Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-24
BY REQUEST.

rFrom the Southern yidettc.
Politics IN the Pulpit-Old Brudder Petes
Sermon on Wolves in Sleeps Clothing
:" Beware of mon that come to you in Sleeps
clothing but within they are raving wolves"
Bclubbed Brudderen: is gwine to do on
dis de present 'casion what I ncbbcr done
afore since | commenced spoundin de gospil
L is gwinc to preach political sarmint. is
free American of African Scent, and Is got
jist as good right to preach politics as brud.
der Beecher, or any odder man. De tex say,
g Bewar Of men dat come to you in Sleeps
clothin." Now, bruddcrcn, the question axes
itself, what is sleeps clotlin. Sleeps clothin
you all know, is 'cool; and you all likewise
know the black man got wool std of llar, on
his drainology. So widout strctchin the fig
ger morn a politcianer sometimes stretches
his conscience, we may read dc tex in dis
wise Bewar Of dc whito man dat comes to
you in root, dat is, comes to you in dc guisc
OBJ dc black man, [lkc bruddcr EberEardt
for cxamplc;] dat make ont dey lub the black
man; dat dey feel like dc black man; but
within dcy arc raven wolves, scckin niggcr
votes. Dey comes to lis in sleeps clothn;
dcy call you fellow citizen dey is laborin and
suncrin persecution for dc sake OBJ do blacl;
mnn; dey respect deir colorcd brudderin;
dey luh der colored sistcrn-sometimcs, my
brudderen, not aciscly but too vel. Dey como
to you in sleeps clothin; dcy is gwnc to do
great things for the black man dcyis gwine
q grand pinnner; and larn all de little nigs to
cipher multiplication, and talk Greek Dey
i, ;swine to glib dc black man franchises, and
'cibil rights, and bu,us, and pluribus unums,
and dcb knows what; make crismus come
twicca year, and cherry third year iubilo.-
Bcwar of dem, my bruddcren, dey lubs tie
black man and dc black oman like dc wolf
lubs dc sheep, and dat, you know, is for dc
sake ob dc sheep meat.
Dcy is ravcnin wolves, my brudderen, seek
in nigger votes. Dcy are broken-windcd pol.
iticiancrs, my bruddcrcn, dat decent white
men won't vote for. and dey links dey can get
dc votes OBJ de black men, by pullin wool ober
deir eyes. OATS why dcy 20 in for nigger
suffrage, when de Lord knows de neger's
done suffered enough already wid deir foolish
ness. What good it gwinc to do niggcr to
vote 1t amt gwine to put meal in dc bar.
rel, meat in dc pot, tatcrs in de ashes, nor
corn in dc hoss troff? Whnt you know bout
dc laws, my bruddcren? Which of you would
know a tariff from tarropin, if yes to meet
it by moonlight? Which way would you
start to go to Congress, if anybody was fool
cnut1 to elect you. dar2 Bruddcren, dcy
sometimes take dc eyeses and dc noses in Con-
.gress; and sometimes dcir are more noses dan
cycses. Has any oh. you got sense enuff to
tell how dat mout be? If you don't know
muffin bout dc laws, how you gwinc to make
dc laws, or mend dc laws. knowcd smart
niggcr once who undertook to mend his watch
lie got it to pieces in less dan no time but
arter he worked it awhile. the debbil hissclf
could not put it togedder. OATS bout dc fix
you will get de government in if you go to
tinker'n wild it. Better be hoein corn, to make
bread for de ole oman und dc chlluns. You
all knows how to do dat, but you don't know
how to make laws, or mend EN-; and YOU
don't know what sort of men to choose to do
it. You arc jest as apt to vote for fool as
King Solomon, and you are heap aptcr to
vote fora rascal dan good tAan, kase de tox
say it's dc ravcnin wolf dat conlcs in shcep's
olothin; and do black man can't tcM sheen
from wolf. OATS what desc mean white men
knows; and dat's de reason dey wants you to
voto. Dey fraid spectacle white folks won't
vote for Elm, and dey tink dey can fool do
black man, cause dey don't know muffin, and
is easy soft-sawdcrcd Oars chesnuts in dc
fro, my bruddcrcn, and monkey wants EN-
he rake cm out wid dc cats paws; if it burn
de cat, it don't burn dc monkey. What mean
white men care how much dc niger suffer-
30 dey get and keep dc offices? What dey
care if q hundred sassy, fool niggers get killed
as dey did at New Orleans, so MS dey can get
up holl-a-b loo agin dc rebels, as dcy call
cleber white men and get an excuse to hab
de handle OBJ de vice turned one more time /;
and dey get de rule OBJ dcir bcttcrs? Bewar
OBJ dem, my brudden. When dc monkeys see
4chesnuts in de fire, and begin to be mighty
,perlight to de cat, let dc cat take care OBJ her
paws.
Day is rayenin wolves, my bruddercn, seek.
lin whom dey may devour Dey show der lub
for deiblaok man for taxin his cotton three
cents a pound, while his chilluns iscryin for
bread, his blankets dollar par, while he is
shibberin wild cold. Bewar OBJ dem, belubbed
brgdderen; if you let's en- fool you wild deir
soft sawder, you'll be wuss dan poor Esau
who sold his birthright fur mess Of potash
and he mought knowed fore he traded for ii
dat 'twapt fit to cat, but only to make soar
D outn. Finally, in conclusion, my brudderen
bewar ob men dat comes to you in sheep,
I clothin, but within. dcy is ravcnin wolves.