The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-05-08

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ecllw promised one NV EN- 80 TO he
pad al the clos,n Of the meeting to si
on the stand with me, wch, bein a very
poor man. and heyin a sick wife in 9
shanty near by. who wuz suffern fol
medicine, (wch he cocdent git without
money! he accepted,
At this pint an dee struck me. re-
memberei Philadelty, and determined
to hev a scene rlvalin the Couch and
Orr bauis Another thing Cuff, un.
derstand that its part NV the bargain
that when in my speech turn to voc
and stomp, you must rise and embrace
me-
'WatY sez he.
Fall into my arms, lovin llke-you
understand-jist as tho we wuz long,
long since brothels!
''Scuse me J. sed he. Use a NIFTY low
nigger, aud wants to buy de old woman
some quinine, and wood do mos any
thing foah dat, but, golly, dars too
much /!
Not cent, sed l sternly, assoomin
my most piercinest gaze, 'onless this is
included!'
'We,' returned he, sulsily, 'efI must,
speck l must, but golly--'
The rlte arrived and the meetin
house WIZ full. We thot tust NV holdin
it in the chapel NV the College, but
give up the ldee as impractlcabe, ez
OWN to the dillytorinis Nv our Northern
friends in forwardin sich subscripshens
ez they hev raised, we hewitt got no
further with the bildin than layin the cor-
ner stun. In the front wuz the four
niggers, all in clean shirts, and on the
stand wuz the niger | he'd engaged
Over the platform, wuz the follerin mot.
toes:
In Yoonion ther is strength-For
President in 1868, Fernando Wood /;
For Vice President, Frederick Duglis.
'ln the niger, strength--In the eau
cashen, beauty-In the mulatter, who is
lrooly the noblest NV the human race
both.
In aadishen to these, we dug up all
the old notices wich Jefferson writ,
about yoouiversal liberty and SIGH, wich
hedn't been quoted in Kentucky for
twenty years, and posted EN- up; in
breef, he'd lell Phillips blessid sper-
ct bin hoverin over that meetin house,
it would hev smiled apnrovinIy.
l spoke to EN- elokently ON the yooni>
versel brotherhood NV mankind, holdn
that whatever else Good be said, Adam
was the father of all mankind, and that
the only difference between a white man
and nigger wuz the nigser WIZ sun
burnt. The niggor, l remarkt, wuz,
undoubtedly. originally white, but hevin
bun, sence hls arrival in this country,
addicted to agricultooral persoots, he he'd
become tanned to degree wlch, tho it
marred his physical beauty, did not in.
terfere with his sterlin goodness Nv heart
Their he'd bin differences bet~ cen the
races-at times ther he'd bin onpeasant-
nises wich no one regretted more than /. |
The whites Nv the Corners he'd not alluz
bin ez consid,it ez Good hev wished
They he'd tloged several NV EN-, and
hung many more, and in times past he'd
held EN- IN slavery and sich, but that
shood not be thot Nv at this happy time,
1t wuz constltooshne to do these things
then, and Kentucky wuz eminently
law abidin State. Here sez I, 'on this
platform, with the flag Nv our common
over me, l declare eternal friend.
hip to the colored man, and to seel the
declarashen thus embrace
The obstinlt nigger didn't stir step.
Come up and fling yoor arms around
me yoo black cuss,' sed in stage
whisper, Come up
'Noyoo don't boss sed the nigger, in
q loud voice which was audibl, to all
nver the church, and holdin out his
hand. Il can't trust you bressld min
It. Glib me de S5 flst. Yoo owe dis
child foah dollars now fo' 'sawin wood
TO- yoah post offs, and ef we's a gwine
10 hab our rites de fuss yoose / shell put
mine to will be gittin dat money. Pay
up fus and de brace atterward. l can't
10 sich disagreeable thing widout de
,ashs!n advance
This ruther destroyed the effect. The
lnities wuzn't preserved. The plggers
n front bust out in torturing laff, and
Pollock and Bigler roll'd IN oonvulsions
~ lafture, in wich half NV our people
oined Mo astandin petritied, in the
attitude OF embracin, that cussid nlgger
,tandin with his hand extended for the
money, with the Deekin aud Bascom
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