The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-10-31

thigh and knee joints, he sunk
limber. like and gently onto the
ground. Ez he he'd discharged the
dooty NV an Amerikin freeman, we
rolled him out to one side Nv the
house, where the drippin nv the
rain from the roof wood do suthin
towards sobcrin him of, and let
him alone in his glory.
The Amendment got but very
few votes in that locality. The Re-
publikans jined US in repudiatin it,
mostly on ethnologikle grounds.
One asserted he bed bin in favor
Nv emancipashen in time Nv war,
bccoz tho Afrikin Good thereby be
indoost TO fite agin their Southern
masters, and it wood hev the effeck
NV maxim the drafts come lighter
in his township. He wuz hu.
manitarian likewise. lie opposed
crooelty toward en- He wept
whom he heerd NV the massacre at
Fort Piller, bccoz in the army the
rigger wuz ez much man ez eny-
body, and sich Wholesale slaughters
tended 10 mako calls for 800, 600
more" frekent. But when it come
to givin NV EN- the privilege Nv
votin beside him, itcoodent be thot
NV. lie Good never consent that a
race whose heels WIZ longer than
hizzen, shood rool Ameriky. "My
God;" sed this ardent Republican,
'ef you give em the ballot. watkin
prevent cm from bein Congrismen,
Senators, Vice Presidents, and evcn
Presidents? / shudder when j
think NV it," and he hurried in his
vote. Nf' int y"
| didn't quite see the forco Nv
his objecshcn, for it never okkurred
to mo that bein sent to Congris wuz
a material conscience Nv votin. l
hev voted for thirty yoers, at many
elekshuns four or five times, but l
het never bin to CoRgris. Where
is the constituency wich wood g.
lect me2 But it wuzn't my biznis
to controvert his posishcn. 1t made
no difference to mo wat his reason
wuz tor votin ell desired him to
vote. 81
/
The nigger.lovers beat up one
man to vote for the Amendment,
wich, Isaw by his dissatisfied look,
he'd bin over persuaded. "Sir!" sed
|, do yoo conslderan Afrikin suffish-
emily intelligent to be trusted with
so potent weapon ez the ballot p
Dustin away from them wich he'd
him in charge he exclaimed, "No,
don't. l cant vote for 1T. They
don't know enuff. Sir, scratch of
the Yes from my ballot, and put
onto it mol"
Here is a pensil," sed l.
."Do it yerself," sed he, II can't
write"
And did it. Sich is the efrell Nv
word in season. Words ftly
spoken is apples of gold, set in pic
turs NV silver.
i One man woodent listen to me-
but votid the Amendment. He het
bin a soljer, and for eleven months
partook NV the hospitality Nv the
Confedrits at Andersonville. Esca'
pin, hc wuz helped to the Fedri
! lines by q niggcr who wuz- hogget
almost to deth, in his site, for no
betrayin where he wuz hid. ! mit'
: ez we'll hev talked TO lamp post
Ez he showed in his ballot he re
markt, suthin about he'd ruther SCI
a nigger vote than a Id rebel
any time. From the direckshun u
his eye site l persoom he rcferre'
: to me, 1855"
/ left for homo ez soon ez tn
votes wuz counted, and the resul
was made known, only waitin til
the poll books wuz made out, an
the Judges of the elekshun had GO
thcr names written by the clerks
y and he'd made ther marks to en-
, On my way homo | wuz gratltic
7 to see how the material antipathy I
the nigger he'd revived. Az Cincin
natl the mite NV the elekshun the
wuz bangin nv EN- about, the pa
i triotic Democracy goin for Ell
/ wherever they Good find en-, an
the next day ez saw en- at tn
. ralerode stashens, they he'd, ger
i orally speekin, ther heds banc
p aged. 1t was cheerin to me,
!. gIoated over IL. t
II Full NV gladnis, / entered Ket
lucky, and joyfully | wended m
Il way. TO the Corners. l wuz III
. bearer of great tidins NV joy, an
q my feet wuz pleasant onto I'll
1t mountins. Ez | walked into Ba
j. com s they all saw in my face sun
d thin uv'importanoc.
y await is it?" said Deekin ~
? gram, sis it veal or woe2'
h us the proud Caucashen still
10 tho ascendant in Ohio, or hez IL
b, grovolin Afrikin ground him in
IN The dust?r aslSt Issaker Gayitt.
T. "My friend" sed I, takin up Il
k. Deacon's whisky, wich in the egg
10 sitemont nv the moment, he dldn
" observe, "Constitooshnel Amen
in ment, givin the niggcr ekal rite
d, hez bin votid down by the libert
G. lovin froemen Nv Ohio. Thr
ll. cheers for Ohio"
10 Thoy wuz given witha will. I
ho widest enthoosiasm wuz awake
ly cd. Bascom put in spigot in
cd fresh bari, and the church be
I'D, wuE set ringin. Tho niggers VIC
n. a dismayed look, and got out nv t
in way ez soon ez possible. A me
ls. in wuz to wuntz organized. Dec
en- in Pogram spoke. lie felt Il
le. this wuz d proud day. Light "