The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1868-11-11
At the time of her death the dunch
ess was So years of age. .--iO a
soliIoquy of a Carpel-nagger

SoIiIoquy OF a Carpet-Baggsl
Dirty dog that I am !! Outlawe
from Michigan for horse stealing,
came to Alabama fer Office and plundc
under the rule of this cursed Black Re
publican party. I cried sloyality' tn
+ moment I stepped across the line, an
I have continued to cFy it to this day
mixed in with tie niggers-the lazy
lousy, thieving, british niggers, becaus
wanted Office. I called every south
ern man 1 met black.hearted traitor
and if they resented it, I yelled XIII
Klux,' and sent for troops.
1 made my home with the niggel
bureau agent, for, naturally enough
[ recogli Eed in him an old pal of mine
friend Who left petroit for stealing
junk from the wharf, and wanted
to share his government stealings
here. .- 80 T. rf5 ~
And we have lived high
He had no objections to divide, be.
cause he knewI was loyal, and that
the main object Of. the bureau was to
plunder the people and increase the
war debt! ."E.i iIi .sis1s ema2 p,
And wasn't We loya1rgoo TsIsBa
And didn't we furnish the Detroit
Post and other papers with horrible
outragey and mobs, and murders, and
sbands Of outlaws whenever the Dem
loordoy cried ont about the niger ex-
r,er1sef 20 y oitiu sH0 buni T6EFE
You see, we had afat thing, and
couldn't bear to leave ~ i''ie H'. -
But the fmalignant rebels!' good
God!. didn't we make things uneasy
for them in our district! Whenever
we could hear Of southerncr who had
saved share of bis property from the
army bummers, we used to hire Bill
Sanderson---B was our nigger cook
to swear that he had hired out to
this farmer, worked month, and that
the yet uuwhipped' refused to pay J
And then we had the rebel arrested,
hand-cuffed, chained, and brought into
our court. I was Judge, and the mig
ger agent and Bill Sahderson were
) witnesses. Good Heavens but didn't
we learn them southerners lesson
No matter how they swore how many
of their aeighbors testified We got
en-!
And, whenever one of them dared
remonstrate, didn't We tend to their
case
And we stole from the niggers, also.
They made me sort of savings bank,
to deposit their ten cent pieces with,
and UTdnt STfDG Jnem -rnuugn.-
they ever called for the money, told
them they were getting disloyal, and
would be sent up to General Meade to
be tried for treason! - Jd+ -0 20
And once, lghen an .soutlaw'--wo
called him an outlaw. but he was an old
gray haired gentleman, who never had
word to say on either side--sent a
petition to General Meade, asking for
an investig alton into certain conduct of
ours-well, don'r know who murder
ed him in his bed, but saw blood on
BilPs clothes the next morning ! AND
Meade wrote us letter, saying that he
was pleased to see us maintaining the
supremacy of the union feeling, and
every day adding to, the respect of the
uorthern government And he order
cd 81 election, and in ten days l vas
elected to the legislature don't
know who voted--I guess not anybody,
but know that there were lots OF bal
lots in the boxes, and they all had my
name on !. And after 1 was elected
didn't howl then! Didn't sit with
nasty, sinking nigger, and didn't I
help pass laws to compel the rebels to
respect the cursed black race, and to
disfranchise themselves, and to march
under our flag!
And last week, when heard an old
man say that he had traced my record
up, and that I was horse thief from
Michigan, tried to shoot him, but
somebody stabbed me, and now must
die--the doctor says my hours are
numbered. . i-,-f - ID - bah -T'
Dog, BRUTE, alink, sneak, low euss
that I ami / dare not prayi / dare
not ask for mercy !haI dare not hope
that my bones won't hereafter be dug
up and given TO carrion crows to pick!
deserve it all : I have stole, plum.
dered; tyrannized, swore falsely, murd-
ered--and I have got to die !3i.!| e.
The drops, Bill--Iass tbeidrops y
I--am-going. - Tell--the--legisla-
ture--to--bury- me--with--sthe-
usual---honors.- s.--You-wilI-f find
my-stealing --that--b Lac k
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