The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-04-18

we wuz satisfied he'd too much spellin-
book intu em, tu be enslaved agin, we
wuz preparin notises to be served onto
EN-, orderin en- to leave in "a hours,
when reserved in the northern mail
letter marked, Free-Alex. w. Ran
dali, p. M. g." / knowed it wuz Of
hshel to wunst-that blessid signatoor
is on my commishun, and Pve contem-
plated it too often to be mistaken in it.
Its contents wuz breef, and run thus:
"To all Postmasters in the Southern
States: The niggers hev votes-consil-
iashen is our best holt. See to it."
This breef tho not hard to be under
stood order wuz sealed with the official
seal of the Post Orfs department stampt
into putty instid of wax, to-wit A loaf
NV bread, under a roll of butter, with 10
hands a grabbin at it. l comprehended
the situation at sight, and set about doin
my duty with both Roman and Spartan
irmness.
"Deekin," sez l, tearin up the notis-
es, "these niggers we hev misunders
stood, They are not a inferior race
they are not descendants of Ham and
Hagar-it wuzp't Paurs idee in sendin
back Onesimus to condemn him to SER
vitood-we hev misunderstood the sit
uation, and must make amends. The
nigger is devoid NV smell, and is trooly
man and brOther!"
"Wat1" sed the Deekin, tippin back
in amazement.
"Jest wat say" sez /; "read that"
and | flung him the letter.
The upshot NV the conference which
fOllered wuz the calm NV meetin the
next mite, at wich all the Ethiopisns NV
the Corners wuz invited and urged to
be present.
The trouble wuz to git the niggers to
attend the meetin. The fust one | spoke
to laft in my face, and asked me how
long it wpz since l he'd helpt to hang a
couple Nv niggers, by way of finishin off
a celebrashun. Pollock, the Illinois
store-keeper, got hold NV il, and told
Joe Bigler, and Joe swore that eff the
niggers hedn't any more sense than we
give em credit for, in sposin we Good
bamboozle. EN- so cheep, he shoOd 90
back to the old beleef, to-wit: that tha
wuz only sooperior race NV munkys,
after all; and by mite every nigger in
the visinity wuz postid thoroughly, and
out Nv all Nv EN- Good only git 4 who
wood promise to attend, and them the
Deekin he'd to pay 50 apiece to. To
give it eclaw / promised one NV EN- $5
to be paid at the close Nv the meeting to
sit on the stand with me, wich, bein a
very poor man, and hevin a sick wife in
shanty near by, who wuz sufferin for
medicine, (wich he coodent git without
money! he accepted.
At this pint idee struck me. re-
membered Philadelfy, and determined
to hev scene rivalin the Couch and
Orr bizncss.
"Another thing, Cuff, understand its
part NV the bargain that when in my
speech ! turn to yoO and stomp, 700
must rise and embrace me-"
"Wat !" sez he.
Fall into my arms, lovin-l -like,-you
understand,-jist as tho we wus long
lost brothers.
"Scuse me!" sed he " Use a nifty
low nigger, and wants to buy de ole
woman some quinine, and wood do mos
anything foah dat, but, golly, dat's too
much J"
Not cent" sed !, sternly, assumin
my most piercinest gaze, " Onless this is
included!"
"Well," returned he, sulkily, "ef l
must, spec must; but, golly -"
The mite arriv, and the meetin- house
wuz full We thot fust Nv hOldin it in
the chapel NV the College, but give up
the idee ez impracticable, ez, OWN to
the dillytorinis NV our northern friends
in forwardin sich subscriptions ez they
hev raised, we hevn't got no further
with the buildin than layin the corner
stun. In the front wuz the four mig
gers, all IN clean shirts, and ON the
stand wuz the nigger l he'd engaged.
Over the platform wuz the follerin mot
toes
"In YooniOn there is strength-FOr
President in 1868, Fernando Wood.
For Vice President, Fredrick Duglis.
In the Niger, strength in the
Caucashen, beauty in the mulatter,
who is trooly the noblist NV the human
species--bOth."
In addishun to these, we dug up all
the old notices wich Jefferson rit about
yooniversal liberty and sich, wich he'd
MT been quoted in Kentucky for twenty
years, and postid EN- up. In breef, he'd
Weudill Phillips blessid speerit bin a
hoverin over that meetln-house, it wood
hev smiled approvinly.
spoke to em elokently on the yoo-
niversal Brotherhood NV mankind, hold
in that whatever else Good be sed, Adam
wuz the father NV all mankind, and that
the only difference between white man
and niger wuz, the nigger wuz sun
burnt. The niger, l remarkt, wuz,
undoubtedly, ORIGINALLY white, but hev-
in ben, sence bis arrival in this country,
addicted to agricultooral persoots, he
he'd become tanned to o degree wich,
tho it marred his physikle beauty, did
not interfere with his sterlin goodniss
NV heart There he'd been differences
bet Waen the races-at times there he'd