Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1867-11-15

Nich Is III Tue o.ait w heutuckr.J
October II, 1867.
Fcelin thu, the time had arrived wich wHz
% beside whether 1000 dcgradil uiggers
wuz to grind 500 900 pronA caEcashcn. in
10 the dust, felt tina, ef ! shood fail in my
doo,y now, ! shood he forever dsgracci.
Accoriinly, pu! IN the elekshun day at a
! Dimoeratic town in Ohio-lhe battle heii-
| the iden,ikle place into which / made a
| speech dar.u the eampane.
arrived .her on the mornin uv the slck,
shun, aud found that comprehensive ar
Engagements he'd bin made for deieatin his
most nefarus and dangerous proposishen
Paradu the streets ez early ez ! a. M, wuz
wagon containin - virgins, runnin from
q - IL, .he mos. Nv EN- ruther wiry 10 ie x.
urp. and over their heads wuz banners with
.Le fuerin tech;n inscriptions: Fathers,
save Us from Niger Ekaii,y !" White Hus
bans or nun T. 1t wood hey BIN better,
thot. he'd they bin somewhat younger. Their
WIZ su,hin preposierous in the ijca of fe>
males Nv that age, calm upon fathers to
save EN- frer, any,hia when in the course
OF nacier their fathers must hev bin yin in
tie sileu, tomb f.. several consecutive years.
onless. indeed. ,hey married young. Ef still
vin a judged trom the aged appearance Nv
the damsels) their parents must be ,oo far
advanced III yee.s 30 take an active part in
biznis. In another wagon waz q colieek-
shun Wv men wieh he'd bin hired from rail
rode. twelve miles distant, whose banners
read, Shell ignerent niggers vote beside in-
.elligent ite men = and the fcllerin verse
"shel niggers black this land posses.
And rool ne whites up here {.
Oh no, my friends. we ruther guess
Well never stand that ere
II okkured to me that it would bcv done
better he'd their spellin been more akker;i.
but upon inquiry found that i, d::in't make
no difference. That wuz the prevailin way
oil spelhn things in that vicinity. Hangin
over the polls wuz a broad peece Nv white
muslin. onto wich Was painted in large let,
,srs, +" Cauca.hens. Respeck yer Noses-,he
niger stinks = Then knowed i, wuz safe
Dsmocresy, and il hez its intiooence over
Republicans.
| ueve, saw sich sn,hoosiasm, or more
cheerin indicashuns NV the pride Wv race.
Fz evidence Nv the deep feeling that perva-
ded the community state that nine paupers
in the poor house depanded to be taken to
the polls tha; they mite enter their protes,
| again bringin the niger up to q ekal,y with
EN-, wich wuz nine gain with no offsets, ez
there wuzn. an Ablishnist in the ins,i,oo.
| shun. Two men in the county jale for lar>
| ceny wuz at their own rekest, taken out O,
doorance vile BY the Sheriff NV the county
that they mite, by the ballot. protest agin
bein degraded by bein compelled, when ,heil
time wuz out, to acknowledge the niger es
their ekal. One enthusiastic Dimekrat
who cost us $500, he'd to be carried TO the
polls. He he'd commenced early at one NV
the groseries, and he'd succumbd afore vo.
tin. We found him sleepin peacefully in o
barn. We lifted the patriotic man, and in
percession marched to the polls. We stood
him on his feet, two men supportin him or
either side. put straight ticket into his
fingers, and, taking his wrist with one hand
held his fingers together with tosher, and
guided his hand TO the box. Ez it neared
the winder, be started ez ef electric shecl
he'd struck him, and, ssraightenn up, asked
:. Is it the shtrate ticket? Is Constooshne
| Amindmint No onto it ?"
