The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-27

NA0BY.

The Corners wuz last mite in most delite-
ful fever Nv excitement. u he'd bin over to
Secessionviile, the nearest railroad stashen,
and he'd accidentally prokoorsd copy w I
louisville paper, containil the anyooel mes
sage ~ she President, md hsl heerd ~ ~
failyoof Nv the impeachment project. Filled
with Joy inexpressble, mounted Bascom's
mule, which he'd borrered for The nip, and
rode back ez fast ez that mule Good carry me.
Ez | rode through the niger ssttieusat sesr
Garretistown, on my way bask, eoed not
help, in my exultation, shakin my Est at the
white washed cottages. aHa ha!n thot /.
go on in your fancied secoority. Pon over
yer spelln books, stumble thro yer reeders.
dress up yer wives and ehiidrsa, while VOC
kin, FOR yoor time is short. The cloud \
ratherin over yoo-it will bust shortly. Hal
hs T. And | struck the spurs into the mule
and dashed On my way, the ha I ha soundin
demoaiacly in the darknis. Il
Hastily ihnging myself OFF the animal.
strded into Bascom's where, afore bis blazin
fire, they were all assemhled.
Thank Heyin = sed ], failin on my knees
in a taboo. IS
''Wat2' sed the assembled congregashur.
President johnson has ishood . message,
and he amt impeacht!'
Thank the Lordi'' piously exclaimed
Deekin Pcgram, and thank the Lord, they
all Sod, with an intensity NV piousnis wich
unnamed me.
"Read us the bessid document sed they.
Il will, sed !, but upon feeiin for il
found il had slipped out Nv my poke, on the
road Not hevin much yoose for pockets
don keep EN- very much in repair. "But
never mind, kin tell it to 700 ez well.n
$50 or, sed they, with intense eagerness.
"Go onl' sed Joe Bigler; '.et's see how
the message looks after 1t s run thro post
master. Go on.
eomnenst BY Stain that The President
sot out with feryent lament that the Yoon-
yuu wuz still in o state Nv disorganization,
aud that the ten seeded States wuz not agin
under the flag.
9 How troo, and how lamentable the
iTooih !" sighed Captain McPeter, late Of
the C. S. A
VI omit all references wich he elokeutly
makes nv the necessity nv yoonyun, ct cetra,
and pass to the only pint wich is Nv interest
to u.s. Firstly, he recommends to Congress
that they take the back track"
Amen shouted Dekin Pogram
THAT the work wich they hev bin doin in
opposishen to his policy, be to-wunst re-
pealed-to-wunst and promptly. He dwells
at length upon the fact that the constitooshen
guarantees to all the States government re-
publtsin IN form; that it gives TO every citizen
hahis corpus. don't lest remember the
argument that follows, but it may be inferred.
II US he's pieadin for--for us his DO wells
yearn. How kin State hev a government
Republican in form when one-halfu NV it's citi-
Dens, wich the good Nv It's tother half require
TO be kept IN state Nv scriptooral seryitood,
are yolf about Tree, and a doin ez they
choosey From this, by an easy transishen,
he dips into the CRATE and to us all important
subjeck NV niger suffrage, and on this he's
the moyluest writer that ever fetched pen to
paper. lie holds that the niggers NV the
Southern States are SO constituted Jest now
that they kin elect President, and that
there wrong is committed He bleeYes they
aren't IL TO exercise the franchise, that only
the naughty master race, whose minds is cul-
tiyated 10 the proper degree, who possess the
intelligence, shood hev that blessid privilege.
lie holds that the all-mportant ballot shood
only be welded by those who are fitted NOR
ally-Bascom, set pint Nv whisky on the
stove, and get II ppin hot for me-and men
tally, and who hev had that edjueashen that
fits EN- so that it kin be exercised safely,
and hence in the ten States only the white
race are Justly ,sititlea to il, ana-
Hold minitiP sed Joe Bigler. "Agreein
with the President that the ballot shood only
lie given to them wich kin read-aupreciatin
the horrid danger Nv givin it to them who
lack this qualification, want all that be seq
ON thathed to bered for our enltement | hey
= cory Nv the message in my pocke ct, and here
IS the passage. Deekip, will 700 read it to
us?'
Seuse mel" sed tie Deekin; II don t
read"
"lssaker, will 700 read ii2''
Nv att sed lssaker astouished
Joseph sed |, seen to what this wuz
leadin, Il kin tell it to EN- just ez we'll
"Nol aay, parson. 1t must be read. Ell.
der Penuibacker, will you read ii2'
Tie elder he'd lett his specks to hum, he
SOD, takin long pull at his whisky to hide
bis confession.
is lowell party. To which to intrust rites on
akkouat Of their intelligence. list one Nv
en- KIN read plain print, and he's from Noe
Gerseyl Shell go up TO Garrettstown ant
hiug down q niger TO read it 10 yoo?r SCI
he, laiiin i'm nodrety. There q hundred
Nv en- up there who kin do it,
Frownin, | perceeded Yesterday, tn.
President seq, four millions NV niggers Wi
riqgcs, and It amt to be PERSONNEL that the
condishun Nv seryitood wood 1t EN- for thu
active dootles NV citizenship.
4 pretty system to defend,i murmuret
Bigler, witch units men for ben good CHI
zens.a
went on, not noticing the interrupshun
'tlhc great difference between the races /,
pbsikie, mental and moral carakieristics viii
prevent an anal gamashen or fusion Nv EN- j,
one bomogenus mass, and
"a minit,h sed Biger, SIS the Presiden
striekly rite here2 Hez the disiinguishIn car
akterist,es Nv the races prevented amalpama
shun in these parts Deekin Pogram anser
Hezthe difference atween 700 aud yoor niger
repealed 700 Hev 700 not bin amalg, ma ii
and missegenatin, ontil yoo he'd got the tw
,y,t, L., ~
dou't anSer-I don't require it. But can
help ren,a,kin that KIN select dozen, NOR
or less young n,ggers in these parts, who re
semhe 700 more than yoer own children do
80 on, ] only desire 10 correct the Presden
where facts don't bear him out'
There wuz no yoose in preceding while h
wnz present, not the least, and therefore
waited till he left, which he shortly did.
Go on {! CO on y sed they.
Il CONT replied I. 81 hev forgot III
text. The substance, however, | kin Civ
700. The fust is that the Niger ha,nt n
more rites now, then he he'd aiore the war
that the legisashen taken him ont NV on
hands isuneonstooshnel, and that Ablishnisr
sence A. johnson soured on to it is condens
wickedness that Ell the niggers amt re er
shaved they ought TO he. and the sooner "
Gil sbegt it tae better That was heimpresse
n keeriai reedin ur the document left ape
my mind"
Bascom and Deekin Pogram remarkt th
II seemed proper TO them that some acshs
should he taken on the message, with vie
TO the upholdin NV the hands nv the Pres
dent, who wnz SO able champion Nv q,
cause. We organized ourselves into meet
Nv which ! wuz. compelled to net ez Pres
dent and Seketary, bein the only one wi
kin write, and the follering resolooshe
were PASSED.
Resolved, That we coinside with the Pres
dent IN his assershen that the ballot IS unsa
IN the hands nv ignorant men and that Their
fore il should be withheld from the niggers
the Southern States; who Jest released from
state OF bruota'lziu serYitood are OMIT for
proper exercise.
peekin Pograin objected to the use Nv Il
word "brootalizin" He he'd alluz treet
hisniggers patr1archally. He mite hev knoo
cd eur down with fence stakes occasional
and mite in his your per dpva bev hnar I,