The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-26
Posr OrYIs. CosFEDEsI x ROADS
(Which is in the Stait u, Kentuck, 7
March %. 1867.

Posr OrYIs. CosrEDERG X ROADS
(which is in the Stait ~ Rentuck.,f
March %, 1867.
I have made many sudden and rnther
strorlinary changes in politix-somo SO
very sudden that the movement perdoOst
CONGESTION NV the conscience. ] rekollect
wunst NV advokatin free trade and high
protective tariff, and within twelve hours,
made speech in agricultooral dccs'
trik Nv Moo York in the afternoon at 10 a.
m, and in manufacturin town in Penn.
sylyany in the evenin, our platform bein
30 constructed that both sides Good find q
endorsement in it) and hev performed
many other feats Nv moral gymnasliks; but
this last change hev bin called upon to
make Is probably the suddenest. Last
week Toosday, Deekin Program, Captain
McPelters and WIZ engaged In riddin tho
Corners OF niggen. We he'd endoord ON
as long as We thot possible, and determined
on standing It no longer. Selectin three
wich we wu1 satisfied he'd too much spellin
book into em to be enslaved agin, we wuz
preparin notises to be served onto EN-, Or
derin EN- to leeve in twenty.four hours,
when received In the northern mail let.
ter marked 1Frce-Alex. w. Randall, p.
NJ. G." knowd It was offishel to w,inst-
that blessid signatoor is "n my commission,
and I've contemplated il too often to be mis-
taken In it. Its contents wuz brief and run
thus
ITO all PostmasteY In the Southern
States; The niggers hev votes-consilia-
shen Is Our best holt. Sec 10 IT,"
This brief tho not hard to be understood
order WIZ sealed with the otfishel seal NV
the Post Offs Department stampt into putty
instid Nv war, to wit: loaf NV bread, un-
der roll Nv butter with ten hands grabbin
at II. comprehcndcd the situation at site
and set about doin my dooty with both Ro-
man and Spartan 6rmness. "Deekin," scs
I, tearin up the notises, ''these niggers we
have misunderstood. They are not an In
ferior racs-they arc not descendants Nv
Ham and Hager-it wuznt Paul's idea In
sendin hack Onisenus to condemn him to
scryitood-we have misunderstood the sit.
uation, and must make amends. The mig
gar is devoid NV smell, and 10 trooly q man
and brother"
.Wat?" sed the Deckin, tippin back in
amazement.
aJcst wat l say ser !, tread that" and
flung him tho letter.
The upshot NV the conference which fol-
lowed wiz the callin Nv meetin the next
mite, at which all the Ethiopians Nv the
Corners wuz invited, and urged to be pres
enL
The trouble was to git tho niggers to ut.
tend the meetin. The fiist one ] spoke TO
lafft in my face, and askt me how long Il
wuz sence he'd helpt hang q couple Nv
niygers, by way ~ finishing of cslebra
shcn. Pollock, the Illinois store.kcepcr,
got hold NV il, and told Joe Bigler, and Joe
swore that ef the uiggers hednt any moro
sense than we give em credit for. in sposin |
we Good bamboozle EN- 90 cheap, he shood
70 hack to the old beleeG to-wit that they
Wuz only sooperior race Of monkeys, after
al; and by mite every nigger IN the vicinity
wus postid thoroughly, and out ov oil NV
em Good only git four who would promise
to attend, and them the Doekin he'd to pay
$2 apiece to. To give II eclaw ] promise'i
onc Nv EN- IS Ito be paid at the close Nv
the mee,in) to sit OH tho sand with me,
wich, being very poor man, and hevin z
,;ck wife in sbanty near by, who wuz SUI.
farin Cor medicine (wicli no couldcnt git
without money!, he accepted;
At this pint nm ideo stuck me. o'
Phila,leliy, ana deiernlited TO
h.y a scene riynlin the Couch aud Orr hiz.
Mss. "Anothcr thing, Cuff, und rstand
hnt lis pan Nv the bargain that when in
nv spccch turn to yoo and stomp, you
must rise embrace me"
await" scz he.
Fall into my arms, lovin.lik ike-yoi mn.
Us tho we wuz long lo't
,rathep!"
aScusc mel" sed he. sl'se nifty low
,iggey and wants to bay do old woman
'oine huininc, wood do mas' anything foam
isi, but, golly, ,lat's too munh!"
aNot cent" sed I sternly, aeoom,ns
ny most picrcincst gaze, 1onles tins |" m'
"WelI," returned be, sulkily. "ef m'iss,
speck must, hut, solly.
IN. n;,o arrived anil the moetin.ho,,sc
,,, Iail. We tlot fiist Of holding j 10 tho
.h.pei of the College, bat give up the idea
:. ;r,nr,ctjcalle, ez, OWN 10 the dillytosinis
:, o,,r Nothcm friends In forwardin' sich
q they have raised We hev
,ot rot no further with tho bildin, than lay
\ the corner stun. In the front was the
our niesers, sll in clean shirss, and on tho
,tand wuz the nigIcr he'd engaged. Over
he platform wiiz tho follcrin Inotoes
"in Yoonin ther ID s,rrugth-For Prssa'
lent in 1863, Fernando Wood. tor VICE
Frederick Douglis
ain The uigeev, slrcngth-ln The Caushens