Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-09-17
At this pint the enthoosiasn was unboundsd

At this pint the enthoosiasr, ras nnh11n5s5
The Democracy wuz az alive tnt tSs- 80,
that doclhty among the uiggers that expected
these cusses, ez soon ez thew saw me- and
learned my business. took to the woods. and We
ned to go after EN- to electioneer EN-. which the
Democracy did, takin ther dorrs with en- II
"uz cheerln site TO see EN- follerin the black
cusses thro the svamps, the moosic nv the velnin
nv the dorss checrin Us on to our work Two
or three refoozed to be talked to- and their bodies
ike John Browns, wuz left a danglin in the air
while their soles went marchin on.
We believe in every man a choosin for b;.seIf
and in the greatest freedom Nv speech and opin-
yum, providin alluz ther amt nothin inceniarv in
II IL everything that's sed agin Us we count
Incenjary, ii simplihes matters wonderiv.
got one good meetin Nv EN-, however, to wieb
Wuz indebted to a New York dry goods mer-
cnant, who isre hemakin strenuous effort to
reestablsh his trade wickedly and crooellv bro
Ken up by the wicked onpleasantnis wich Ldken
lnaugerated by resistin the South in 1861. He
Is conservative who is after trade. and con,c-
kently Is willin to do anythin He told me Nv a
niger fooneral to take place in the afterno.r
and suggested that score Nv Us arm ourselye.
and surround EN- and keep EN- in whether or no
until he'd made my speech. 80 ank,hus am
l, he sed to a retailer Nv dry goods, (it wuz dry
goods he wuz sellin, by a singler coincidence J.
Tor the success NV correct principles. thai
Will guard one NV the doors mvself." And he
dld 1t, sWearln at Yankees all the time. and = T.
nOuncn COW, " caOw,' the while. | notist il
but 1t mattered not to me Why shood We be
pertickler ez to the tools we yoosey VII We
shake hands with sich can I we put on gloves
We surrounded the church and notified en-
that they coodn't pass till we wuz thro, and I
commenced my speech and spoke it thro. In
sisted that ther interests lay with ther kind good
masters-that they he'd bin greeyouslv deserved
in sposen that there wuz any antaronisrl between
the races. Who, | askt, gave the colarti man
the rite To vote in Moo York; The p-uocri.v
Wat Vice President hel a MGR rather a
eoored woman for wife, wich wood bev hin
mistress of the White House hed the President
been a Republican, and consekentlv worth ,r,
while to assassinate him , Richar,i VI. johnson.
Dimokrat. Who hey bin
At this pint pert mulatto remarked thlt De.
he'd a word 10 say, ard gave place to him. be
wuz himself conservative niger Nv the most
conservative kind. lie shood vote with hi, white
brothers che.rfully, but not for the reasons wi.h
the speaker lmeanin mel he'd given lie sho.d
10 it from higher hoier motive than any all
yanced- He should do it from motives II corr
sanguinity. He he'd allus bin humble ui.rr.-.
bleeyin himself to be one Nv an inferior race. lat
since he he'd bin free he he'd bin searchin Phi,
pedigree. He hei bin agreeatly Surprised. lie
found he he'd the best blood NV Virrnnv crur-.u
thro his veins. The couteierit caniiiate fig
Congress was his half-brother, halleloosv. asI
be wuz closely related to two-third, NV aII sci
candidates supporters, bless Re Lord. and uy
coorse he'd vote for him, for de man dat wool
Mt take care Nv his own blood is wus nor au in
idel. He felt grateful to the conservative clnI--
dates family. Troo. he wuz half niger. hut he,
prided hisself on the tother half lie felt al, ,.-
pride Nv race Nv wich he he'll heerl 50 mu-H
His ancestors (on his fidder's sidel he'd bin p..-
badly the comrades NV Washington. aaj he
wood Mt degrade hisself 10y mixen with mr1 e,
no family from the North He wuz poor. ta;
his prQjenitors (on his fiddler, sii-) vuz .c--
tlemen, hress lie Lord and he stood dn blood
And the uiggers, Dustin with laft,r at the rag.
which they SAW depicted onto ihc cauuteuaur-
NJ ther white friends, got up To- leyc- We tried
10 stop EN- 80 that ! Good speak further. hu, o.
they he'd more revolyers than We hei and iih'r
appear to be di-inclinei 20 yoo-e en-. We IIa-t
attempt force The most NV these ni-ggr- u.-
bin in the seryis and you can 2 make u,f. t.--'.
who hev borne arms I shell crntiuv,omy yrtl.
however, never mindin these Temporary tacl.-c'-.
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