St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-05-21

needn't shake yer head You don't
know muffin bout it. Dcy's got to be
'stroyed ! Is been dare, honey, and no
colo'd wollian au' no poor white woman
haint got no pre- tection. It's bad 'nough
where woman's wicked of dare own cord
but when dey's obliged to be wicked
when dey kin be stripped an tied up to a
post an whipped in de public, till dc
bloc1's all a runnin' to dere heels cause
dey isn't willin' to be wicked, tell ye
chile dat peoples got to be 'stroyed. De
Holy Virgin Mudder, she wort nebbcr
stan dat, an de Lords goin' to 'stroy dat
people. (Sbe is IL devout Catholic.) l
tell ye, honey, Is seen two hundred and
fifty people tuck out o tnectin'-out oh
dc mcctiu' house in Richmon'- - cause
dey was prayin' 'tbout leave, an tied up
all whipped on their bare backs till dcy
was all cut up an de blood runnin' to de
y1ouu'. You'd sud what was dey a
whippin' dem wAitc people fur, fur bout
fifty ov 'em was white as you is-an' dey
wus whippin' dem fur prayin'. Tell ye,
honey, de Lord He's goih' to 'stroy dat
people. Dat man he's goin' to cross dc
riber 'gain-hc is, honey, an he wus
mighty wise to como way till de rain
obcr.''
AS the mother Of the new baby leans
toward Scccssia, I wondered at lecture
of this kind in her presence and remark
cd:
"Why, Aunty, suspect you are a Yam
kee!''
"No, chile, 1 isn't Yankee; but I
likes dc Yankees, does sartain, now fur
dey airnes dere livin' honest I likes peo-
pie wheder dey's white or black dat works
an airnes dere Twin honest
"But, Aunty, most of the colorcd peo-
pie of the District here like Southern
people best"
81 knows it, honey, some Oh dem does,
cause dey's fools. Some OBJ cherry kind
OBJ peoples fools. Dey likes de Southern
people cause dey spends de1e money free.
If you hev barrel ob water cum down de
spout from de roof you kin ford to give it
to me heep easier dan if you tote it. Gam
bier kin spend his money free; but peo-
pie as work for it don't fro it way. When
desc Southerners come heah dey wants to
'peah mighty fine an dey spends dcre mon
ey like twas dirt, cause dere servants
airnt it, an if dey gets out Nv cash dey
sells servant, an desc poor critters heah,
dat gets dare money fur waitin' on dem,
dosn't sidder Nv de hearts OATS broke a
sellin' chipen away from derc parents.-
Dey doscn't 'sidder dat if dey have dere
own way now, desc Southerners, dcy sell
dere chiPdcn an dere slaves, an all de
poor white folks too. I knows dem, hon
ey. Dcy hates poor folks. Why, honey,
derc's Gov'ner Wise. Use been in his
family lots o times helpin' bout things,
an one time I got gal fur Miss Wise an
tuck her down dare-a real lady she was,
white lady, but her fathers dead and
her mudder couldn't sport her family
'thout they worked an Miss Amy went
out to sew. l tuck her down to sew fur
Miss Wise, an what you tink dat woman
did? She make her eat at de table, in de
kitchen, wild de servants! She did so,
honey Dat nice, white lady, she make
her eat wild de col'ed servants Miss Amy
wasn't bit proud an de coped people all
like her, an dey couldn't beah to see her
posed pom dat dare way. I said to Miss
Wise wouldn't she please let me set lit
tie table in de room fur Miss Anny-'twas
ugly fur her to eat wild de men comm in
all sweaty and smcllin' bad, from dc field s
an de stable. Oh, you jest ort to seen
her, how she trow back her head an
turn up her nose. Miss Amy Says
she, AN who's Miss Amy? Poor white
trash, doesn't own dollar but what she
Arms Is she any better than my Mig
gers? I'll teach Miss Amy to know her
place! She did dat dab, honey, sure as
you live; an de coped people feel SO bad
to eat wild Miss Amy. De gals bout
de house tries cherry way to get her to de
table first on dem, an de men keep a
tooln' bout a washin' dere hans an
SIGH, so as she'd git down fore dey come
an tink dat dab Miss Wise wouldn't cum
out an make 'em cum to de table! She
would, shure, honey, jest for cussedness
but Miss Amy was real lady, an she's
richer mr. Mrs. WISE now. De wav dem