Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-12-27

by Noer and doomed forever to be slave
The gentleman from Illinoy will towunst
perceive the fix we are in. They amt fit for
the ballot now, and eff we make em so, it
overturns our theory, which we cant do
Still we propose 20 be just to EN-. We shell
give sich nv EN- the ballot ez are suffishent-
ly INTELLIGENT, and we shel not put the stan.
dard too high nuther We shel give every
wun nv em the ballot who is able to reed
the Greek testament fuenty and pass
credible examinashen in Latin embroidery,
French, German, English Grammar aud
double-entry book-keepin. The path TO .h;
polls 700 See 10 open to EN-. Wv course we
cant be expected TO tole rate skool-houses
for EN-, coz that wood raise EN- above their
norreli condishen Also, tiier must be prop.
er regulsshens controllin EN-, for, my deer
sir, they are mere infants, and their totteria
steps on the road to freedom needs direct
ing Society is q compromise in which every
one resigns ez much NV his persnal liberty
ez the good Nv the hull may demand We
count ourselves the hull, and the resinin Nv
persnel liberty must come from them.
THAT nigger," sed he.pintin TO wun that the
joyous citizens wuz stringing up to Bas-
CONS sign post, shat nigger is resinin
his persnel freedom for the good of the hull.
No doubt in his heart he murmurs, and eff
the cord witch is chokin him Good be loosen
ed, he wood repline. 1t is rough on him, but
the sooperiority nv the Caucasian race must
be--My God ! its one nv my niggers
Stop' Bascome, stop |" ejackilated the
Deekin, but it wuz to late The nigger wuz
already black in the face and he'd ceased
RI icb I'D @bx. ,.~b
ceeded.
1--WE shell scroopulously regard their rites.
They shel hev the rite to buy land, and be
in all respecks like uz, ez soon ez they kin
be trusted. Till then they will hev to be
restrained There must laws prohibitin EN-
from receiver more than 81 so per month,
that they may not become bloated aristoc-
rates and pampered sons Nv luxury-the
proper development of the country, and like
wise the payment of the Confedrt debt, re-
quires manuel laber which we wnz never
educated to do and therefore the good sf
the whole reqdires that they shel resine
their persnel liberty so fur as to be confined
to the plantashuns onto which they hev en-
gagged to laber, that they may reljusly do
II, which is cleerly necessary,for yoo see ef
hire nigger i'll Janooary, | must not be
exposed to the chanscs Nv his quittin me in
July. But wat more kin they want? They
are free TO a5 great a extent eZ the good of
society will permit. We shel give EN- quail
flied suffrage, fxn, Nv course, witch is Just,
the qualifications ourselves, aud bein valy-
ooble members Of soslety, hereafter we shell
care fur EN-, so long ez they are healthy
good Lord, why will them cussis persist in
hangin up able-bodied niggers when there's
so many old ones around, good for nothin
but to celebrate with" and to save another
wun Nv his former servants, the Deekin
closed abruptly.
1t is onnecess ary to recount the further
dooins NV the mite. There wuz skool-house
and church, recently erected, burned, with
some skore or sich a matter Nv young mig
gers in 'em which wuz too yung to be NV
any yoose, save one girl, which wuz nearly
white and almost fifteen, wich ought to hev
bin reskooed, and five, eff counted correct
ly, able bodied men and wimin wuz hung
Bascom sold out his stock entirely, and by
three a. NJ. the inhabItance Nv the Corners
wuz layin around the square in festoons.
There wuz bitter awakenin to this scene
Nv bitter ftstivity. At a little after 7,while
the Deekin. the Elder and myself, wuz in
bascoms, tryln to get an assuager, ana the
best we Good do wuz to pour quart Nv
water into barrel which he'd been cmptied
and roll it around, and thus favor it. Capt.
McPelter, late Nv Nor gan's cavalry cum in
from Louisville Eagerly we asked him the
confrmashun up the tidins, when he inform
ed US that it was q hoax--that no sich thing
he'd bin done, nor was Congress in any sich
a noshen, Pollock dropped in, and when |
him with his dooplicityhe ans
cred that it wuz hoax, but he hoped we'd
excoose him. He he'd cravin desire 10 see
whether eff Amnesty and Suffrage shood be
adopted, how fur we'd go in the latter direc-
tion. He wuz satisfied and honestly hoped
we'd forgive him the pleasant jest. He'd
made the Corners lively one mite any how.
1 wuz too profoundly disgusted to reply to
the wretch
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. NJ
(wich is Postmaster.)