The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-12-27
From the Toledo Blade. |
Nasty.
The Amnesty PrOPOsitiOn-Th IA G
Inhabitants Of the Cross Roads
made thr Victims of ~ Cruel and
lheartleSS Hoax.
CONFEDRIT d ROADS J
(wich is IN the Stait NV Kentuckv) :
ILL December 8. 1866.

(WlcI Is III the StHlJ Nv hentuckN)
December &, 1866.
never wuz 80 elevated nor never so cast down
in my life ez last mite, and the entire Corners wuz
ditto. The circumstances Nv the case wuz ez fol-
lows: Me and party Nv friends wuz pIayin
draw poker with Moo York cOmmershe travler,
believe they call EN-, a feer with muStash
and side whiskers, wich comes South talkin se-
cesh and selin goods. lie made some inquiries
about the standin Nv the deelers at the Corners,
and wuZ after sed inquiries, eggstreemly anxious
to sell cm goods for cash. They wanted 'cm on
ninety DAYS time, and on this they split. He
agreed with 'em in principe-he drank to jeff
Davis, aud damned Linkin hOoentlv-hut on the
cash question he wuz inhcXible and imlnOyable
To while away the rosy hours. q knot of choice
spcrts. him ncI0oded, gathered in the Post Drills
to cnjo, game NV draw poker. There wuz me
and Square Gavitt and Drekin POgram and Elder
ShtheIs, and the Moo York drummer. We PLAYED
till past the wichin hour If II NJ, when
gave yards lawn and costs troop fOrlh-whcn the
Moo Yorker suckumd. His innocent unsca,0ned
bowels hedn't bin tddicHted up to the standard nv
Kentucky whiskGr, wich, new ez we drink it, Is
pizcn TO for eigners. The DcUkm and Elder grab
bd the stakes wich wuz onto the table, and rltlrd
hi, pockets on the sus, i-hen that he wuz a AbO-
ltrhuist, and rolled him out and while in the very
act Pollock, the lllinOy store keeper, cum rushin
in, askin Us ef we'd heerd he news.
We ansered y0onanimusly that we hedn't.
I'm iist in from Louisville sed he Il jst rode
over from the stashen. Louisville is in blaze Nv
glory y
Wat" SEE "hez Sumner killed Thad. Ste
vcns and immJtly committed sOoicide?'
MARY, sez he, but johnson and Congress
hey come together on the basis NV yOonivGrsa
AMNESTY, wich wuz proclaimed yesterday tu be
tOllrrcd by yOOnyGr,a suffrage ez soon ez the
South kin conveniently do it.. They have met
aud embraced on llOrTis Greeys plan"
Deekin Pogran bust into hysterical lafT and in
hi, joy handed me the proceeds NV his eXplor-
shcn Nv the pockets NV the Moo Yorker aud like
Il blessed old unntic broke for the meetin house
In II moment or two the bell pealed forth its joN-
Gus notes, aud in mint more the half dressed
villagers wul seen cmcrgn from their respective
dOmiCilcs in all st, les Nv attire lew minlls SUI
feed To make them understand wat wllz the 0cca-
sion Nv the uprOar. and n more enthusiastic
population never woke the ekkOs. AtOre lve
minlts he'd rolled off into eternity, ther wuz bon
| fire hlazin ON the North side NV the square: the
| scd bonfire bcu angger skOOl-hOuse wich the
| Frccdmun's COmnShn he'd erected, and wiCh our
enthusiastic citizens he'd IN their dcrium NV jOy
| set fire to. II wuZ emhcmatic. The smoke ~ 1t
rolled to the South mcthawI assOOmGd the shape
Nv II olive bUncl--the cry Nv the niggcr children
wich GOOdent escape symhOlized their deserted
condishn, and the smell NV 'en ez they roasted
AinG,rma meetln wllz 10 wunst organized by
the lite of the burnn skOol house, 10 wlch Dcckln
Pogran addressed hissef He remarked that this
| waZ "A solemn occasion, so solemn ! deed lhnt he
| felt inadukNte to express tile ieelnS Wl'h tilled
| him His mouth wuznt big enough tu give vent
! to his sole though cl he didn I lie Il bust. WAT
are we met for 10 Mite my friends, sal he, wat
calls lis together? Wherefore tn, 81 sounds NV
| iOy-whereiOre this fire, and W ereIurr / Blscuin
| linn hnlI 10
| tcd-lhat's wat we are. BecOI the North hez
| zone into the olive branch blzness agn, and we
| hrv wunst more our rites. We are amneStled.
