The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1867-10-17
Politics In the Pulpit.
OLE RRuDDEa pErE's sERnoSD on
WOLVES IN SLEEPS CLOTHING.

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Beware Of men that come to you in
Sleeps clothing, but within they are
raying wolves
BELuBED-BRUpDERS I'll is gwine
TO do on dc presen' cas- on what / Deb-
Der doue afore since commenced
spoundin' de eospil; is gwine 70
preach political sarmipt. l is a free
American Of scent, aud rs got jist as
good right TO preach politics as brad.
der Bceeher, or any odder man. De
tex say, 'Bewar Of men dat come to you
in Sleeps clothin'' Now, bredderip
de question axes itself what is Sleeps
clothin'. Sleeps elothin you all know,
is wool, and you all likewise know de
black man got wool Std Of har, on his
eranology. So widout stretchin' dc fin-
ger morn politicioner sometimes
stretches his conscience, we may read
de tex dis wise Bewar OBJ de white
man dat comes to you in de wool, dat
Is, comes TO you in dc guise of de black
man dat makes out dey lnb dc black
man dat dey feel like de black nan !;
but within dcy are rayin wolves, seek
ing niggcr votes. Dey comes TO us in
Sleeps clothin; dey call you fellow cit
izen dey is laborin and suffsrin perse.
cution for de sake Of de black man |; dey
respect deir colored breddcrin dcy lub
deir colored sistern Dey come TO you
in shoep's clothin dcy is gwiue TO do
great things for dc black man dey is
gwiue to glib ebery black man farm,
and, every oman graud piauner; and
all de little Digs to cypher multipliea-
tion, and talk Greek. Dey is gwipe to
gib de black man franchises, and cibil
rights, and plnribus unums, aud de deb.
IL knows what; make erismus come two
times a year, and every third year ju-
bilo. Bewar Of dem my brudderiu, dcy
lubs de black man and de black oman
like de wolf lubs de sheep, and dat you
know is for de sake OBJ dc sheep meat.
Dey is ravin wolves, my bruddercen
seeking niger votes. Dey broken
wiuded petitioners, my brudderin, dat
decent white men won't vote for, aud
dcy think dcy can get de votes Of de
black men, by pulliu wool ober der eyes.
OATS why dey 60 in for nigger suffrage;
when dc Lord knows de nigger's done
suffered enough already wild deir fool.
ishness. What good it gwine to do dc
nigger to yotey 1t amt gwine to put
meal in de barrel, meat in 5e pot, taters
10 dc ashes nor corn in de hoss-troif.- -
What you know bout dc law, my brud-
deren. Which of you would know
tariff from tarrapia, IL yes 10 meet il
by moonlight Which way would you
start to Congress, if any body was to be
fool enuf to elect you dar! Brudder.
en-, dey sometimes taxes de cyescs aud
noses in Congress aud sometimes DER
are more noses dan eyeses. Has any oh
YOU got sense enuff to tell how dat mout
bcy II you don't know muffin bout de
laws, how you gwine to make dc laws,
or mend de laws I / knowed smart
niger once who undertook to mend his
watch. He got ii to pieces in less dan
no time but after he worked il awhile,
the debil himself couldn't put il togeth-
er. OATS bout de fix you'll get de gov
ernrnent in If you 60 to tinkerin wild il.
Better be hoin corn, TO make bread for
ole oman aud de chiluns You all know
how to dc dat, but you aon't know how
to make laws, nor mend en-; You don't
know what sort of meu to choose to do
it. You just as apt to vote for fool
as for King Solomn, and you are heap
apter to vote for rascal dan a good
man kase de tex say it's de rayin wolf
dat comes in Sleeps clothin; and de
black man can't tell sheep froa, wolf
OATS what desc mcaa white men knows;
and dat's de reason dey want you 10
vote. Dey fraid spectacle white folks
won't vote for 'em, aud dey think dey
can fool de black men, cause dey don't
know muffin, aud is easy saft.sawdered
Dar's chcstnuts in de fire my bruddcrin
and monkey vans 'em he rake 'em out
wild eats paws; If it burns do cat, il
don't burn de monkey. What de moan
white-man care how much de nigger
suffer, so dey get aud keep de Offices ?
What dey care, if q hundred sassy fool
niggers get killed, as dey at 0rleans, so
as dey get up a hellabello agin de rebels,
as dey call cicbcr white men; aud get
an excuse to hay de handle oh do vice
turned one more time; and dcy git de
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