The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-02-08

He dskiverod that q decent nigger thcFs
isnt quite ez good ca very ornry white
man. lie happened tlier on 'lekshen day,
and narrated that rs sdw white men ear.
rod mp to the poles so egEstremelY dunk
that them ez he'd EN- in charge he'd to put
the tickets atweon ther hngors and anser to
ther names, while 'speotsble nigger he'd to
show that he wuz worth some property
aforo no wuz SLOWED to vote, and then &
number Nv gentlemen with red faces and
clubs made it so unpleasant that but few
attempted II.
The Deekin punched me in the ribs vocifs
erously.
Next be went to Ohio, sposin nv course,
that State 80 extremely opposed to bond
age, wood be the place he wuz in eeaf6h tiv
Agin he wuz disappointed. 1t wuE worse
than il wuz in Moo York, for the Ablishnists
wuz goin on the principle, no rather
guessed, Nv doih justis withou. runnin agit
anybody's prejulises; or rather, NV letiit
justice do herself. for they don't mako any
move towards helpin her. There the mig.
ger NV no grade, no matter how much no
pade taxes onto, o. how long he served in
| tho army, wuz allowed q vote. The Alb
lishinists, ez ho understood, tho praps he
wuz wrong, carried the State on the niggef
question, but wuz now afrade to fetch il for
remarked, IL years, but hedn't, ez yit. got
all tho people ediicated mp to the pint nv
doin wat all the people knowd wuz rte.
| His experience in the West wu5 very
similar. The Ablishuists wuz everywhere
very strongly in the majority, aha every
wun NV EN- he talked with wuz in favor of
givin the nigger his rites, but they wuE all
afrade ef they took hold NV II, they'd bd
laid out by the Democracy. which wuznt i'll
the majority at all. In Washington, whet
Congress hez give the nggers q vote, he
wuz well treated, and il wuz the only places
A gentleman who wants to run for MayOt
next spring, give him his dinner, and quite
a number Of others who wanted small
offses, did likewise, but he wood'ent ad-
wise emigrashen there, for the reason that
ther wuz too many there now and besides
its possible that before the next elekshun,
Congress may oouclood that suffrage in tho
Deostrick will run en- into the ground in
the States, their constituents, wich are all
Ablshnis,s, not bein educated DIP TO the
pintD and repeel it,
The Deekin nudged me agin.
await shel we dor" then sed the nigscrSI
all in korious.
"Do !" sed the niger, wioh his natfie il
wuz Lee, ado grin and bear il wher 700
are. Ez fo' me, Of | he'd my FIVE yeahs
back agn, | shood DO diffrent. Liberty is
gift h, So wich, of dis niggAh he'd it TO do
ober agin, he wood look In de mouth, shoah:
| shood want to know whedder, | bein o
beggar. Of / mounted it shoodent ride to
de devil. When turned agin Massa and
went into the servis, | wuE promised ef
behaved like man shood be counted q
man. behaved like man. but wat now
Oars de cibbel rites bill, wich reads good
Lnk ,1,af. do 10 sANtt frnn nar'
| all sorts oh laws, but wha's de yoose oh en-
, so long ez nobody pays any tenshun to emf
;. 20 Norf, wha dc Ablishnists hab ebery.
[ thug dab own way, and find de niggah ID
/ ez bad of dab eZ he is heah, coz de Ablisb
r mis- wich is de champions NV ekal rites ain
q eddicated up TO de pint NV Dustin uneka
laws. We can't stay heah and git our rites
|. we can't 60 dah, cog ebry wun oh EN- vii
n tell yoo his nabor aint eddicated up to d.
a pint oh doin anything but holdin de offisei
4 and passin resoIooshen dat dey bleeve il
3 de principles oh de Decarashen OBJ lnde
Q pendence, wich principles reed berry wei
d but wat good is dey to me ef dey aint actiC
n up to Fo' fo'pence I'd go hang myself"
,. They he'd other talk, aud finally brok'
t up, endin with aprayer, the burden Nv wicf
n wuz that the good Lord wood find some
Q way, wat they didn't care. to eddicate thei
q lIcHG6 LNOItH up w tuo plHt
> Ez soon ez they wnz gone the Deekin anC
& crawled out from under the wagon, and
,, must say the old gentleman surprised me
n Dashin his hat down on the ground he exc
v cooted one nv tho most frantic Higlant
Is filings my eyes ever witnist. Ii astouishet
e me to see how recklis the old man wuZ wit
r. his legs. Finally, out NV BREATH he sub
y sided with prolonged shroek nv exultan
Is joy.
why sojubilant, my venerable friend 7
Q scd !.
r. Nasty" scd he, "its better than
in hoped for. The Ablshnists bar en- out
a they amt eddikated up to the pint, and the
n, drive EN- away. They make distinkshun
" and when the nigger's distinkted aginst
er part, he's precisely the material nv Wich
IL make q servant unto his brethren. Et I'll
ID nigger can't get all his rites in the Nort
is he'd better be without any nv EN-, in ii
a South Up ther he hez all the cussitood u
/ bein free man, without any nv the indoOS
IN ments down here ef he amt got any u
the bessins NV freedom he ain't any Nv III
j responsibilities. The nigger nv course wi
- stay-he'd be cussed tool of he didn'
" Bless the Lord for the Ablshnists wat ain
d eddikated up to the pint !"
a And the blessed old lunatic exccoote
~ another Highland fling onto his hat Shari
m his enthoosiasm, ez alluE do everybody
m meet, that may share whatever else the
" hev, we went 10 Bascom's wher before "
10 separated, we wuz eddikated up to pin
Is and considerable more. Bascom carrie
II! the Deekin home on wheelbafrer at
little past one.
ID PETROLEUM Y. NASBY, P. NJ,
%. (Wich is Postmaster), aud likewise Professor q
q. Bblke Politicks in the Southern Classilo
% Military Institoot.