! We kin volc-we kin 90 to Congrcss--wc are
again citizens Nv the graIe Republic
| Pollock the lllonuy store keeper, riz and beg
red permission to say u word. lie protested ~ n
| these dons. He understood, akkprdin To llOTls
| Greel, 8 lan, that yoonyrrsul suffrage wuz tu
| follow yoOniversal amnesty why then this maxim
john Rodgerses Nv the nlggersT Wuz the South
guln to act IN good faith
Deekin Pogram replied. THE South never vii
| broke plighled mith save when she could make
surhn b, so don. Az this present junkter NV
| ailnirs he presuOmed the South would extend, not
precisely universal suffrage to the niggers, but the
| way would be opened to om. Sich mass NV
| Ignorance Good never be trusted with the ballot
without prcparashen, and to prepare EN- would De
q overlurnin the Kentucky theory, that the niggeT
| Is beast and the Northern Democratic idea that
the nigger wuz Gust BY Noer aud doomed forever
| to be slave,
The gentleman from IllnOy will to-wnnst per-
Celve the fix We are IN. They nlnt III Tor Ihe oaiio
now, and Of We make en- So, II oveIturns our tlle'
ory, wich we cant do. Sill we propose TO be
just 70 cm. We she give slch nv EN- the ballot eI
are sntllshrnty intelligent, and We she not put Tue
standard too high nulhcr. We shel give every
| wun Nv en- the ballot who Is able to read The
Greek testament Guentlv, and pass crcdi ibe tX'
amiunshen IN Latin, embroidery, French, German,
| English GMmmur and double entry book kctpln.
| The path to the polls yOo see Is open to tn, we
| can't he eXppctd to tolerate skuOl houses iOI
um. coz that wood raise them above their normal
condishen Also there must be proper regula-
| ,hens contr0llin en-. for, my deer sir, they are
mere infants, aud their tOttern steps on the road
to freedom needs directing. Society is com.
| promise in which every one resigns cZ much NV
| his persne liberty ez the good Nv the hull ma,
| demand. We count ourselves the hull and the
! resignin Nv persne liberty must COME from them
That nlgger, sed ho. pintin to wun wlCh The JOY
ous cilizens was stringin up to BaNc0m sign post
THAT Niger resinln his persnel freedom for the
good of the hull No doubt in his heart he mur.
| lnurs and ef the cord-wich is chOkin hlm Good bt
100 ened, he wood repine. II Is rough on him
but the s0operlOrity NV the Caucasian race must
| belts one NV my niggers Stop BascOm. stop
elackilated tho Deekin, but II wuS too late. The
| nlgger wuz already black In the face and he'd
ceased to kick, and the Deekin, heavin sigh,
| perceeded.
I'VE shel scroopulously regard their rites
They sbel hev the rite to buy land and kin In al
respecks like us, ez soon ez they can be trusted
| Till then they will hev to be restrained There
must be laws prohlbltin EN- from recelvin more
t an "a 80 per month, that they may not become
bloated arstocrlts and pampered sons of luxury
! the proper development OF the country, aud ike
| wise the payment of the Confedrit debt required
manuel labor wlch we wus never educated 10 do
and therefore the good OF the whole requires tina
shel resne their personal liberty SO fur ez to b.
confined to the plantashens onto which they hav'
engaged to labor, that they may relliusly do It
wich Is cleerly nessary for 700 see sf hire mig
ger In Janooary, must not be exposed to thl
chance NV bis quittln me In July. But wat NOR
kin they wanti They are free to eE great ex