Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-03-27
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Moeting of the Freedmen.

C'"orS 6WHstIn - hearing that there
would be meeting of the colored population
last evening to endorse General Fisk, conS'
ciuded to attend and report tlfe proceedings
for your paper. With the aid of burnt
cork aud moss wig accomplished my pur-
pose herewith send y.u u report of the
speech OF George Washington Jackerspades.
Inc other speeches Tad pretty much the same
ring The meeting passed harmoniously up
to the time left, which was when the sass
er' passed around. CROCKETT.
Mr. Jackerspades said:
FILLER CITIZENs.-De obiec OBJ dis meet
in ani to glib spressiou to our disqualified aud
wagacious dorsement OBJ de sentermepts SO
torclbilily spressed bv our dear brudder and
friend of color, General Fisk, in his sartIioti
to de culled people few evenin's ago Zap
pause Ii told US, ladies and gemman, fclier
American citizens. "dat OBJ right all de land in
the SOut belong to U.S." You hear dat? Yes.
sar, and tell you dat if dar was few moro
white men wild n gger hearts. like our r,.SaA. CT
ed friend GihrAi Fisk. we hab dem lands.
You hear me! (Great applause aud stak,tis
ofhrndS. VIII" whipped de dam reb$? Who,
say Why, sir, tell you who-all cuiled
people. sar De niggars-dems who! (A
v"!c', that's so!' Don't you brember, Gull
led folks, when dis cuSsed lnsurrectiUn ob de
NuI'CS ItkC OUT uSullSJ ''Ue best
go nm,nt' dis nigga eber see-dat our
Northern brcdderin' wld nigga he ,r.s fit and
tit and fit aud de dam rehs was too heavy for
EN-. aud KEEP ''de old flag faders' alters in de
DIR What WIS de kInsequence \ Fader
AGcram (hOpe dat he is now asleep in his
namesakes busum. say to his cabnit-you
know what cnbnIt is ? l tell you de Presi-
defits cabhit is dc jurny workman dat makes
de treedmen's bureuS for de culled fOks-got
one in my house now with Stewards name on
it. We'll, he say to his cabnit: ''Loyk here
we done tried the Irish, de Dutch, de Yam
kee and de pin 'niUHS. and desc dam rebs dOn't
hOler Rough Dat mind me OBJ story, but
neber amt got time to tell dat now-he say
tell you what you must do-must turn de mig
gers loose on 'em! Gully!-twas inspiration
OBJ de debil himself-he did turn us loose
we drd what all de yanks, and de irish, and
de dutch, and de ''pin injuns" couldn do
zee 'chiPped disJIte Gmmense applause) and
OBJ course de sPiies b'lonSs to US, land and all.
Fact-'tis, and should like to hab plantation
down on de Massissip river with a /e1C Oh
desc dam rebs to lcOrk for me. Tremendous
aPplause.) And dats what We hab if my friend
Ginral Fisk and udder white men wild nigga
hearts had dar way. De Ginral says de Guv-
ment zoe say ed amt guine to glib us any land.
But he Glib hint how we can get it all,
IlhC NC Cat cat uC RTIlIlSLOuC-Dy uC1TCGS.-
He tell us dat when one oh desc dam rebels
poke his head up (dat mean when he sass
cullcd gemmen or ladj) 'tjist shoot him on do
spot" YoH-shear dat (Great cheering)
Now, you sec, my friends, we're all got arms
and de rebs amt got any and as de Ginral
done lef it to us to say when reb ought 10 be
killed, we jis tumble over few dis week and
a few next week, and arter while please ole mic
and brudder Fisk, we'll 'stroy de breed what
Ben Butler SO musenagerously calls ''wipcrs"
dat cause dey alters wiped" HIM out fore he
got de culled people to help him fte.
Well, Ginral Fisk say we must 'hOun1Gr-
Use" but you didn't see him wink at me when
he say dat You see he talk dat for de pre-
sent cause if he come out too plain and say
what he and our oder white friends, 1cid Jidck
Hearts, wants cullered folks to do, dc PreSf
dent, who's mighty tender tone about desc rebs,
might take hIm way fore his work is done.
And dat, my bred"rn and fe1lcr- citizens, would
be awful for US, for let tell you he is de
ouly white man dat | eber see who was fit
to be ii niggar. And l tell you what is my
belief, (Jim shut dat door and see dat no dam
reb hears what Use gwInc to say } ,CeH ITS
my Leiief whencbber de time dat de Ginral-
aud calls no names-will call de culered peo-
pie rCund-%ipe out de I,b -paint his face
black 20 Lord, if it was not only as black as
has heart he'd make better niggar dan any
Oh Us. } and clare himself King Of de cullercd
people-you hear dat? Lord send dat hap
Fy hour
uist look at de difference tween him and
desc dam proud rebs Whlr do you fine one
OBJ dem wild heart black 'nough to sit long
side cuiled gemmen on bank board? He ben
to my house-de Ginal hab-he sat long side
my ole omen at de dinner table-he pat nv
sun Gump on de head and say: "Sunny you
grow big arter whIe-kiIIs lots dam white
trash: He kiss my little Tobisyanm aud say:
''Bruddcr Sau, dis nice little gal Oh yOurn
-vuu send her to school arter while-she
III Ike m.ce wife tor my SUI! You hear
tIiyPayt apgiarr-e.
Now. my cuilcd frens. you understand what
de Gimra whmt--but you mustn't be id II
hurry-ynu jist wat til lie gib dc word
He tell work to let it alone, list
we pleas - dat every ting b'Iong to US any
how. Aud he say ne be dam ef he gwine to
let dam white trash make vagrous laws for Us
you hear dat!
Now want you to- 20 home and pray dat
if de Lord cant change Ginral's skin in dis
world dat he may always keep as black a
heart as he got now aud when he come to-
die to gIb him scat in heaben IOnxs;de de-
ggur he lub so well in dis world amen
Brudder Lemmens pass de ''sasser' to col
lect for gasIigt. Bruddern sing. "John
Browns soul is marching on. -
A GAY DEcEIvER CAUGHT-Two young
girls, in Augusta, Ga, having little money,