Ashoorin him that |. wuz all rite, be suf,
fered me 10 hold his hand out to the Judge
Of elecshun, who took the ballo, and depos
| tied it in the box. I" Thank Hivin 2" sed
he, +" the nagur is not yet my ayquil," and
doublin up at the thigh and knee joints, be
sank timber like and gently onto the ground
Ez be he'd discharged the doosy nv an Amer
| kin freeman, we rolled him out to one side
Nv the house. wher the drppin rain from the
roof wood do suthin toward soberin him of,
and left him alone in his glory.
The Amendment got but very few votes
| in that locality. The Republicans jinei US
in repudiafin it, mostly upon eshnologikle
grounds. One asserted that be he'd ben 10
favor Wv emeancipashen in time Nv war, be-
coz the Afrikin Good thereby be indoost to
| fits agin their Southern masters, aud it wood
hev the effeck Nv maxim the drafts come
lighter in his township. He wuz humans
tartan likewise. He opposed croelty toward
EN-. He wept when he heered Nv the mas
sacre At Forr Piller, becoz in the army the
nigger wuz ez much man ez any body, and
| sich wholesale slaughters tendid to make
calls for 100000 more" more frekent. But,
when it comes to givin EN- the privilege Nv
votin beside him, !. coodent be thot NV. lie
| coed never consent that race whose heels
| wux longer than hizzen, shood rule Ameri,
Ky. "My God" sed this ardent Republican,
"ef you Civ EN- the ballot, wat kin prevent
sm from bein Congrismen, Senators. Vice
Presidents. and even President? lshudder
when think Nv it, and he hurried in his
vote.
! l didn't quite see the force Nv his objee.
shen, for it never okkurred to me that bein
sent to Congris wuz the material consekense
Nv votin. hev voted for thirty years, a,
many elections four or FIVE times, but hev
never been to Congris. Wher is the consti,
/ - -. d. "a '.
my biznis to controvers his posishen. Il
made no difference to me wat his reason wuz
for yotin 9. desire him 10 vcte.
| The Niger lovers beat up one man to
vote for the Amendment, wich, l saw BY bis
dissatisfied look, he'd bin over persuaded.
"Sir." sed /, "do you consider Afrikin
sufficiently intelligent to be trusted with SO
| potent a weapon er the bAllot?'
Dustin away from them wich he'd him in
charge, he exclaimed, "No. l don't. l
cant vote for it. They amt intelligent
enough. Sir, scratch off the Yes from my
ballot, and put onto il Nor
Here is pensil,' sed I.
!" Do i, yerself," sed he, ~ can't write =
And did it. Sich is the effeck Nv Z
word in season. Words 6tly spoken is ap.
| pies Nv gold, set in picters Of silver.
l One man WoOuent listen 10 me, OUT Void
the Amendment. He he'd bin soljer, and
for eleven months psr.ook OF the hospitality
Nv the Confedrits, at Andersonville. Esca.
pin, he wuz helped to the Fedral lines BY .
niger who wuz aogged almost to DEATH in
his site, for not betrnyiu where he wuz hid
mite es well hev talked to lamp post.
| Ez he showed in his ballot, he remarked
suthin about he'd ruther see nigger vote
than id rebel, any time. From the di.
reckshun NV his eyesite, persoom he re.
| ferrsd 20 me.
| left for home ez soon ez the votes wuz
counted, and the result wux made known,
only waiting till the poll books wu. made
out, and the judges Of eleckshen he'd 90,
their names written By the clerks, and he'd
male their marks to EN-. On my way home
WIZ grnsiicd to see how the material an.
tipathy to the niggcr had revived. At Cin-
cinnati the mite Nv the eieckshun they wuz
bangin Nv en- about. the patriotic democri>
| 81 goln for em wherever they Good find en-,
and the next day, ez saw EN- at the ra,e>
rode stashens, they he'd. generally .peakin,
their heds bandaged. 1t wus chserin 70 me,
and gloated over il.
| Full Of gladnis entered Kentucky, and
ioyfully wendei my way to the Corners.
WI. the bearer Of tidings NV great joy, aud
my feet wuz pleasant onto the mountins.
Es walked into Bascoms they ali saw in
my face suthin Nv importance.
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