The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-18
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Nasty.
Post OrFIs. CoNFEDENIT X ROADS,
(Which is III the Stait Nv kcntuckv,)
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POST OFFIs. CONFEDERIT y ROADS,
(Which is III the Stait Nv kentuckv)
April %, 1867.
Times change, and men change jis. eH
"lst ez times. | shooi Ike to see the times
last shift hev bin forced to make ruther
took my brcth. 1t wuz sudden. Inc Con.
necticut clcckshun didn't do us much good
after all, We felt well over it for perhaps IL
shens from the North, We didn't Just sec
how that little spirit wuz agoiu to help u.s.
Cincinnati went Ablishen stronger than
cvcr-Chicago ditto, and most everywhere
the Democratic rooster was ilattencd. The
Cabinet, when they hcecd NV Dcckin Po
grams assault upon the Niger, on the re
cect NV the intelligence NV the election news
notified me otlishelly that rcpctshcn NV
SIGH loonacy would be equivalent to reject
NV my resignation, even tho the post offs
shood be discontinyood. "Thc niggcr vote
must be capchcrd. It's esscnshel Wade
Hampton SEE so,n wrote Randall to me,
and reprimanded the Deckin for his rcck
lessniss and borrowed four dollars nv Bas.
com, who is the only man in the vicinity who
hel any ready money, to make it all right
with him.
with him.
We held mcctin Nv the Directors and
Faculty Nv the Southern Military and Clas
siklo 1nsttoot, last cvenin, to decide wat
course that institooshcn WIZ to take in the
great work nv surroundu the Ethiopian,
and attachin nv him to us. In SIGH time
~ this, ez | menshencd to Capt. McPeltcr,
it wont do for our instooshcns NV lcarnin to
stand back. These great levers, the mold
ers Nv public opinion, must be ez progress
i've ez the progressiveist, and must change
like other things to meet the requirements
nv the times. We hev commcnst our march
into Afrika, aud thus far hev we gone into
the bowels NV the land without impeachment,
to speak uv-lct us pcrsevcrc. Let us cap
cher the Ethiopian, stink and all.
The meetin wuz held in the back room nv
Bascom's, owing to the fact that it wun rainin
and the roof NV the Post Ohiis leaks. he'd
an appropriation some time since from the
Department for repairs, but bein in doubt
whether it wuz intended for repairs on the
Post Office or the Post Master, | gave the
primer benefit Nv the doubt, and got new
pair NV boots. Good better endoor the
Site Inconvenience Nv occasional rain, than
to 90 barefoot.
made q statement Nv the case and seiistid
radicle change in the Institoot.
Captain McPelser agreed with me. He
felt that there hedn't bin that complete,
hearty recognition nv our Afrlkin brethren
wich they ought to be. He he'd on several
occasions allowed his natural yvacity to git
the better Nv his proodence, and he'd waded
into EN- alarmin. The old ice NV Ham and
Hager and Onesimus he'd bin so drilled into
him in his yooth that he he'd to wrassle with
it to keen il in control, and in spite NV him.
self it irekently got the better NV him. He
seiistid that the name Nv the institoot DO
changed from
"Lhc Southern Military 'ni oIas'cle lnslitoot
| The Ham and Japhet Free Acacemy, for tho
| development NV the mtcllck NV Ill
races irrespective of color"
That, he thot, wood anser the required end
The colored gentlemen who choose to avail
themselves nv the privligis afforded by this
institooshun, when it is finished, kin find in
this no cause Nv complaint. They are re.
cognized. They are given the precedence.
They stand first in the matter and foremost.
Wat more kin they ask?
+ Bascom he'd series Nv resolooshins wiol,