Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-10-09


witch is in the Stait Nv Kentucky
September l, 1868.
Yesterday afternoon at precisely p, ma
a stranger of prepossessin appearance hove
in sight NV the Post offs. Wat mean by
"prepossessin appearance" is, he he'd on a
paper collar wich he'd only binturned wunst
Is Mr. Nasty imp sed he. But why
do | ask SO stoopid question? Hevent l
a sufi>hent knowledge NV human nacher to
read humanity ez its set forth in the human
face divine, and don l know that there
amt but one Nasty? Kin mistake it?
Doth any other man carry that Webstelian
front? Hath any other man that eagle
nose2 That eagle lips? HaiL-'
''That'll do, remarkt [, in alarm, for he
was persimmon above me. Draw it
mild, my gushin friend, for | can lend you
a dollar ef it wuz to save you.
oor mistaken, he did reply, L don't
want to borrer | amt on that lay at pres
ent. want informashen | come to you
sir, ez the Perfesser Of Biblekle Lteratoor
in the Southern Military and Classikle In
stitoot-ez one who seeks, in classic groves.
that peece not to be found in the busslin
world outside--informashe ez to the con
dishun NV the South. her wants and expec-
tasbens, which | perpose to spred before my
fellow citizens Nv Injeany. | com, sir, Nv
my own accord My mishen is a privit one
and undertaken solely for the public good
| was Commissary in the Federal servis,
and hev brother who wus not altogether
unconnected with the sutlerin department
That bruther is runnin for sheriff on the
Democratic ticket; the Abisheu candidate
for the same offs bein the Kernel Of his
regiment, who prokecred our dismissal for
trifin irregularities in accounts and also for
what he was pleased to term swindlin the
soljors. Wat | want is sich statement Nv
tie feclins Nv the people Nv the South ez
will set at rest the SANDERS the Ablishnists
is circulatin regardiD 700, wich l will pub
lish on my return. am actooated, ez yoo
see, by no personal motives Speek.
My deer sir, returned l, Il approve
Nv your misbun, and, permit Inc to say, yoo
hev come to the rite shop. But [ viii put
my answer in ritin and hev it signed by the
leeding citizens here, that its authenticity
may not be doubted
|, therefore, sot down and wrote, and
when | he'd finished, sent out and got sig
Datoors to the folleriu document.
CAPTIN We perpose in this to give
you a candid statement NV what we believe
to be pervailin sentiment NV the South
ern people on various subjix Watever
opinions may have prevailed in the past on
the matter Nv Afrikin slavery or the rite NV
a State to secede from the Yoonyun, we be-
heye we express the Judgment Nv the Cor
ners when we declare that we count EN- set
tied by the war, and we intend to abide by
that decision. When we he'd been licked
out Nv our boots and our arms wuz twist
ed out Nv our hands, and when yoo laid
EN- down, we cheerfully give over our eff
forts at secession, and sought to resume our
former posishen in the Government. In
the sperit Nv magnanimity we permitted the
abolishen Nv slavery by Legislachcrs in the
eleckshen Nv wch We he'd no part, ez well
ez several other games Nv that sort, not
worth while to enoomerate. He'd our ack-
shen ben met in sperit NV coTiality, all
wood hev bin lovely The people NV the
South entertain no feeins us hostility to-
ward the Government but they complain
that the rites under the Constooshen, wich
they alluz loved exceptin doorin the time
they wuz tryin to bust it, hev bin with
held from EN-.
The idea that the Southern people are
hostile to the niggers and would oppress
EN- eff they he'd the power, is absurd They
hev growed up in our midst, and we hev
ben accustomed from our childhood to look
upon EN- with kindness. Troo, we import
ed cato o-nine-t tails, and he'd stocks, and mig.
ger-dorgs, which made it lively for en-, but
these we're incidental to palriarkle system
They we're blood NV our blood, and flesh
Nv our flesh, No Southener ever SOLD his
own mulatlo children ceptin when he was
short Nv means, or he'd more nigggers than
be wanted. We still feel the same toward
em. Ez no troo Southern gentleman will
ever work with his own hands, without their
labor the lands Nv the South wouldn't per-
doose to any alarmin' extent The races
are highly necessary to each other, pertik-
erly to us There must be sweatin ez well
ez eatin in this world, and so long ez we do
the eatin We are wiIlin they shel do the
sweatin. In this way we kin adjust the re-
lashens of the two races on a busis of mu-
tual advantage Eff given wat we he'd be-
fore, soopreme control and ascendeUcy, we
shel treet the niggers with kindnis, forbear-
ance and justice. Here in Kentucky we
hev never bin disfranchised, and the nigger
hez never he'd vote, and here the nigger
hez that degree of kindnis wich-"
At this pint Nv the readin the document,
an interrupshen occurred Their wuz a yell
on the street and we al rushed to the door
to see wat it wuz about | wus a mere
nothin. Sit down, sed |. It's nothin
A niger and a load NV water melons. He
probably refused to give credit for his mel
ons, and-thunder, he's down, and the in.
dignant populis is goin for him. Here
comes bis wife with half the Corners after
her Down she goes-that stun wuz well
throwd Hah the niger strikes the man
wat throwd the rock wich knockt his wife
down. That seels his fate Good bye mig
ger See how genteely they rig the rope
and how elegantly he swings. His body Il
lie all mouldy in the ground, but his sole
(ef the prognathous races hev soles, will
go marehin on "
''But, asked the Injienian, NOW that
the mothers brains is knockt OUT, and the
fathers hung, whatll the children do wich
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