New-York tribune., 1868-02-15

where they 10 with clergyman TO study vice the better
s Ds ss ssi' s face as e h%ss
'n Euter ts second This mdasaged negro debeey
aEes OF his mIi,ens removes his hat hand ma
der vest produces little packagr unwrHps tno rug
Oh. the devil. be quick" says the Judge. ripping
lrateiy on the window Put on yeur bat uncle-Ihat
laugh But The voter has bis views as to the hat
PERHAPS he stands uncovered ~ the ballot aud not To
%rn prsdais6 i The third RnotheS George wilmington
Another VOTE too, and another chuekls. The fourth
dnsrtsrs ns tssS Of Or f says judge your
fs there they will give you certificate enabling you 70
SsS nst Hesa Sar ays s Ias nase ,0 make
rcom make room." Now nsk yon TO watch this poor
muIato takes him aside and inquiries into hs
hOprless-Dame not registered at oil. Tie disapponteu
darkey wanders around for ten minutes then ne 9u%r,g %
ard again when be reaches the window Hope that his
may have been overlooked dies ont at last anu o'
without the sharpest pag his simple but emotional M
II" Enter the ifth. MY nnme is Henry Clay" "An
right. Henry, you vote; you're registered. But
Henry, where you born Z" " In Kentucky, eifi
Henry Clay of Ashland was my father" And the tan @
handsome mulattO bows and makes his way out. lhe
SIXTH This another ~ the persevering Kind He gives
his maine i" BE off," says the judge. You have pee.
here already half dozen times. You say you arc not
registered "we sab" replies the sorrowful negro
Use been hyah evan since Tuesday tryngto vote AZ enc
place or nutber, and | hasn't had bite 10 eat ana
can't vote aud Use got to walk twelve miles 70 Kit one
The reduosed, crossookng judge takes biscuit Ir1n
room, now" one Of the challengers says Boys the
Conservatives have the name OF being generous %rs
give this hungry nigger dinner" The speaker draws
his pocket book ana transfers some currency 70 te yc
OF this kindly impulse who takes u Win nnRee ou'
a vacant look. 1t Is a vote he wants. not u meal.
SO the strange procession slowly on. you wish
10 determine how much the BegrOs heart Is In tins eec
ton watch his face he away from that nttle
window. His vote once In. every feature bazes VIM JOY
but his vote rejected and dsmay are expressed
even In his attitudes. Watch the anxious but rrsolute
sOOy faces In those whiting their turns Is oil TINS emo
tOn due the dapcity Of Yankee adyenturersf Can the
thus sway the very soul OF the Dck
man To reach bis selfish endsf Is IL for possible
mule and 40 Of land that the negro Is thus pro-
fOuLdly stirred that he braves hardship. the w oi
his empOyers, and may he, starvation Scff No. ilienu
Conservative. The slave once owned Ignorant as ne
is still, and lowly In social rnk' feels as ne Gusts tal
ballot the throes that liberty awakened ad WHICH, nn
checked by renewed oppression will give his manhood
rapid and generous growth do hot seckto conceal LIS
Ignorance about the technical duties o cizenslp an
OH black fellow came stood near one OF the poil.:
and prOfcred his vote asking Are yon do boss
The question Il, does the lack OF such technical kIOwl
edge unit m useful AID honest citizenslpf There
have been periods In the history Of our country when
loyal heart honest inc0Tupble mature. were worth
than thOusUnd Of he most chOcely cultivated
intcIccts the national roll OF the rich, the powerful
and tho gifted.