Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-05
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Beware Of men dat come to you in sleeps cloth
ing, but within are raving wo ves."
BELUBBED BRUDpERIN: L is gwine to do
on dis present 'casion what Iftebber done.
afore, since I Commenced spoundfn' de gos-s
pill: Use gwine to preach a political sar-
mint 1 is afree American of a frican fscent
and Ise got jist as good right to preach
politics as brudders Beecher,oop any oder
man. De tex say, "Bewar of men dat come
toyou in sleeps clQthin'." Now bredderin.
de question axes itsplti what is 4 sheeps
clothin'. Sleeps clothin', you all know, is
aoool; and yon adj know. likewise, ,9lEs black
man got wool, stid- of har, on his criuiol-
ogy. So, widout stretchin'de tigger morn
Eoliticiner sometimes stretches his con-
science, we may read de tex fn<tlfs wise:
Bewar of lie white man dat comes to Won
in 1coot, dat lis, sscomesS topsyou in de
guiseJ OBJ black man; dat make out dey lubr
de black man; dat dey feel like de black,
man; but within they are raven wolves,
seekln nigger votes. Dey Come to us in
sheep's clothing; sdey call you fellowcit
zen ;sdey is laborin and stifferin pcrseca1
tion for de sake of de black man; dey re-
spect dler colored sbredderin; dey lub dier
colored sisteru. Dey come to us in sleeps
clotnln dey is gwine to do great things
for de black man; dey is gwine to glib eh-
cry black man farm and every woman q
grand pianner; aud larn all de little nigs
to cipher multiplication and talk Creek
Dey is gwine to glib de black. man fran
chises, and cibil rights. apd buros. and plu-
ribus unams, and debil knows what; make
crismus come twice a year, and ebery third
year jubilo. Bewar OBJ dem, nv bred
derin; dey l1bs de black man and de black
woman like de wolf'lubs de sheep, and dat,
you know, is for de sake of de. sheep meat.
Dey is ravenin wolves. my bruddern,
seekln. niggers, yotes.T Dey are broken
wfpded politicianers, my bfuddern, dat de.
cent white men won't vote for, and dey
thinks dey can get the votes OBJ de black
men, by pullin wool over der eyes, OATS
why .dey 60 in for niger suffrage; when
the Lord knows de nigger's done snfft rim
enough. already wild der foolishess. What
good, it gWlne tG do a Niger to vote 2 1t,
amt gwine to put meal in the barrel, meat
In de pot taters in the ashes- nor corn in
the fioss troff. What you know about de
law, my bruddern. Which of YOU would
knowla tariff from a ittarripin, If qye,s to
neet,it;by, moonlight? Which way would
you start to! go to Congress. if anybody
was fool enough to elect you dar? Brud-
dern dey sometimes take de eyeses and
noses IN Congress-: and sometimes diefa
are s more b. noses dan seyeses.z= Has
any 90 you got sense tenuff to,
tell how dat mout be? If you dom
know muffin bout de laws now you gwinel
to make de laws. or mend de, laws? Il
took to- mend his watch. He got it to
pieces inDiless dan.no time; but arter he
worked it awhile, de debbil ilhimself fcouldn't
put 1t togedder. OATS bout de fix you'll
get the government in if you go to tinker
in wild it. Better be holm corn, to make
bread for ole oman and de chilups. You all
knows how to do dat, but you don't know
how to make laws, nor mend 'em, and you
don't know what sort of men to chose to
do 1t. You Just as apt to vote for fool as
hlng solomon, and you "a heap apter.
to vote for a rascal dan good man,
kase de tex says it's deravenin wolf dat
comes in Sleeps cl0thinGq and de black
man can't tell sheep from wolf. OATS
what desc mean white men knows,y
and dat's de reason dey want you to vote.
Dey fraid Specialize white folks WORT
vote for fem, and dey think dey can ofooI
de black man, cause dey don't know
muffin, and is easy soft sowdered. Dar's
chestnuts in de fire, my breddern, and
monke wants 'em he rake Penn out wild de
cats paws; if it burn de cat, it don't de-
monkey, What do mean white men care
how much de niger suffer, so 6ey get, and
keep the offices. What dey care if a hum
dredSsassy, fool niggers get kill, g did tats
orleans, so as dey can get up a helladello
again de rebels, as dey call cleber white
men; and get an excuse to have de handle
OF de wise turned out one more time and
dey get de rule of dier betters.h Beware of
dem my bruddern. When we monkeys
see chestnuts in de fire and begin to be
mighty perlite to de cat, let de cat take care
OBJ her paws. .IAif2 INK 19i sjeY ,nigof9T
JDey is ravin wolves, my belubbed, seek
in whom dey may deyour. Dey show der
lub for de black man for taxin his cotton
three cents pound, while his chilums is
crying for bread, his blankets a dollaria
par, while he is shibberin wild cold. iBewara
OBJ dem, belubbed brudderin; it you, lets
dem fool you wild dier soft-sawder, You'll
be wus dan poor Esau, who scld his BIRTH
rightfur mess of potash and he mohght
OBJ knowed for he trade for it, DAT twant fit
to eat, but only to make soup out'n. FL
nslly. in conclusion, my brudderfn, bewar
oh men dat comes to you in sheep's cloth
in, but width dey is ravenin wolves. 81 'y09
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