Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-12-26
ected these, he'd carefully sekloodid

lected these, he'd carefully sekloodis
EN- from the world, and he'd employ
i ed-twenty- four Nv the most eininen
medikel men NV the world, to be witt
EN- constantly-each stayin an houl
that, in case they showed eny symp
toms, the proper remedies mite be te
wupst applide afore the disesse gol
. hold. From these two, ef the resi-
wuz destroyed, it wuz hoped a new
stock Good be raised, that the dan
gers nv negro equality mite be still
kept afore the American people.
But all to no purpus. The unspar
in pestilence smote em, and, not
withstandin the efforts made by the
eminent Observation-Disclosures
the prayers and grsans ev the Dim
okrasy-they died.
Methawt the heavens wuz hung in
black, and ominus htenins sho,
athwart the skies In the distance,
low, mutrin thundcrs wuz heard, and
the beasts of the forests run alright.
ed from their coverts. Dray hosses
dropped dead In the streets; dorgs
run wildly, with their lungs hangin
out, and the white foam droppin
from their distended jaws. Ever and
anon, pale, sickly CLEANS NV lite
flashed across the dark. leaden, col
ored clouds, given nacher the ap-
pearance NV lahrin under severe
attack NV yaller janders.
The last nigger wuz dead.
Presently the leaders NV the Dim
okrasy begun to assemble.
Fernandywood cum.
'tAlars!" sez he, sobbin ez tho his
heart would break, and kissin the
cold corpse-"Farewell, my hopes
long and last farewell! Thou wust
our corners stun; on thee we built
Thou wust our cappitle, cur cheefest
trust. We used You've aboozed
yoo--and in aboozin 700 found our
profit. 700 wuz ordained to be the
cuss NV Ameriky--we wuz ordained
to be alluz fearful NV yoor bein our
superiors--to us wuz entrusted the
deliteful task NV keeTin yoo down
and us over 700. Our task is end
ed with thee. Kin we any more ral
ly our people to the poles, by yawnin
the dangers NV Niger equality, when
there amt no nigger? This, now.
is white mans guvernment--we
hev nothin left to contend for, and
thus l foller thee"
And Fernandy, who he'd found a
jack knife in the nigger's vest pocket.
run it intu his bowels, and fell q dead
corpse across his body.
Franklin Peerse approached and
walled thus:
And art thou gone, last Nv the
Afrikins? Good not the ayengin
ministers NV death hev taken sum
other race? Good not the noble In
gin bin taken, and thus spared to De,
No white man feered his
Good not the Chinese
hev bin sacrificed in thy stead2 The
people had no prejoodis sgin his col
Or. Thou wust all that made me NV
yoose. and ez thou art gone, so go
also
Aud takin the jack knife out uf
Fernandy's hand, he stabbed hisself
with it, and fell dead atop of Fer
mandy.
VaIlandigham approached weepin
1ilently.
"Opposin thy elevation" sed he,
addressin the dead nigger, "wunst
made marter Nv me, which marter
lom netted me thirty thousand dol
ars in ten cent pieces, which / i'm
neji;ly invested in seven-thirty bonds
ssued by a tyranikle and uncon.
tooshnal government. BY carryin
portraitu NV thee, and exhibitin it at
ny meetins in the rooral districks, i
lev made my constituencies bile
nth rage, at the ijee of sich ez thou
ein elevated to their speer. Like
)Lhello, my okkepashun's gone.'--
'arewell pollytix--thou vast my pol
Itix. Farewell Congress!--bv what
Sc Is a Dimekrat in Congris with no
igger to persekoot?"
And takin the jack knife from
eerse's hand he recklessly plunged .
into his bowels, and fell across :
eerse.
Brite, NV Injiany; Richardson, Nv
linoy; Seymour, NV Moo York; /,
florence, NV Pennsylvany. and all +,
le leeders NV the party NV the North, t,
ithout exception, come up, and J
akin similar orashuns, used the
ok knife in like style-fallin across |;
lch other ez four foot wood is I.
1rded.
Filled with anguish nv the heaviest :
escripshuc, and fully appreciatin !
lie feelins NV the noble men who :
oodent survive their party, / caught ;
Ic jack-knife, and, THROWN myself :
to attitood-sech ez / hev seen r
orist cum. when, in Otheller, he =
abs hIsself-I wuz on the pint Nv T
akin it acquainted with my intes- !
mes, when 1 happened to observe \
quart bottle sticken out Nv the mig :,
er's coat pocket. Droppin the knife, n
seezed il, and in two gulps swal- !.
red the contents. The room spun T
'und and round, and eggshaustld j =
II senseless across the ded sooicides. !, =
lst then Horis Greely entered the Il
'om. Holdin up both hands, he ex- =
aimed:
"Ez it was in the beginnin' so it O
in the endin. Behold Dimokrasy! n
gger at the bottom, whisky at the a
p, and stink in the middle! We're :
d of the two great cusses to a
lnst." =
And instid of puuchin his stumick Ii
th the knife, he shuff1ed out NV the {,
ON, holdin his nose. g
I awoke in feverish heat, shreek v
wildly. So vivid wuz the scene j d