Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-04-18
JUSTICE MILLER.
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Nasty.
The Negro voto--Nr. Nasty Am Initiation
=of wade Hampton Tries TO Consolidate
yfthe Afrfenn--Thc Result OF the Ven-

Iltr,e Afrienn--Thc Result OF the ven-
turs.fPIs, ym lN EiouptH LHt HcdG j.
arwrittern COR the Toledo Blade.1ri 9tunl
PosT OFFIs, CoNFEDRfT X ROADS, lh"i
(wich is iii the Stait of Kentucky) Y y
ff.' " i6h1 lyis March %, 1867.
1 hev made many sudden and strordi-
nary changes in politix-some so very
sudden that the movement perdoost con-
iestion NV the Conscience. / rekollect
wunst NV advokatin free trade and high
protective tariff, all within twelve hours,
II made speech in q agricultooral dees-
trik NV Moo York in the forenoon at 10
A. NJ, and in q manufacturin town in |
Pennsylvany in the evenin, our platform |
bein so construktid that both sides Good |
find endorsement in it) and hev per-
formed many other feats NV moral gym
nastiks; but this last change / hev bin |
called upon to make Is probably the sud |
denest. Last week Toosdy, Deekin Pog- |
ram, Captain McPeltcr and wuz engag-
| ed in ridden the Corners NV niggers. We
| he'd endoored them em ez long ez we thot
possible, and determined on standin 1t
no longer. Selectin three wich we wuZ
satisfied he'd too much spellin-book into
en- to be enslavcd agin, we wuz preparfn
| notises to be served onto EN-, orderin EN-
to leave in twenty-four hours, when /
reserved in the, northern mail letter
Gu / knowed it wuz ofiishel to-wunst
| that blessid signatoor is on my COM
misshun, and we contemplated it too
often to be mistaken in 1t. Its contents
wuz brief, and run thus:
"To all Postmastcrs in the Southern
States: The niggcrs hev votes-consillia-
shen is our best holt See to it,"
This brief tho not hard to be under,
stood order wuz sealed with the official
seal NV the Post Offs Department stampt
into putty instid NV wax, to-wit: loaf
of bread, under q roll NV butter, with ten
hands grabbin at it, / comprehended
) the situation at site, and set about doin
my dooty with both Roman and Spartan
firmness. "Deekin, says /, tearin up
the notises, these niggers we hev mis-
! understood. They are not a inferior race
they are not descendants of Ham and
Hagar-it wuz MT Paul's idea in sendin
back Onesimus to condemn him to servi-
tood--we hev misunderstood the situa-
ton, and must make amends. The mig
ger Is devoid NV smell, and is trooly q
man and brother!"
"Wat?" said the Deeken tippin back
, in amazement.
"Jest wat | say," sez I, "read that, :"
and I flung him the letter.
| The upshot NV the conference wich
i follered wuz the callin NV meeting tho
, next mite, at wich all the EthiOpians NV
, the Corners wuz invited and urged to be
/ present. ....,.....
i The trouble wuz to git the niggers to
! attend the meetin. The flist one spoke
| to laft in my face, and aslSt me how long
it wuz sence / he'd helpt hang a couple
. NV niiggers, by way NV fnishin offa cele-
: brashen. Pollock, the. Illinois store
keeper, got hold Nv 1t, and told Joe Big
g ler, and Joe swore that of the niggers
= he'd MT any more sense than we give EN-
credit for, in spOsing we Good bamboOzle
!, en- SO cheep, lie shood go back to the old
! beleef, to-wit: that they wuz only q 500
: perior race NV monkeys, after all and by
: mite every nigger in the visinity wuz
y postid thoroughly, aud out NV all NV EN-
}. I Good only git four who would promise
= to attend and them the Deekin he'd to
Promised pr5 lis one Nv en- s. TO be paid at the
: colse NV the meetin) to sit on the stand
n with me, wich, ben a very poor man.
4 and hevn a very sick wife in u shanty
:. near by, who wuz suffering for medicine,
Q witch he coodent git without money! he
II accepted. .f.,5 ..'4-., ,.t......., .,-
a Az this pint an indee struck me.
s. remembered Philadelfy, and determined
d to hev scene rivalin the Couch and Orr
a biznis. "Another thing, Cuff, under
sr stand that It's u part NV the bargain tina
IL when In my speech turn to 700 ant
a stomp, 700 must rise and embrace me.
"Wat? sez he.
"Fall into my arms, lovin-like-yol
i understandable rs thoo we wuz Ions
'~ -, brOthersW
sr "Scuse meu' sed he. "I 'se mighty
te low niger, and wants to buy de old wo
d man some quinine, and wood do mos
:, anything foah dat, but, golly, dat's to-
= muchW
V mot a cent" sed sternly, assoomil
~ my most plercinest gaze, "onless this i
~ includedW
IS SWELL" returned he sulkily, "ef
y must, speck | must, but, golly-"
= The mite arrived and the meetin-hous
~ wuz full. We thot flst of holding it il
J., the idea ,ez,impracticable ez, OWN to tn
u dillytorinis NV our Northern friends il
le forwardin sich subscripshens ez they he
= raised, we heve MT got no further wit
e the bildin than layin the corner-stun.-
re In the front wuz the four niggers, all il
" clean shirts, and on the stand wuz tn
u niger he'd engaged, Over the platform
=, wuz the follerin notices: .~.. H..
81 "In Yoonion there Is strength--Fo
President In 1868, Fernando Wood. Fo
Vice-Presldent, Frederick Duglis.
h ,"In the nigger, strength-In the eau
r. casshen, beauty--In the mulatter, VIII
of is trooly the noblest NV the human spe
nd cles-both," s,t XII!
I'M In addishen to these, we dug up all tn
X old notices which Jefferson writ, abou
en- yooniversal liberty and sich, wich hedn
he bin quoted i'm Kentucky for twenty year,
and 'postid EN- up: In brief, he'd Wende
oils Phillips blessid sperit bin hoverin owe
,se that meetin-house, 1t wood heve smile
or approvlnly. -e.,.. ......
Drt L spoke to em elokently on the yoon
mis- versel brotherhood NV mankind, holdi
He that whatever else Good be sed, Adal
nd wuz the father NV all mankind, and tn,
SIX the only difference between, q white ma
led and nigger wuz, the nigger wuz 81
ir. burnt. The nigger,I remarkt, wuz, III
re- doubtedly, originally white, hut hevI
9 a bin, sence his arrival In this countr
The addicted to agrlcultooral persoots, he h,
he become tanned to q degree wich, tho
Tho marred his physickle beauty, did not 4
vas terfere with his sterlin goodnis NV heal
yht Their he'd bin differences between 81
net races--at times ther he'd bin onpleasaI
Foi nises wieh no one regretted more than
Y The whites NV the Corners he'd not all
q bin ez oopsidrit cz Good hev wished.
pie They he'd fiogd sevral NV EN-, and hui
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