Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-04-02
Massey.

where gambling houses are now, out of
sight.
Massey.
THE STATE OF MIcHIGAN-TrE EXPERT.
ENCE OF MR. MASSEY THEREIN, AND A
FNGHTFUL DREAM THAT HE
DREAMED.
LANSING, Mich March %, 1868.
Eff ther is State in this Uoonyun en-
tirely worthy Nv being ranked with Mas
sachoosits- entirely worthy NV bein con-
sidered scasely second in pint Nv Ham
ridiculin, Onesimus-defyin and Hagar-re-
jectin Ablshn infidelity, that State is
Michigan. Massachusetts, is emery and
cussid Michigan is oneryer and outsider
They hev colleges in every other county
school houses, goIjus and costly, in every
town, and eff that ain t enuif, they hev acroo-
el, tyranIkle, barbarous law forbidden the
sale Nv sustenance! In the larger towns,
where one kin, without material danger,
git suihin eustainiD, municipal law steps
In and compels the dispenser thereof to
| close at IL p. m.l In this town from
whence l write, gathered together few
Nv the faithful, and wuz. confrmin Nv
EN- in the faith, when, ez the clock struck
eleven, the landlord put out the lites and
Us together, Simultaneous. Good heavens!
thot 1, kin such things be and overcome
Us like summer cloud: They kinl Wv
coorse ther can't be no whole hearted d IN.
ocrisy in SIGH Statei They don't hev
time to get fully Dimocratic. Eleven
O'Clock! The Dlmoerisy Nv MichigaL is
eleven o'clock Dimocrisy. They don't
live out half Their days They fall short
M no trO, ctoto Coll
just an hour. The only good and troo
ooes hev seen were a few farmers and
who carried it home in jug. But, alas
as they never pay rent, they don't stay
long enuff in one place TO make iheirse.ves
felt They materially drift back into South.
ern lllinoy, where fine tooth combs is
unknown-where the wickid Geese from
troublin and the weary are at rest But
We find enough Nv that kind there.
Ez retired TO my couch last mite, wuz
filled with sadnis. The eleckshun okkurs
in week or two, and the AbIishnists per.
pose TO vote to tear down the few remainin
land marks and give votes TO the disgust
in nlggeIs in that State. Contemplatin
the gulf to wich Michigan is approachin
with my sole filed with forebodins, |
fell into troubled sleep, and sleepin
dreamed.
Methawt l wuz in Liberia, that country
across the waters, settled by civilized mig
gers. l wuz somewot surprised at wot
met my gaze Niggers to the rite Nv me-
niggers 70 the lelL NV me-niggers in front
NV me-roie the six hundred thousand Nv
em. Occasionally in the streets Nv Mon.
rovia, the cheef town, seed white man
more trek emily mulatter, and OCCASION
ally one in wich wuz only a tinge NV white
hinnd--iIsf appH IN, ohnu hal
he'd LETT Kentucky many yeers and genera.
shens before Passin full-blooded mig
ger on the street, he pushed me contempiu-
ously into the gutter, and forthwith rab-
bic Nv fullblooded niger boys peltei me
with mud, yellin at me, ez tho it wuZ a op-
probrious term. "White man Yahi White
man! Yah Yah White mani"
miid-faced niger Came 10 my rescoo,
and rebooked the boys: els he" said he,
Ito blame for bein white? Remember,
boys, the same God made him eZ made 700,
and that he is not too blame for his color
He" rHI
at this period he stopt talkin. The fust
Niger returned, and damnin him for
dlsturbin one-idea Radicle, knockt him into
the gutter, and mutrin suthin about bein
troo 20 The tradishuns Nv his race, stalked
hswtily sway. rEa a-a1
ais ther," sed j, indignantly, "no law
for these outrages? Am 1 TO submit to
bein pelted by boys and pumelled by men,
and no redress? Is"
"Alars, sir" sed the benevolent lookin
niger, who he'd the appearance Nv Sun
DAY skool teacher, as lars, sir, Their isn't.
foor color, sir-yeor coiorl They hev
prejoodises which they can't overcome,
and that prejoodis the boys even possess
Farwell, sir. Some day it will be diffrent,
but now"
And hedrawd q Sigh and walked On rather
hastily, ez he notist fresh crop Nv boys
approachin.
l walked on, in my dreem. Seem large
house entered it. 1t WIZ the capitle, and
boldly l essayed 20 pass the door. Tie
door-keeper, with expression Nv skorn
never saw outside Nv Kentucky, remarkt
that the white gallery wuz up that way.
Up assembled, clost under the roof, where
there wuz possibly a dozen more like me,
and sot and listened to curious debate.
The measure under considerashun wuz
amendment to the Gonstooshn Nv Liberia,
strikin the word "black out nv that in
stroomenti The thing he'd been long
pendin. 1AdVocatin it wuz halfdozen
members in corner by themselves, and
opposin 1t wuz all the rest Nv the House
Inc sceen wuz very much SIGH ez wit
messed good many years ago at Washing
ton, when John Quincy Adams wuz u
championin the idea Nv the ekality nv all
men in the House. One member denounst |
tie leader Nv the little minority ez "base,
grovelin, low wretch, who he'd lost ali |
Pride nv race-all regard for the purity nv |
blood-and who wuz insidiusly plottin to |
debase the pure and proud race nv Ham by |
minglin with it the pale, milky blood NV |
the inferior races" st34,A(
Another wanted this House to ask It. |
self. " Do 700 want to march up TO the |
polls longside nv. white man? Do 700 |
want to be tried for yer little crimes afore |
joory NV white meni. White men in |
ofiisi l shudder at the thoti See !" scdF
he, pullin out from under his coat por-
trate nv white woman, Ell see5 Vzllsn- |
dygum do wunst in Ohio at . Dimocrstic. |
meetin, only he he'd on his pssteboard
wench. !" see TO whit he wishes To- ally |
hisself" Another member sskt the House |
to seriously ash tbeirselves afore they voted |
ON -this bill, whether this House wanted to
marry q white wemanY He wanted this |
House to ask herself whether she wanted |
hi4 doffor 20 mary = xhiteS man - Eff |
" 1at en- vote We NUT marry em The |
vote WOE taken, Tesuitin. Nv course. In the |