Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1867-04-19
FORTY-TWO

? kentucky for twenty years, and poste,l EN- u,
in brief he'd Wendell Phillips bles.id spirit bii
hoverin over that meetin house. II would he
smiled approyiuly.
: spoke to EN- elokentlY On the yoonivessC
brotherhood uf mankind holding that vhateve
else Good be sed, Adam wuz the father NV Al
mankind, and that the only difference betweei
white man and niger wuz sun burnt. Tn,
niger, remarkt. wuz ond0ubtedly, oricenall,
white, but heyin bin, sence bis arrival in thi,
country, addicted TO agricultooral persocts. h,
had become tanned TO a degree wjch. tho n
marred his phy,ikle beauty, did not interfere
with his sterlin goOlnis NV heart. Their bel
Z bin differences between the races-at times ther
I he'd bin onpleasartnises Hich no one regretted
more than |. The whites nv the corners hei
not alluz bin ez eonsidIit e. Good hey wishejL
They he'd hogd seyral Nv EN-. and hung many
more, and IN times past he'd held en- in slavery
and sich, but that shoci rot he thot nv n this
happy time. Il wuz corsicoshnel 10 DO these
things then, and Kentucky vuz euiueptlv
law-abidin State. '' Here" sez /. On this
platform, with the flag Nv our common country
over me, declare eternal friendship 70 the col
ored man, and to seel the leclarshen thus
embrace"
The obstinit niger didn't stir a step
'Ccme up and fling your arms around me.
you black euss," sci /, in = stage whisper.
Come up 30
''No yoo don't. boss '' sell the Niger, in 4
loud voice, wich vas audible all over the church
and hollin cut his hand. Il can't trust VOC A
bressii mint. Glib me dc - iust. ZOO owe
dis chile ioah dollars now 10 sauiu wood 70
yosh post offs. and Ell ives gwiue to hab our
rites, de fust yoose | shall put mine to will be
gttin Dat money. Pay up fus and ie brace
Aiterward I can't DO sich disagrecable ting
vidOut de cash in advance
This ruther destroyed the elect The uni,ies
wuzn't preserved. The niggers in front burst
out in a torturing laff, and Pollock AMI Bisler
rolled in conyulsions Of lsfture. in Wich half Nv
cur people i1ined. Ne a standin petrihei. in
the attitood ofembracin, and that cussed niger
stanJin with his hands extended for the money,
with the Deekin and Bascom horror struck jis;
behind, formed tsbloo Wich Wuz more striker
than pleasant.
The meetin wuz to Wunst adjourned, fr It
wuz evident to the dullest c0mprehen,hun
that nothin more cOodtnt lie done that
mite. Ez yoosual | failed for want Of capital.
Hell ben possest Nv the paltry SUM Of five dol
lars how different wood hev bin the result -
Perchsnce We may, thro that dehshency, lose
kentucky. It must never occur agin-my SAL /
cry must be raised. can't make brix without
straw
Joe Bigler met me next morning and remarkt I
that be regretted the occurrence ca he ariently I
desired TO see the two races pullin together. |
The fault, Perfesser,' sei he, "wuz in not
managin properly. The next time 700 want a /
spectacle niger to SIT on the platform with 700
aud the Deekin, or kiss and embrace yoo-git /
him drunk. He'll do it then, probAbly-I know .
he Will Fl he's drunk enuf, he'll hurrah for |
johnson, and it's possible to git EN- down to the 1
pint uv vo;in with yoo. Lord how whiskey
irsgs 4 man down. See what it's brot yoo TO -
and the insulun wretch rolled of lafin bolster-
1usly. cit en- drunk, Perfesser,' - he yelled at
me q long e he Good see me.
We don't intend to give it up. Bigler's ad-
vice WIZ given in jest, but nevertheless shel
act upon il. Whiskey IS wat brings white men
Us, AMI el white man kin be thus cap
-hcrei, Why not a niger The Afrikin hezn't
20; o. 90 fall to git down to our level, and
I'll ,a-- less 20 bring him. Bssc0m ordered
i've barrels To- Day, Wich | spose the Admins
-asheu VIII pay for. We have yet the Moo
oTk Custom House, and more Nv the psrkesits
ncst he yoos.d for pohtikle purposes.
PETROLEUM V. Massey. P NJ.
WIca : Postmaster and likewise Prcfesser Nv
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