The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-04-19

.., POsr osrls, CONrkps,r X ReAps, hil
(Which is in the Stait of Kentucky
800 iu March 2S, 1867. ,
| hev made many sudden and strordinOry
changes in politix--Some so very sudden
that the movement perdoost CONGESTION NV
the Conscience. rekollect wunst nv ad.
vokatin free trade and high protective tariff,
all within twelve hours, Il made q speech
in u agricultooral deestrik Nv Moo York in
the forenoon at, 10 a. M. and IN manu-.
faoturin town in pennsy ylSany SHthe ovenn,
our platform helm 30 construktid that both
sides Good find a endorsement in it) and hev
performed many other feats NV moral gym
nasiiks but this last change | hev bin called
upon to make il probably the suddenest.
Last week Toosdy, Deekih PogtOm, Captain
McPelter and wuz engaged in ridden the
Corners NV niGgers., We he'd eudeored
termined on standin it no longer. Selectin
three wich we wuz satisfied he'd too much
spelin-hOok into em to be enslaved agin,
we wuz preparin notises to he served onto
EN-, orderin EN- to leave in tweniy-four
hours, when | reserved in the northern
mail letter marked Free ALEX. w.
Randall, p. NJ. G." knowed it wuz oiiishel
to.wunst--that blessid sgnatoor 10 on my
commit shun, and I've contemplated it too
often to bo mistaken in it. Its contents
WIZ brief, aad run thus. .,
ITO all Postmaslers in the Southern
States: The niggers hev votes-consilia.
shen ia our best holt. See TO it,
This brief tho not hard to be understood
order wuz scaled with the official seal NV
the Post Oils Department stampt into putty
instid nv wax, to.wit: a loaf of bread, under
a roll NV butter, with ten hands grabbin
at it. ! comprehended the situation at site,
and set about don my dooty with both
Roman and Spartan firmness. "Deekin,"
says l. tearin up the notises. "thesenggel g
we hev misunderstood. They are not a
inferior race---they are not descendants of
Ham aud Hagar--it wuzn't Paul's idea in
sendin back Onesimus to condemn him to
servitood-we hev misunderstood tho sit.
uatiOn, and must make amends. The mig
ger is devoid nv smell, and is trooly man
and hrother!" -'. ..rh
"Wat2" said tho Deekin tippin back in
amazcment. ........ ...........
jest wat I say )" sez l. tread that" aud
flung him the letter.
The upshot NV the conference wich fol.
Tered WIZ the callin NV meetin the next
mite, at wich all the Ethiopians Nv the
Corners wuz invited aud urged to be pres
ent. 1911 Ai
The trouble wuz to git The higgers to at.
teud the meetn. The fust one | spoke to
laft in my face, and askt me how long it
wuz sence he'd helpt hang a couple Nv
niggors, by way nv tinishin off oeebra-
shen. Pollock, the Illinois sore-keeper,
got hold nv it. aud told Joe Bigler, and
Joe sworo that ef the niggers hcdn't any
more sense than we give EN- credit for, in
sposing we Good bamboozle EN- so cheep, he
shood 90 back to the old belcef, to.wit :
that they wuz only a sooporior race Nv
monkeys, after all and by mite every mig
ger in the visinity wuz postid thoroughly,
and out Nv all nv EN- | Good only glt four
who would promise to attend, and them the
Deekin he'd to pay 81 apiece to, TO give
it cclaw | promised one NV EN- IS Ito be
paid at the close Of the meeting to sit on
man, and hevin sick wife in n shanty
near by, who wuz suffering for medicine,
(wich he coodeht git without money he
accepted. i.H i n W
At this an.ideestruck me. Iirenem.
bered Phladelfy, and determined to hov a
scene rivaln the Couch and Orr biEnis
Another thing, Cuff, understand that it's
part nv the bargain that when in my
rise and embrace me-"
"Wat? " sez he.
Fall into my arms, lovin-hke-you un-
derstand-jist as tho we wuz long lost
brothers
"Scuse me! sed he. Use a mighty
low niger, and wants to buy de old wo'
man some quinine, and wood do mos any
thing foah dat, but, golly, dat's too much J!
Not cent" sed l sternly, assoomin
my most piercipest gaze, "onless this ID
included -.. .w t.sr
"Well,Y returned he sulkily, EFF must
| speck must but, golly--"
The mite arrived and the meetn-house
wuz full. We thot fust of holding it iii ihe
chapel nv the College, but give up the idea
ez impracticable, ez, OWN to the dillyto'
rinis Nv our Northern friends in forwardin
sch snbscripshens ez they hev raised, We
hevent got no further with the bildin
than layin the corner stun. In the front
wuz the four niggers, all in clean shirts,
and on the stand wuzt he niger | he'd
engaged. Over the platform wuz the fol.
lerin notices:
ain Yoonion ther ia strength--For Pres
ident in 1868, Fernando Wood. For Vice
President, Fredrick Dugls"
In the nigger strength-ln the Caucas
shen. beauty-In the mulatter who ia
trooly the noblest Nv the human species
both" aei-frr H
In addishen to these we dug up all the
old notices witch Jefferson writ, about
yooniversal liberty and sich, wien hedn't
bin quoted in Kentucky for twenty years
and postd EN- up; in brief, he'd Wendell
Philips bessid sperit bin a hoverin over
that meetin house, it wood heV smiled ap'
provingly. ~,
l spoke TO EN- elokenty on the yooni.
verSel brotherhood nv mankind, holdin thai
whatever else Good be sed, Adam wuz the
father NV all mankind, and that tho only
| difference between white man and mig
ger wuz, the nigger wuz sun.burnt The
niger, remarkt, wuz, undoubtedly, orig
inally white, but hevin been, sence his ar
rival in this country, addicted to agricnl
ioOral persoots, he he'd become tanned t.
degree wich tho il marrcd his physickle
beauty, did not interfere with his sterlir
goodnis NV heart. Their he'd bin differer
ces between the races--at times ther he'd
bin onplesantnses wich no one regretted
more than |. The whites NV the Corners
hev not always been ez considrit ez | Good
hev wished. They he'd hogged several Nv
EN-, aud hung many more, and IN times pas
he'd held en- in slavery and sich, but thai
sho0d not be thOt Nv this happy time. II
wuz coostooshnel TO do these things then
aud Kentucky wuz eminently q lew-abidir
State. Here" sez !, ION This platform
with the flag Nv our common country over
me, declare eternal friendship TO the oci
ored man, and to seel the declarshen | thus
! embrace"
The obstint niger didn't sir step,
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