The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-04-20

out our flags, wich we laid aside infl+
1860, and made joyful noise. nhW
For we said one onto another, 10!
he is true Moses, inasmuch ez he is
a leadin us out NV the wilderness.
The Civil Rites Bill wuz the SER
pent wat bit us, and he histed it, that
we might look and live. 5Ng
Now let us be joyful
For the Ethiopian is delivered into
our hands, bound hand. and foot.
Blessed be Mosesl
We will make him grind our corn,
but he shell not eat thereof
Blessed be Mosesl
We viii make him tread out our
wheat, but we will muzzle his mouth.
Blessed be M ,ses!
He shall pick our cotton, but the
hire he receiveth he shall stick in his
eye without injuring the sight thereof.
Blessed be MosesI
) He shall toll In the sugar mill, but
the sugar shall he not sell.
~ Blessed be Mosesl
= His sweat shall nourish our corn,
r but he shall eat nary ear thereof.
= Blessed be Moses
We will burn his skool houses and
: destroy his spellin books, (for shall
! the niger be our superiOr!) and who |
= shall stay our hand2 f
Blessed be Mosesl
The skool teachers will we tar and |
{ feather, and whar is the bloc koted |
: hirelings to make us afeerd2
: Blessed be Mosesl
We looked at the niger and said,
4 ha! ha! the last state of that chattle
' is wuss nor the fust, for before we he'd
his labor while he wuz strong and
healthy, but he'd to take care on him
when he wuz sick and old, and now
we kin git his labor without the care.
Blessed be Moses soas,a,
= The Ablishnists cast out one devil,
and garnished the room, but there
: swuz seven devils more stronger and
hungrier witch rushed Iin and pre-
z empted the premises. or Iv =
- Blessed be Moses
But our song Nv JOY was turned
into vale nv anguish.
Moses sought to hist the serpent,:
but the serpent hlsted him.
He's on pole, and the bitin North
wind is BLOWN onto hlm.srag4
He can't get up any higher because
his pole ain any longer, and he cant
get down because he amt no place to
light onto, So" iitrs1sf
He vetoed the bills and Congress
hez vetoed him-the Civil Rights bill
they passed in uncivil manner.
Now, being the niger hez rights,
he is our excl.
Our excl is the niger now, and on
less the sko0f-houses Is burned and
the spellin books destroyed he will
soon be eur superior
; We waz willin to give him the
right ny bein sued, but alas he kin
sue. @ sa
He kin be witness again us, and
S. he kin set his face again ours
Our wise men may make laws to
keep him in his normal speer, but Of
b. wat avail is they
a9e We kin buy and sell him no more
neither he nor his children.
The men viii elave unto their wives
and the wives unto their husbands
our hand is powerlis to separate EN-
Their children kin we no more .pui
up at auction and sell to the highes
bidder, we pocketih ieyfully the price
thereof.
They hey become sassy and impu
dent, and say, Go to, are we no
menu"
babe one git OFF the sidewalk, anC
; he babe me be damned. -
/ chucked a nearly white one under
the chin and smiled on her and she
squawked, and her husband hearir
the squawk thereof, came UP and bus
It'd my head, even ez white mar
Il would hey dun. FkH4HA9
/ chastised wun who gave me lip
and he sood me, Cancashun, for as
sault and battery, and got a judgment
Walel for Moses put out his ,hanC
10 save us these indignities, but hi
hand wuz too weak. 80
We killed Linkin in vain.
Our Moses is playin Jaxon. III
fancieth he resembleth him becoz hi
inishals is the same. gpn
He resembleth Jaxon muchly-il
that Jaxon had policy wich he COO
carry ont, and aMozes hez a polio
wich he can't carry out.
And ez he can carry out his policy
the people are carryin it out 70
him.
WITCH they do a holdin it at arm
~ .,lengthcandA holdin their noses.
= = 10 loses is a cake half baked he
hot on one side and cold on tother.
He darsn't let go of Ablishnisn
and ig Altered to come to us.
He hez been takin epson salts an
ipecac, and one is workln up and Il
other is workin down.
Where can we look for comfort?
Do we turn to the people? Co
nectict answers. 'Ror for Hawley