The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-09
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OF John Cutie, If.
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OF, John Cutie, Jr.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Dec. /. 1867.
It 10 possible that this world may
continyoo 10 exist-that the heavenly
orbs may connnyoo 10 roll about on
each others axises, and move In har.
monious cycles Into their respective
eperes-that comits may continyoo TO
wheel and turn In regular orbits throo
the speer assigned EN- in the grand
economy in celestyle space, but doubt
II, Ifsuch a disorganlzashen eE I am
wltuessln doesn't oyerturn that order
which Is Heavens first law, all kin
say IL, nacher ls 30 constltooted ez TO
stand summers nv no ordinary magni-
tude.
am in Montgomery, In attendance,
ez locker on In yenis, nv the nCon.
stooshnel Conyenshun," ez II is called,
now In session In this accused town.
II wnz curiosity wich brot me hither. I
he'd heard Nv this piebald body-uv
this black and tan gatherin, In wich
niggers and white nen-niggers In
wich the white blood predomlnated-
wuz gathered aud settin side by side,
the satn6s ez tho Noer had never Gust
Ham, and ez tho the niger wuz not u
beast, and not our Inferior ut all. Ex
gazed said TO myself,
.rhe times IL out nv Joint, o cusSed spite,
That WnE ever born 10 set EN- Tite."
entered the hall with the son NV my
old friend, John Cutie. John Jr. Is u
chip nv the troo Cutie block. When /
arrived found him leanIn on the bar
Nv small grosery, q sriokin cigar
anu lnokln eE disconsolRte.ez mortal
Good. Shakin hands with him, n mo.
mentHry CLEAN Nv Joy shot athwart his
carewOrn face ez he Invited hisself 10
drink with me. Not feelin 1t rite to de.
prive him Nv one little ray nv content-
ment, stood drinks for not only him
but. for n dozen more wich 1 found
leanin on tkelr elbows on the bar, all
Nv them with cigar atween their
teeth, Nv wlch the lite had gone out In
conscience Nv their beln too much dis
eouraged TO draw em. l knowd the
most Nv these young men in the happy
days NV yore. They wuz all the sons
Nv planters In the vlcinity-all NV em
the first families of Alabama, whose
fathers bed wunst owned their thou
sand akers apeece, and he'd brOt em up
ez the troo shivelry Nv the South wuz
alluz brot up. There wuZn't wun NV
EN- but he'd worn the most magnificent
broadcloth, and. In his day, won and
lost his thousands ut faro. Ther wuzn't
wun Nv em but wat wuz up In all the
ennubllu sports wiCh wuZ the delileuv
the shivelry Nv the South, sich ez
pitchin dollars, draw poker, and horse
racin, aud scarcely wun NV em but who
he'd fought doOeis in his time, and
every man Nv em he'd slaughtered bis
hecAtOms Nv Yankees in the late war,
Yet here they stood, out ut elbows,
with naplis hats, and all in the last
stage Nv seedinis.
"Cheer up!" said I, ez we sot down
the tumblers. turned and told the
bar'keeper that ez soon ez drawd my
pay and mileage wood call and SET.
tie for the drinks
"W.a.tH" sed he.
"Pm member Nv the Constooshnel
Convention" said /, "and when got
my pay and mileage, I'll call"
mo 700 don't, sed he, seeZen me by
the collar, "No yoo don't. There haint
bin member Nv Convenshun or
Legislacher in these doors sence Pope's
bin here. Pay now, or"
Seein that my little strategy woodent
work, 1 reluctantly iorkt over.
The young men wuZ In a dredful
state OF dilHpidashun, and their mourn.
In wuZ like the lamentashuns NV Job
than anythtn he'd beard for long
time.
"Why" sed John Cutie, Jr., "the
old man, when he departed this life,
left me u thousand akers Nv land, but
wat wnz II good for2 ! he'd no mig
gers Tue accnrsed whelps refoosed TO
wurk without waRis, and Ihut wood
ent pay EN- on principle. Finally they
commenst maxim offers Tor the land,
In patches Nv from ten to fifty akers,
and croUel necessity compelled me 10
accept II. The money reserved WIZ
compelled 10 live on, until NY pater.
nal akers was redoost to scanI hun
dred. The prOdux Nv hundred akers
wood support me, but 1t won't per.
doose. l hev no labor-wher kin git
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 where's the labOrP"
wuz about TO commlsserate EN-
when the bar keeper struck In, He
wood sejest, he remarkt, that possibly
under the circumstances, Il wood be
better If instid Nv layin on ther elbows,
aSkin, "where's the labOfH" they shOod
go and do II little NV 1t themselves,
TroO, II they shood do Il he wOodent see
eE much Nv EN-, but they wood be able
TO pay suthin for the likker they con-
soomed.
John Cutie and I wended our way
TO the Hall into wich the C0nvenshun
wuz Sittin. In the Hall wat site
On the rite wuz a nigger on tho floor
aud maxim speech; on the left wuZ a
nigger NV majestic presence, with his
feet cUCkt up onto the desk In front NV
him, absloOtly rtAdin noOsepaper, and
another WIZ list comm In towards his
seat plckin bis teeth with eZ much
c0mpOsure eZ tho he he'd never did any.
thing In his life but be u member nv "A
cOnstOOshnel Convenshuns. All about
tue hall in varius attltOodS sot niggers
Nv varlus shades, and all Nv EN- well
drGst, self. .possesst, and without u pHr.
ticle Nv that healthy hoOmility Wich
the race he'd alluz displayed wen in the
presence Nv their EOoperIOrs.
GOOD God !" sed TO Cutie, after |
he'd recovered from my astOnishment,
"Am awake, or am l dreAmin? Tell
me, please, who are these niggers2"
"DOst see that nearly white niggor
On the floor otIerln resolulIon?" sed
Cutie, hOarSe with emOshun. The mig.
ger IN my property. His mother wuz
sold TO Orleans twenty years ago, on
account Nv 70 resemblance which my
mother rHnCled she saw iu him to my
lamented father. Ikep him az my ser.
want, aud the yHller Guss somehow
learned to read. lie owns "A part Nv
place the old nlau he'd in the north part
NV the state. That one TO the rite who
IL blzzy writin, Is another wun NV mine
Ill blacksmith, wiCh the old man bot
on purpose 10 do his repNirin, GOz the
white blacksmith wich wuz located
near us cost too much. lie wuZ cheap
ut 50 500, COZ NV his bein II sOOperiOr
workman, Rnd Rm told that tho Inca.
pahle bein hez u shop now Nv his own,
and hrz pile Nv money IN the Savius
Bank, while Ibis material soOpCriOr-
hev 10 depend onto the chance lIberall.
ty Nv comparative stranger like yoo
for the very driuG with 1 Am now
pnrChed for want Nv"
Aud the unfortunit young man bust.
ed into teers, wich We went out and rs.
SuRgcd, Returnin, he resnOmed:
"ThNt mulutto on the len, by tho
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