St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1867-04-26
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HE NEGRO yoTE-coNcIlAroN. E9,.
f0sT o his CaNrEnrEsTr \ EaAns. T-ri. On
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hev made many sudden and r.lilcI
'strordinary changes in poiiiix-selne .
very sudden that the movement prodoo-l
CONGESTION NV the conscience. rcLollec;
wunst uv advokaiin free trade and higlY
protective tariff, all within twelve hours.
Il made 4 speech Ia 4 agricul;ooral dee
strik Nv Moo York in tie forenoon at Ia
\. NJ. and in a manullcturin town Il.
PennSylvany IN the erol.in. cur platform
hein 50 con>truktid that both sides coed
find 4 endorsement in IT'D and Ler per-
formed many other ica:S uy moral @ynl-
nastiks; but this last changa | hey bin
called upon 10 make i probably 1lle sud
denest- Last week Tvo-'ly. Dcckin 70
gram, Captain McPel;er anI WIZ en-
gagged in ridlin the Corners uy niwserS.
We had endoored en- ~ long ez we ihot
possible, and determined on staadin Il no
longer. Seleciin three wich We wuz slt-
is.ied he'd too much Spciiin-lcok into e.n
TO he en>layed a.in. we VIZ pre2r2-in
notises TO be served onto EN-, orlcrin en-
10 leave in trenty-four hours, when re-
seeved in the northern mail letter
markell ''Free-llcN. ". Randall, Z.
NJ c." / knowd il wuz o.-i,hel TO
wunst-tllat ble>sil si-gla:ooT i on my
commisshun, and I've contemplated II too
often TO be mistaken in II. Is contents
wuz brief, and run thus:
$50 all PoStmas;ers in the Southern
State~: The n:@-cr- L,y y0tcs-cos>i!
iashen Is our LIT holt. See 10 IL
This brief tho not hard 10 L. under
stood order was scaled with lie o-fi-hcl
seal w the Post Oils Department sla1apt
into putty in>iid W wax, to-wit: =, loai
Nv bread, under 4 Tol w Juttcr. vii.
len hands 4 Crabhia II i. / canI
hcnd tle situation nj si.c, AMI sst a',oa.
dom my dooly with both Roman a-rl.
Spartan .irmness.
.Deekin,' SCI /, tca,1a up the lois-,-.
''these Iig-ers we Luy misunderstood
They are not an inferior race-t3.,v ace
not descendants uv Ham anl II r-;.
wuzn't PaIlS idea IN se2.lin l,arll un5-i-
mus 10 conlemn INN L. s,rv.toyi-wc
hey ini-'.a,lerste.5 T., s.--..s:.-.. al
must make amel.Js- HI u----- : de-
void ur slnell, ani Is ,rooly = la-a AMI 4
BROTHER
Mat Z" said the Deehin, tiTI.n lack
III amazcment.
''Jest wat say" 81 I, read thai.
and l flung Lim The le;,e-.
Tie upshot uv tie conference which
iollercl WIZ ihe calling " a meeting IL,
next mite, At which all the E;Lio..;a,ls ~
the Corners WIZ invited and urged 10 ie.
present.
Thc trouble WIZ 10 III lie ni---rs 10
attend the llcciin. El.e Iu-t cne l spoke
10 latft in my face. and a>Lt me how lo,l-
II WIZ since / hal h,lT: hang a coapic
W ni-gccs, by Way uy iin;~l,in OF = cd
ebrashen- Pollock, lie lilinOi, store.
keeper, got hold Nv II, anI io.J ,!oe I:;--
Ter. and Joe swore HAT q lle nez-,rs
hedn't any more sense 1ilaa 1vc wiy cra
credit for, in spo>in We Good b:.,nfoozle.
EN- 50 cheep. he shooi 90 lack 10 the OH
beieef. to-wit: that they MI oniv
sooperiur race uv m0nk.ys, after al :llld
10y mite every niEecr in The yi-iili,v WIZ
poStid thoroughly. and cat uv all ly en-
l coed only git four who ,you,l promise
10 attend, AMI them tie D,1Lin il:ld 10
pay 3 apiece 10. To give i ccla,, /
promised one Nv en- - 10 be pail II the
close Nv the meetinl 10 Sii on ihe stand
with me, wich, bcin 4 very poor lran.
and hevin sick wife in a Sl,an:y near
by, who wuz sufierin for medicine. Crich
he coodent git without money! he accept
ell.
AT this pint al ilee struck 1Tc. Irc-I
memberei Plilaiellr. anl determined L.
hev 4 scene rivalin the Couch anl Orr
biznis- Another thin-. Cuff. ,rnder-t
stand that ii's a part Nv the bargain tllal
when in my speech | turn 10 700 and
stomp, 700 must rise and embrace ne.
"Wai ?" SCI lie.
''Fall into nv arms, ioyin-liLc-ro,,
understand-jist as tho We wuz lon losl
brothers,"
"'Scusc me- sel he. '.rsc 7 miiv
low niger, and wants 10 buy de old ,yo-
man some quinine, AMI wood do mos
foah dai, but, golly, dai's toe
much -
'fNot 4 cent" sai1 I, s.crnly a~-osmin
my most piercinnst gsrzc, 'fonlcst his l. /
:"
"Well,7 returned he, sai,ily, 'si II
must, | sPock must, but, golly-"
The niie arrived and ille mcc,in lca-e
wuz full. We thot iust O. hol In II "a
the chapel Nv the COLLEGE. but -ive ~
the idee ez impracticable. q OWN to IT,.
dillytorinis Nv our Northern friends in
torwardin sich subscriI,slcns ez they hex
raised, We heven't cot no further with
the bildin than layin the corner stun. In
the front WIZ the four nirge-S. all IN
clean shirts, and on the stand wuz the
Niger hal engaged. Over the plat
form was the follerin moitocs:
''In Ioonion ther j. sirrE-al-For
President in 1865, Fernendo Wood For
Vice President, Frelrick Duglis.-'
I'm the niger, strength-ln the CaQ-I
easshen, beauiy-In the mulatter, who
Is trOoly the noblest Nv the human sp5eios
both
In addishen 10 these, We dug up al
the old notices which Jcfiar,on Rril
about yoonivcTsal liberty and sch, wich
hedn't bin quoted in Kentucky Ior twen-
ty years, and posiid en- up; IN bTlef, he'd
Wendell Phillips blessed spsrit bin a
hoyerin over that meeiin-house, II would
hey smiled appEOringly.
IspOke to EN- elOkently On the yooni-