar" " But" ses |,
" Kernel, they won't go, and eff they did
they won't do nuthin." " WAL" ses he,
"no matter, eff they won't trubble us
here emmy longer" "But"--ses L
" theirs one more resin. The iland amt
large enuf 20 hold all the niggers- four
millions or thereabeuts Wal" ses
he, there's Centril Ameriky-what do
you think Of that spot?" WAL" sos
|, 4" Kernel, that's fine country nate
rally. The Creator fixed itup on grand
scale, but you can't make treaty with
it emmy more'n you can count the spots
on little pig, when he keeps runnin
about the hull time The truth is, you
can't tell who'll be president of it from
one mornin till the next, and the mig
gers you send there might all get their
Threats cut jest as soon as they landed
Wal" ses Linkin, that's slight OBJ
ie cshun, But let's turn to Afriky -
Theirs Libery, how would that do, Ma
jerp WAL" ses |, =" Kernel, that
country is about the biggest humbug in
the hull lot Fust NV, sum raaly good
people thought it goin to mount to sum
thin, but after forty years spendin mo-
ney on it, Their amt emmy more chantz
of civilizin Afriky in that way than Their
is Of maxim a riaed cannon out of bass
wood log. A few dominys who can't
git emmy body willin to hear 'em preach,
hev got hold of it, an are maxim a good
thing out of it. As fur sendin our mig
gers there, it'd take all the shippin Of
the world, and more money than Chase
could print BY steem in year" " Wal, "
SEES Lnkin, "whar on arth kin we send
emp Now ses l, g Kernel, I've
got an idee Of my own about that mat
ter. | think they are best off where
they are, and jest as they are. but eff you
must git red Of EN-, | would send EN-
all to Massachusetts People who are
SO anxus to- have other folks overrun
with free negroes, ought to be willin to
share sum of the blessins themselves
So let all that's here in Washington be
sent right off to Boston" g Yes, that
might do" ses Linkin, "but then if
they are entitled to their freedom, they
orter be allowed to 60 where they're a
mind to-" " But" ses ], q some States
won't have 'em at all, an they can't 60
there. SO what's to be done 2" oval"
SEES Linkin, q this is a almighty tuif sub
jock | know sumthin about splittin
rails, and what hard work is ginerally,
but this niger questshun has trubbled
me more than emmy thing ever got hold
of before" WAL" ses !, " Kernel, |
can explain the rein Why" SEES be,
i" Let's hear you, Mojer" WAL" ses
l, Kernel, whore do you carry your
pocket book p SEES he, +" What on arth
has that to do with the subjeck?" SEES
l, A" Hold on, you'll soe." Wal" ses
he, l alters carry it right there in my
left hand trowses pocket" SEES |, "did-
ent you ever have a hole in that pocket
for a day or two, and had to put your
pocket book in some otherG Z" q SEES he,
" Majer heve." SEES I, "what did you
do with it then n Wal" says he, IL
put it in my right hand pocket, but it
kinder ehafed my leg there, cause it
warn't used to it, and it also felt mighty
onhandy. SO put it in my side coat
pocket, but every time l stopped over it
would drop out. Then l put it in my
coat tail pocket, but was kept all the
time on the Qui girers, afcard some pick
pocket would steal it. At last, in order
to make it safe and sure, l put it in the
top of my hat, under sum papers, but
the hat was too top heavy, and over it
went, spilling everything tell you
was glad when my pocket was fixed and
l got it back in the old spot"
Now" ses /, "Kornel, that's Jest
the case with the niggers. The minnit
you git them out of thor place, you don't
know what on erth to Go with EN- Now,
we've hin here all the evenin searchin
over the map TO see Of we can't find sum
place to send EN-. But it's all no man
ner of use. You've got to do with EN-
jest as you did with your pocket book -
put EN- where they belong, an then you
won't have emmy more trubbil"
Linkin didn't see eggsactly how was
gwine to apply the story, aud wen he
did, he looked kinder struck up Wen
he saw that he'd made a hit at him,
follered it up. SEES l, "Kernel, this gov
orment amt out of order, as Seward and
Chase kontend. They are only tryin to