Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-07-25

ground that the niger Is beast-.hat
he Amt q man at all, and consekently
he htz no moro rites than any other AMI.
NAL. put my foot onto him by au.
thority OF the decree that unto man wuz
given dominion over the beasts shat
We are men and they are beasts. Ef
they admit the nfst proposishen, they
will the last. shell assert boldly and
broadly his oaflsness to mingle with
us becoz his fizzikle structure, his
muscles, nerves, nbres, bein differ
ent, 90 to show that no wu1 nv
different origin. shell plant myself on
the stoopeDjus yet simple proposishen
that the Affinity made him, probably,
but at different time and for differ.
ent purpus, wlch shell show by cisin
the color nv his skin, the length Nv his
foot, the shape nv his head, and such
other mstsers rs kin get together In
time for the convenshen.
Nv course this doctrine will meet with
directors. We hev few thin.skinned
professors nv religion, whose piety ser
vice In oar ranks hem quite oblitsr-
ated, who will say that these dogmas
underniAes the Christian religion, en- 10
destroys The doctrine nv the races onto
witch orthodoxy Is built. To this / shell
answer that sposin Ii does, wot then 7
Nv wot comparison is any religion q
Orthodox Dinocrat heg TO a triumph nv
the party1 Wot hez Dimocrisy 10 do
with religion any how 1t hea never
permitted IL 10 mix In Its pollytiI.
democracy bleevs In keeping Church and
9tata OF far aparf On r,oasihla
Shood the Ablishnists pint TO niggers
which reed and write, l shood say to-
wunst that thsrs Is different degrees nv
instink-that q one dorg hez more in
! stink that another, that SO one Niger
hez more than another, and then I shood
wind this answer up by askin him, "Sir,
wood 700 force yoor dawter 10 marry a
niger, even ef he Good read and writef"
This hez alluz done good service, per-
tlkerly eff 700 walk hutridly away be-
fore there Is time for an answer.
There Ia one dlnt which is stumper,
but only one. One man TO whom l un-
folded this theory asked me sneerinly
wat | wu2 goiH TO do with mulatter
who waz half white and half black
half man and haf beast-half instink
witch dies with him, and half sole, witch
wuz TO be saved and fitted for the skies,
or lost. When mulatter dier wat then
Does the half sole Nv the half man drag
the instink nv the beast behind it in y
limpin, lop. sided fashion into heaven, or
does the instink drag the sole into the
limbo for animals2 "Ef this latter
idea be correct" said he, Sin that limbo
how much Southern sole is floatin about,
held in solooshen in animal instink 2"
An old friend av mine in Kentucky
become indignant Wen propounded the
beast theory to him, and he threatened
me with corporal punishment eff didn't
| quit his presence, wich did to wunst.
Alas for the imprudence Of Jealous men
Before speekin to him on the shbjeck l
| didn't motifs the skores Nv brite yeller
children all about the place, ranging
from the infant Nv six months to the
boy Nv sixteen, and all Nv EN- with his
| noZe
But, notvithstandin these drawbacks,
it's the most healthy doctrine we've got.
and the only ground upon which We kin
stand sekoorly. 1t kivers the ground
and besides 1t don't interfere with any
body else's idea. The orators witch i'm.
plore the people Ell they want to marry
niggers, kin make the appeal with more
force after assertin that the niger is q
beast, and the anshent virgins, who will
this fall bear the banners onto witch will
be proudly inscribed ave want no mig
gers for husbands" will bear um still
more defantly, for, if they really
bleeve the doctrine, they will be In ear
nest in 1t.
At all events, let the Convenshen be
called, that this question may be settled.
Let US all stand on one platform, that
we may make the most Nv this God. send.
Let US inscribe onto our banner the in
skripshen, "Ameriky fur white men !"
"EteInel hostility to Animle Suffrage !"
and 60 In to win. Eff the Anerikin peo-
pie don't shy at Niger Suffrage now,
they never will.
PETRoLBoM V. Massey, P. II.
| (Which is Postmaster)