Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-02-06
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I
Last Man" it, a r,ythor heavy pcccc
Of writip His descriptive powers are
better than miuo tho, perhaps, II my too
partial friend, amt too partial, he iSW
long way hehmt mc in the matter OF pa
,hetics, and in them fine tutgho, wjch
show the man NV soul and ,cuslhilities,
BE thyt - it may, the pomc nude i'm
preston n me wich /, proof tina, there is
~uthing in IT, aud il wuz onto my mind
as | retired 10 my virtooHs couch.
Skarccly he'd sunk into slumhor, when
my yig,ns iutolleeA, witch even the bonds
nv slmher can't chain, wandered away
into the misty realms NV specuashcm |
he'd the most horrible dream that ever
afflicted a sleeping man, wich the bare
recollection nv causes an Involuntary
~huddcr to thrill my susceptible frame.
Methuught an cpedcmie started in Al
rika, and come by regular steps through
Europe and finally reached New York
For time itrgcd alike among all classes
nv people, and among all oolors and COM
ploNions The proud and hauty Canca,-
sian, the bold and patriotic CcIt, the noble
red man Of the forest wich i, pilou,' all,
all, wuz swept away hy the relentless pcs
thence,
Finally it alu,el, Tho white man and
the red man begun To escape the iaugs of
death, hut Nmoug the ui-gors il ragged
wuss than ever Thro the South 1t swept
like a tornado spariu the whites, bat cut
ting down every niger in il, path. There
AlllA-Y--ar tH-t4s+l Iva nit ttrr ryrwty
planter saw the ontaropn, for whom hc
l.. ,..f1 ANN .g.g.. a.. ,stt,' .t,t.1 Ian
had in good Old times sullcel his hours OF
relaNa,hm with her peerless charms-who
had born him bootiful girls almost per-
fcckly white, witch on akkouut nv hcvir
his blood in their yains. he had been able
to sell for $1,000 and $1,000 to othor
planters whose tastes run in that dircck-
-hun he saw her, the ohicck Of his aitcck-
shun. and in the good times 10 come hc
hoped wunst more a part of his estate, "
ing an inauimatc corpse, not worth a cent
for any purpose.
Likewise he saw those who he'd bin his
robust field hands, each one with sinews
II al steel ;rftd fnttsrfU uf IIruH-the In1tgS
T hearty and sound, without blemish; the
females capable Of raisin picaniny witch,
in old times, wuz worth $500 as soon ez
wcened. wunst year, and by a little ex-
ira whipping do Il years work in the field
every twelve months, stretched cold eorpseS
in the fccld. Thus was disease outragin
all the finer feclins NV humanity, destroy
ing rclcntles-ly all that made life pleas
ant and lovely.
Finally, niggcr after nigger fell until
but two remained in the Ioonitel States,
They wuz male and female, NV such per-
fecklv healthy systems, that it seemed inn
possible for disease 10 kctch them. When
the epidemic was known to hey settled
down to niggcrs alone, the Democracy
held a consultation, and fearing the race
would become extinct, he'd selected these,
he'd carefully sckloodcd them from the
world, and he'd employed twenty-four OF
the most eminent mediklc men ny the
world, to be with them constantly-Tach
stayin an hour-that III case they showed
cny symptoms, the proper remedies mite
be TO wunst applied afore the disease got
a hold. From these two, ef the rest wul
DESTROYED it wul hoped a new stock Good
be raised, that the dangers of negro equal
ity might be kept still afore the American
people
But all to no purpus. The unsparin
pestiience s1nooted them, and, uotwith-
standing the efforts made by the eminent
physicians Notwithstanding the prayer,
and groans Of the Demokrasy they died
Methawt the heavens was hung in
black, and ominous litenin. shot
All t'f'Ft He iii tt1r tffStulIre, low
mutrin thunders wuz herd, and the beests
Of the forests ran atfrightcd from their
covcrts. nray horses dropt ded IN the
streets, dorsS run Wildly WIN their tun@>
hanging out and the white toam drop
pm from their diStended Jaws Ever ana
anon pale Sickll CLEANS OF ilte hashga
acrosst the dark Ieaden-eolored clouds
Z giVm naeher the appearances NV Y'tiol
r ''T trh' H.. ,;...,n.,.,..1..l,
III l"1 ~ H., pi....f,..,.
i'>ei'''' 't'J = ''''''s - ''''
u 3 ''l' " -, " $50.
~. 81 '',s,'-' :, - H., 4, ~ III. loar,
,ro,,id Lro.,l. an5 I;ss;r tLo IA cor,,so.
.,Fara,yd nv honc., iona md Igrs,
,,r1,,l, ,rL.., s,t., ,,,, ,,.,,a,.. st,,,, -,
Hoo We r1iIt Thm, wast o,,. c,n;tilr
onr rbocf~.t trust We nccd vnn-.w,
aLa,yoJ ,,,,--,nd IN oloalin vn3 fonn5
anr mott yan was hr5ainr1 10 h. fl,
! cnss - Ar,or;L,. v,c VIM nrlainod 70 h,
ain, foarynI nv yonr holm onr sonnerior-
~ w. tr",.',,tr,,s,cJ tl,c Jo1;~bth,I t,.l, al
keepin VOC down. and rs over VOC Oul
> task is ended with thee. Kin we any mora
: rally our people 10 the poles vawping tho
+, dangers OF Niger eqalitv, When Their amt
M niggcr. This now. is a white man,
yuvernment-wc hcv nothin left to con.
9 tend for, and thus ] follcr thee"
: And Feinandy, who had found jack
, knife in the uiggcr'- vest pocket run il
into his bowls, and fell ded corpse acros.
his body.
: Franklin Peerse approached and walled
thus:
] uA,t ,ha;, ,,,na 1,.+ ~. tho Asr;L,rs