The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1868-01-23
Horace Greely, de bottom rail am on

Horace Greely, de bottom rail am on
top!
Niggers is somebody, and de reb-
bills will hab to lay low or dey will
cotch de debbil. We'se gwine to oc-:
cupy de land, and we'segwine to hab
forty acres land and a par OBJ mules;
we'se gwine to play gemplum, and
rebbils got to furnish de spondulix-- =
dat's what's. de matter, for de bottom
rail am on top! u;
De white trash is played OUT
did't we sabe de country? When mas
sa JEFF: was a standin' on Abraham's 8
stoop q kickin' the door and threat
enin' to burst his horns, didn't US cul:
lud nput on dem blue clo's1and dose
ar brass buttons-oh no, I guess not!
an didn't we sabe de Union and win
dercate de fag?-dat's why de bot
tom rail am on top!
Brutus Gumbo Sardinaplaus Grow
Il rise to pint of order!
The Speaker-State your point,
Mr.. Crow.
Theodosius Cassius Switched has
put his clamps upon my marbles
and- f21
y switchell-Go way, you brack
raskil-tell me I hook your marvels,
I punch you in de jaw-what I do
wild yore marvels amt I on de kom-
mittee to draft bill NV rights Say
marvels to me I brake your banjo
ober your conk.
The Speaker-Gentlemen will pre-
serve order and let Mr.. Squash:pro-
ceed.
Squash am disgusted wild you,
and clare fore God dar's dose two
mokes from Eufala and Nobel sound
sleep, while dat dare no count Mig
ger from Tuscaloosa, stands by de
window. ticklin' his shin wid his heel!
Gor-a-mity, don't you know nufn!-
Um-h! But I disgust sich mizzible
niggers, and perceed.
We intend to do de votin' to 60 to
Congress: to be gubners and justices
OBJ de peace; to be sogers with brass
buttons and big sords, have boss
Grant and Sherman, and We is goin'
to West Pint and. 'Napolis-to ride
TIT KITS I1Iu 20 20 scHU01s anu CHurCn=-
es wild de white trash, for de bottom
rail is on de top!
And we's 'gwine to 'bolish 'Hio,'
Minnie Sofa and Kansas for refusing
to glib our brudders suffrage,-and
we's gwine to 'bolish Kopperheads and
squelch de Lay Crossways Democrat
and de Nobel Tribune, and we's
gwine to kill de rebbils-because dey
is white-an' hab clam soup and pig
foot cherry night, for de bottum rail
am on top!
An dat ar Ariel feller what says
we niggers am beastuses widout souls,
we'll send TO- a relin' and rockin'
fore he can twinkle dat eye, for amt
" Babylon fallen;" aint we got all de-
sour apple trees; don't de fastenading
ladies OBJ de cullud swashun light dis
reseptikle NV wisdom and intelligence
wild de perfoom OBJ dat oilfactory
sweetness-and- -and-and de bot
tum. rail is on top!
Mister Cheermun-I obserb dat
my suggeshun dat de picturegram oh
Washington be turned upside down,
an de likeness OBJ de greatest man
de country has projuced-Nat. Tur-
ner, Esq, and Hon. Fred: Douglas
be hung upon desc walls has been
circumplied wild. Glory to Gideon,
dat I hab libed to see de day when
dc bottum rail am on top!
Now, Crow, it am de sentimum ob
de House dat you take your cremona
while brudder Switched leads off wild
our grand ole Linkum walk around!
Clar away dem desks-white trash
make a ring-sisters in de gallery
jine in! Tune her up, ole Simmons,
an let your uncle shout! Now den,
a1togedder, for bress de Lor, de bot
tom rail am on top!'' o.