Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-12-28
Nasty.
The AIabcma Conuentior-The Woes of
John Cutie, Jr.
MoNrsoMRY, Ala, Dec: /. 1867.

| MONTGOMRY, Ala, Dec: /. 1851.
1t is possible that this world may con-
tinyoo to exist-that the heavenly orbs
may continyoo to roll about on each
others axises, and move IL harmonious
cycles into their respective spheers- that
comits may continyoo to wheel and turn
in regler orbits thro the speer assigned
EN- in the grand economy in celestyel
space, but l doubt it. Eff sich a disor-
ganizashen ez am now witnessin doesn't
overturn that order wich is Heavens first
law, all kin say is, nacher is so consti-
footed ez to stand summers Of no ordina-
rY magnltCod.
l am at Montgomery, in attendance, ez
a locker on in Venis, NV the "Constoosh-
enel Convenshen," ez it is called, now in
session in this accused town. 1t WIZ
curiosity wich brot me hither. [ he'd
heard NV this piebald body-uv this black
and tan gatherin, in Wich niggers and
white men-niggers in wich the white
blood predominated, and white men in
wich tie nigger blood predominated-
wuz gathered and sittih side by side, the
same ez tho Noer he'd never Gust Ham,
and ez tho the nigger wuz not beast,
and not our inferior at al, Ez l gazed l
sed to myself,
The time is ont NV joint o cusscd sdite,
| That born to set EN- rite
| entered the hall with the son Nv my old
friend, John Cutie. John Jr, is chip
NV the troo Cutie block. When | ar
rived found him a leanin on the bar NV
a small grosery, and smokin cigar and
lookin ez disconsolate ez mortal Good
Shakin hands with him, a momentary
CLEAN of joy shot atwart his careworn
face ez he invited hisself to driuk with
me. Not feelin it rite to deprive him NV
one little ray nv cOntentment, stood
drinks not only for him but for dozen
more wich found leanin on their elbows
on the bar, all Nv them with cigar
atwecn their teeth, Nv wich the lite he'd
gone out in conscience NV their bein too
much discouraged to draw EN-. knowd
the most nv these young men in the hap
py days NV vore. They wuz all the sons
NV planters in the vicinity-all Nv en- nv
the first families nv Alabama, whose
| fathers he'd wunst owned their thousand
akers apeece, and he'd brot EN- up ez the
troo shivelry NV the South wuz alluz brot
up. There wuznt wun NV en- but he'd
worn the nest magnificent broadcloth,
and, in his day, won and lost his thous-
ands at faro There wuznt wun NV en-
but wat WIZ up in all the ennoblin sport
wich wuZ the delite Nv the shiyelry NV
the South, sich ez pitchin dollars, draw
poker, and horse-rachin, and scarcely
wun NV EN- but who he'd fought dooels in
his time, and every man NV EN- he'd
slaughtered his hecatoms NV Yankees in
the late war. Yet here they stood, out
at elbows, with naplis hats, and all in the
last stage NV seedins.
"Cheer up!' scd i, cz we sot down the
tumblers l turned and told the bar
keeper that ez soon ez | Grawd my pay
and mileage l wood call and settle for
the drinks
"W-a-t?" sed he.
"I'm a member Nv the ConstitoOshnel
Conventicn," sed ], "and when get my
pay and mileage I'll call
NO you don't'' sed he, scizin ne by
the collar, ''No you don't. There haint
been member Nv the conrenshun or
Legislacher in these doors since Pope's
bin here. Pay now, er-"
Seein that my little strategy wOodnt
work rcluctently torkt over.
The young men WIZ in dredful state
nv dilapidashun, and their murmurin
wuz more like the lamentashens NV Job
thar anythin he'd heard for long time.
"Why," sed John Cutie, Jr., 'the old
man, when he departed this life, left me
thousand akers nv land, but wat WIZ it
good for? l he'd no niggers The accus-
sed whelps retooScd to work without
wagis, and that woodn't pay en- on
prinsiple. Finally they commenst maxim
offers for the land, III patches Nv from ten
to fifty akers, and crooel necessity COM
PEELED me to accept it. The money l re-
seeved | wuz compelled to live on, ontil
my patcrnal akers wuz redoost to a scant
hundred. The prodhx NV a hundred
akers wood support me, but it won't per-
doose. ] hev no labor-wlere kin | cit
the labor?"
YES, exclaimed all Nv the dozen young
men, rollin over onto the tother elbow,
"Guttle's case is our own. We all hev
land, but wher's the labor 2"
wuz about to commisserate EN- when
tHe udI-kCepeI SlIuCh III. Ilc W hOou Sc
jest, he remarkt, that possible under the
circumstances it wood be better if instead
uv layn on elbows, askin, "wher's the
labor?" they should go and do little
NV it themselves. Troo, if they shood do
it he woodnt see ez much NV EN-, but they
wood be able to pay suthin for the ikker
they consoomed.
John Cutie and | wended our way to
the Hall into wich the Convenshdn was
sittin. In the Hall wat site On the
rite wuz nigger on the floor and maxim
speech on the left, wuz nigger ny
majesty presence, with his feet eockt up
onto the desk in front NV him, abslootly
reading a noosepaper and another wuz
Just comm in towards his seat pickin
his teeth with ez much composure ez tho
he he'd never did anything in his life but
be member Nv cCnstitooshnel conven-
shuns. All about the hall in various at
titoods sot niggers NV various shades,
and all NV EN- well dresst, selfpossesst,
and without particle NV that healthy
hoomility wich the rase he'd alluz display
ed wen in the presence NV their sooperi-
orS.
"Good God! !" sed l to Cutie, after l
he'd recovered from my astonishment,
cam l awake, or am | dreamin ?'' Tell