The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-09-12

wich vux indsbtsd 70 : HOO York dry goods
merchant, Who Il hsFe uakin stseaaous Of.
fort 10 re- eetnhl,eh biz txnde wickedly and
crooelly brok1n Up ~ ths wicked onpleas-
autnie uich Linkin ina9geratsa ~ fseistin the
8osth = 1851. He ID : conservative Who il
aftsr isede, and consekentiy i willin 70 do
anythin. He told me NJ . Niger funeral to
/ take place in the afternoon, and suggested
| that score Nv rs arm ourselves, surround en-
ia whether or no, ontil bad made speech.
$50 ankshus am In' he ed 70 rstailes "
dry goods, (it WIZ dry goods he wuz sellin,
BY . singlef coincidence s'for success Of cor
rect principles, that viii guard one Of the
doors myself. And he did II swefin at Yan.
KEGS alf the time, and pfonouDcin cow
sscaow,'' the while. | notist il, but it mat
ez to the tools We goose? When We shake
hands with sich, can't We put on gloves?
We surrounded the church and no tiied EN-
that they coodn't pass till we wuz thro, and
commenced my speech and spoke it thro.
insisted that there interest lay with Their
kind. good masters-thAt they he'd bin gre
vously deceived in sposin that there wuz any
antagenism between the races. Who, askt,
gave the colored man the right to vote in Moo
York; The Democracy. Who gave the col
ored man the rite to stay in Ohio? The Di.
mocrisy. What Vice President he'd mig
or rather colorsd woman for wife, wich
wood hev been mistress Nv the White House
he'd tho President been . Republican, and
consequently worth our vile to assassinate
him! Richard NJ. johnson, . Dimocrat Who
hev bin
At this time pert mulatto remarked that
he he'd word to soy, and gave place to
him. He WIZ himself conservative niger
AZ - In an
vote with his white brothers cheerful1y, but
not for the reasons wich the speaker (meanin
mel he'd given. He shood do it from higher,
boiler motive than any advanced. He should
do from motives nv consanguinity. He he'd
alluz bin humble niger, bleevin himself to
be one nv IN inferior race, but sence be he'd
been free he he'd bin searchin his pedigree.
He he'd been agseeably surprised. He found
he he'd the best blood Nv Virginny coursin
thro his veins. The Confedfit candidate for
Congris WIZ his half brother, halleloogy, and
he wuz closely related to two thirds nv ell sed
candidates supporters, bless de Lord, and nv
course he'd vote for him, for de man that
woodn't take car nv his own blood is wuss
nor IN infdel. He felt grateful to the Con-
servative candidates family. Troo, he wuz
er half He felt all the pride NV race NV
wich he he'd heerd so much. His ancestors
ION his ladders sidel he'd bin probably the
comrades Nv Washington and he woodnt de-
grade hisself by mixin with men Nv no family
from the North. He WIZ poor, but his pro-
jenitors ION his father side) WIZ gentlemen,
bress de Lord. and he stood on blood.
And the niggers Dustin with latter, at the
rage witch they saw depicted onto the coun.
tenances nv ther white trends, got up to leave.
We tried to stop EN-, so that Good speek
further, but ez they he'd more revolvers than
We he'd, and didn't appear to be disinclined
to yoose EN-, We didn't attempt force. The
and 700 can't make men docile who hev borne
arms, shell continyoo my work, however,
never mindin these temporary backsets.
PETROLEUM " NAsBY, p. M.
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