Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1867-04-17
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Fto the Toledo Bade
The Negro Vote M. Nasby m Imitation OF
Wade Hrmoi1n Tcie, to Oonciii1ts he Afri-
c1a-Ias Result OF t4a Venture
Posi- OFFS C1NFEDRtr y ROADS,
(w.cn is in the StaiJ Nv Ksntucky0
MARCH %, 1867.
! hev made msuy sudden and rather 'stror.
dinary caanses la poli.ix--soms So very sud
den ,1a. the movement prodoost conf ,stion
NV the Conscience. | rekolleet wanst NV ad-
yokatn f.oe trade and h.fh pcotec i've tariff,
all within tive 80 hoars, | made a spsach in
a agricui,o 5rtl 5sesrrck Nv Mo- York in the
forenoon at 10 A. ~, aud ina mAnuiacturin
town in Pennsylvany in the evenin, our plat
form bein 50 construckud that both sides
Good find a enforcement in it) and hev per-
formed many other feats NV moral gymnas-
tiks out this last change | hev bin called
upon to make ia probably the suddensst -
Last week roosdg, Dsskin Pogram, Captain
McPelter aud | Wuz engaged in rlddin the
Corners NV niggers. We had endoord en- ez
long % we thot possible, and determined on
standin il no longer Selec'in three wich we
wuz satisfied he'd too much spellin- book into
EN- TO be enslaved agin, we wuz preparn no.
/ tises 60 be served cato en-, orderin EN- to
leave in twenty four hours, when | reserved
in the northern mail letter marked "F Free
Alex. W. Randall, p. NJ. g." knowd it
wuz o6ishel 10 wunsr-.Alt blessid signatoor
s on my commisshun, and I've contemplated
i; TOO often to be mistaken ia it. It's con-
tents wuz brief, and ruu thus:
"To all P1stm,sters Ia the Southern
Stats: The niggers hey votes--oonsiliashe hen
is our best hole See 90 it."
This brief tho not b td to be understood
order was sealed with the oiichel seal uv the
Post Offs Department stampt into putty in
sGd uv wax to-wt; loaf uy bread, under a
roll NV butter, with ten hands grabbin at it.
1 comprehendsd the situation at site, and set
about doin M dooty with both Roman and
/ Spartan frmness.
! " Deekin," sez |. tearin up the notises,
' these niggers we hev misunderstood. They
are not an Inferior race-they are not descend
ants Nv Ham and Hager--it wuzn't Psufs
idea in sendin back Onesimus to condemn
him to servitood-we hev misunderstood the
situation, and must make amends The mig
ger is devoid Nv smell, and is trooly man
and bro,herP'
"Wat;' said the Deekin, tippin back in
amszemsnt.
jest wat say" sez ], "read that" and
| | flung him the letter.
The upshot Nv the conference wich follered
wuz the eallin Nv meetin the next mite, at
wich all the Ethiopians NV the Corners wuz
invited and urged to be present.
The trouble wuz 70 git the niggers to at
tend the meetn. The fust one spoke %
laiIt in my face, and askt ms how long il wu2
since he'd helpt hang couple NV niggers,
by way NV hnishin off a celebrashen. Pol
lock- the illinois slore-keeper, got hold NV It,
and told Joe B gler, and Joe swore that e
the niggers hednt any more sense than We
Civ EN- credit for, in sposin we Good bamboo
zle EN- SO cheep, he shood go back to the old
beleef, to-wit that they wuz only sooperi'
or race NV monkeys, after all and by nit'
every niger in the viscinity wuz postid thor
oughly, and out NV all Nv EN- Good only 81
four who would promise to attend, and thei
the Deekin he'd to pay So apiece to. To Civ
II sclsw promised one nv ON S5 (fo he nsi'