Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-01-21
4 COlored Clergyman on Social Equal
Ity

W len Is postmaster i
a Colored Clergyman on Social Equal
lty.
Rev Mir Butler, ii colorcd miais-
ter, addressed the Kentucky Colonel /
Convention AT Louisville a few DAYS /
ago, as follows;
The future Of this canntry de> /
ponds, not So mach on what !, ia |
power, as il does on the reno al of /
all disabilities they weigh down lis /
people. Then, and not anti then.
will the country have peace We
don't ask for social equality | new
Ell saw that white woman YET that
looked so well, in my eyes as a good /
brown c0lored woman And II it
WASH 50, we don't mood 4 II social
equality. because our friends. the
white folks, have kindly managed i
50 that we have every shade tocho9Se
from, from the deepest JET black to
the purest white. { Laughter And
as there are no ladies present. allow
me to say that the practice ot social
equality has not been on oar side
but on the part Of the white. who in
their dark and deviops ways, were
not always able. let us ch&r.tably
suppose, to tell black from i bite
This social equality has not been
sought by us, but they have run af-
ter us and though we are ROW
emancipated and free, they haven't
stepped"
4 voice-.'lyo'A stop Il when we
get the testimony.
Yes, that's SO. They better not
come my way even now. We say to
them, let us alone; we don't want any
mixture. If they had let me alone
| might have known what color |
was but it is my greatest trouble to
keep my hair just right. Don't talk
about social equality. If | was a
white man in Ken ucky | would hide
my head | wouldn mention it with
so many evidences standing around.
of my social equality We don't
want any more Of it. Keep 81 your
side Of the line, We'll keep on our
side, and in the course Of time well
get back where God left u.
ng Colonel Thomas N. Key, who
has been the standing Copperhead
candidate for Judge OF the supreme
Court of Ohio, for many years when
there was not the ghost ola chance of
his election, was slaughtered IN the
/ Colum bus Convention, the Copper
! heads considering shat the chance 81
success had improved Colonel Key
in the early part Of the war Joined the
ranks of the Union army and went
into lhe',Old Dominion" to put down
the rebellion, and this the Copper
heads will never forgive.
n@~ The Faribault REpuBLicAN tells
this story; A coed story is floating
about that q party of Nimrods when
out from our place last week deer
hunting. They finally got on the track
of one of the antlered monarchs and
and foilwed it with all the ardor
veterans in the chase till the trail
ended hog pen we understand they
have formed are themselves iato
a debating society, and are discussing
the problem how pork can be deer
and yet dear not be pork"
G.g~ In the United States Senate
on Saturday, Mr.. Sumner offered
resolution that the amendment to
the constitution, permitting States to
count only actual voters when ap-
pOrtioning their re representatives. il
Congress, is adopted, the necessary
three ,fourths of the States having
ratified it.
n6g-A Catholic fair at Cincinnati
last week, make S218.75 By taking
vote for President Of the United
States, limited to four mes: Grant.
233; Pendleton, 231 Chase. 228:
Sherman 1873. A cane goes to gems
eral Grant in token Of his election.
nsa~ Nearly all the mills at Holyoke,
Mass, are running on short time,
and are turning off ali extra help. and
some are reducing wages. It's al
most impossible to get work Of any
kind in that town.
srA letter safely reached its des
tination in Iowa with this indorse-
ment: "There is a ten dollar bill
folded in this letter, and if you want
it worse than my mother does, take
it "
eel- On the 18th inst, at a meeting
of the New York Tribume Assoe.a
tons Trustees, Horace Greeley was
chosen editor for the ensuing year,
The Post Association has chosen
William Cullen Bryant.
sn-A lady in Brattleborough has
been bereaved Of a daughter, who
died at the tender age Of so. The
mother has been a widow for so
y ears,
nD- The Senate, after q full hearing,
have reinstated Secretary Stanton,
and he has resumed the discharge Of
his official duties as Secretary Of War.
n@- Postmaster Kelly, Of New York
has struck a telling blow at the gift
concert frauds, by denying their man.
ayers the privileges OF the Postofiice.
rD> Men, like books, have at each
end a blank leaf-childhood and old
age.
sSg- When does mar have to keep
his word When no one will take
it.
"a IL is said that hoops surround
the loveliest Of all things-girls and
sey- When is silence likely to get
wet When it reigns.