The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-12-27

| OANNiI Hiohs
Deekin Pogram bust into hysteri.
cal laff and in his JOY handed me the
proceeds nv his explorashen nv the
pockets Nv the Moo Yorker, and like a
blessed old lunatic broke for the meet.
in house. In a moment or two the
bell pealed forth its joyous notes, and
in mint more the half.dressed vii.
layers wuz seen emergin from their
respective domiciles, in all styles Nv
attire. A few minits sufficed to make
them understand wat wuz the occa-
sion Nv the uproar, and moro enthoo.
siastic population never woke the Elk
kos. Afore five mlnits he'd rolled off
into eternity, ther wuz bonfire blazin
on the North side Nv the square, the
sed bonfire bein a niger skool- house
wich the Freedmen's Commishn he'd
erected, and wich our enthusiastic
citizens he'd in their dclirium Nv Joy
set fire TO. 1t wuz emblematic. The
smoke ez it rolled to the South me-
thawt assoomed the shape Nv a olive
branch--the cry Nv the rigger chill
dren witch coodn't escape, symbolized
their deserted condishn, and the smell
Nv EN- ez they roasted wuz like unto
incense grateful to our nostrls.
A informal meetin wuz to wunst or
ganized by the lite NV the burnin
skool.house to wich Deekn Pogram
addressed hisself. He remarked that
this wuE solemn occasion, 30 solemn
indeed that he felt inadekate to ex-
press the feelins wlch filled him. His
mouth wusnt big enough to give vent
to his sole, though eft lie didn't he'd
bust. "Wat are we met for to-nite, 4"
my friends, sed he, "wat calls US to-
gether? Wherefore these sounds Nv
Ijoy-wherefore this fre, and wherefore
is Bascom sellin likker at half price?-
Becoz we are rehabiitated = that 8
what we are. Becoz the North has
gone into the olive branch bizness
agin, and we hev wunst more our rites.
We are amnestied. We kin voto--we
kin 60 to Congress--we are agin citi.
zens Nv the great Republic--
Pollock, the Illinoy store keeper,
riz and begged permishn TO say word.
He protested agin these doins. He
understood, akkordin TO Horrs Gree.
ly's plan. that yooniversal suffrage
wuz to follow yooniversal amnesty.
why then this maxim John RodgerseS
nv the niggers? Wuz the South 60.
in to act in good faith?
Deekin Pogram replied: The South
never yit broke plighted faith save
when she Good make suthin by so doin.
At this present junkter Nv affairs he
presoomed the South wo'd extend, not
precisely universal spffrage to the nlg-
gers, but the way wood be opened to
ON. Sich mass Nv ignorance Good
never be trusted with the ballot with.
out pfeparashen, and to prepare EN-
wood be a overtlrnin in the Kentucky
theory, that tue nigger is beast, and
the Northern Dimukratfc idea that the
nigger wuz Gust by Noer and doomed
for ever to be slave.
The gentleman from lllinoy will to-
wunst perceive the fix we are in
They aint fit for the ballot now, and
ef we make EN- 80, it overturns our
theory, wich we cant do. Still we
propose to be just TO EN-. We shel
give sch Nv EN- the ballot ez are sui.
fishently INTELLIGENT, and we shel not
put the standard too high nather.--
We shel give every wun Nv EN- the
ballot who is able to reed the Greek
testament fuently and pass credible
examnashen in Latin, embroidery
French, German, English Grammer
and double.entry book ksepin. The
path to the polls yoo see is open to EN-
Nv course we cant be expected to tol
crate skool houses for en-, coz tha
. wood raise EN- above their normal con
dishen. Also, ther must be proper
regulashens controllin EN-, for. my
deer sir, they are mere infants, ant
, their totterin steps on the road to free
, dom needs directin. Society is com
!, promise in wich every one resigns el
much Nv his persnel liberty ez the gooC
Nv the hull may demand. We count
, ourselves the hull, and the resinin Nv
, persnel liberty must come from them
"That Niger" scd he, pintin 10 wur
> wich the joyous citizens wuz stringir
up TO Bascom 8 sign post, that niggel
is resinn his persnel frecdc N for thu
, good NV the hull. No doubt in hi
heart he murmurs, and ef the core
> wich is chokin him Good be loosened
,, he wood repine 1t is rough on him
but the sooperiority Nv the Caucashr
Z race must be--My God! its one NV my
, niggersl Stopl Bascom, stopP ejack
. Hated the Deekin, but it wuz too late
The nigger wuz alreaiy black in tn,
face and he'd ceased to kick, and tn,
! Deekin, heavin sigh, perceeded.
"We shell scroopulously regard thei
= rites. They shell hev the rite to buy
r land, and kin in all respecks be lik'
/ us, ez soon ez they kin be trusted
q Till then they will hev to be restrained
/ There must be laws prohibtin em frou
i. receevin more than S4 30 per month
that they may not become bloated aris
}, tocrats and pampered sons Nv luxury
i. --the proper development Nv the coun
try, and likewise the payment Nv tn
: Confedrit debt, required manuel labe
\ wich we wuz never educated to do
o and therefore the good Nv the hull re
quires that they shel resine their per
o smell liberty so fur ez to bo confined t
the plantashuns onto wich they he
d engaged to laber, that they may re
!. ljusy do it, wich is cleerly nessary
}. for yoo see ef / hire u niger in Jan