The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-12-06

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YooSrEp STATS uv AxInKr,
IS Accr. WIN GARREK PoGRAN, On.
To Niger, Sam 20 years old, $4,000
81 . Pompey 3Oa I" 1900 90
al I" scip, 500" 10000
"l Peter, 4o"" 10000
To one lot miscellaneous nicgers. - In number,
mostly crippled and not NV much ak.
kount, hayln bin hogged and chawel by
dorg. and injoored by helm knockt about
the head and back, discipinin Nv en-,
say, $500 each 100000
To ono Niger gal, Jane, Is years old nearly
white, with bloo eyes and curly hair, for
wich he'd bin offered s2jOo to 20 to
Moo Orleans 25,oooOO
To other wcnches Nv all shades and ages, II In
number, averagin say $500 6,oOo.o 90
$9l,Ioo 90
This bill ho he'd determined to put in,
becoz Nv this property no he'd hin
robbed. Last mite he hecrd Nv tho result
Nv tho Moo York nnd Moo Gersey cleck-
shuns. and he felt that more yit wuz duo
him from tho unconsto tooshnel government
under wch we arc forced to live. He want
ed pay, not only for his ,wenty.four thou
sand dollars worth of nigger. but legal in.
terst on the amount from January Ist, 1868,
to date, incloodin wat he paid to hev the
calculation made, and tho interest fggercd
ONTO il. and he wanted il in gold. cz he con.
sidered greenbax jist cz unconstooshnel cz
cmancipasllen.
lssaker Gavitt remarkt that, OF behalf nv
his fathers estate he he'd claim on the op.
pressors. lie he'd made out no bill, ez yit,
ez the niggcr wich alIuz did the figgerin for
his father he'd got to be impuient, and
wooden't do il no more. But he shood
get somebody who could write to-copy the
Dsekn's bill, wch wood answer, ez The TOO
farms workt about the same number Nv
hands, tho NV fancy stock his father
he'd nluz kept tho most, wich ukkount.
ed for his bein more bald headed than the
Dcekin.
Kernel McPclter wanted no pay. lie
wanted his niggers. To accept pay wood
be to acknowledge the ritc Nv lllnoy go.
riller to rclecsc EN-, wicli he wood never ,lo.
lie he'd one-ho saw. her to.tlay-wich hc
would hev back agin. Her and her hus.
band. wicl he'd lin married scncc they wuz
torn from him, he'd purctist ten akers Nv
ground up towards GarretIstown, and wuz
n liyin onto it. Nv course, ez the cmanci-
pasllen WIZ illegal, the produx Nv their la.
bor, seein that their time WIZ hizzcn, Jest
the same ez they remained in their normal
condishen. The ten akers woo,ln't make
him good. but they he'd two children born
to en- scncc, wich Ct nigsers brot any price,
wood do sunthin towards il.
Bascom preferred to hev Government
Iny their vulyoo. and let en- stay free. lie
he'd arrived ut this conclooslIun after ma
toor consilcrashen. They oil he'd some
property now, lenstwuys they Good all do
wat they pleased with their money. Troo,
the hci Nv the proceeds Nv their labor
went to Pollock for dry goods and grocer.
les and sich, but he believed that they WIZ
a initiative nce. Ell so, aud they followed
tho cggsample sot en- up by their white
sooperiors, they wood in time leave the
heft Nv il at his bar. He he'd few Nv en-
under his trainin now, and lic Dotist that
they wuz better customers than the whites,
ez they didn't swaller their rashcns and
tell him to 'jist chalk il down.
Tie sense NV the lncetin wuz then taken
and majority voted TO fast try to re'looce
them to tl,eirnounal condishcn cfthat WIZ
decided to be ilnpnc,icable. then we Good
with still better guce, demand their valyoo!
NV tho Government.
"Yes,r exclaimed Kernel McPelier, "and
for this great work ther is no better time
than now, the Yoonyun cz IL wuz@ Fol-
Ter the"
And forthwith the entire congregashen
piledoui, r,lshin toward the niggcr settle.
mcnt, consultashen wuz held. il wuz
decided that I sl,ood sdvunce to tho doors
NV the bouscs and demand surrender, but !
declined Kernel McPsIter volunteered.
and wc all awaited the result lie knock.
ed at the door NV the first house.
"Wha' dye wanty" exclaimed voice.
IL want yoo!" exclaimed the Kernel
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