New Orleans Republican., 1868-04-19


The corners is continuously eggsited; scarce
ly does one fever get herself allayed atore
another is set agoin and the result is the
community is kept a bilin perpetooally.
There aint nothin liB peece here. Pertick-
elerly does this occur when Bascom runs
short. His barrels contain the troo oil
which flows onto the troubled waters OF
our passions, and when them is out, there's
q miniatoor Tophet TO wunst.
The last eggsitement was probably the
| most pekoolyer that ever happened to any
people, tho it wuZ nothin more than Good
be expected to grow out Nv the altered re-
lashens NV the races to each other. 1t wuZ
one Nv the legacies left us by the tyrant
Linkin, and by no meens the least NV EN-.
Under the old patriarkle system, il wuz
the custom Nv the niggers to go by the name
Nv their trooly patriarkle masters, wich wu2
nessary, and not only nessary, but proper.
Onto every plantashun ther wood be Gee
seers, Hannibals and Pompeys, and the only
way to distinguish EN- wuz TO call EN- CeeseI
Pogram, Hannibal Gavitt ct settry. This
anserd very well ez long ez they wuz in a
state of skriptooral seryitood indeed, the
proud Caucashen masters rather liked il
than otherwise, ez the frekensy with wich
their names wuZ called indikated the extent
Nv their possessions. But sence these Cusses
hev sot up fur themselves, it aint so pleas.
ant. Now that they kin own proper y and
perform all the functions Nv men, the same
ez any one else, it hez become distasteful to
| the Corners. 1t is singler fact that the
| Corners hez diskivered, since the niggers
wuz set free, suthin they never knowd afore,
to wit: The niger hez an odor onlike the
\ white. When they wuZ slaves, and used to
nuss EN- and play with EN-, and wait on EN-,
and sich, this odor wuz not perceptible. 1t
hez developed sence emancipashen. Jes so
| with their names. In ther normal Condishen
| MA ifs l,,1, u,
Corners won't brook, no how.
| Deekin Pogram and Issaker Gavitt pertik.
| erly Chafed under it. They moufned and
lost flesh under the infiickshen. ITO
think, sed the Deekin, "uY a hundred mig.
gers bearin the honered name Nv Pogram n
ITO think, sed Issaker Gavitt, "uv hund.
red niggers bearin the illustrus name NV
Gavitt ~ And so they pertishened the
the Legislacher at Frankfort TO relieve EN-
by passin law perhibitin niggers from
bearin the name nv white men wich wuz
| their former masters. The fact leeked out,
and this imbrolyo wuz the result.
Pollock, the Illinois storekeeper, wich is a
disturber, immejitly sued Joe Bigler for a
store debt, and he'd him hauled up afore
Square Punt. Joe immeiitly subpenaed All
the citizens NV the Corners ez witnesses,
and he'd EN- all in the Courtroom. Come, u
said Deekin Pogram, "sware me and let me
go. don't know nothin about this matter
anyhow
Not YET sed Bigler; " 1 hev other testi.
mony. wich II shel put in. Mr.. Constable
call Hannible Pogram.n y The Deekin started
ez ef he he'd bin shot.
"And ez we kin save the valyooable time
nv this court by swarm Nv EN- in a lump,
700 may call also POmpey Pogram, Joolius
Pogram, Ceeser Pogram, George Washing.
ton Pogram, ESQ named becoz, like the first
u. w, he coodent tell lie, wich is proof
conclusive that he is a pure black and
halnt gos no POgram blood in his yains0
Mellissy Pogram, Abslum Pogram. Cleo,
pstra Pogram, Paul Pogram, Marie Anty-
nett PoSram, Bonaparte Pogram, Charles
wesley Pogram, Abel Jackson Po--I
WAT does this ~ shreeked the Dee
KIN, ez they all filed into the court room.
wat do yoo mean by bringin into this yer
court all these d-d niggers?o
''Wat do mean? Wat difference is 1t to
yoo They'r aey witnesses-by these in
telllgent treemen perpose to prove that
yer Pollock a perjered villain and q most
unconshunable sWindler.n
And he grinned at Pollock who winked
Wickedly at him in return.
And !" sed Pollock, ITO save time mite
e. e. wen heY my witnesses sware. Issaker
lssaker arose.
Now, Mr.. Constable, call Pompey Cav
III, MellndY Gavitt, Augustus Gayitt. Pet.
ronella Gayitt, Lycurgus Gavitt. Abslum
Gavltt, Moses Gavitt, Judith Gavitt, Jeffer-
son GaYitt, Adam GaYitt, Martha Washing
ton Gayitt, Paskel Cav
Am TO be gWore with all these nipgers9p
roared issaker, red In the face.
NIT this.r Pc
z" But you must, " sed Bieler. 'sEz desprit
q wretch ez is this Pollock. ez deeply ez he
hez wronged me, ez much ez loathe, hate,
ana aesplse lfim, he shel hev fair play in a
courg oI Justis. Even shood he beet and
crush me meath his iron heel, / insist that
he shel hev his rites. But the SQUIRE he'd
better swear mine frst.n
ana ez they. generally don't like trouble
with bigieri the Squire, pale as a ghost.
iqr ne didn't know what was comm, swore
Now sed Bigler, "oeesar poeram.
stand s. up. Cesar, do 700 know the acher
Yes, sah.p a s
3 Who yuz yoor father, Ceesar?2
.ls your mother in the room, and hez she
''Yes, sah.v
',Yoo may set down for the present. win
Melissy Pogram arise ~
She got up. ~.
NOW, Melissy, state to the court the pa.
ternity nv yoor son.
Il object shrieked the Deekin. what
nez that 70 DO with yoOr OWN Pollock
''Is this yoor casesr retorted Bigler. "Are
yoo defendant Or plaintiff hereing Melissy,
answer. No., Melissy, on second thets, to
spare the olushes Of the Deekin-t0 cast
the mantle Nv oblivion over the pecadilloes
Nv his yooth-yo0 incident answer, Do
{oo, WeIt 20 cross examine the witness, 1Ir.
MOP returned he. sI.vcureus GavItt
stand up. Whist rite hey yoo 70 bear me
name Nv caviitlp - s'-e
sIt wuz my ladders nane.v a
TO wieh pertikelet Gayitt do you al
'sThe lately deceased Elder.s
,s1hea you are half brother to Issskergi
sYoo may cit down. win state to the
court the obilck nv these questions. whfoh.
Withous exp lap ashen, may appear irrelevanf.
Nf. Bigler and agreed unaniaouslv az 70
how this SCOT Should Be conducted Meyers
alone kp0Wd the COZ of difference that nm
fpTtunitly ariz between us, and knowing that
the pure African Yuz unworthy nv belesf.
We determined 70 use only sich ez Good show
lAdlsputable descent from good Trustworthy
Q4pcNher citizens. Hence this pfelimlnd
y er saniuaahen. Nc hey here the hiQ.
aell e 2ltEt bioad from every plsntaehan
~ the abefhOed, and ne shall REJECT ali
VINO t4lt SHOW mkt blood Their evidence
Iea.t = t4lelit Ion to doubi iha word uv thc
spr9 g. 80 4a. htall dY sieh men wood b
sie ~ s1en, and an lneult
Wien tleg Noo1 ta ffIs, faa m resontin.n
noqztinig, "a r|..I|.rI li1nll lzlf1 1if II a
pare z sEHs HfI|d t.u.a
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