The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-18

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u The Negro rote--1Nr. NdsJv IL In,
y tafloH Of Wade Hampton Tries I
coNtiiidte tie Africdn-T TIE resul
\ Of TIE Tenture. ii .,
80. A From the Toledo. Blade
~ LOST ryusTOFFIcE CONFEDRIT x RoADs. \
|, 'Wacn nIn the Stait Of Eentuoky, y
ia Tlshas made many s sudden al a. ah;
rather strordinary changes HFpolitil
lf---s0me SO very sudden that til,
Emov ement perdcost onnicssiDn u,
the conscience. ! rekpilect se,urns,
iuv advocatin free trade and higf
protective tariff, all within twelve
4ourss \ imadcs q speochsin a agri
cultooral deestrik uy Moo York ir
tase forenoon mt 10 a. NJ, and in j
finanufseturini town in PENNSYLVANIA
N thae eyenlp, Onr platform bein So
Iconstruktid that both sides Good
ma 9 endorsement III y andikev.per.
formed many other feats NV ..aoral
gymnastics; but this last change /
fnev D1n called upon to make is prob.
noly. the suddnest. Last week Toos-
|dy, Deekin Pogram, .Captaiff McPel-
ter ard | wuz engaged in ridden the
corners nv niggeis We he'd -ehdoofel
em iez long as we thot possible, and
aetermlned on standin it no longer.
oeiectin @ three which we wus satisfi-
ca had too much spellin-bnok into
EN- TO be cnslaved agin. we wiuz pre-
parln notises to be served onto EN-,
orderln EN- to leave. 10 ,twentysfonr
hours, when ! reserved in the,;North.
ern mail letter marked ssFree-Alcx
w. Rannell, P. Nj. e. knowd it
Wuz offishef to-wunst--that blessed
signatoor'i is on my commisshun, and
I've contemplated it too softin to. be
mistaken in it. Its contentscxnz brief
and run thus, q
10 all Postmasters in the South
ern States: Tnc niggers hev votes
is our best holt. See
to it,"
This breef tho not hard toybos un-
derstood order WIZ sealed with the
onfshel seal nv the Post Offs Depart.
ment stampt intopntty instid Nv wax
to-wit: loaf Of bread under q roll Of
butter, with ten hands q grabbifl at
It: l comprehended the situation st
see and set about doin my dooty
with both -oman and Spartan firm
ness. "Deekin," sez I tearin up s. the
notises, "these niggers wo hevs mis-
They are not ANTERIOR
race-rhey arc not defendants nv
Ham and Hagar-it.. wuzht Pahl's'
idea in sending back Onesimus to
Gmdfus1 .bj1a r e.l,s Ii a;tttanft,on: ltndl
must make amends. Tho Hiigrer is
devoid Nv smell, and is trooly . man
and a brothera" !
ssWat?" said the Dcekin, tipnin
back in amazement. 1ID 1s@
Cest wat I say SEE I, ''read that, !"
and | flung him the letter. -
Tho upshot Nv the conference witch
followed was the calm Of 4 meetin
next mite, at wich all the Ethiopians
Nv the Corners wuz invited and nrg
ed to be present. .t'.;s
The trouble wuz. to git the nigers
to attend the meeting. The fust one
spoke to lafft in my facc and askt
me how long it wuz since I.had helpt
ndnS couple Nv nis v.s, ly Z vrlss.y. .
finishing off a celebrashcfi. Pollock
the Illinois store keeper, got hold Nv
it, and told Joe Bigler, and Joe swore
that eff the niggers hadn't any more
sense than we give em credit for III
sposin we Good bamboozio EN- SO
cheep, he shoold go back to + The old
beleef, to wit that they wnz only
4 sooperior race nv moalfbys, after
all and by mite overy niger in the
wuz postid thoroughly, and
ont Nv all | Good only git four who
would promise to attend, and them
we had to pay 50 apiece to. 70 give
it eclaw / promised one ssuv EN- $5
Ito be paid atthe close Nv the mectin)
to sit on the stand with me, wich,
bein a very poor mon, and heyin a
sick wife in q shanty near BY, who
wuz sufferin for medicine, (wich he
git without money, he ac-
copied. 3-7' sf S,l's ~ stts4 y I
Atthis pint an idea struck me. I
Philadelfy, and deterinin-
70. hcv q scene livaffn tho Couch aud
Orr biznis. "Another thing, Cuff
that It's apart Of the bar
gain that when in my speech / turn
to yoos and.stomp yoo must rise ard
3A"Wat 2" seq he. 81 isQii
"aFall into my arms, lovin-like-
yoo nnderstand-just as tho we wuz
long lost brothersr' 81 * ss'a.
. /. Z" cuse mer' said hr.s Use a nifty
low nigger, and wants to buy de old
woman somc quinine, ard wood do
mos anything foah dat, but, gofly,
dat's too much pc ssia
mot cent, 'scd r, stcrnly, ASSOC,
min my most picrcinsst gaze s.onless.
this is incloodedl!" s
s.Wcll,n = returned he, sulkily, "ef +
must, speck I must, but golly- )
The mite arrived and tho mcetin
house wuz full. Wo'thot fnst of hol
din it in the cappel NV the College.
but give up the idoH ez impractiSable
ez, OWN to the diflytorinis NV our
NoEheyn friends in. forwardin SIGH
subscriptions ez they hev raised, we
hcven't rot no further with the bill