The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-05-30
PosT-oFFIs, CoNFEpRIT Y ROADS,
(wich is in the Stait Nv Ky..)
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Posr-oFFIs, CoNFEpRIr X ROADS,
(Which is in the Stat Nv Ky.)
April rs, 1867.
We are in continyooal trouble down hero with
these cussid niggers. Theyare harder to manage
than pigs. Pig don't express ther pecoolyarities.
Mule comes nearer Theris sich method in their
Obstinacy--sch willful cussidnis that hev rcely
made up my mind that don't understand Elm at
all. They cuddle up to us ez kind eZ a blOomin
maiden does to her first adOred. and they fling us
Just eZ natral eZ that same guileless maiden does
when number two heaves in site They behave
well for season, aperrently for no other purpose
than to enjoy our discontinue when they finally
throw us. hey bin a gittin suspishen thro me
that they amt half ez stOopid ez they look, and
that, after all, we are not fur from the trOOth
when we say in our resolOoshens that they are the
ekals NV the whites. Why shOoden't they be ?
All ! why indeed? Why shOOden't the nigger boy
wich is now crOssin the street, wich hez Deekin
POgram's ieechers ez like ez phOtograf, hev ez
much sense ez the Deekin? | hev eggsamined
into the pedigree NV that nigger, and | according
y find that his mother had the hawtiest and best
blood NV Virginny coursin tOomulchusly through
her Veins--and that stock the POgram mix
cOodn't materially depreciate n one generation.
he'd the niggers NV the Roads very hand
somely in tow up to yesterday. he'd EN- attendin
services last Sunday ut the meetin house, and by
private arrangement he'd em seated mscellane-
Ously among the awjenCe. Dekin POgram he'd a
wench wich weighed at least 250 pounds averdu-
pOs, atween him and his wife, while four other
niggers ornamental his pew. BascOm with alac-
rty consented to three, and Elder Gayitt provided
seats for four Ii Wuza peasin site White and
black wuz alternatid like the spots on q checker
board--niggers and whites wuz spread out to-
gether like the fat and lean OF pork, aud ez seed
it, | Good hardly reSLrane my emOshuns. There
before me wuz the regenerashun OF the Demo-
cratic party-there Wuz wat Wuz to bring us out
Nv the valley and shadder Nv death into wich we
he'd fallen, up TO the high ground Nv otishel life.
preached that memTaDle day from two teXeS, to
wit: "UV one blood did he IN Ike all the nashens
NV the earth, and "All ye are brethren" and
GRATED u muVin discourse. l demonstrated with
great lervOr the lOOnacy Nv the idea that the AL
mighty wood tNke the trouble to create two or
more races, when one wood do ez well-wich
idea is alluz well received in this region. All men
form their idea OF the Deity somewhat from them
selves, and never knOwd a Contedrt Cross
Roader to make two things when one wood an
swer / reiuted the theory advanced by some
writers that there wuz more than one head to the
race, by quOtin the teXes wich treated NV the
creashen OF Adam and Eve, and demolished the
| Ham doctrine at site. "Ef, sed "Noer did euss
| Ham and condemn Canaan to be u servant unto
his brethren, how do we know that our colored
| brethren aud sisters is the descendants NV Ham
| it his color? Is not black jest ez convenient =
color ez whiteI"
"More 50, murmured Mrs. Pogram half asleep
''more so--it don't show dirt"
rs it his shape? Oh, my brethren, amt {
handsome man, nor wood exactly anser for {
model for Appoller Eff beauty, or cOmeliness OF
shane or STYLE is to beside the pint, may the lord
help us! Is it his smell ? My brethren, the New
York World asserts that the nlgger halnt no
smell, and eff he hez, why shoOdent he hav
! Standn under the common flag Nv our country
with his hand upon that magma charta, the Dek-
larashen, and his beamin eye turned exultlnly
toward our nashnel emblem, the Eagle, shall not
our Afrin brother be allowed to smell jist ez HI
chooses? Ef smell must be uniform then let oul
| Government establish BurOw Nv PerfOomeTy TO-
wunst Besides take high religious grounds in
this matter. Ef he hez natural odor the Lore
give it to him. Let us not fly in the face NV tn
Lord by CONDEMN 1t. Judge not lest we b
Judged. The odor Nv the cOlored gentlemen o.
lady is the work Nv the Lord--the Odor Nv yoo
unwashed feet is yoor own--which shood stan
the highestT
"My brethren and sistren, acknowledge tina
hav not long held these views. l hev showed
the common prejudls, and hev contemmed ou
friends NV color; l heV despitefully used en-
hey gone for EN- and banged 'em like old books
But L wuz becoz didn't know 'em. didn't Sc
the kernel of meet under the rough SMELL didn
recognize the glitrin diamond in the ebony coal
My eyes hev bin opened Like Saul Of Tarsus,
see o lite. Senee the passage NV the Military bi
hey diskiVered many things too tejus too men
shun. l hev mostly found out all these thing
senee that occurrence. But let us accept the stu
ashen and bless the Lord it hez resultid in devel
opin excellencies where we didn't expect to dn
en-"