The native Virginian. [volume] (Orange Court House, Va.) 1867-187?, 1867-11-22
MOzIs ADDUMS TO MADsUN ALLTN.


DEERE MADsvN Me and you wus \
,oys together in Prints Eddud menny =
,cres agoe. You blongd to DR., Merit
4 llin-onc NV the bess men that uvYer I
iv'd-and blongd to miself, not one I
" the bess. You had a good marster
md had bad one-thar's the diff
runce.
Me and You playd together heep
anG luvd one nuther. Member that
item your Marss Henry made me wosh
my he'd in grapevine just to tern my
har black? We all had plenty nv nun
them days. and youcood pat Juber bet
tern enybody. Them days is gone
Madsun, and they amt II gointer cum |
back eny mo,
Me and you yused to go off and talk,
and We laid menny plans. We ranged |
that, when growed up, my Par was to
buy you frum your Marss Henry's Par,
you wus to wait on me, bresh my
clothes, we wus to travil together all
over the wurld, and be soc happe
But boys plans runs one way and
the wurld runs anuther. Things don't
ice in this life. Neether boys or men
| kin hay thar own way. Our little
skeem for livhl together and bein hap
pc cum to mort.
The last item / seen you wus about
ten yeer agoe. Ioacum over TO Noun
tin vue speshly to see me and wus SO
clad co see me, but had the dispepsy
that bad that did'n kcer to see nobo-
dy. l give you SO cent in silver and
wus glad when you went away You
wus mortified
/ You see, Madsun, you had good
Marster and | did 'n-thar's the diffrunce
Since then havn't herd a wurd frun
you and don't know whether You are
ded or alive And / reck'n you don't
keer whether I'm alive or ded, treet-
id YOU soc badly. / CAN'T blaim you
Madsun; can't blaim you.
, But Ina this sort NV man-l'm sor-
! re treets pepil badly; l can't hep it
, but remembers my frens. Them thai
WIS frens to me twenty yeer agoe, Gums
back to me in my memry over and ov
er a gin in my lonely momins and make
, my hart warm and yung as it .uvve
: wus. All NV them frens has got mo o
!, less agin me, but I've got nuthin agi
them-nar thing. And I'm glad u
it.
Ireckn, Madsm, that's the rein Nv
t bin thinkin NV you. l wonder what
4 becum NV you, whar you liv and whs
|. You're dom NV. How you bin gitti
It long, Madsun, sence you got free?
d bin free nigh. on to fotty yeer, and
Is amt a doin so nifty welh Hope your
Il dom better, becos you had a goo
g Marster, wus raisd TO wurk and hay
3, good nianers.
I'll You got plenty NV sence and oughte
n do well. Eff you don't its yo' own fol
" don't bleevc mighty mutch in giyi
cs NV advice, but bein nv dark-skin ma
# myself and a good fren of yourn,
/ warnt to tell you sumthin bout viii
OF folks that maybe you don't know
L. has liyd and ISOLATED with white pei
to and red great dcel bout white pei
- in book, famplits, jogrefiz and nu
ic papers, and l jus tell you this 'bo
he 'um: they ar the mos danjus, the fer
Il shusist and bludthurstyist animil tn
Il breethes the breth NV life. Krokk.
= DIES is sweet pertaters .cumpard to III
Ia and Tigers is meek and lowly as mus
millions long side NV a white man..
A. Bewar NV 'um, Madsun, bewar! !!
Mt Then, agin, they ar cunnin as Il
bn DEVIL hisself Coons is sincerity its
TO beside white men, and a postum is hig
~ minded and abuvbode to UNI. Oar
70 skin men don't stan no chance ag
UNI. You jes rede Histry fur thr
thousand yeer back and tell me whai
dark-skin man made enythfng out
white skin man. I'll give you Il
iezamples NV thar luvin-kineness
r, dark-skin men. The Chyneeze did
=. want to trade with the Inglish. d
- trade Or die is the white mans MOTIF
~, spes SHY eff he is a Inglishmun or q Va
- ky. Soc the IDglish declard waw az
&c the Chyneeze and cumpcllcd um to c
~ pisun at the pint NV the baynit. Agi
ne the East Injy pepil-Hlndooze tn
call um-wus livin quietly by the
~ selves, not dom NV thing to the !
" glish. Wharupon, the Inglish, tho
~ no provekashun, pitched into u
" konkerd UNI, robbed nm, and ma
'"' slaves NV uin tell this day. The Hi
dooze riz-they ribbeld-and the
'- olish took um and blowd um to pests
ny the cannun's mouth, made pritty picl
" cheers NV the horrid crime i'll thar III
''o Papers, and give glory to Cod.
Same way, the Frentch went over
Alieers, shot and stobbed the pc pc
tell they all run into holes and caves
S the groun, and then the Frentch smt
in ed UNI out, same rs you smoke =
Is har out NV q holler tree. EFF they co
n NV recht um with a forkid stick, they
nd a twistid um out, jest as you twist
is har out. Same way, the pepil nv
wv ma wautid to stay at home and tie
lie to thar own bizness, Ieccivin no viz;
is tiers. No, sir rec, says the white me
to YOU got to trade or die; and soc
lis Inglish, the Frentch and the bless
lis Emerykins made war agin UNI and l
as hin cheetin NV UNI ever sense. San
ny way, they got arfter the pc innosu
a Sandwich Islanders, and tradid al
V aio 4 ruitl, nm all frnm lnY to God, Z