Clarksville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1865-1867, 1867-04-05
"RIsIBLE JONES'.
On the Political Situation:
His Views on the Questions which
Distract the Public Mind.
NASHVILLE, March 2etb. 1867.

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MIsfER EpIroR, DEAR Shiny respecs
to you sir an all de white gentlemen dat
takes your paper, and beg your pardon for
obtrude desc few remarks which am about
TO propose. am a plain spealSin nigger,
widout no foolishness, and nuver ben in de
habit TO no big extent of detrudng myself
fore white folkes, but de times hab come in
de reboution OF political events all complex
shun and parties is flung into kaos wuss
dan dat afore de creation, and in de general
confusion de trash is struggin mitey hard
for to get on top, jess like pickpockets at a
FIRE, pertendin to save da neghbor's prop
erty, and da save so much dat de owner,
Lord bress your soul, he neber see it no
more.
Now, got few plain common-senc facs
dat desire to present for de observation OF
colored men dat amt too thick about de
skull and got little plain horse sence neat
dey wool. De black folks you see, da say.
have been infested wild the privilege of de
franchise. Some white folks say dat dat
privilege am n blessin, but dafs a question
gwine to let-hold over Cor de future deyellop-
ments. Nevertheless, howsomeber. If dat
ting of votin for Radical white-man and
votin nary time tor yoself is such bles-
sin---you aint a going to prove it by dis
chile.
Bress 20 soul honey, da amt no more trooi
in dat statement dan dere is in what de Sa-
tan said to de Lord on de mountain, gwine
to gb to de Lord whole heap real estate and
town property, when, bress yo soul, de devil
did mt own so much as a foot O. ground in
hell's half acre.
Now look heah Lemme talk right to yo
head. De negro mancipation were de onat-
ural consequence of de reberluton, an eff we
gwine to thank anybody for givin us our
freedom, den we ought TO thank desc rebel
folks, pears to me- who got up de war gin
de Yankees, in de fust place, fustly. AS de
preachers say, when eber a good man, or a
good 'ooplan dies, mansipashun was dere loss
and our gain. But, while | feel bully about
gittin free, / can't see dat de white folks
souf were sponsible for slavery. Now. W.
been slaves poorty long. Lengthy neriod. er
nv memry sarves me RIGHT. Strikes me
dem Yankees had us slaves fust. an gollv'
YOU bet. wust oyerseer ever laid a strop to
dis niger 5 back, was de meauest Yankee
outen bell-or-Massacboo Yes sir
sho's yo born, dem Yankees had ms slaves
fust, long fore de souf got settled nm. but as
niggers didn't pay to hurt up dere in dat
cold country, da took mitey good care not to
mancipate long as we belonged to dem and
was wuf money. - -
Now, l raiiley feel sorry. bery sorry. for
de Soufren white folks. Ben liyiu wild EN-
all nv life, and got heep mitey good frens
mongst em sho's you live. Pears mitey hard
for EN- to lose so much propertv on. Ef I
was whiteman, I'd hate it myself sbo's
yo born. An sometimes too. makes me feel
mitey weak bout de ewes. 10 see vonnp mis-.
sus widout servants when da want never no
servant on dat plantation dat wouldent a
laid down his life for her, bless her prety
heart. Now, Soufern white man; eff he's a
gemman, an he's mitey apt to be, eff he CONS
of good stock, and has had good raisip. he q
mitey ap to prefer to give his niggers da
freedom hisself, dan TO have dem taken away
from him by passel damnd hypocrits, who
make beeve de whole business of da lives is
to be de fren of de colored man. Shewl-
chile, you aint neber gwine to fool me on
dem Yankees. Ef da amt ltenin, don't
bleve yel De Lord help my soul eff da don't
outhe de old devil himseH Now, I oipt No