The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-11-07

erence TO me wat his reason wuz for
votin, ez desired him to vote.
Tho niger lovers beat up one man
to vote forthe Amendment, wich | I
saw by his dissatisfied look, he'd ben
over perswaded.
"!Sir." sed ], do VOC consider u
Afrikin suffishen;ly intelligent 10 be I
trusted with SO potent u weapon cz
the bailot?''
Dustin away from them wich he'd
him in charge, he exclaimed, NO,
don't. lc..n'tvote for it, Thcy.ain't
cnutf Sir, scratch off the
Yes from my ballot, and pet onto
it NO" 8
Here is a pcnsil," scd l.
"Do it yerseli," said he, Il can't
write"
And did it. Sich is the cffeck nv
word IN season. Words fifty spo-
ken is apples Nv gold, set in picters
OF silver.
One man woodent listen to me, but
voted the amendment. lie had Blu
soicr, and for eleven months par
took NV the hospitalities Nv the Con-
fcdri,s, at Andersonvilic. Escapin,
he wnz helped to the Fedral lines by
niger who wuz fiogged almost to
death. in his site, for not betrayin
wher he wuz hid. l mite cz well hev
talked to Il lamp post. BE- he showed
in his ballot, he remarked suthin
about he'd ruther sec a niger vote
than d--d rebel, any time. From
the direkshun NV his eye site, per-
SOON no referred to me.
! left for homo ez soon ez the votes
wuz counted, and the result wuz
made known, only waitin till the
poll books wnz made rite, and the
Judges NV elekshun he'd got their
names written by the clerks, and he'd
made their marks to en-. Onmy. way
home wuz gra,itied 10 see how the
material antipathy to the Niger he'd
revived At Cincinnati. the night ny
the elekshun, they WIZ banging NV
EN- about, the patriotic Democriry
goin for EN- wherever they Good find
en-, and the mex. day, ez saw en- at
the ralcrode stashen !, they he'd, gen.
orally spcekin: Their beds pan,laged.
1t wuz ch.crin to me, and | gloated
over it.
= Full nv gladnis, I entered Kentuck,
and ioyfully wcnded my way to the
Corners. | wuz the bearer of tidins
Of great JOY, and my feet wuz pleas.
1,,+a thu cnpfsnu +
I walked into Bascom's, they all
saw in my face snthin nv importance
swat is ,t?'' sed Deekin Poyram,
q is veal or woe p
! Is the proud Cancashen still in the
ascendant in Ohio. Or hev tho grovelir
Afrikin ground him in the dust?" ask
Isaker Gavitt. .
envy friend" sed I, takin up thu
Deekin's whisky, witch in the eggs
: element NV the moment he didn't
observe, s'the Constooshnel Amend
, ment, given the niger ckal rites. ha!
been voted down by the liberty loving
freemcn wv Ohio, Three cheers fol
. Ohio.
They wuz given with q will. TIL,
. widest enthoosi,sm WIZ awakened
: - - Y
: and tha church bells wnz set ringin
The niggers wore q dismayed look
! and got ont of the way CT soon c;
possible. Deekin Pogram spoke. II,
= felt that this wuz proud day. Ligh
wuz breakin away. We he'd nov
the Afrillin under our feet. We he,
got him in his normal posishen II
Ohio, and please God, we will soor
hev him likewise in Kentucky. IL,
g moved the adopshen Nv the folleri!
resolooshens: # rs
Wareas. Noer Gust Canaan and con
7 demned him to be servant unto hi
: brethren, thereby clcerly indikati,
the status NV the race for all time K
> come to be one NV inferiority; and
! Wareas, To farther show to tn.
eyes nv the most oh Dose that a diff
Q ference WIZ intcndid. the Almighty
I gave the nigger different anatomi
Gle struckter, for full partikelers u
/ witch see the speeches Nv the Demo
) kratic stumpcrs doorin the late cam
paign; and,
). Wareas, The attempt to place tn,
. Niger on an ckality with the whit,
in votin ez well ez taxashun, we con
Q slider the sappin uv'thc very founda-
shnnnof civil liberty, ez we'll ez u,
; the Criscl,cn religion, therefore
J, Resolved. That the Constooshne
: and Biblikle Democracy NV KcntuckJ
z send greetin to their brctherin u,
= Ohio, with thanks tor their promp
! and effectooaI squelchin NV the ide:
g NV niger superiority.
! Resolved, That to the Republican,
NV Ohio. who. risin above party con
9 sidcrashuns, voted agin suffrage, on
2 thanksis due, and We congratulate,
: EN- that now they ez well ez us, AR
:. saved from the danger Nv marryil
8 niggers, and likewise we do ashoo
? en- that in q spirit Nv mutual for
$ bearance, we. care not wat particular
Q creed they perfess, SO long ez thcJ
vote our principles.
9 Resolved, That tho will NV tn,
9 people havin bin cleerly indicated
p we demand the insershun NV til,
q word "white" in the Constitooshur
n Nv the Yooniied States. s.
Resolved. That we ask the coloret
= voters Nv Tennessee, and other State
! where colored men hev votes, to ob
!, serve how they arc treated in Ohio
: where tho Ablishnists don't need EN-
+ In them States we extend TO EN-