Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-07-27
For the Des Arc citizen.I
 PATENT NEGRO SERMON,

up by our West Point correspondent short time since, while travelling in Mississippi. The language is not so ehaste and refined as we could wish, but we are repaid for that want in the truthful manner in which he shows up the true intentions of the would be Radical leaders of the negroes in the South
 My BRupERrN The tex is, Beware of white men who comes to you in sheeps clothing, but within are raven ing wolves"
 My belubed Rruderin am agwine 10 do on de present casion dat that neber done before, since l commenced spoundin de gospil. Ise gwine to preach a political or radacaltic sar- mon, which wish to splain to you fore takes my seat on de present ca- sion. Now, sum of my bredren may object to a sarmon ob dis kline: well, in ordally times woVld object miself, hut in desc here disordily times is ob de pinion dat whoeber is capable like iniself to splain matters, ought to not hold dar peace, for as dc good book say if you do, de stone will sink yer, so dat bein dc fact ise gwine to cum- uence. Now am dc freeman ob Af- riean scent, and has as good a rite to preach politicks as old Brother Beech- CT or any ndder man in desc dis-united states. So den to de tex. which says, beware ob all de white men whatcomes 10 you in de sheeps clothing. Now my beubed Bredren de question axes it's self what is de sheeps clothing? Well, cordin to de scriptur de sheeps clothin is de wool dat comes of de sheeps back, dis yer all do no and dare is nudder ting you all does no, and dat is dat de nigger has wool on his creolagy so now widout' stretching de figure any fudder dan de politishun stretch hims conscience, we may jist as well read de tex in dis wise, dat is, beware ob de white man dat come to you in de wool, dat Is, in de guise ob de black snan what tells yer dat dey Tub de black man and de sisters too, dat dev feel like the black man and sorter like de black sisters too, and das dey srfae1a like de black man and sorter like de black sis- ter too. say when dey comes to you and tells you what to do, beware, for widin dem dar is ravin wolves seekin de niggers votes. Yes, my bredren, dey come in de sheeps clothing calling us fellow citizens. an dey is laborin an sutferin and bein persecuted for de black man and dc black sisters too dat dey respect de black man and black woman too, dat dey lubs de colored sisters, and dat dey is gwine to do grate tings for dc black man dat is, dat dey is gwine to gib cbery black man trac of land and a she Rlale to raise his own mules, and dey is gwine to gib ebcry black woman cradle to rock the baby i'll, manufactured by order of Brother Greeley's wife; and well buckets to draw water out ob de Boutwell,. to quench dere thirst in de hot Sumner days; and dat dey hab 80 much spect for de eolored sisters, Especially de vel low ones.) day dey is gwine to gib dem an order to Broder Butler for set of spoons and sancers, boles, brest pins. gold chains, bracelets, and many tings too tedious to mention, for dey say dat he IS ober stocked wid all such things at de present time, and dat dey's gwine to send us school marms to teach our little nigs, and dat dey's gwine to gib de black man de Franchise, FRANCHISE FRANCHISE. Sambo do you no what dat is! And de Cibble Rights Bill, wonder if dat am old man Wricht's Yellow Elll, and de debil kaows what all Yes, and dat deys gwine to make christmas come twice in every year. and Sunday to come on Saturday, when dey tink dey want to trade on de regu- lar Sunday, and ebery third year to hab a jabilo. say brederen when xiev comes 10 yer expressin such tings as dat, and comes to yer in sheeps cloth ing, beware of dem my brederen for dcy only lubs de black man like de wolf lubs de sheep, and yer no dey lubs only for de sheeps meat: dey is ravin wolves seeking de niggers votes, deys broken winded polititions dat decent white men aint gwinc to vote ior and dey tink dey can git de nig- gers votes by pulling de wool ober de niggers eyes, dat is de reason why dey goes in for dc nigger sufferings, when de Lord knows dat dey have suffered already hy dcre dam foolishness. Ex- cuse me brcderen for using such in- flaming words. What good gwine 10 do for de nigger to votes It aint @wine 10 put meahin de barrel, meat in dc smoke house, tStars in de ashes, nor corn in de hoss troG. What do you no bout de laws? Which ob you would no Tariff from tarrapin if you was to meet it in de moonshine. Which ob you would start to go to Congress if Aey was anybody fool huff to feet you dar? dey sometimes ia Congress takes de eyes and de noses, and dare are more noses dan dey are eyeses, now hab any ob you got sence huff to tell how dat mout be. If you don't no nuf- in bout de laws, you no business to vote. My Bredren, l nowed smart swell head once who undertook to mend his watch; so he took it all to pieces in less dan no time, but arter he work on itawhile de debil heself could