Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-12-27

| ThOOCCET UfON A KENTUCKY CONFCCA-
TON.
Posi- Offs, CoNFEDR1T K ROADS, J
| (Which is In the Staff Nv Kentucky :
December II, 1867. }
The Corners wuz last mite in a most de-
liteful fever Nv excitement. he'd bin over
to Secessionville, the nearest railroad sta
shen, and he'd accidentally prokoored a
copy Nv Louisville paper, containin the
annyooel message Nv the President, and
he'd heerd Nv the failyoor Nv the impeach
ible, mounted Bsscom's mule, which
he'd borrered for the trip, and rode back ez
fast ez that mule Good carry me. Ez
rode thro the niger settlement, near Gar
rettstown, on my way back, Good not
help, In my exultation, shakin my fist at
the white. washed cottages. Hal Hai"
thot |, "go on in yoor fancied secoority.
Pore over yer spellin books, stumble thro
yer Reeders, dress up yer wives and child
rem while you kin, for yoor time is short
The cloud is gatherin over yoo-it will
| bust shortly. Ha! ha !" And ] struck
| the spurs into the mule and dashed on my
way, the ha! ha sounding demoniacly in
| the darknis.
| Hastily fingin myself orf the animal, |
strided into Bascom's, where, afore his
blazin fire, they were all assembled.
"Thank Hevin Z" sed I, failin on my
knees in a taboo.
"Wats" sed the assembled congrega-
shun.
president johnson hez ishood mes
sage, and he amt impeacht!"
Thank the Lordt" piously exclaimed
Deekin pogram, and "Thank the Lord !"
they all sed, with an intensity Nv piousnis
witch totally unnamed me
"Read us the blessid document" sed
they.
81 WILL" sed l, but upon feelin for it /
found it had slipped out LIT my pockit on
the road. Not hevin much yoose for
pockits don't keep EN- very much in re-
pair. But never mind, kin tell it to 700
go on" sed they, with intense eager
| ness.
go oni'' sed Joe Bigler, "let's see how
the message looks after its run thro a Post.
master. Go on"
commenst by stain that the President
sot out with a fervent lament that the
Yoonyun wuz still in state Nv disorgani-
cation, and that the ten seceeded States
wuz not agin under the flag.
"How troo and how lamentable the
trooth p sighed Captain McPelter, late of
the G. s. A.
81 omit all references witch he elokently
makes Nv the necessity Nv yoonyun,
ct cetra, and pass to the only pint witch is
Nv interest to us. Firstly, he recon-.
mends to Congress that they take the back
track"
"Amen!" shouted Deelzin Pogram.
"That the work witch they heV bin dom
in opposishen to his policy, be to- wunst
repealed-to-wunst and promptly. He
dwells at length upon the fact that the
Constltooshen guarantees to all the States
a Government Republican in form; that it
| gives to every citizen a bn6iS corpus. I
don't jest remember the argument that
follows, but 1t may be inferred. Its us he's
pleadin for--for us his bowels yearn. How
Kin State hev government republican
in form, when one-half Nv its citizens, witch
the good Nv the tother half require to be
KEEP In state of Skriptooral servitood, are
agoin about free, and doin ez they choose?
From this, by an easy transishen, he dips
into the CRATE and to us all important sub
jock Nv niger suffrage, and on this he is
the movinest writer who ever fetched pen
to paper. He holds that the niggers Nv
the Southern States are SC CONSTITUTED lust
now that they kin elect President, and
That there wrong is committed. He
bleeves they aren't fit to exercise the fran
chise, that only the naughty master race,
whose minds is cultivated to the proper
degree, who possess the intelligence, shood
hev that blessid privilege, He holds that
the all-lmportant ballot shood only be
welded by those who are fitted morally
Bascom set pint of whisky on the stove,
and git it pipin hot for me-and mentally,
and who hev had that ediucsshen that ifs
'em so that it kin be exercised safely, and
hence in the ten States only the white race
are justly entitled TO 1t, and"
Hold mint !" ged Joe Bigler.
"Agreein with the President that the bal.
lot shood only be give to them WITCH kin
read-appreciatin the horrid danger Nv
givin it to them who lack this qualifica.
ton, l want all that he SEE on that he'd to
be red in full for our enlitenment I hev a
copy Nv the message in my pocket, and
here is the passage. Deekin, will 700
read it to us?"
"Scuse mel" sed the Deekin; 81 dent
read"
"Issaker, will 700 read it p
wat? ?" sed Issaker, astonisht.
"Joseph," sed l, seein to what this wuz
leadin, q kin tell it to EN- just ez we'll"
"Not any, Parson. It must be read.
Elder Pennibacker, will you read it?"
The Elder he'd left his specks to hum he
sed, takin long pull at his hot whisky
10 hide bis confession.
"Har' sed Joseph, +" it strikes me that
this is jovyel party, to which to intrust
rites on akkount Nv their intelligence.
Jist one Nv EN- kin read plain print, and
he's from Moo Gersey! Shell | go up to
Garrettstown and bring down niger to
read il to yoo?" sed he, latin immodretly.
"There's hundred Nv EN- up there who
kin do it."
Frownin, perceded: Yesterday, the
President seq, four millions Nv niggers wuz
slaves, and it amt to be PERSONNEL that
their condishun Nv servitood wood fit EN-
for the active dooties Nv citizenship"
A pretty system to defend" murmured
Bigler, "wicn units men for bein good
citizens"
l went on, not noticin the interrupshen.
"The great difference between the races
in phisikle, mental and moral carakteris-
tics will pervent an amalgamashen or fu-
sion Nv EN- in one homogeneous masz,
and"
"a mint" sed Bigler, Is the President
strickly rite here? Hez the distinguishin
CHARACTERISTICS Nv the races prevented
amalgamashen in these parts? Deekin
Pogram anser. Rez the difference atween
700 and yoor niggers repealed 700? Hev
700 not bin amalgamatin and missegenatin,
ontil 700 he'd got the two races into one
homogenus mass {? Deekin, don't anser-I
don't require it. But can't help remarkin
that kin select Gozen, more or less,
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