Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-01-11
"Do Bottom Rail On Top

tioh.uhdcf The headlng OF 5''-De Bottom Rail
on Top" Julius Caesar Augustus Mark An;
tony Dionysius Squash has the floor, and
holds forth as. follows: s
Mistur Speaker and fellow Niggcrs:'
hab listumod pashuntly for dc consecutive
days what hab introvonod sense we cum from
do ballot boxes of illdstrious constitucnshcc
Ito brudders Bingham and Griffin, and Kef.
for, and de uddcr respoktcd white niggers, and
longed for dc opportunity to get up and shake
myself loose for dc salvation OBJ do Lord, and
dc glory of the eight aud forty tousand what
hab trabbled to Cancum And here is--um
you gains at,me?
Nggers and Mistur Speaker, dore hab been
so'hciin said ln sopio Of dc newspapers about
do bottom rail boin' on top! Now, who am
do bottum rail Eh! Umah Dey means us,
niggors, do down trodden race, who, brcss de
Lord aud Massa Linkum, au on top Aad
we's gwin' to Say dar til Gabriel sits on do
saints roost, and blows his horn fit to scar tho
debbil
Whar am we now? Cast your delvdcd
gaze about dis room. Five years ago wo was
a tutin' cotton, blackin' bouts, and cuttin har
Now,-Ai-wc and desc Yankee white trash
is maxim laws, for in dc language Of Horace
ureoley, de bottom am rail on top!
Niggcrs is sumbody and de d--m rebbils
hab got to lay low or dey will cotch --! |!
We'se gwin' 80 occupy do land, wc'so gvin' 70
hab our forty acres land and par of mules,
wo's gwin' to play gemplum, and rcbbils has
got to furnish dc spondulix-dat's what's do
matter, for dc bottom rail am on top!
De white trash is pLycd out--didn't we
standin on A-bsa HAMS stoop hickin' dc
doah and threatenin' to bust his horns, didn't
us cullcrsd mon put Oh dem blae clos and
doso or brass buttons-oh, no, guess not
an didn't we sabe do Union an windcrcate
Dc aag-dst's Why dc bottom rail am on top
Brutus uumbo Sardanapulus Crow rise
tos pint of oaor
The Speaker. or.--State your point, Mr.. Grow
Crow -Theoiosius Cassus Switchell has
put MS clamps on free % my marbles and
ssitchcll-Go way, you brsck rassil tell
me hook your marvels, punch you in de
jaw-what I do wild yore nlarvels -ain't on
dc kom- NIT tee to draf u bill Nv rights p
Say narvels TO me brake your banjo ODE.
your oonck.
The Speaker-Gentlemen will please pre-
serve order, and allow Mr.. Squash to proceed
Sauash-I am disgustcd wild you and |
clar fore God dar's dose two mokes from
Eufaals and Mobocl souud a slesp, while dat
ar no-sccount nigger from Tuscaloosa stands
by de window TOXIN his shin wild his hsel
Gor-a-mitcy, don't you know muffin Um-h-
h But disgust sich mizzibul niggers, and
perosed.
We intend 10 &, do wotin to go to Con
gress; to be Gubnors and justisees OBJ de
peace; TO be sogers wid brass buttons and big
sords, have Boss Grant and Sherman, and wo
is goin to West Pint and Napolis-to ride
in kars, and go to schools and churches wid
de white trash, for dc bottom rail am on top
And YES g%;';e to bolish lilo Minnie So
ia and Kansas, for refusiu' 10 glib our brud-
dcrs suifrago-and wos gwino to 'bolish kop.
perheds- s--and squclch dc Lay Crossways
Democrat, and do Mobeel Tribune, and wc's
gwine to have new wllito wife sbcry week.
and we's gwinc to kill do rebbils-booausc
dey is wl:e--an' hab olam soup an pigs
feet cherry uisht, for do bottum rail AIN on
top!
An dat az Ariel feller what says wo Mig
gers am bcastuscsc wilout souls, vel send him
straight to--a'r rcolin' and rockin' fore he
can twinkle dat eye, for amt "Babylon fall,
en- oin't We got all do sour apple trees
don't dc facinatin' ladies Nv dc cullcrcd
swashum light dis roseptiklo nv wisdum and
intelligence wild dc pcrfoom Nv dat oilfactory
sweetness- snd--aud- dc bottum raj!
am on top
Mi.tur Chcormun-I obserb dat my sug
gcshun dat de picturcgram OBJ Washington 30
turned upside down, an'do likeness oh de
greatust men our country has projuiced Nat
Turner, Esq, and Hon. Fred. Dougass-bc
hung upon desc walls has been ciroumplicd
Wild Glory to Gideon dat hab libcd to sec
dc day whom the bottom rail am on top.
Now, Grow, it ain de sentimum OBJ de
House dat you take your ole crcmona, while
brudder Switohell leads off wild our gram old
Linkum walk-around Clar away dem desks
white trash make ring sisters in dc gal.
lery limo In Tune her I'D ole Simmons. an