The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1867-12-19
Written for the Toledo Blade.1
Nasty.
TIE ALABAMA CONTEMPORARIES WOES OF
JOHN CUTIE, JR.

| TIE ALABAMA CONNENTlON-THE WOES OF
JOHN CUTIE, JR.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 1.
1t is possible that this world may contin-
700 to exist-that the heavenly orbs may
continyOo to roll about each others aXises
and move in harmonious cycles into their
respective speres-that comits may contin-
700 to wheel and turn in regular orbits
throo the speer asst gned EN- in the grand
economy in celestyel space, but 1 doubt it.
Ell SIGH Il Reorganization ez am now wit
nessin doesn't overturn that order witch is
Heavens first law, all kin say is, nacher is
| so constituted ez to stand Summers Nv no or
binary magnitood.
| am in Montgomery, in attendance, ez a
a locker on in Vents, NV the "Constooshpn-
ell Convenshen," ez it is called, now in ses-
sion in this accused town. l he'd heard NV
this piebald body-uv this black and tan
gatherin. in witch niggers and white men
niggers in witch the white blood predomina-
ted, and white men in witch the Niger
blood predominated-wuz gathered and
settln side by side, the same ez tho Noer he'd
never Gust Ham, an ez tho the niger was
not a beast and not our inferior at all. Ell
gazed | sed to myself
| e." The times is out Nv joint, o cussed Spite
That ever was born to set EN- rite
entered the hall with the sun Nv my old
friend, John Cutie. John, Jr.. is a chip NV
, the troo Cutie block When l arrived,
I found him leanin on the bar of small
grosery, smokin cigar and a lookin ez
disconsolate ez mortal Good. Shakin hands
with him, a momentary CLEAN NV ioy shot
| atwart his care worn face ez he invited his
self to drink with me- Not feein it rite to
deprive him Nv one little ray of contentment,
| stood drinks not only for him but for a
dozen more which found leann on their ell
bows on the bar, all Nv EN- with cigar be-
tween their teeth, Nv witch the l. fe had gone
out IN conscience Nv their bein too much
discouraged to draw EN-. I knowd the most
Nv these young men in the happy days of
yore.
They wuz all the sons of planters in the
vlclnity-all Nv EN- the first families NV Ala
| bama, whose fathers he'd wunst own their
thousand akers apeece, and hev brot elm up
ez the troo sllivelry NV the South wuz alluz-
brot up. There wuznt wun NV EN- but he'd
worn the most magnificent broadcloth, and,
in his day, won and lost his thousands at
faro. Their wuznt wun Nv EN- but wat wuz
up In all the cnnoblin sports witch wuz the
delite Nv the shivelry NV the South, SIGH as
pitchin dollars, draw poker and horse racin,
and scarcely wun Nv EN- but who he'd fought
dooels III his time, and every man NV EN-
he'd slaughtered his hecatoms NV Yankees
in the late war. Yet here they stood, out
at elbows with naplis hats, and all in the
last stage Nv seediness.
Cheer up!" sed /, ez we sot down the
tumblers. l turned and told the bar-keeper
that, ez soon ez drawd my pay and mileage
l wood call and settle for the drinks.
WATT" sed he.
Pm a member NV tile Constooshnel Con-
venshun," sed l, land when 1 get my pay
and mileage I'll call" -.
No you DON'T" sed he, "seezing me by
the collar" mo you don't There halt
been member NV Convenshun or Legis-
lacher in these doors sence Pope's bin here.
Pay now, or"
Seein that my little strategy woodent
work, reluctantly forkt over. 81
The young men wuz in dreadful state NV
dilapidashen, and their murmurin wuz more
like the lamentashens Nv job than anythin
/ he'd heard for a long time
Why" sed John Cutie, jr, the old
man, when he departed this life left me
thousand akers Nv land, but wat wuz it good
FORE l he'd no niggers The accursed
whelps refoosed to work without wagis,
and that Wpodent pay 'em on prinsiple-
Finally they commenst maxim offers for the
land, in patches NV from ten to fifty akers,
and crooel necessity compelled me to accept
it. The money 1 reserved I wuz compelled
to live on, ontil my paternal akers wuz re-
doosed to scant hundred. The produx NV
a hundred akers would support me, but it
won't perdoose. hev no labor-wher kin
I git the labor?' .'-t Fl.
Yes" exclaimed all Nv the dozen young
men, rollin over onto the tother elbow,
I" Guttle's case is our own. We all hev land,
but whcr's the labor ?" !
wuz about to commisserate EN- when the
bar keeper struck In. He wood seiest he
remarkt, that possibly under the circum-
stances, it wood he better if instid Nv ayin /
On 1he1r elbows, askin, "whers the labor 2"
they shood go and do a little NV it them
selves. Troo, if they shood do it he woodent
see ez much Nv EN-, but they would be able