The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-07-22
Massey ooEs TO SEw YORK.
Ills Adventures with = Nigxer Delegate
from rennessee. 4 49,

July ., iooo'
Ell he'd knowd Jest wat L he'd tu
go through with, 1 never wud hev
iiggered for the posishen | now okke-
py. He'd | knowd the troubles wich
was to beset me, the Corners mite hey
gone onreprcsentid, and the Dimocrisy
mite hcv nominated candidate with
out my help. am at a cheap-bordin
house, wich is salubrusly sityooatid on
an alley, the landlady bein wun nv the
anshent Kings NV Ireland, wich her
naim is O'Shaughnessy. | cuddent git
runs at the Aster, nor the st Nicholas
ez | cuddent git clerk to look at me
fur an hour, and when | did succeed
in rivitin the attenshun Nv one, he
flew into a pashen and ordered me to
move on, with the unfelin remark tlet
he he'd no rune for sich And tibet
insult mite be addid to injoory, the
onfelin woman who presides over the
manshcn | inhabit, percmptorily re-
foosed to receive me till | paid in adj
vance. tried severcl places, but ez
l hedent no baggage, the prevailin
opinion seemed to be that advance
payment wud be the hest, and | wuz
torst tn retcrn tn hur.
Ny advcnchcrs on the route were
noomerus if not plescnt.
At some pint in lngiany, wher we
changed cars, found the trane we he'd
to take filled with delegates. In
lookin round for II seat diskiverd
but one tibet hedent two in it, and tibet
wun he'd in it a disgustin nigger who
he'd the impoodents to be well drcst, and
he'd carpet sack beside him. My
Dimikratic blud riz to wunzt. Seen
thet in car fill with Dimikratic del
egates, anything | shud du tn a mig
ger wud be safe, | stawkt proudly up
to him hollin my nose.
"Good Lord" sez "wat a SMELL"
"Good Lord !" ekoed the delegates
wich got on at thet stashen, "wat
terrible SMELL"
"Myjcntil Afrikin friend, sed I ,secz-
in him by the collar, "I regret the ne
cessity Nv sayin disagrceable things,
and still more Nv duin EN-, but the
fact is your gettin into car NV white
gentlemen, with the disgustin odor in
separable from and part Nv the Afri-
kin race, is rather too much. And
more especially do l wonder at your
kcepin yoor sect; while l and these
other white gentlemen are standin."
"Out with the nigger," yelled the
lately arrived delegates, "hustle the
stinkin cuss."
"Mcrciful hcvcns, wat n smell |"
sung out others NV en-, "hist him !"
"hst him ~
Scein myself thus backed, and feel
in little zeal wud be safe ez mig
gers can't vote, | knocks his hat out
Nv the winder, and follcrcd up thct
demonstration with a serious attempt
as liften him out NV the sect. l wud
hev succeeded, but the niger resisted
and resisted vigorously, to-wit: lie
knoekt three Nv my front teeth down
my throtc, pulled ont wat little there
was left NV the hare that hangs in
scanty festoons about my venerable
temples, and blackt both my eyes. ]
wuz lyin on my back in the passage,
somewhat astonisht, the niger standin
over me, with his boot heel raised
over my face, when some gentlemen
came in from another car and restrain
ed him.
"Mr Williams" sci tl,a, ,"lct him
up. Hes pore white trash, and not
wurth wastin yoor indignashen onto.
Let him up, Mr.. Williams, let him
up"
"Sirs," scd I, risin to my feet, trcm-
ulous with rage, "iz this the trcetment
| am to expect awl the way too New
York? =? Am l to be pounded to jelly
by niggcr-a stinkin nigger, sirs,
whose oder evin now makes the car
ontenable to gentlemen Nv refined
sensibilitics-and to heer the nigger
addresst az Mister after that, instid
Nv bcin torcd to pieces by the infuri-
ated spectators. o, shame, whcr IL thy
blushw
"Yoo mizrable cuss," sell one NV
these gentlemen. apologize at wunst
to this gentlemen fur yoor insultin
roodness, or we'll chuck yoo out Nv
the cars. Apologize, sir, to Mr.. Josef
Williams, delegate at large for the
Stait NV Tennessee.
/ almost tainted. This niggcr then
wus delegate! He wuz a regular
delegate, armed and equipped with
regular crcdenshils to the Domokrat-
ic Nashnel Conversion, and l he'd
been guilty in my zeel NV assaultin NV
him Gladly l apologized, and further
l humbly begged permission to sit be-
side him, wich he accordid with
graciousnis l never saw exalted.
1t twuz astonishin the change that
crept over the Ingeany delegates
They crowded around US and shook
him by the hand--they didn't smell
any oder at all any more; on the con-
trary they seemed to like him. They
addressed him ez "Mister," and sew
eral NV them in introducin him to
their friends who got on at various
stashcns, yoosed the prefix "Honora-
ble." It's wonderful wat difference