The Plymouth weekly Democrat., 1868-07-30

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Those heart-drops, lest--so spoke their fears,
Her robes, all heavy with their tears,
Might clog her flight to heaven.
sOEiloat,y of a Freedman.
! golly, Use free now, is. Got lots O
friends
AL oh dem white folks up dar in dc
norf
Guess I 90 dar soon-lib like genble-
man.
Git invite to all de fine parties
Plenty to eat nofiu to do.
Ole mars use to ride round in his coach
an four, amt got nary fren.
lie got no Niger now.
No house to lib ID, and be taken to de
barn.
Muffin to eat.
Noffin TO war
Amt got muffin for muffin.
What's all his scholage larnin good for
Taint wuff cuss.
Taint no conscience nohow.
he cant vote like dis yah culud indi
widual.
lie can't hole no offs.
lie can't go to der 'vention and make
dc speeches and help make de laws
All he can do is to pay de taxes woi
keeps up the buro dat take care OBJ dis
cullud pussun when lie don't choose IL
work
Speck | go to con gress sum desc days
Rice in de steam cars
BE one ob the big felix's da. take keer o!
de nashun.
Dat | would, ole hoss.
Plenty oh money and no poor rations.
Won't hab jolly time, too.
Dat will
Is got de francheese. has, aud tends
TO hols on ter him, shan't CUB him tc
none dem dar white folks.
OATS what makes a nigger pigger
It's &c francheese, you see IF it wan t
FOR dat white man nd be jis as good as
a niger. But he aiu't.
Dar's de difference tween a nicger AN
a white man. you see. Niger has got
de franchcese and white man got none.
One oh desc days dey'Il send me to
Washington to represent de white folks
wat amt fit to sit 'iongside of Mars Blu,
Ter, watts got all oh uem dar silber spoons
ole mars uster hab an Mars Biggum, or
Hangum, wat cher his name is, an ole
Mars Stebens, who lubs a nigger better'n
niggor lubs graby'n 'tators
An den I'll set dar an talk highto
tin wild dem, an shake hands wid dem,
an be on ekality wild dem an all de
res OBJ dem big niggers in de house OBJ
representations.
Won't hab jolly time doe
l golly De francheese do make mig
ger feel big.
Halelujah7 (Going through double
shufilc.)
Oh Jerusha, put de kittle on an well
all hab tea.
Bless de Lor for de francheese.
Den may be I'll go to dc senate, and be
on ekality wild uem great big piggers in
de senate.
Dat'l be jolly time.
I'll make big speech. Got one OBJ
dem Yankee 'porters to write it all down
on de paper 'forehand
Sure's my names George Washington
Caesar Alexander Napoleon Bouaparte
Chalre. III hab good time.
Fustrate name dat.
"Old Abe amt no whar 'longside dat
rame.
Wonder whar Mars Lincum is now.
Spec he's down blow habin a good
joke wild his fader
Nifty clcbber old man, dc debil is.
Seems to had lot of frens now.
Specially in congress. Guess l go for
him. toa
Specs dey eib him de francheese mex.
! guss de ole telier amt got much time
to listen to jokes now-he's too busy down
dar in Washington helpin' to peach.
| guess | go fur him too. Everybody
seems to be gwiue fur him or gwine to
him, one or Ie oder.
Howsumeber, l goes for him dat pays
de best.
People spec de debl kin do ebryting
Guess dey'll want de old man paw de
nashuual debt mex.
OATS whopper. Spec it skeers him to
tink of it.
OATS good idee. Skeere de debil to
deaf wild de Nashuual debt A cook joke
dat.