East Saginaw courier., 1865-08-16
The Disbanded Volunteer on tho
Negro Question.

| e&st~ W. OiCthitiA Vi thO <Aiiitah dio1Oht
is bound to give us heap of trouble
afore thar soshil and pollytickle per-
sishin is fairly settled on the eternal
principles of etiket, which should gov
urn the relashins atwixt chauk and
charcoal. Sumbody hes he'd Doctor
Coxes sarmint on the berth and pa
rentago Of the Saviour delivered in
New York, sum thirty odd years ago,
ard which caused buddy riot thar,
reprented for thar instruckshin and
amewsment. Its Gurus dockyment,
and well calulated to make them feel
thar oats. The Doctor argied, with
fluent piety, that the idee hes been
eagerly embraist by the freedmen Of
Virginney and Maryland. attended
a freedmen's camp-meeting, near Bla-
densburg, luther day.. and ,heered n
screamin discourse by a black dissiple
on this deeply intterestin topic. He
blonged to the noblest type of the
field-hand aristokracy-retreatin for
he'd, with a grade Of about six inches
to the mile, onobtroosive oilfactory
organ, lips like Afigans, stub-and-
twist har, and manly foot about the
size of a child's coffin. Sum polk, i
disremember his name, compairs rank
to the guinea stomp. Sartinly the
preacher / reludo to must hev ranked
the hull meetin, for he he'd the guinea
stomp all over him. His name was
the Riverent Pete Zebadee, and his
remarks, as near as / ken recollekt,
was as follers
"MAysIPATED BREDDRES Did emmy
OBJ you ebber hear wot the Riberend
Mas'a Cox, of New York, said bout
the Dressed Lard ? Nebber. 1 thought
not. Most OBJ you habent got no die
shinery larnin, and is as ignorant as
ground hogs. Well, he said the good
Lard was dark Completed same as
you and me is. And do white folks
! in New York-blame their ugly pic
ters-dey mobbed him for speaking
dc troof. Yes, l say do troof! For
bein born in Africa how could he be
white ? De fust white man ebber seen
in Africa was a misshinary, and dere
war'nt no misshinaries no whurs pre-
vious to the year Anna domino, for
that was tho year the Dressed Lard
was born, and there was nuthin TO
preach about till he cum. Tharfore,
Reberend Massa Cox was right, and
now let us sing the following him
which 1 hab rote for this interesting
'cashin
The Reverent Zebadee then dea-
coned out the subjined varscs
wo's nearer to the Lard
Den dc white folks and dcy knows H..
See de glory gate onbarred,
Walk in darkcys past de gard,
Bet yer dollar he won't close H.
walk in darkoys troo dc gate,
IIarkl de kullered gels holier
90 way white folks, you're too late,
Yves dc winnin kuler. Wait
Till de trumpet blows TO foller,
Ilebbcn bress good Massa Cox;
lie took down dem prowd Cawcasians.
No more Lards with auburn locks,
kuliered Shepherd-wooly focks-
We do Dressed Lards relashins.
ITalloloojah tanks to prtise.
Long enuff we've borne our crosses.
Now ives dc soopcrior race
And wid Gorram.ghtys graco
We's goin 10 Mebben aore the bosses.
wish you could have heerd the
meetin let out on that him. 1t was
encored seven times, and when the
assemblage disburst, they jined hands
two and two, and sung at the top of
their voices all tho way back to Wash
ington.
AS shoore as you live, evry darkey
Il would say kullerd citzun-south
of the Potomac eggspeks to go to the
poles and vote; aud ef the privilege
isn't granted, thar'l be ut-throte
work in the States whar Africa has
the whiphand as regards numbers. -
The resolushins of the Massachusetts,
Republican State Committee, show
ing that, in sum Of the Suthern States,
the niggeroes could elect black guv-
ners, black legislativ mayjorities, and
consequently, black United States
Sennitors, is suckalatin freely in South
Caroliny, Alabamay and Georgey,
and all the smart contrabands as ken
read and rite explain EN- to the rest.
Likewise the topsey-turvey, ultree
radickles, hes thar en,isaries all throo
the South, eggin on tho kullerd pop
ulation to demand thar rights, and
promisin to back 'em till all's blue
Ef thar isent buddy wurk in the Cot
ton States, it won't be thar falt. The
Chase and Sumner Cobawl in this
city ses openly that if the President
dccsent yield to thar wishes, and
tharby make tho blacks the guvernin
class in at least three, ef not four
States Of the Union, the way he will
be castigated with picked rods by the
next congress will be caushin to
Roman frmness. Now I'll tell you a
secret, Eddyturs. He wont give wdy
in this matter emmy morn Plymouth
Rock'll step inter interior to avide
bein lashed by Anlantik. That's no
more back down to him than thar is
to the Pyramids of Egyp. The con-
sekens will be a split in the Republi-
can party, and about as purity fight |
in Congress and atwixt the fanatick
majority in that body-ef thar is sctch /
n majority-and Hickory the Second,
as any man that lowest see the DEVILS
finger stirrin UP the polytickle chow
der would wish to behold. And mark |
my wurds, Andy will come up right
end uppermost ct tho top of the heap.
Veto's the feller as'll fix the hints Of
the ravin radicles.
Belevin that they air n cuss to the
kentry, and hoping too see 'em chaw-
cd up and spit out inter the gulf Of
evorlastin OBLIVION, l hev the honor
to subskriqe myself Rashinal Nash
inal Republican. ma