The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-10-03

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Mr.. Nasby Details his Adventures in
Strong Democratic County in Southern
OhiO-.The Suffrage Question in that par
Of the Democratic Heritage.
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Post Offs, Conederit x Roads, }
(Wich is in the Stait of kentucky,)
.r...-s.-5 -5 Sept. 10th, 1867.
Last week wuz invited to go into Ohio tt
see my brethren Nv that Stait. The Massedo-
nian cry reached me, Cum nd help usH and e.
the cry wuz cuppeled with the assoorance that
+ shood be peryided fur, needed it. Cupple
Massedonian cries with whisky, and I can't re-
much difference atween the Dimocra,;y Nv Ohio
and Kentucky, but wuz unprepared fur the
strikin resemblance / found Twins is not
more similar. My 1st appointment wuz in q
purely Dimocratic county. 1t wuz settle-
ment after my own heart, and the mint my
practist eye restid onto it my soul leaped fur
ioy. Itwuz town wich he'd some day bin the
seat Nv bznis, but ralerode runnin some nine
miles to one side Nv it he'd cut off its trade
Nacher abhors vacuum, and there rushed in
sich as found it diffikut to live elsewhere. The
whole population hevin much lasure fell to pich-
in coppers, wich to make the game excitin, they
piched fur drinks. Pichin fur drinks soon rem
dered 'em incapable more violent exercise;
and in year from the time the trade left 'em it
wuz the strongest Dimocratic town in the Stait.
Ez they must eat suthen, and ez the groseries
coodent run perpetooally without money, they
he'd occasional spasms Nv labor. Then wood
their feelins be lasseratd Then wood they
look over to the kentucky Shore and see thou
sands Nv Jest sich men as themselves spendin
their lives in one unendin round Nv copper pich-
in, horse -rasin, and poker playiR, the nigger
a.
they wood break out into murmurin at the cru
ell fate wich cast their lot where every man wuz
forst to sweat fur hisself, aud the cuss NV labor
coocent be filled by proxy. Their proximity to
Kentucky tantalized em. They wood hev all
gone there Good they hev raised enough to buy
q nigger apeece, but they coodent There wuz
. most deliteful look of serene repose about the
place that charmed me. Nothin stood uprite.
The sign post nv the tavern he'd bin leand up
agin so much that it he'd contracted the same
habit the horses, from too rigid economy in
the matter Nv oats, wuz leanin agin the side Wv
the barns the shutters on the groseries hung
correrin across the winders in conscience NV
the lower hinges beiu broke, the claphoards on
the houses all hangin by single nail at one
end. presented any but q regular appearance,
and the men wuz all either sittin on store boxes
or leanin agin whatever possessed suffishent
strength to keep EN- up.
l wuz enthusiastically received. The town
wuz exited on two questions. L. Taxation. 2.
Niger equality. The cheerman of the deputa-
shun wuz the most cheerin styl Nv q Dimikrat
he'd seen fur years. Ills independent hair he'd
pushed its way through the top Nv his hat and
bristled in all directions, biddin defiance to the
world; his toes protruded from his shoes and his
tro vsers hanging lopsided by QUE suspender in
dicating a sovereign contempt for appearances.
He begged me, with teers streeming down his
eyes, to rouse the people agin the dangers wich
threaten 'em. Think sed he, NV millions,
wich we, the people, are forsed to pay in taxes
TO the Gineral Government. and rouse 'em to
the necessity Nv acshen!
i will sed I, L will. State the amount to |
me Nv taxes in this Arcajen spot, that l may |
hev the data from wich to speek.
sTaxesn returned this patriot, with an anna |
Eed look on his countenance, taxes! We don't |
oay any taxes here. The Assessor came here |
.wo years ago, and findin nothin to assess. hez- |
mt considerd it worth while to come here since.
But, good Lord, our hearts bleed fur these un-
ortinit victims Nv Ablishin policy, wch hev |
,uthin, and is forsed to pay onto it! The peo- |
Die is bein ground into dust by taxashen. And |
he old man wept bitter tears at the miseries Nv |
he sitooashen Nv the people. Wat techin be-
levolence!
On the question of niger ekality, l found em
It most deliteful heat. They had seen the
errors Nv it, and knowed whereuv they spoke. /
II to 'em and instid Nv aeceptin their normal
peer. and yieldin quietly to the decrces Nv
leven. wich made em the interiors Nv -
Fhite, they he'd, the moment they he'd accun
ated suthen to live on, assoomed the airs Nv
kality. They refoosed to keep their places
rhe Cheerman remarkt, ez shown the stubborn
ussedness Nv the race, that one Nv 'em lived
ome months next to him. He (the Chesrmanl
,orrode pork on several occashens Nv him. twict
bakin of q ur, and on one occashen. nine dol
srs NV the miserable rags wich we are sorst, by
tyranikle Government, to accept ez money.
That bigger he'd the sooprene impudence to in
list on bein pade! and even talked on sooin fur
t. But on consultin q lawyer he did't, OWN to
he oncertinty ez to who wood hev to pay the
osts. Another instins, resoomed the Cheer
nan: A nigger, wich WIZ nearly white, seteld
n the vsinity. He he'd not only darter but q
arm My son, Jimuel, sores. Labor he dis
Uses as a occipashun only fit fur serfs. He
ropozed to WOO this nigger's darter. It wuz .
truggel with me. Ny son marryin femail
rich he'd the cussid blood Of Ham in her vains!
'ut Jimuel, my son, sir, threw dirt in my eyes
-about sixty akurs Nv Girt. sir. thot NV the
leseLt time l Good hev livin ON that farm-uv
be days devoid Nv Iaber and the evenings filed
nth eze, and after severe ethnologikle strugel
nth my feelins, consentid. l wantm to take
eer Of that nigger- Pityin him es an inferior
in his abnormal coadishen with
wlch he Good not be expected to
ischarge, wood hev taken charge NV his af
.irs wood-my son Jimuei, and I-hev
managed his farm and his stock and sch. Alas!
-Jimuel menshuned the matter to the Elhio-
ian. sir, and with wat result? He was igno-
liniously kickt out Nv the house, sir. he wuz
ID sir, for drunken broot. by niger wich
hreatend ef he ever showed His pi.np.ed-pim-
led wuz the word-face about there agin, he'd
reak every bone in his body. Sir, this is be-
amin unsupportable. They must be dragged
own to our level. My proud Caucashen blood
svolts. There must be inferior race and its ,
8 or the niger. The Injen is out Nv the ques;
on ez there amt any Nv 'eEa here to be inferi.1
I. woodent mind the Injen, but there amt
one. Its the nigger or nothin. Give him the
Allot sir, and what'll distingish US? Speek !,
'ith ! angels tonge onto this theem big, said
le Cheerman.
The meetin wuz glorious one. and my spoke
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