Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19
Posr OTIS CoNFEDRIT y ROAps.
witch is in the Staii NY KentuckyD :
March :, 1867.

Posr OFrI> CoSFEDRu y ROAps.
witch is in the Stait ny Kentucky
March 5, 1867.
Last week Toosdy, Deskin Pogram, Captain
McPelter and Wuz engaged in rdiin the
Corners Nv nisgcrs We had eni0ord en- e.
lcng ez We thot possible, and determined on
standin il no longer Selectin three wich We
wuz satisfied he'd too much sptllin-book into en-
to be enslaved agin, We wuz preparin notises to
be served onto EN-, orderin EN- 10 leave in
twenty-f0ur hours, when I reserved in the
northern mail a letter marked "Free-Alex. W.
Randall. p. NJ. c. | knoWd it Wuz ofEshel to
Wunst-that blessid siguatoor 5 on my commits
shun, and I've contemplated it too often TO be
mistaken in it. It's contents wuz brief, and run
thus
10 all PostmasteTs IN the southern States
The niggers hev votes consiliashen il cur best
holt. See to it
This brief tho not hard TO be understood order
WAS sealed with the ofishel seal Nv the Pest Ofis
department stampt into putty instid Of ws1, to
wit loaf NV bread, under roll Nv butter,
with ten hands grabbin ST il. | cCmpreheuiel
the situation st site, snd set about d0in my loo-
;y with both Roman and Spartan frmness.
''Deekin,' Ez !, tesring up the noiises,
these niggers we hey misunderstood. They
are not an inferior rAce-they are not descen-
dants Nv Ham and Hsger-it wurn't Paul's
idea in sendin back Onesimus TO condemn him
to servItood-We hev misunderstood the situa-
ton. and must make amends The niger -
devoid Of smell, and is ,rOOly man and bro
ther -
Wat" sail the Deekiu, tippiu bael in
amsEement.
Jest wat say" s,z I, ''real that AMI
fung him the letter.
The upshot NV the conference wich follerel
wuz the calm NV msetin the next mite, at
Wich ali the Ethioplsns Nv the Corners wuz in
yited and urged to be present.
The trouble wuz to git the niggers to Attend
the meetin. The fust one | spoke to lafit in my
face, and askt me how long il wuz since he'd
helpt hang a couple Nv niggers, by way Nv fin
ishing of a celebrashen. Pollock, the Illinois
storekeeper, got hold Nv 1t, and told Joe Bigler,
and Joe swore that ef the neggeTs hadn't any
more sense than We Civ EN- credit for, in spOsin
We Good bamboozle EN- 50 cheep, he shoOd 90
back to the old beleef, tO-Wit tha; they wuz
only a sooperior race Nv monkeys, after all; and
by mite every niger in the yisinity was pOstd
thoroughly, and out Nv all Nv EN- | Good only
git four who would promise to attend, and
them the Deekin he'd to pay 50 apiece to. To
give it eclaw promised one Nv EN- 50 Ito 5e
paid at the clese Nv the meetin) 10 sit on the
stand with me, wich, beng a very poor man,
and heyin sick wife in shanty near by, who
Wuz suiferin for medicine, (wich he coolent
git without money! he accepted.
At this pint an idee struck me. | remembered
Philadelly, and determined to hey a scene rival
in the Couch and Orr biznis. "Another thing,
Cuff. understand that it's part Nv the bargain
tha; when in my speech | turn too and stomp,
you must rise and embrace me-
"Wat!" sez he.
''Fsll into my arms, lovin-hke-you under
stand -jist as tho we WIZ long lost brothers. -
'Scuse me - sed he. Zee nifty low
Niger, and wants to by de old woman some
quinlnc, and wood do mos anything foah dat.
but. goly, dst's too much ,'
Not q cent" said /, sternly assomin my
most piercInest gaze ''onless this is included %
''well," returned he, sulkily, " ef must,
speck | must, but golly-"
The mite arrived and the meeiin house wuz
full. We thot fust Of holding it in the chapel
Nv the College. but give up the idee ez imprac-
ticable, eE owing to the dillytorinis Nv our
Northern friends in forwardin sich subscrip-
I shens e. they hev raised, We haven't got 70
further with the bildin than lsyin the corner
stun. In the front wuz the four niggers, all in
clean shirts, and on the stand wuI the Niger |
engaged. Over the platform was the fllerin
/ mottoa
"In Yoonion ther is strength-Por Presiden.
in 1868, Fernando Wood. For Vice President,
Fredrick DuglsL''
"In the nigger, strepgth-In the Caucasshen,
beauty-In the mulatter, who is tfooly the
roblest Nv the human speeies-both."
In addishen to these, We dug up all old mot
toes which JeAefSou writ, about yooniversel
liberty and sish, vich hsdn's bin auotsd In