Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1867-02-22
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Mr.. Nasty Essays Sermon, Jm is inter
rrpted By Nigger soho Is Aided ono
Abetted by the Perrerse Joe Bigier.
posT OrrIs, coNrEpRiT X ROADS, J
(wich is In the Siait nv keptueky,) 7
January 10, 1867, }
wuz rekested n week ago TO preech 4
discourse from tho text wich the nobl'
and high. minded Gunner Bramlette used
with sieh crushin force in his last annual
message, TO wit: "kin the Leopard chang,
bis spots or the Ethiopian his skin?' and
alluz ieelin anxious to do wat | kin fol
the cause, did IL last mite, or rather es'
sayed to do it,
And here let me remark, that there
amt a more devoted people Ia Kentucky
than them lambs ez compose my flock. II
wuz tetchin site and one wich filed my
sole with Joy TO see en- pour out Nv the
groceries ut the first tootin Nv the horn
and 10 see Pennebacker, wich owns the
Distillery, stoppin work TO come but the
most cheerin and encouragin sign to me
wuz to see Deekis Pogram, who wuz q
playin seven.up for the drinks with Elder
Slathers, at Bascom's, lay down his hand
when he he'd high low and jack in il, and
he'd only three 20 60. "Elder," sed he,
his voice trenbln at the sacrifice he wuz
a maxim and tear steelin down his cheek;
"Elder, them's the horn; let us to our
dooties; 'ligion must take the front seat
NV temp'ral matters" and sighin ez he
IL =, h.. h 1s ia
out rcsolooily to the sanktooary.
opened by readin the iollerin from
Governor Bramlette's message
"The niger is the inferior Nv the white
he lacks the power TO rise. Ontil the
leopard kin change his spots, or the Eth
opean- his skin. all efforts to repeal or null
lily Gods laws will be unavaiiin."
"My bretherin these words is words Nv
wisdom, and fur EN- let US be thankful
The skin Nv the Ethiopian wuz inflicted
onto him for the express purpose Nv dis
tinguishin him from his bretherin, whose
servants he wuz condemned to be, for all
time, ez punishment for the sin NV Cain
or the impoodence NV Ham, wich Demo
cratic divines hevnt settled on. With
the black skin he wuz given all the other
marks NV inferority lie wuz Gust with
long arms, immense hands, fiat nose, and
bowed legs, and that ther might be no
mistake in the matter he wuz given wool
instead NV hair, haleloogyl
"Ah, my brethern, wat blessid thing
for us is this Ethiopian Wat a consola-
ton it must be to 700 all to know that
- hol hou
the reaeckshun that they can't change
ther skin, and by that means git above
700 That's the comfort we draw from
the skripters. Wat horror it wood be
for Deekin Pogram, who is snorin so
peucefy,
'Dreamin, sweetly drscmin the happy hours away
Ef when the Soopreme Court decides the
Ablishn amendment unconstooshnl, aud
he gifts his niggers back agin; if ther
shood be new dispensashun and niggers
shood be permitted to change ther skins
wat sekoority wood we hev for our prop
erty? Some mornin he'd wake up and
find 'em all white persons, wich it wood
be unconstoosbnel to wollop.
"My brethren, ther has been many ef-
forts to change the skin NV the Ethiopian,
or rather ther has been many who wanted
to. The Boston Ablishnists hcv tried it,
but wat hez bin the result? Aint they
niegers yet, and amt they still the degra-
ded wretches they alluz wuz? paws for
a reply"
l made this latter remark becoz, and
only becoz, it sounded well, not that had
any idee that anybody wood reply. I'm
agine my surprise at seein gray-headed
nigger, wich he'd bin doorin and after the
fratrisidle struggle, employed in the Freed
mems Burow, rise, and remarked that he
he'd a word to say onto that pint.
There wuz storm nv indignashun, and
the impudent nigger, who wuz so sassy as
to presoom to speak In a white meetin,
wood hey been sacrificed on the spot, he'd
not Joe Bigler. who wuz half drunkS
drawd o ugly lookin navy revolver, and
that he knowd that niger; that
he he'd more sense than the hull bilin Nv
us, and he shood hev his say.
'.Ef," said this reckless Joe, "ef ho beats
yoo, Perfesser, trooth is trooth let's hev
it. Ef he don't, why, its all the better for
700. Eff yoor Websterian intelleck xiv
ers the ground, all rite-ef his pondrous
intelleck gets the best ont, jist ez rite
Out Nv the mouth Nv babes and sucklins.'
Elder, | go my bottom dollar on this suck
lin. Speek up, venerable there wont
none Nv EN- tech yoo," and he cockt his
revolver.
"Beggin pardon" sed the nigger,i"I
agree with you, Perfesser, that the Ethio-
plan can't change his skin hisself, but
does the scripter say that it cant be
changed for him?
"Answer the venerable babe," sed Joe
Bigler, pinten his revolver at me.
~ can't say that it does" seq I.
"Veyy good" retorted tho Niger,
"heznt there change bin goin on in
Kaintuck from the beginning? My moth