The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-10-24
UPPER sANDUsKY OHIO THURSDAY MORNINGS OCTOBER a. 1867

...nznzz.
spellin things in that vicinity Hang
in over the polls wuz pece Nv wife
muslin, onto which was painted in
large letters, "Caucashuns, Respeck
your noses-the nigger stinks r'
Then l knowed it wuz safe. That
odor hez never yet bin resisted by
the Democracy, and it hez its info
nence over republikns.
never saw sich enthoosiasm, or
more cheerin indicashuns NV the
pride of race Ez evidence of the
deep feeling that prevaded that com
munity, | state that nine paupers in
the poor house demanded to pc ta-
ken to the polls that they might en-
ter their protest agin bringin the mig
ger up to a ekality with EN-, which
wuz nine again with no offsets, ez
there wuzn't an Ablishnest in the
institutihun, Two men in the coun
tv jale for petty larceny wuz at ther
own rekest, was taken out of doc
rance vile by the county Sheriff that
they mite, by the ballot protest agin
bein degraded by being compelled,
when their time wuz out to acknowl.
edge the niger as their akal. One
entho osiastic Dimecrat who cost us
5$, he'd to be carried to the pools.
He he'd csmmenced early at one OF
the groseries, and he'd succumed a.
fore yotin. We lifted the patriotic
man, and in professions marched to
the pools. We stood him on his
feet two men supporting him-one
on either side. I put a straight
ticket into his fingers, and taking his
wrist with one hand held his fingers
together with tother, and guided
his hand to the box. Ez it neered
the winder he started ez eff a electric
shock he'd struck him, and straight
enin up, asked: els it the shtrate
ticket? Is Constooshnel Amind-
mint No! onto it.. 49,
Ashoorin him that ii was all rite
Lo c,, HoroI no 10 Ioll l,;o l,o,I -
to the Judge Nv Electshun, who took
the ballot and deposited tin the hoS
"Ihank Hivin ~ sed he 'sthe nagel
is not yet my aquil," and doublin up
at the thigh and knee joints, he
sank limber-llke and gently onto the
ground. Ez he he'd discharged his
dooty Nv an Amerikin freeman, we
rolled him out to one. side NV the
house, wher the drippin Nv the rain
from the roof wood do sutLin toward
soberin him off and left him alone in
his glory.
The Amendment got but a very
few votes in that locality. The Re
publikins jined US in repudiatin il
mostly upon ethnologikle grounds
One rsserted that he he'd bin in favor
Nv emancipashen in the time of wal
becoz the afrikin Good thereby be in
doost to fite agin their Southern
masters, and it wood hev the efeck
NV maxim the drafts come lighter in
his township. He wuz a humanita-
rian likewise. He opposed croelty
toward EN-. He wept when he heerd
Nv the massecra at Fort Piller, be
coz in the army the nigger wuz ez
much man ez anybody, and sich
wholesale slaughters tendid to make
calls for $500, 900, more" more fire.
kent. Aud, when it come to givin
NV EN- privilege Nv votin beside him
it coodent be .thot Nv. He Good ne
yer consent that race whose heels
wuz longer than hizzen, shood-roo]
Ameriky. "My Godr sei this ar
don't Republican, "ef you give EN- the
ballot wat kin prevent EN- from bein
Congrismen, senators, Vice Presi-
dents, and even Presidents :? I shud.
der when | think Nv it," and he hur-
ried in his vote. ... T..
I didn't quite see the force NV his
objectshen, for it never okkurred to
me that being sent to congress wuz
the material cosekence NV votin.
hev voted for thirty years at many
elections four Or five times, but ]
hev never bin to Congris. Wher
is the constituency witch. wood
elect me? But it wuzn't t. my biznis
to controvert hs posishen. II
made no difference to me wat his
reason Wuz for votin ez desired him
to vote. .....srl
The nigger-lover beat up one man
to vote for the Amendment, which,
I saw by his dissatisfied look, he'd
bin over persuaded. "Sir!" sed /,
edo yoo consider Afrikin
suffshently intelligent to be trustid
VITA so potenta weapon ez. the bal
lot?" no assI