The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-26

man came by, going toward Florence.
Well, uncle" ] asked, 'swhy are YOU
not at work this morning PSI
"Lord Dress you, mas'r, Use isIgwine
to town an right back to work agin. %
"Well, uncle, you need not be afraid
of me; / don't care whether You work
or not, live in Ohio. But have you
any Ku- Klux over here ?"
HDunno what dem is, mas'r."
why, they are ghosts of dead men
who ride out at night to kill darkieS."
"Bress God, never saw dem; fur
nebber goes out Mt night. Mas'r -
tole me dat i'll run out at night he
make me Leah de place shuah, an I
stays dar."
"How much pay do you get, uncle?"
81 doesn't get muffin. Mas'r says he
took care OBJ me when was slave and
couldn't take care of myself, and now
he jes keep me for desc clothes aud
what l eat"
Judging from the style of his clothes,
they resenbled Sasby's description of
the quality of Uniform worn by the
Confederate soldiers, "principally Of
holes, with few rags hanging round
en-"
"Do you ever think anything of vot-
SSLori, no, nias'r. Ole imas,r says
when de Niger goes to votin he's gwine
in TO kill every one oh EN-. No, sir,
don't want any vote;" and with this the
old man trudged on. 80 e'l
BURLINGTON
Is the county seat of Boone county, and
is about the size of "Nasby's Confeder-
ate x Roads," and should think very
much resemblesit.
here learned from n gentleman
(who, by the way, informed me that he
had been consistent rebel and was one
yet, intending to vote for Seymour and
Blair, that this county had given near
ly n Thousand volunteers to the South
ern army, but mighty few to the Yam
KEGS. Said he: -.,s,
"They drafted the county in 1864, for
nine hundred men, and, as those who
were here had not much chance to get
away they would have taken them, but
the county bought out"
allow did they buy out ?" 1 asked.
ttWhen the draft was made the cOun-
ty had but little money, but eight good,
staunch rebel citizens went to the banks
in Covington and borrowed one hun
bred and fifty thousand dollars, and
loaned it to the county, and with this
money our drafted men, who were not
absent in the Confederate army, were
bought off,"
ST suppose the people rallied at once,
and paid back the hundred and fifty
thousand dollars 2" s.r9
"The county paid back all but about
sixty-five thousand dollars. Then the
war ended mud the Democrats carried
the State, and the county officers never
made any further assignments to pay
off the balance of the amount. About
two years ago the Legislature passed ii
law authorizing the collection OF II
special tax for this purpose from all
persons who were in favor of buying
out OF the draft, but the law was hardly
passed before nearly every citizen of
The county rushed in TO file their evil
dence that they were not in favor of it;
and the result is that no such tax has
ever been paid, and don't think it
will, although the parties are now in.
shutting suit against the county forit."
"Do you think it ought to be paid 2"
I asked.
other people can do as they please,
but will never pay one dollar while l
can help it."
quarters of the Democracy, the bar
room, whereof found about dozen of
the faithful assembled, engaged in
lively discussion OF the political siLua-
tion." Conversation Jagged upon my
entrance; but revived it mt once by
inviting the entire party to join me in
the general health of all-aIter which
the subject was taken up where it was
left off. Said young man who seemed
the recognized leader of the party:
Ku- Klux are failure unless the
organization is perfect, and intended
for work. This society here is nothing
lit don't mean any thing, II does moth.
ing. We must make ourselves felt. Ii
the people are going to play neutrality
cowardice as they did in 1861 am not
going to move foot"
Why, you know, somebody must
move first, and our Democratic friends
in the North expect us to take the initi-
alive, and they will follow us" said
another of the party.
"D-n the Northern Democrats" said
the first speaker: didn't they promise
us hundred thousand men in 1851,
and when we started the light they
didn't give us a man. While we were
away III the army fighting, these sneak
ing towards remained passive, waiting
to see which side would win, and then
embrace it. Why, d-n them, amt
they all the time praisinG the Yankee
soldiers ~
| When the conversation turned upon
other matters l left them, mounted my
horse and started back toward Flor
ence and Crittenden. j spent the night
formed me that he was Union man III
| 1861 and 1862, and would have remained
so up, 10 today had 1t not been for Lin
coins emancipation proclamation.
How many negroes did yon owu?"
I inquired OF him.
al only owned nine" he answered,
land got part of them in as substi-
tutes, SO that L only lost about five
thousand dollars"
Well" L remarked, az don't know
whether five thousand dollar loss
would have changed my convictions or
not, but don't think it would"
cit wasn't the pecuniaryz loss that
/ Inrf The tFUih ia. | had all nv
life, been accustomed to have some one
call me master, and can't gel along
lwithoutit now. But I never have be-
| lieved that Mr.. Lincoln, or his govern
ment, had any right 10 take our negroes
from us, either by military proclama-
ton or legislative enactments, and L
believe that the abolition of slavery
was a violation of law-the taking OF
private property without compensR-
| lion, (nothing less than stealing, in
fact, y and If wasn't satisfied that the
Democratic party, If successful, will re-
store this property Ia us, would be In
| favor of another fight tomorrow, and
l don't know but thnt i would any
way. Why, Cd d-n such men as
BrHmletts and Rousseau; they helped
bring us into this cOndiLion-urged the
abolition OF slavery in this State, and
carried it at the point of their hayoneis,
and now they turn round and try 10
curry favor with us. DIN them, they.
can never be any thing in Kentucky,
and they need not expect to be-"
but, sir, nearly all the late Union
men are with you now" said j.
YES we know they are, d-n them,
but what use nre they TO as. Allthey
are, they made out of our mislOrtunes;
they helped old Lincoln and his thieves
ruin us, that they might get reputa-
ton, power and spoil; and now they