Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-12-25
The tines is out of joint, cussed spite,
That I yuz ever born 10 set EN- rlte.n

John Cutie and l wended way to
the Hall In the Hall what Site On
the rite wuz nigger on the floor and ma
kin speech on the left was niger Of
majestic presence, with his foot cockt up
onto the desk III front NV him, absolootely
readin a noospaper, and anuther was Just
comm in towards his seat pickin his
teeth with as much composure ez tho he
had never did anything in his life but be
IA member nv constooshnel convenshun-
All about the hall in various attitOods set
niggerS of various shades, and all NV EN-
we'll drcst, self-possesst, and without par
ticle uv that healthy hoomility wich the
! race had allus displayed wen IN the pres
ence OF their sooperiors.
Good God" said [ to Cutie, after L
he'd recovered from my astonlshment-
Am | awake, or am [ dreamin? Tell
me, please, who are the niggers f"
Dost see that nearly white niger on
the floor offerin resolution 3" sed Cutie
hoarse with emoshun. The niger is my
property. His mother wuz sold to Or
| leans 30 years ago, on account of resem-
blance which my mother fancied she saw
in him to my lamented father. | KEEP
him ez my servant, and the yaller cuss
somehow learned to read. He owns part
Nv place the old man he'd in the north
part of the State That of the rite who
/ IL bizzv writtin, Is another wun Nv mine
"a blacksmith wich the old man bot on
purpose to do his repairin, coz the white
| blacksmith wich wuz located near US cost
too much. He wuz cheap at $500 coz of
hiz bein a sooperlor workman, and L am
now told the incapable being hez a shop
Nv hiz own, and hez pile Nv money in
the Savings Bank, while | hiz, material 500
perior-hev to depend onto the chance
! liberality Nv comparative stranger like
YOU for the very drink which l am now
parched for want Nv"
And the unfortnit young man busted
into tears. wich we went out an assuaged.
Returnin he resoomed:
..The mulatto on the left hy the double
winder. is carpenter and wunst my prop
ertv. He bot Nv me fifty acres Nv land
| for mere song, and when delegates wuz
| to he elected to this convenshun. he run
/ arin me, and beat me four to one, the on
grateful niggers which we had worked all
our lives absoolootly preferrin him to me"
and he busted into tears agin.
1 'NA
him, | gently led him out Nv the hall.
Wat" said "is to b the end OF all
this?"
God only knows" sed he, L don't.
There is nothin but room ahead and on
each side of us These niggers and the
crazy whites in league with them. hev now
sole control of Alabama. AMI they are
mashen down Specialize old barriers wich
keen the races in their place. They are
passin all sorts NV ordinance pervidin for
skools: they have given themselves the
ballot and hev disfranchi~ed Us who have
served the Confederacy, so that the power
will be theirs for all time to come. The
result Is already foreshadowed in what
they hev done Out near my place, lust
west nv Nobel. they have village and a
skool house in which they are taught read
in. ritin, arithmetic and all sorts OF devil
ment. bv nigger schoolman, which Is
sent bv the Freedmen's Commission, in the
North. They refoos to work for any Nv
us onless we pay in advance, and conse-
kentlv. CT we can't get laborers, our
farms are runnin to weeds. And to make
matters wus the convenshun IL maxim Ia
Dor lien upon the crops, and so hampr'n
rs tldt III does S6eIU ~ ilc iHdb tiST
to delibritely room US. They are estab-
lishin' skools, and churches, and villages
everywhere, and what is partikelerly op-
ipressive we haven't the power to stop EN-
in their mad career Politikle power we
hev none. and when it comes to force, the
beast Pope stands here sekoor behind the
bavonets he controls. Good Lord! but
let's drink"
Which we did. 1 payin for it;
[ shell leave here to-morrer. L ken new
er hear to hev the niger pass me, clothud
in broadcloth, with paperss stickin out Nv
their pockets l ken never bear the deg
radiation Nv havin niggers passin me with
out takin off their hats and steppin res
pectfullv of the sidewalk. Thank God
that Kentucky did not openly rebel
There at least we can keep him in his nor
, NAL speer.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, P. NJ.
(Wich is Postmaster).