The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1868-02-08
a Scene in the Black and Tan" Convention
IL Of Alabama.

the time November 27, 1S67-the orae
tor is Julius Cesa Augustus Mark An
thony Dyonisius Squash, representing
the most populous and wealthy distric.
of the State. lie forks =
Mister Speaker and Fe'le Niggcrs {:
I bab listened pashuntly for de consecu-
tiv days wat ha5 introvencd sence We
cum frum de ballot boxes of illustrus
constituenshee to Brudder Bingham
and Griffin and Keffar, and de oder re.
spectod white niggers, and louged for
dc OPPORTUNITY to get up and shake my
self loose for de slbation OBJ de Lord
and de glory OBJ de eight and forty
Thousand wat had trabbled to Canyun
An here l is am you gain at me
Niggers and Mister Speaker, dere hab
been sum6n sed iu sum of de noosapa
pers bout dc bottom rail bein on top
Now, who am de bottom rail Eh, um,
ah !! Dey means US niggers, de down
trodden race, who, brees de Lord and
Massa Linkum, am on top! And we's
a gwine to stay dar till Gabriel sits on
de saints roost and blows his horn fit to
scare dc debbil
Whar am we now ? Cast your delu ,
ded gaze about dis room. Five years
ago we was totin' cotton, blackin'
boots and cuttin' hair Now-ki--we
and desc Yankee white trash is maxim
laws, for, in de langwidge OF Boss Gree
ley, de bottom rail is on top
Niggcrs is sumbody, and de reb6ils
hab got to lay low or dey catch hell !.
We'se gwino to occupy de land-wese
gwine to hab cur forty acres Oh land
and and pair OBJ mules-wc'se gwine
to play gemplum, and de rcbbils hab
got to furnish the spondulix, dat's watt
de matter, for de bottom rail am on top !!
De white trash is played out. Didn't we
sabe the country? When Massa Jeff
was standiu' on A bra hams stoop a
kickin dc doah and threatenin' to bust
his head, didn't US coiored men put on
dem blue clos and dose ar brass buttons
oh, no, guess not-and windercate
de flag, dats why de bottom rail am Oh
top.
Brutus Gumbo Sarianapulus Crow
l rise to a.pint of ord,r.
She Speaker-State your pint, Mr.
Grow
CrQw--Theodosius Cassrus Switchell
has put his clamps on free OBJ my mar
bcS and
Switchell-Go way, you black ras
kill tell me | hook your marvcls, punch
you in de jaw. What | do wild your
marvels? Amt | on dc Kom -mit.tee
to draft bill Nv rights ? Say marvels
to Inc brake your banjo ober your
conck
The Sreaker-Gentlemen will please
preserve order, and allow Mr.. Squash
to proceed.
Squash am disgusted wild you !; and
'clar fore God dar's dose two mokcs
frem Euialia and Mohecl SCUM asleep,
while dat ar no account bigger from T'us-
caloosa stands by de window ticklin his
shin wild his heel Gor.amity don't
you know muffin? Umeh h.! But
digust sich mizzible niggers, and pro-
ceed.
We intend to do de voting; to 20 to
Congress; to be Guhuers and justices OBJ
de peace, to be sogers wild brass buttons
and big sords like Boss Grant and Sher.
man, and we is goin' to West Pint and
'Napolis; to ride in kars and go to skools
and churches wild de white trash, for de
bottom rail am en- top
And we'se gwine to 'bolish 'Hio and
Minnie Sofa and Kan sus for relusin' to
glib our brudders suffrage; and wese
gwine to 'boish Kopperneads cause dey
is white; and had clam soop and pigs |
feet eberY night, for de bottom rail- am
on top!
An dat ar Ariel feller what says we
niggers am beastusus, widout souls,
we'll aend him straight TO hell a rai!in'
and rockin,' fore he can twinkle dat
eye, fore amt Babylon fallen; amt We
got all sour apple trees don't de fasci.
natin' ladies OBJ dc cullored 'swashun
light has resepticle OBJ wisdom and in.
telligence wild de perfoom of dar alfac.
iory sweetness and-auG-and de bot
tom rail am on top!