American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-06-27

ueuo Ctch uuu V"PhSo P
with alacrity, that Dimocrasy, then IL
the womb NV the future, kicked lively
and clapped his hands There wuz
nigger to enslave, and whiskey to bring
men down to the pint NV enslavin him.
There wuz whiskey to make men incapa-
BILE nv labor-whisky to accompany horse
racn, aud poker playin, and sich nation
al amoosements, and a Niger Gust espe
cially that he mite sweat to furnish the
means. Observe the fitness NV things
Bless the Lord, my brethren for whiskey
and the niggcr, for without EN- there
could be no Dimocrisy, and yoor beloved
speaker mite hev owned farm in Moo
Jersey and bin votin the whig ticket
to-day"
At this pint venerable old freedman
who was a sittin quietly in the meetin
ariz, and asked if he might ask ques-
tion. Thinkin what a splendid opportoo
nifty there would be NV demonstratin the
sooperiority NV the Caucashen over the
Afriken race, / answered, Eyes, gladly.
avail! Mas'r," sed the old imbecile,
"is l beast ?" "My venerable friend
there amt nary doubt of it."
rs my old woman an old beastess,
too?" Individually" replied l.
"And my children, is they little beasts
and beastesses ?" "Onquestionably."
"Den yaller feller amt but half
beast, is he ?" "My friend" scd L, "that
question is"--
"Hold on" sed he, swat ! wanted to
get at is dis :--dere's heap nv yal)er
fcllers in dis section, whose ladders must
hev bin white men, and cz der mudders
wuz all beastesses, want to know whed-
der der amt no law in Kentucky agin"---
"Put him outp' "Kill the black
wretch p shouted large majority NV
them who he'd been the heaviest slav Q
owners under the good old patriarkle
system, aud they went for the old repro
bate. At this pint officer NV the Freed
mems Burow, who we hadn't observed,
riz, and Dustin with laughter, remarked
that his venerable friend shood have a
chance to be heerd. We respcck that
Burow, particularly as the officers gener-
ally have hundred or two bayonets
within reech, and chokin our wrath, per-
mitted ourselves to be further insulted by
the cussed niger, who, GRIMM from ear
to car, riz and perceeded
"My white friends, sed he, "dat pears
to be an objection to my reference to Do
subjeck Nv dis mlxin with beasts, so /
wont press de matter. But ask yoo did
Noer hev three sons ?" "He did, sed /.
"Berry good, waz dey all brudders p
"Uv course 70
"Ham came from de same fadder and
mudderas de oddcr two? &c e.r.ta-i-n.l-y.
"Weil den il seems to me, not fully
understandin the scripter, dat if we is
beasts and beastesses dat yoo is buasts
and beastesses, also. and dat after all we
is brudders" And the disgustin old
wretch threw his arms around my neck
and kissed me, calm me his "long lost
brudd err"
The officer of the Freednien's Buroo
laft vociferously and so did dozen or two
soldiers in the crowd likewise, and the
awjence skunk out without adjournin the
meetin; one of EN- remarkin audibly that
he had notised one thing, that Dimoerisy
was extremely weak whenever it under
took to defend itself with fax or revela.
shen. For his part, he'd done with ar
gyment. He wanted niggers, because he
Good wallop em, aud make EN- do his
work without payeh em, wich he coodent
do with white men.
/ left the meetin house convinst that
the South, who worked the niger, leav-
ing us Northern Demokrats to defend the
system, he'd the best end NV the bargain.
PETROLEUM v. NAsBY,
Lait Pastor of the Church of the Moo
Dispensation.t