The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-08-30
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CufEee attends the Democratic
Meeting-.-His Description Of
Matters and Things.

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You knows who Cuffee is, kase he
hab been in de wood pile SO long
lat eberybody knows him. Well
Use de same Cuffee, de great bone
oh de Constitution, dat hab so long
lesturb de peace oh my white bred
1ren--de Democrats. / belongs to
one oh de fus families OBJ Ole Yer
5ny. My fader bein decendent in
regular line from dat inguu gal
Wall dat is enutf to convince you dat
[ is wort some notise. Now to de
suhjec OBJ dis communication. Dis
chile heard dat de white Democrats
ob Hancock would had q meetin al
Findlay--a great bIg Mass Meetin,
ior de purpose OBJ shown de White
Mans party dat q niger war not
white, so l thot / would cum an see
coz dis mig is great TO shows, so
com de ebening befo' de meetin so to
see do whole show.
/ see fus when ! cum, de white
breddren movin the der democratic
cannon out to de hill to glib de peepil
sum democratic thunder. Massa
Mungen, de man wot told dem Con.
gressers dat de niger wasn't white,
and sed dat de way he cum to find
it out was becos q man in Toledo
tote him sumbody else said so,--well
he war dar, feelin mltey peart, for
you no it war fru his influence dat
de cannon war got. Oar was one
ting / see dat tickle me; it was sure
enuff democratic cannon" kase ]
see de &C. S. A" ON um. Ketch
Massa Mungen habin abolish cannon
round him! Golly
Well, when dey got to de top oh
de hill, all de folks war harkin
to hear it, an sum of EN- afeared da,
it wood bust de winders, i jest CESS
dey happen to tink dat it war pral
meetin mite, an you no dem fellers
bein white. has CRATE respec fur lig-
ion, so dey mus have cluded to max
mufiied thunder, cos nobody coodn''
hear it, or else de abolish powder
amt de rite kind for secesh-nO,
mean democratic guns.
Well dey soon got tired, and went
in to a house to get drink of good
cool water wich the man keeps way
down in de cellar-he is brury man
an after drinkin bucket full dey
tried sum more shoot, but de shoot
ees war better loaded dan de shoot
er, so dey guy it up in disgust, an as
dey war mitey dry dey went back on
spent de rest oh de evenin payin dar
respecs to de brury man, an cussir
de niggers ober de bari wot held de
water of de brury.
About midnite dey hauled de CUR
back to town, an Civ a man a dollar
to keep de id abolish an niggers
from spikin it. Dey armed him to
de teeth with q revolver. and TO do
lips with q bottle of whiskey.
Wall, massa editors, in de morn
in l was awaken up by loud claps OF
democratic thunder-dem war loud
Da make dis chile think de war had
done broken out agin den / links
again how as de prar meetin was out
an dem cannon fellers havin drunk
up all dat, aforesaid water from de
Brury. an had got careless about
prar meetins anyhow, bein full OF
cool water, an da war shootin loud
So | went to see an sure enuff the
cannon fellers war goin it jus as i
da, that day, war shootin niggers
Dis chile be lef. Da dident like hi:
color. Wall at nine o'clock de she
commence. De fus procession cum
in it wuz a wagin wild a white mar
and two wimen, and q dOrg. Til,
procession druv arown town in still,
an stopped at de grosery. De second
procession consistin of big wagir
with a young hickory forest, two
men-white men--if they had beer
washed, an a boy, an they marched
arown town and stop at de grocery
Denae white democratic brudder!
da go in an take some-cool waite
from de brury, an felt good, and
hurraz 70 Massa Pendulum. De ne,
procession war a curly dorg an 9
oyster can; said dorg drivin bery
fast and playin his own music, to d.
great amuzement of de gran process
sions at de grocery. Said process
sions Immediately takin some COO
water from de brury.
Wall it war de biggest croud dii
chile hab seen since Massa Howe.
Great Injin Sho, an da bein intelli
gent white democrats, amuzed dem
selves till de time for de spekin, by
shaken hands, drinkin cool watel
which cum from de brury, an proviI
dat de nigger war black. Just afor,
de speakin, de ban playd tune { lol
how did chile's toes did itch wher
dat ban did play,) den Massa Pene
lum he make q great speech, ST
prove dat de niger war black, and
dat de democratic brudren war white
Den dc intelligent democracy ds
clap dar hans and holler-bully. ar
go across de rode an take a little
more cool water from de brury, an
get to feel good, an glad de nigger is
black.
Den da say Massa Herd will be
herd In de ebening, SO 1 stay to heal
Massa Frank. ] look aroun town
in de mean time an see some oh dc
breddren who hab drunk lots OBJ de
cool water aforesaid, engaged in dc
manly amuzement oh trim to cave in
eech oders heads. While de ossifer
oh de street war tryin to pursuade
dem to 60 to de cool room in de en-.
jine house, dis chile feard day moi
like his color an he LET.
Well when de ebenin cum de bar
play some nice peices, an some oh dc
happy white men, who is afeard ds
will be elevated equal to de nigger,
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