The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1867-02-14
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and A6etted Iy the IerUerse Joe Bigle,'
Posr OFFIs, CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS, }
| (Which is in the Stait of kentucky
January 10, 1867.
L wuz rekested week ago to preech &
discourse from the text wich the noble
and highminded Gunner Bramlette used
with such crushin force in his last annual
message, to wit: "Kin the leoapared
changs his spots or the Ethiopian his
skin % and alluz feeling anxious to do wat
L kin for the cause, | did it last mite. or
rather essayed to do it.
And here let me remark, that there
amt more devoted people in Kentucky
than them lambs ez compose my flock
1t wuz techin site and one wich filled
my sole with JOY to see EN- pour out Nv
the groceries at the first tootin Nv the
horn; and to see Pennsbacker, which ownes
the distlllery, stoppin work to come but
the most cheerin and encouragin sign to
me wuz to seek Dekin Pogram, who wuz
playin seven up for the drinks with Ell
der Slathers, at Bascom's, lay down his
hand when he he'd high, low, and jack in
it, and he'd only three to go. ''Eider,
there's the horn. Let us to our dooties
Ligion must take the front seat Nv tenn
p'ral matters" and sighin ez he cast a
parting glance at his hand, he strobe re-
solootly to the sanktooary.
opened by readin the follerin from
Gov. Bramleett's message:
"The niger is the inferior Nv the white
he lacks the power to rise Ontil the
leopard kin change his spots, or the ETH
opian his skin, all efforts to repeal or
nullify Gods laws will be unavailin."
"My brethrin these words is words Nv
wisdom, and fur EN- let US be thakful-
The skin Nv the Ethiopian wuz inflicted
onto him for the express purpose Nv dis
tinguishin him from his brethrin, those
servants he wuz condemned to be, for all
time, ez punishment for the sin Nv Cain
or the imptoodence Nv Ham, wich, the
Democratic divines heven't settled on
With the black skin he wuz given all the
other marks Nv inferiority. He wuz Gust
with long arms, immense hands, fiat nose
and bowed legs, and that their mite be no
mistake in the matter, he wuz given wool
y.
"Ah, my brethren, wat blessed thing
for US is this Ethiopian What a consola-
ton it must be to 700 all to know that
ther is race below 700, and how blessid
the refeekshun that they can't change
ther shin, and by that means git above
youl That's the comfort we draw from
the skripters. Wat horror it wood be
for Deekin Pogram, who is snorin so
peacefy.
"Dreamin, sweetly dreamin, the happy
hours away" efwhen the Soopreme Court
decides the ablishin amendment uncon-
stooshnel and he gifts his niggers back
again, if ther shood be a new dispensas-
hun and niggers shood be permitted to
change their skins Wat sekoority wood
we hev for our property Some mornin
he'd wake up and find EN- all white per-
sons, which it would be unconstooshnel to
wollop.
'My brethern ther hez been many ef-
forts to change the skin uf the Ethiopian,
or rather ther hez bin many who wanted
to. The Boston Ablishnists hev tried it,
but wat hez bin the result? Amt they
niggers yit, and aint they still the degrad-
ed wretches they allus wuz? paws for
a reply"
| made this latter remark becoz, and
only becoz it sounded well, not that | he'd
any idee that anybody wood reply. l
amagiue my surprise at seein gray head
ed nigger, witch he'd bin, doorin and after
the fratrisidle struggles, employed in the
l. h,t
he he'd word to say onto that pint =
There wuz storm Of indignashun, and
the impudent nigger, who wuz so sassy
ez to preesoom to speak in white meet
in wood hev bin sacrificed on the spot he'd
not Joe Bigler, who wuz half drunk,
drawd ugly looking navy revolver, and
remarkin that he knowd that nigger-that
he he'd more sence than the hull bilin NV
US, and he shood hev his say.
"Ef" sed this recklis Joe, "ef he beats
you, Perfessor, truth is truth let's hev
it. Eff he don't why, it's all the better
for you. Eff your Websterian intelleck
kivers the ground, all rite-ef his pom
derous intelleck gets the best ont jist
rite. 'Out of the mouths Nv babes and
sucklins.' Elder, go my bottom dollar
on this sucklin. Speak up, venerable
there won't none Nv EN- tech you" and
and he cockt his revolver.
"Beggin pardon" sed the nigger, 81
agree with yoo, Perfesser, that the Eth
opian can't change his skin himself, but
docs thescripter say that it ean'tb chang
ed for him p
''Anser the venerable babe, sed Joe
Bigler, pintin his revolver at me.
Il can't say that it does" sez |.
every good" retorted the niger
"heznt there a change bin goin on In
Kaintucky from the beginnn My moth
er wuz ez black ez crow, I'm constable
lighter; my wile's half lighter than
am; my gals children is half lighter
than their mother, and [ want to known
wat t,uynar IRA n, letta's rot TO say to that,