The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-04-20

(Which is in the Staff nv kcntucky,l
March IS, 1867.
have made many sudden and rather 'stor
binary changes in politiN-somc SO very sud
den that the movement pcrdoost conjcstor
nv the Conscience ! recollect wunst NV ad
vokatin free trade and high protective tariff,
ali within twelve hours, q made speech
in a agricult coral deesrch NV Moo York in
the forenoon at 10 AM. and in manufac,
turin town in Pennsylvania in the evenin,
our platform being 50 construEtid that both
sides Good find Il endorsement in it, and
hev performed many other feats Nv moral
gymnastics; but this last change | have
been called upon to make is probably the
snddencst. Last week, Toosday, Dcekin
! Pogram. Captain McPelter, and wuz en-,
! gagged III riddin the Corners nv niggers. We
| he'd endoored them ez long ez we thot pos.
sihe. and determined on standin it no long,
| er. Selecting three witch we wuz satisfied
he'd too much spellin-book into EN- to be
cnslased agin, we wuz preparin notises to be
! served onto en-. orderin EN- to leave in TWEEN
| ty.tour hours, when | reserved in the North
! ern mail letter marked - Free-Alex. w.
! Randall. Pm g." knowd it wuz oflishc
to wunst-that bles 3ed signatoer is on my
commission, and I've contemplated it too
often to he mistaken In it. Its contents wuz
, brief, and run thus:
ITO all Postmastcrs in the Southern
States: The niggers hev votes-consilla.
shcn is our best holt. See to it,
This brecf tho not hard to be understood
order wuz sealed VIII the oiiishcl seal Nv the
| Post Oils Department, stampt into putty in.
Std Nv wax, to wit: loaf of bread, under
a roll Nv butter, with ten hands grabbin at
it. comprcheuded the situation at site,
and set about DOOM my dooty with both
Romon and Spartan irmness. - Deekiu,"
SEE |, tearn mp the notises, these niggers we
hev misunderstood. They are not inferior
race they are not descendants nv Ham and
llagcr' it wuln't Paul's idea in sending
back Onesimus to condemn him to scryi.
TODD We hev misunderstood the situation,
and must make amends. The niger is de.
void Of smell, aud is trooly man aud
brother.
" Wat?' said the Deekin. tippin back in
| amazement.
jest wat say sez I read that"
and flung him the letter.
The upshot of the conference which fol.
Tered wuz the calling NV meeting the next
mite, at wich all the Philippians at the Corn.
ers WIZ invited and urged to be present.
The trouble wuz to git the nggers to al.
tend the meetin. The fnst one | spoke to
lalft in my face, and askt me how long it
wuz sence l he'd helped hang couple NV
niggers, by way Nv fnishin of cclcbrashcn.
Pollock, the Illinois storekeeper, got hold
Nv it, and told Joe Bigler, ard Joe swore
that eff the niggcrs hcdn't any more sense
than we give EN- credit for, in sposn we
Good bamboozIc them so cheep, he shood
60 back to the old belief, to wit: that they
wuz only Il sooperior race nv monkeys, after
all, and by mite every niger in the vicinity
wuz postid thoroughly, and out NV all NV en-
| could only git four who would promise to
attend, and them the Dcckin had to pay 50
apiece to, To give it eclaw | promised one
Nv EN- SIS Ito be paid at the close NV the
mcctin) to sit on the stand with me, witch,
being very poor man, and hcvin Il sick
wife in a shanty near by, who wuz suh'erin
for medicine (Which he coodcnt git without
money! he accepted.
At this pint an idea struck me. rcmem.
bered Philadclfy, and determined to hev
scene rivalin the Couch and Orr biznis.-
"Another thing, Cuff, understand that its
part of the bargain that when in my speech
turn to 700 and stomp, you must rise and
embrace me-.
Wat 2" SEE he.
Fall into my arms, lovin like un.
dersand--just as tho we wuz long lost broth
ers!n
"iScusc me, sed he g Sc nifty low
niger, and wants to buy de old woman some
quinine, and wood do most anything foah dat,
| but, golly, dat's too much ~
| " Not a cent" sed |, sternly assoomin
my most pierccnest gaze, 'unless this is in.
cluded!n.
"Wel," returned he, sulkily, " ell must,
| | speck must, but, golly-n
The mite arrived and the meetin house wuz
full. We thot fust Nv holding it inthe chapel
Nv the College, but give up the idea cz i'm.
practicable. ez OWN to the dillytorinis NV our
| Northern friends in forwardin such subscrip.
| tons cz they hey raised, we heven't got no
| further with the buildin than layin the corn.
er-stun In the front wuz the four niggers,
all in clean shirts, and on the stand wuz the
niger he'd engaged. Over the platform
wuz the follerin notices:
"In Yoonin ther is strength-For Prcsi.
dent in 1868 Fernando Wood. For Vice
President, Frederick Dugls.'
- In the niger, strength; in the cauca.
sheu, beauty; in the mulatter-who is trooly
the noblest NV the human spcces-both."
In addishen to these, VIC dug up all the
old notices wich Jefferson writ, about uni
versal liberty and SIGH, wich hedn,t bin quo
ted in Kentucky for twenty years, and posted
UNI up; in brief, he'd Wendell Phillips
blessed spcrit bin hoverin over that mcetin
house, it wood hey smiled approynglys
spoke 10 EN- clokently on the yoonivcr
sal brotherhood Of mankind holdin tina
whatever else Good be said, Adam was tb'
father NV all mankind, and that the only diff
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