The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-10-09

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Part ~ the Dsmeosatio HssisaEe.
Written for the Toledo Bade.]
Posr OFfIs. CoSFEDERIr x Roads,,
(wich is in the Stait Nv Kentucky,
Sept. 20, 1867.
Last week wuz invited to 90 into Ohio to
assist my brethren NV that State. The Mas
sedonian cry reached me, "Come and help
usr' and ez the cry wuz coupled with the
ashoorance that Ishood be pervided for,
needed it. Couple Massedonian cries with
whisky, and | can't reset EN-. l never try.
| knowd there wasn't much difference atween
the Democracy NV Ohio and Kentucky, but
was onprepared for the striking resemblance
| found. Twins is not more similar. My
last apartment wuz in purely DlmekrAtic
county. II wuz settlement alter my own
heart, and the mint my practist eye rested
onto it my sole leaped for joy. 1t wuz
town wich he'd bin some day the seat Nv biz
mis-, but ralerode runuin come nine miles to
one side NV it he'd cut off its trade, and the
inhabitants hevin nothin TO do, the better
part NV them went with the trade. Nacher
abhors vacuum, and there rushed in such
81 found it difikult to live elsewhere. The
whole population hevin much leisure fell to
pitchin coppers, wick, to make the game ex-
citin, they pitched for drinks. Pitchin for
drinks soon rendered EN- incapable Nv more
violent ex ercise and in year from the time
the trade left EN- it wnz the strongest and
most intense Dimocratic town in the State.
Ez they must eat suthin, and ez the groseries
coodent Iun perpetooally without money,
they he'd occasional spasns of labor. Then
wood they look over to the Kentucky shore,
and see thousands Nv Jest SIGH men as their
selves spendin their lives in one unendin
round Of copper pitchin, boss racin, and po-
ker playiD, the niger meanwhile sweatin
to furnish the means, and they wood break
out onto niurnurin at the crooei fate wich cast
their lot where every man was forst to sweat
for hissslf, and the cuss Of labor cooden't be
filled by proxy. Their proximity to Ken
lucky tantalized EN-. They wood hev all
gone Their Good they hev raised enuf to buy
q niger fpiece, but they coodnt. There
wuz a most deliteful look of serene repose
about the place which charmed me. Nothin
stood uprite. The sign post he'd bin leaned
agin SO much that it he'd contracted the same
habit, the bosses, from too rigid economy
in the matter Nv oats. ~uz leanin agin the side
Nv the barns, the shutters on the groceries
hung cornerin across the winac-. =. eonse-
Aouss VI lie Iower ninges bein broke. the
clap board. on the houses all hangin~ by a
single nail at one end, presented any but q
reglar appearance, and the men were all
either situn on store boxes or leanin agin
whatever possessed sufficient strength TO keep
en- up
wuz enthusiastically reserved. The
town wuz excited on two questions. l. Tax
alton. 2 Niger Equality. The cheerman
nv the deputashun wuz the most cheerins yle
NV Demokrat | he'd seen for years. His in.
dependent hair he'd pushed ils way thro the
top Nv his hat and brlstled IN all directions
bidding defiance to the world; his toes pro,
troodin from his shoes, and his trousers
hangin Top sided by one suspender indicated
| a sovereign contempt for appearances. He
| begged me, with tears streemin down hi.
eyes, to rouse the people sgin the danger,
which threatened EN-. Think, sed he, ''u,
the hundreds NV thousands Nv millions which
we, the people, are forced to pay in taxes Il
| the Generate overnment and rouse EN- 10 thu
necessity Nv ackshenl'
II will,'' sed /, II will. State to me th,
amoant Nv taxes pmd the tyranikle govern
/ ment in this Arcsjen spot, that | msy hav
the data from wich to speek."
"faxes7f returned this patriot, with al
amazed look onto bis conntenance, taxes
We don't ray any taxes here. The assesso
came here two years ago, and, finding moth
ing to assess, hem t considered it worth Will
to come since. But, good Lord. our heart
bleed for these unfortinit victims NV Ablish
policy, which hev snthin, and is forced to pa
ontoitl The people is bein ground into dus
by taxashen.n And the old man wept bite
tears Ut the miseries Nv the sitooashen NV tn
people. What techin beneyolencel
On the question Nv Niger ekality, / foun
EN- at most deliteful heat. They he'd see
the terrors Nv it, and knowed whereof the
spoke. Nggers had cum from Kentuck
across the river to EN-, and instd Nv accept
their normal speer, and yieldln quietly /
| the irresistible DEGREES Nv Heaven, wich hee
the moment they he'd accumulated suthin
. i've on, assoomed the airs Nv ekRlity. The
, | retoosed to keep their places. The Cheer
man remarkt, ez shown the stubborn cussic
ness uv the race, that one Nv EN- lived SON
months next to him. He (the Cheermar
! borrored pork on sevral occashens Nv hin
twict a bahin Nv -four, and on oae occashel
!. nine dollars Nv the miserable rags wch "
9 are forst by o tyranikle Government to scce,
!, ~ money. That Niger he'd the sooprem
9 impudence to insist on bein pade! and eve
9 talked NV sooin for it. But, on consultin
: lawyer, he didn't, OWN to the uncertainty I
to who wood hev to pay the costs. Ano,h,
9 instance. A niger, wich Suz nearly whit
settled in the visinity. He he'd not only
daughter, bat farm. Ny son sores Lab,
he despises as a occupashen only Ct {,
serfs. He proposed to WOO this niger
daughter. 1t was q struggle with me. N
! son rnarryin female wich he'd the accurse
blood nv Ham in her vanes! But Jimuei, n
son, sir, threw dirt in my eyes. About six
= akers Nv dirt. thot nv the pleasant time
Good hev hvin on that farm-uv the days d,
void Nv labor. and the evenins filled vii
ease, and amer seyer4 chronological struee
with my feelins consented. | wanted
= tai ssee nv that nigRers Pityin him ez !
inferior bein-loaded in his abnormal cond
|, shes with responsibilities wich be Good n,
: De expected TO discharge, wood hev take
charge OF his afares. / wood-my son jim
uel and l-hev managed his farm and d
! !. stock and SIGH. Alas. Jiunuel menshansd Ii
= matter to the Ethiopian, sir, and with y,
> result! he was iguominiously kickt out !
e drunken broot, by bigger wich threatens
u ef he ever showed his pimpled-p,mpled :,
the word--face about there aRin, he'd brrs
n every ooae In his body. Sir, this is becom
indispensable. They must be dragged dow
8 70 our level. My proud Caucashen blood =
volts. There must be . inferior race, and
9 10 or the niger. The injen is out nv u
9 question, ez there ain any Nv them here
e be inferior. woodn't mind the ip;en. h,
9 there ain't nome It's the niger or po,h;,
J. Give him the ballot, sir, and what'll dist,
: goish us! Speek with angel tongue I'M
them, ! beg" -s~g~
= The meetin WIZ : glorious one, and q
= speech one nv my most movin efforts. N
!. perorashsn moved me TO tears. Il vss I
: lnAfger sadrsge Depictin its untold hotYp
s Asege9 - to or1anixs-to rally, vun
VI McseeeiA this eosaaee saeny. ssTiefvf,
.fa = bessa tAoseAnA uieeer meles IS n
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