The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-07-04

! here when wuz penniless boy. and who. like
! inc. command respcck for cOn.tancy nv deyOshcn.
| ! feel proud Of this Unconstitutional feel DrOu d
NV any demOnstrashcn. Ez allyo-iOn hez bin
made to my boyhoOd days when | WIZ pcnni-
less boy, may say here cZ pertinent 10 that sub.
/ jeck. that hey adhered O the fuhdamentle pr IL
! ciple NV the gov Iuent and to the far and con-
stooshen. But to return to my subjccE. When
| went out from among yOo penniless bov,
| adopted the COnstOOshen cZ my guide and bv
! them hev alluZ bin guided. To the Young
wood say they will be safe in takin me cz a model
/ Learin here pcnnilc,s boy, il is not for me 10
say whether or not ! hey succeeded. am no
! longer penniless boy nor Is them wich Is around
/ me. Mrs Cobb amt penniless boy, nor is.
but this is wanderin from the subjick For the
! encouragement nv the Young men atore me, |
! wood say that hev CniOved all ! care about. |
! am no aspirant for nOLhm, and therefore the way
| now open for EN-. All places NV honor is now
before elm. | thank YOU for this cOrjel welcum
North Carllny sent me out pcnniless boy. and
| did not afford me siCh advantages cZ cOnsiderin
my merits, | ought to hev he'd, vet | love her.
Its better ez it wuz. Coin out penncss boy,
and eturnin after holding every Offs from Alder
man Nv my adoptid village, up to President,
shows my qualities to much better advantage than
ef hcdn't gone outa penniless boy. | thank
you Tor this tribute TO my many good qualities. "
And he started to git down, when Randall
whispered suthin in his left ear.
Risin promptly and drawin out his handkcr-
cher, the President assoOmed look NV subdoOrd
greef and resOOmed
II hey cum amung yoO to participate III the ded-
icashen NV monument to man wich VOC all
loved, though it hez taken suthin like fifty wears
for yoo to disriyer it. He wuZ poor and humble,
wich accounts for my goin from alnuhg 700 II
pennilCss boy. buruv him | am proud for he'd il
not bin for lin wUOln't heV TcLusncd the shiuin
b f4Ns t,ip a. a = am
The corner-stun wuz laid, and the monument
sot on il. 1t is NV rcd limcslun, ten foot high.
It's ez good ten foot nv stun eZ there is in North
Carliny. Ez the monument wuz elevatid there
wuz the appropriate speeches. and then my little
arrangements cum in. \ nigger woman he'd
took With Us from Washington rushed iOrard and
sed "Bress de Lord, re bin waitn for dis
day to see dc Presidcnt-oW PreSdent!' at which
u squad Of niggers I'd picked up aud drilled, hol-
Tered "Ror."
This little affectin scene over, two quadroons
wiCh I'd also brOt with us in privit car, cum
fOrard with expreshun NV profound greet at
wich the President wept, and tendery slung
bokays NV the choicest flowers we Good buy in
Washington upon the tomb
1t wuz reely tcchn taboo. The ancient mig
ger woman Il holdin TO Presidents hand, the
Young QuadrOons sngin the bOkars; the
President with his he'd bowed, apparently a
dreamin Nv the days NV his boyhoOd Inc with
an expression NV thankluiness that the niggers
he'd at last recognized their Moses Seward with Il
sanity smile on his face Wulles trying to look
cz neer like Seward ez possible, but tailin misera
bly, to look like anything but the cggrtiis old ass
he is, and Randall with his handkerchief to his
eyes cz ct Unmanucd by the moyiu sceen but
keepn one eve cooked over the handkerchief to
see how it took among the niggcrs-it wuz L
scecn easier to be imagined than described.
Their wuz several incidents which oRkurrrd
witch did not appear in the telegraph. When his
Eggslcncy wuz speaking Nv himself and rcmarkt
that his race WIZ nGerly run, Il unregencra!ed
niggtr yelled out Tank dc Lord :" aud when
the quadrOOns wuz a slrewin flowers ON the grave
Nv His Egsscucy's father, | observed Iulhcr
more titlcrm among the niggers than IapprOycd
wv on 50 s0lum an occasion. | aSkt Randall wOt
he thot Nv the spekclashin, and hi, answer, 1T
didn't pay" struck me ez hcyina yane NV troOth
runnln thrO 1t.
On our return the President wuz allowed to
speak more. for Randall GOT ti,ei NV wutcllin
him. WCreturnCd Ia good health and sum nv us
in good spirits. Seward feels we'll ior he hez an
abidin faith that the mere shown NV hissef uuz
hez an eileck for good upon the people, and "a
matter NV course Seckrctay Weles thinks 50 too.
PETRoLEuM V. Nasty z. NJ,
(Wich is Postmaster, and Professor in the liam
and JUphGlh Free Academy lor the develop
ment Nv the inteek Nv all races irrespective Nv
color.