The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-16
NAsRY,S

Last Is devoted to description of
his doings as a delegate to the New
York Convention. The best part of it
is the following description of an Incl
dent that befel him by the way: ~.
Al come pint in InEtany, wher We
changed cars, found the frame we he'd
to take full NV delegates. In lookin
around for sect I dlskivered but one
that hadn't two in il, and thato he'd
| in it disgustin niger, who he'd the
i'm poodence to be well drest, and he'd a
carpet sack beside him. My Demo
kratic blood riz to wunst. Seetn that
| in a car filled with Demokratic dele
gates, anything shood do to niger
wood be safe, / stawkt proudly up to
him holdin my nose.
'tC3ood Lord!n SEE swat SMELL"
| "Good Lord 7" echoed the delegates
which got on at hRtstashen, wat ter
rible smell' ttiil37t5. g. s. I. = -
| "My gentle Afrikin friend, 1" sed I,
seezIn him by the collar, I regret the
necessity NV sayin disagreeabl things,
and still more NV doin en-, but the fact
lis Yoor Impotence in gittin into,a car
| NV white gentlemen, with the dtsgustn
odor inseparable from any part Nv the
I Afrikin race, is rather too much. And
more especially do 1, wonder at yooI
| keepin yoor sect, while i and these
other white gentlemen are standtn."
"Out with the niger ~ yelled the
lately arrived delegates, hustle the
stinkin cuss."
| "Merciful heavens wat a SMELL"
sung out others nv en-, "hist him hist
himp
a little zeal wood be safe, ez niggers
! can't vote, I knockt his hat out nv the
winder and followed up that demon
stration with serious attempt al
! liftin him out of the seat. L wood hev
succeeded, but the niger resisted, and
resisted vigorously. to-wtt: he knockt
three NV my front teeth down my
| throte, pulled out wat little there wnz
left nv the hare that hangs insoanty
festoons about my venerable temples
and blackt both my eyes. L Wuz lytn
on my back in the passage, somewhat
astonisht, the niger astandtn over me
with his boot heel raised over my face
when some gentlemen came In from
| another car and restrained him.
"Mr. Williams" sed they, "let him
up. He's poor white trash, and moi
worth wasten yoor indignashen onto
4 Let him up, Mr.. Williams, let him up
"Sirs," sed 1, risin to my feet, tremu,
lous with rage, isis this the treatment
am to expect ali the way TO Moo York
Am to be pounded to a jelly by a mig
ger-R stinkin Niger, sirs, whose odoi
even now makesth car ontenable q
gentlemen Nv refined sensib flities-ant
to heer the niger addresst ez Mister,
after that, instead of beIn tored e
pieces by the Infatuated spectatorsl OF
shame, where is thy blushP
s.You mizzrable cuss," sed one ny
those getlemen, ''apologise to wunst (
this gentlemen for yoor insultin rood
mis-, or Wen chuck 700 out Nv the cars
Apologize, sir, to Mr.. Josef Williams
Delegate at large for tAe State 4sp Tea
5 9lesSee!" .5lll5
almost tainted. This niger, then
: wuz delegated He wuz a regular
i delegate, armed and equipped witt
regler credenshels to the Demokrati'
Nashnel Conyenshun,. and 1 he'd beer
guilty In my zeel nv assaultin nv him
Gladly j apologised, and further,
humbly begged permission 20 sit be
side him; witch he accorded with gra
ciousness never saw exalted.
1t was Rstonishin the change tha
crept over the Injeany delegates. The
A crowded around ms and shook him BY
"A the hand-they didn't smell any odo
at all any more on the contrary theN
seemed to like him. They addrest hin
. ez "Mister," and several of en- inter
doooin him to their friends who got Of