Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-10-09

hay seen specimen NV the feelin that per-
wales, where the niger is iree-wat must it
be further South where the black cusses
vote? But to resoom-
The southern people 10 our opinion re.
gard the questions Nv slavery and secession
ez settled by the war; and they hev no in
elinashen to try EN- over agn. Slavery IS
dead u Joolus Ceeser-lhe niger is a free
man and he Il be so for ever. All the whites
ask is that they shall control EN-. They in
sist and justly so, that they shell hev the
right to manage the inferior race They
want and will hev, the rite to fix ther
wages, their hours NV labors, their out goins
and in-comins. Wv course the Southern
idea must be carried out. There must be
no such nonsense ez skOols among cm, TOR
wat does abrer want Nv that learnin wich
half Nv us, his soopcriors, hav Mt got? Mel
ther must they own land for that wood omit
em from dischargin tber natera servis. But
the power must be in our hands The peo-
pie Nv the South earnestly desire peace, but
her people feel that they can't prosper so
long cz control is in the hands Nv the mig
gers and the few carpet baggerS which have
invaded US. The South will never be pros
porous so long ez the mass Of the men rep
resentin her intelligence are disiranchised;
50 long ez-'
Here WIZ another interrupshen Please,
Parson," sang out Issaker Gavitt's little
brother, sweet lad NV o. splitting out his
tobacco so ez to permit him to speek dis
tinctly, 'Issaker wants yeo to come over
and read him letter wich he hez jist got
Tell Issakcr, sonny, that heven't time
jist now Run up toward the Abishen
Mishun skool and get any niger girl wich
may be standin there and she will read it for
him. To resoom:
Understand We don't want TO deprive
the nigger NV the ballot becoz we hate him,
but solely brcoz we do not believe he hez
the intelligence necessary to make him a
safe depository NV politikle power. lie
wood inevitably become the victim Nv dema-
gogues, the very thot Nv wich makes me
shudder. Wood John MorIisey or Fernando
Wood accept seat in Congress Nv sich a
constituency? Go ask their intelligent sup
porters wat they think about it 1t is for
them we plead The very idea nv bringin
them to the level of the nigger Is abhorrent.
Ez for secession we have given that up
Il w, ha 4 to tlb
our CRATE principle Nv States rites, nor kin
we give over the rite NV withdrawal from a
government which don't SCOT US. Nv course
We shell not attempt Withdrawal ez long as
Ablishnsts control the bayonets, for we
ain t strong enough. But shood we decide
to withdraw, and coercion be attempted
VIC shell Nv course resist But we won't do
it-probaby The organizations in the
South, wich is interspersed with muskits
and sich is simply for self protection gin mig
gers and Northern whites.
In concoosheu, we wish 700 to ashoor
the people Nv Iuiianny that all we want is
peace, offs, and a general restorashen NV
things, and that we aint at all partikeer ez
to terms We demand, q a konkered peo-
pie, the abrogashen Nv all the constitoosh-
mel amendments adopted since the close Nv
the late unpleasautnis, and the reinstate
mcut NV the South in all her rites. The
Governments, q act Nv consilashen, must
relieve the coniederit soljer NV diSfranchise-
mcnt, aud tu-wunst take votes out Nv the
hands NV the niggers who irritated US by
fightiu agin US when we wuz in trouble, and
redooce EN-, not to slavery, but to Watever
control We 10 our wisdom shell deem neces-
sary for ;heir safety and wellbein and ouru.
Do this, and we will obey wat laws remain
wich are not oppressive, and treat the mig
gers with genooine Kentucky humanity.
We want self government, not only Nv our
selves, but others-we want peace, and we
want our old seats in Congress. Do this
and all will be well.
Respectfully,
PETROLEUM Y. NAsBY, p. NJ.
(which is Postmaster
HUGH \ MCPELTER.
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ELNATHAN PoGRAM
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ISsAKER y GAvrrT
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The Captain went away with this docu-
ment feelin good So good indeed did be
feel that he lent nc twelve dollars and
twenty cents-twenty cents before takin
three nips at Bascom and twelve dollars
after. hope no other Southern man will
take up this idea
PETROLEUM Nasty,
Which Is Postmaster.
P. 81 hev hcerd from Maine. I'm
sick Bascom says its all rite-that the