Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-14
From the Toledo Blade
From the Toledo Blade.
A Letter from n Washington EN,hi-
opian TO his Friend, another
Ethiopian, i'm Greenviiie,
Tennessee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 80, 1867

into him. Eddication, Samyooei, is de
fust ting wat we niggahs want. De bal
lot, Samyooel, in de hand OBJ iggernant
man is berry much like loadin shot
gun wild de shot and waddin down fust.
Oar amt no power in it, But Glib man
wild larnin into him de ballot, and golly,
its q big ting. De larnin is de powder
de ballot is de waGdin and shot, and
when de trigger is pulled, dar'S 'splo-
sion, and sumbUddy'S bit ct it's aimed
rite. DarlOTe dis Chilc> GOn in on de
larniu. | wraSse Wild DE spellin book
contiuyOoaly. SumHmes de spellin
book gifts me down and Sumtimes git
de spcllin book down, tho latterly tink
Use got dc upper hand OBJ it.
Oars bully time in Washnton now.
Washinton is dc place for niggahs. Mas
50 Johnson tole us IN Nashville dat he
wuZ q gwine to be de Moses of de COlOrd
IzZelites, aud / RAIDER tink he wuZ. He
led US into de Red Sea and left Us dar,
tlounderin about like catfish in de mud.
We pulled ourselves out and he started
wild us trOO de wilderness same de rig
inaI Moses did, and dat he mite initiate
de 'zample OBJ dc fust Moses, dis chile is
ob de 'piniOn dat he Calkelated TO lead
us bout for jist forty years to a day.
Oars strikin similarity between de
two. De ole IZZielites wuZ asSailed wild
all sorts OBJ trubble-sO wuZ we. Dey
he'd serpentS to bite 'em-we he'd de
Copperheads after us. De heathin ma
tionS made war on 'em-wuZ dar any
wusser heathins in dem days dan dem at
Memphis and Orleans But Congress
took de Mosis biznis out 90 his hands.
Dey histed de Civel Rites bill fur de
brazen serpent into our camp, and SIGH
OBJ us ez Good look at it ODER de sites OBJ
q government muskit, lived. Den agin,
Congress found for US a short cut out OBJ
de wildernis. Dey went into de woods
darselves, wild dar axes dey hewed down
de ole trees OBJ superstition, and deg
grubbed up de ole stumps OBJ prejddis,
and putin de ballot into de niggah's
hand made de road ODER Jordan eB easy
ez street ralerode.
Oars diffrense tween Washinton
now and Washinton six weeks ago-a
perCeptible diffrence. Dey had way
OBJ kickin niggahs dat wuz aggrivatin.
Ebery secesh In de city he'd learned de
most tenderest spot on de shin, an brick
bats Lord Dress 700, Samyooel dis
chile nebber Good understan befo' why
de niggah's skull wuz SO thick. De
Lord made it so on purpuss, so dat
brick bats wood bounce Off OBJ 'em.
Eberyting is fitted TO- de place it fills.
Eff de niggah's skulls wuZ like white
mems, dar wOodn't bin Il Twin niggah
in Washinton to-day. But dar 8 q
change in de soshel condishen OBJ tings.
Yesterday dar wuz a member OBJ de
| Common Council wat wants to be 'leCtid
agin mex March, come into my barber
shop, and seq to him:
''Shavc, mas'r."
"My der sab" sed he ketchin me by
de hand an fallin' across my shoulder
"don't call me mas'r no more. Under
! dc shadder OBJ dat flag" sed he pintin to
de Capitol, ebry man is free, aud daI
amt no mas'rs."
"Wha-a.a when ?-sence when = sed
| l 'stonished, for he wuz de most 'leck.
shnit man ebber did see since de day
wuz married.
my brudder," sed he, "the Airikin,
90 which race yO0r magnificent spec
linen, is now in fair way 90 wOrkir
out his misvin. De shaCkles falls of
his limbs and he STAINS in de lite OBJ d.
| de Dressed SUM- man, and brudder
voter. 700 is my ekal, and"
"But watts de matter 2" sed /, 81
member 'stinkly, only two free sebra
weeks ago 700 kicked me off dc side
walk for askin' 700 for de two las
shaves 700 owed me for. Watts cum
ober you z Am 1 more a man an {
brudder now dan l wuz den ?''
"My friend, sed he, II hope, ernstly
hope, dat WOO won't member dem LITTLE
spasms agin me. De fack is, IL notis
WOO he'd ambishn into yer, and | wu2
feerful, deed ! wuz, dat yoo'd rise faster
dan wuz for yoor COED. But OATS al
ober. Come
And dat man made nae shut up d.
shop, and we walked out arm-in-aru
and went to dc beer shop wild me. Or
de way we met pile of Irishmen, anC
dey wuz 'stonished. "Nigger I" dey
yeled-aud dey made TO- me, but dey
seed wuz in good company and stayed
dar hans. We stopped into all de beer
shops, aud he payed for all de fresh
ments, cherry time touchin my glass ant
| urlnhlu W nc peCudl naEuopy w w
races, and hopin dat so far eE de De
mocrisy and de colered men Of Washing
ton wuz concerned, de Ratchet wuz Der
ried forebber,
"My friend, }" sed he, in whisper, ed
fac is dat de gubernmint OBJ de city he;
KUN to de 'cloosion dat de IrishmeI
workin on de public works OBJ de cit!
amt got dc 'passity into EN-, ana spec
we shell hab to turn EN- loose. Kin We
git, d'you spose, two or tree hundred
Culud men TO take dere places ant
when de lection kums, eff we'se lecteC
dar'll be more places for en-"
1t seemed to me ies ez though smel
suffin. SEE l, "My lreu-fOr we are fren,
now, ANT WEI"
rKia you doubt 1t" sed he,
al uebber take 'sCisivs step widdou
'sdltin POTTER"
"Aod who is POTTER" sed he.
"He's q man an q brudder, too" sed |
Z "Now tell you wot. Well 60 back to d
shop, an 20 stay dar till fetch POTTER
aBd we'll 'scourse on dis pint"
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