Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-04-25

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rican-The result Of the Venture.
| PosT OFFIs CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS,
| (wich is in the Stait Nv kentucky
March 2Sth, 1867.
| hev made many sudden and
rather 'strordinary changes in politix
some so very sudden that the
movement perdoost CONGESTION Nv the
Conscience. | Irekollect wunst Nv ad-
vokatin free trade and high pro,
tective tariff, all within twelve hours,
| made speech in an agricultural
destrik Nv Moo York in the forenoon
at 10 A. NJ, and in a manufacturin
town in Pennsylvany in the evenin,
our platform bein so construktid that
both parties Good find an endorse
ment in it, and hev performed many
other feats Nv moral Gymnastics
but this last change l hev bin called
upon to make is probably the sud-
denest. Last week Toosdy, Deekin
Pogram, Captin McPeIter, and | wuz
engaged in riddin the Corners Nv
niggers. We he'd endoored them ez
long ez we thot possible, and deter
mined on standin it no longer. Sc
lectin three wich we wuz satisfied
he'd too much spellin-book into EN- to
be enslaved agin, we wuz preparin
notises to be served onto EN-, order
in EN- to leeve in twenty-four hours,
when | reserved Letter in the north
ern mail marked " free-Alex. W.
Randall, P. NJ. G." | knowd it wuz
ofishel to-wunst-that blessid sigma
toor is on my commission, and I've
contemplated it too often to be mis-
taken in it. Its contents wuz breef,
and ran thus
"To all postmasters in the South
ern States The niggers hev votes
-consiliashen is our best holt. See
to it,"
This breef tho not hard to be IN
derstood order wuz sealed with the
ofishel seal Nv the Post Offs Depart
ment stampt into putty instid Nv
wax, to wit a loaf Nv bread under
a roll Nv butter, with ten hands u
grabin at it. comprehended the
situashen at site, and set about doin
my duty with both Roman and Spar
tan firmness. "Deekin," sez |, tearin
up the notises, these niggers we
hev misunderstood They are not an
inferior race-they are Lot decend-
ents NV Ham and Hager-it wuzn't
Paul's idea in sendin back Onesimus
to condemn him to seryitood-we hev
misunderstood the situation, and
must make amends. The nigger is
devoid Nv smell, and is trooly a man
and a brother"
"Wat ?" sed the Deekin, tippin
back ia amaZement.
"Jest wat | say" sez |, "read
that" and l flung him the letter.
The upshot Nv the conference witch
follered wuz the callin NV meetin
the next mite, at witch all Nv the Ethi-
opeans 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 wuz sence | he'd helpt
to hang couple Nv niggers, by way
Nv finishin off celebrashen. Pollock,
the Illuoies storekeeper, got hold Nv
it, aud told Joe. Bigler, and Joe swore
that eff the niggers hedn't any more
sense than we give them credit for,
in sposin we Good bamboozle EN- SO
cheap, he shood go back to the old
belief, to wit that they wuz only a
sooperior race Nv monkeys, after all
and by mite every nigger in the vi
cinity wuz postid thoroughly, and out
Nv all Nv EN- | Good only git fouI
who wood promise to attend, and tc
them the Deekin he'd to pay s.
apeece. To give it ecaw promised
one Nv EN- So Ito be paid at the close
Nv the meetin) to sit on the stage
with me, wich, bein a very poor man
and hevin sick wife in shanty
near by, who wuz a suf1erin for med
icine, (Which he coodent git without
money! he accepted.
At this pint an idee struck me.
remembered Philadelfy, and deter
mined to hev scene rivaling thu
Couch and Orr biznis. Another
thing, Cuff, understand that it's par
NV the bargain that when in m.
speech | turn to you and stomp, yOl
must rise and embrace me-"
Wat 2" sez he.
Fall into my arms, loyin-like--
you understand-jist as tho we WI
long lost brothers p
"Scuse me !" sez he l'se a NIT,
low nigger, and wants to buy de oil
woman some quinine, and would d
most anything foah dat, but golly
dat's too much !"
"Not cent" sed ! sternly assoc