The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1863-11-04
For the Grand Haven Nuzc.
CORRESPONDENCE. 0.f
PUDDLEvILLE, Oct. 81, 1868

MISTER bDDfTUh. Il nave JiSt Dcen
elected fust korporal of kumpany z, fust
rigament of Michigandiers, kulured citi-
zins of Afrikan dc scent. The onor are
a stew -pen-du-us one. I've often thot eff
i should go to the war ] wo'd grately pre-
fer tu 60 in the capasity of niger priv
it, or an ofiser of ranke--mutch prefer
in the possishun of the former 10 the lat
ter. But to be korpril of sich distin-
gwished sogers of the rcpublik ar an onor
to be covited. But, mistur eddytur, with
my fealinks j kant except the lofty po-
sition.
Why, sur ef j sho'd be so un fortunate
as to inkur the displesur. of ginral Halick,
on the cave of sum crate battel, or while
maxim sum imporiunt move of my kom-
mand, the konsekwentes mite be orfully
disastrus tn me, individually, and to my
feller citsens Of Afrikin de scent in giner-
al. feal almost sartin my he'd wo'd be
rolled inter the sackrifshal baskit, and ad
one more to the pole list of Fremont,
Seagle, Butler, Roszecrans and Gilmorel !
With this WI and standin, rite in front of
my brave feller citisins Of Afrikan de scent,
drawn up in line of battel deklined the
magnificent oner of bein fust korpril in
the followin speech, takin down by a re-
porter ingaged for the purposes, hopin
it may be introdoosed as a modil for
speeches of offisurs in ginral on cimlar oc-
kasions:
"My most gallunt feller cilisens Of AZ
rican de scent, fust in war, in peas, and
fust in the harts of yur kuntry men, as
shakespear has it [gratc applawsl. For
yu this unholy war was begun, has been
prosekooted and will kontinner boystrus
cbeerin]; for yu one millyun of anglo sac
sun de scent now lie disfg'rd, gastly korp
ses on 100 battel fields moldrin TO ther
native klay [grate sensashun]. But yu,
feler citizens of Afriken de scent, are
cumin nobly to the reskew; w have buk-
eld on the hull armory, and fite is seen in
the vary white of yur is [crys, that's so |,
But for the waller of yur ebny rase vicks-
berg wood niver have falin; port Hudsin
niver surenderd, or the buzum of the
Misssus sippe bin barred TO the komerse of
the wurld vosiferus cheers |. By yur
valer it are that the Amerken eagel yet
purches aloft on his nativ krag, kleanin
with his talends his beck of the blud and
pootrid flesh, torn from the blackined car
kasses of his fallin 70, on which he has
long feastid, and the glorius stars and
stripes, hoten aloft, are sweetly kissed by
the passin breese of heven tremendous
applaws.
"But with all yur superiur nativ valer
i kan never, no niyer! konsent to be yur
korperil tho the oner ware 0 fold as CRATE
No! feller citisens Of Afrikan de scent,
the shades of the hedless Fremont, Butler,
Seagel, Macklelau and Rosy krans warn
me of my fait. Shood unfortunately give
on order 10 sholder arms, karry arms or
stack arms, at an improper time, the gi,
ent-kller Haliek, wood consine me he'd
less TO eternal -"
Here overcnm with my fealinks fent-
ed, and when i cum my wife, in CRATE
distres, ware rubin my head with acre
fortrass, and my dartor, Is years old the
9oth day of last February, eff my memry
sarves me right, holdin tn my noze a bot
tel of Aliens Hare Restorater. Yis, miss
tur eddytur, l kun tn morne over the
hedless form of my beluvcd Rosy krans
and Su weep for the sad poosishuu of my
own native land, but my fealinks are tn
full for further utrance at present.
Sadly yours,
KoRPRAL MAN MING.
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