The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-01-31

ved GuvDur Holden Iite. just as soon
as be begun tn speke bout peace after
V;cksburg fell. tho Kunsurvatives (so,
called) all tux the Standard and all
began to kuss Davis an Vance, and say
tue konfedd.ny wuz gone up the spout;
but when the time cum to vote they said
they wuddent vote for Holden bekass he
had wunst bin sesseder; so they vo,id
fur Wqrth bskase he had alters bin a
yuneyup man and sed The Confedde,t
Guvmeut want worth kus. And when
they cum TO vote for Yuni,id States Sin.
atur they voted fur Graham and Pool,
bskase they sad Guvnur Holden ,ldut
take the oath.
Well, the new Sipaturs went on TO
Washintun, aud squire Jones tells me they
ha,nt SO, down seuce thave.bin thar, be.
kase the Rsddy kles wont lst um take
seet. l wisht may die dead ef ever l
hearn tell Nv sech treatment, an them ole
men too. Cuzzen Bill, Lie be teetotally
chaweG ef it aint plum shame. Squire
Jones sez they wont let Graham and Joe
Turner An them take thar sect, bekase
they wuz in the last Confeddert Congrus.
Well, what II thsy wuzi Ef ever ,ha,
Congrus dun ent y,hing ag'n the Yam
KEGS, | never besrn tell ov it: or Of ever
them fellers that's been lecsed ever sed
enny.hing good bout JET Davis Ut the,
Confeddert Guvment, its tuorsn | ever
node w. Why, diden, the consurveytivs,
so c"uld, Ell vote iur EN- bekase' ,hay
wuz alters qrorlin with D.vsi Tha,
wuz thar maiu ricksymendayshon. You
no ,hsm big Jun works in Psnsilvsny
what our boys co, a6re we'll, thay tell
me the man whatsoued um is gone plum
crazy, an be jis stans in The dore NV
Congrus with cheer in his hans an swars
the oath Of alItj j,nce that bele bust the
brains outn the fust Suthun man that
tries to cum in thar. Corusarn his ole
ugly picter ov him, wi,ht tbade Eeicb
him an pu. bin 10 the si!um. ~"
ls youuns down in Georgy 90, in the
funeyun yi.i We've dun evry,h,ng heer
tha!s ben acquired w US; weave had .
eunvsnshun, an thavs sed they hahn, uev.
er ben no secs'hun usF 10 war, only 6tin,
so eauld; thsvs ssd they won't pay nary
darn'd sent Nv what thave borreyed; an
thave sed the niggers is free now, hens.
foath an furever, amen; but sumhow
anuthsr, or suWhow else, We amt in yi.,
an bits q rainin, With The furmonni,u
a mos. down to nero. SUN ..s ", -. won, on,
never git in tell the niger. votes. ami !
Jss sPsk thats so fur Guvnsr Vance waz
we'll red in Scriptsr, an he ssd the niggers
"ud have TO vote ef ever Gipsral Lee
surrendered. The Yankees SEE niynsr's
A. good ~ a white man, and l haint no
doubt but ~ha, .hay is "a good as Bob
byli.huners; but lie be dad scratch ed Of
| amt BY the niggen as an cd precbsrI /
"un't node ~uz BY sls-pn with men
sez1' ide ru.hsr sIeap with too wimmin
as vun man; an lde ruther smell too
white meL I" wun nigger, cuzzin Bill.
But Of We must LEI UNI vote, We must:
an doant see co way Nv prevsn,in Nv
il, skssP. by havin IVA p'oppi,y quail,
deashun; fur you no niger ain, gwne
TO save no proppity. Toobb, shore that's
sgin dimmicratic docktrine, and I've alers
bein . 6imlcrs, ever ssocs D.vy Reed
.ols the joke sbou, wun man . votin he.
ksss he oaned a jsckass. an his brother
not vot'" b.kass he had no proppiiy. 40
then a1sd the people whether the man
voted sr The jsekam bu, l wish, I may
be fraus bit sr jscksssss amt Jest as fi,,en
to vote As the heith Nv the niggers. Sech
8 move ~ud cut you an me outer vo,in
fur I've hearu that oie great graudsddy
Arp prsde that nun w his d.ssnd dunts
noutent never bs rich. an as fur ~ ] kin
iurn, It ~uz a pIsvsIin prsr; but what's
the deffuncsi What good is votiu ewiue
to doc US il five sr ten niggsrs vote. sp;n
u.i When you rite sgin give me 20
vsws on this subjsck.