Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-04-25

house wuz full. We thot fust Nv
holdin it in the chapel Nv the College,
but give up the idea ez impractica-
BILE, OWN to the dillytorins NV our
northern friends in forwardin sich
subscripshens ez they hev raised, we
hevn't got no further with the build
ing than layin the corner-stun. In
the front wuz the four niggers, all in
clean shirts, and on the stand wuz
the nigger l he'd engaged. Over the
platform, wuz the follerin notices -
In yoonion there is strength
For President in 1868, Fernando
Wood, For Vice-President, Fredrick
Duglis"
" In the nigger, strength-In the
Caucashen, beauty-In the mulatter,
who is trooly the noblest Nv the hu-
man species both"
In addishen to these, we dug up all
the old notices wich Jefferson writ,
about yooniversal liberty and sich,
wich hedn't been quoted in X entucky
for 20 years, and postid them up in
brief, he'd Wendell Phillips blessid
spirit bin a hoverin over that meetin-
house, it wood hev smiled approvin-
ly.
spoke to EN- elokently ON the
yooniversal brotherhood Nv mankind,
holdin that whatever else Good be
sed, Adam wuz the father Nv all man
kind, and that the only difference be-
tween the white man a nigger wuz
the nigger wuz sunburnt. The mig
ger, | remarkt, wuz, undoubtedly,
originally white, but hevin bin, sence
his arrival in this country, addicted
to agricultooral persoots, he he'd be-
come tanned to degree witch, though
it marred his physical beauty, did
not interfere with his sterlin goodnis
Nv heart. Their he'd bin differences
between the races-at times ther he'd
bin onpleasantnises wich no one re-
grettid more than |. The whites Nv
the Corners he'd not alluz bin ez con-
sidrit ez | Good hev wished. They
he'd fogd several Nv EN-, and hung
many more, and in times past he'd
held elm in slavery and sich, but that
shood not be thot Nv at this happy
time 1t wuz constooshnel to do
these things then, and Kentucky wuz
eminently law-abidin State. Here
sez |, on this platform, with the flag
NV our common country over me, |
declare eternal friendship to the col.
ored man, and to seel the declarash-
en- thus embrace"
The obstinit nigger didn't stir
step.
Come up and fling your arms a.
round me, 700 black cuss," sed /, in
a stage whisper. Come up I"
No 700 don't, boss !" sed the mig
ger, in loud voice, which wuz audi
bic all over the church, and holding
out his hand. "I can't trust 700
bressid mint. Glib me de So fust.-
Yoo owe dis chile foah dollars now
fo' saving wood TO- yoah post offs,
aud ef we's agwine to hab our rites,
de fus yoose / shel put mine to will
be gittin dat money. Pay up, fus,
and de brace afterward l can't do
sich a disgreeable ting without the
cash in advance"
This ruther destroyed the effect
The unities wuzn't preserved The
niggers in front bust out i'll tortur-
ing laff, and Pollock and Bigler roll
ed in commissions Nv latter, in which
half Nv our people joined Ne a
standin petrifed in the attitood Nv
embracin, and that cussid nigger
standin with his hand extended for
the money, with the Deekin and Bas-
com horror struck jist behind, formed
taboo witch wuz more strikin than
pleasant.
The meetin wuZ to-wunst adjourn
ed, for it wuz evident to the dullest
comprehension that nothin more
coodent be done that mite. Ez yoo-
sual failed for want Nv capital
He'd l bin possesst Nv the paltry sum
Nv five dollars how different wood
hev bin the result Perchance we
may, thro that defshency, lose Ken
lucky. 1t must never occur agin-
my salery must be raised. ! can't
make brix without straw.
Joe Bigler met me next mornin,
and remarkt that he regretted the
occurrence, ez he ardently desired to
see the two races pullin together.
The falt, Perfesser," sed lie, wuz
in not managin properly. The next
time you want spectacle nigger to
sit on the platform with yoo or the
Deekin, or kiss or embrace yoo-git
him drunk. He'll do it then, proba-
bly, know he will. Eff he's drunk
enuff, he'll hurrah for johnson, and
and it's possible to git him down to
the pint Nv votin with 700. Lord !
how whisky drags a man down. See
wat it's brot 700 to p and the insul-
tin wretch rolled off, lafn boisterous-
ly. "Git EN- drunk, Perfesser," he
yelled at me ez long ez he Good see
me.
We don't intend to give it up. Big
ler's advice wuz given in jest, but,
nevertheless, l shel act upon it
Whisky is wat brings white men to
US, and eff a white man kin be thus
capcherd, why not nigger? The
Afrikin hezn't far to fall to git down
to our level, and it'll take less tc
bring him. Bascom ordered five bar
rels to-day, wich | spose the Admin
istrashen will pay for. We hev yet
the Moo York Custom House, and
more Nv the perkesits must be yoos
ed for politikle purposes.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey, P. NJ,
(Wich is Postmaster) and likewise Professo
NV Biblikle Politicks in the Southern Clas
sikle and Military Institoot.