The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-02-18

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A HORRIBLE vIsIoN-rnE LAST SIoGKh
Posr OrrIs, CoSrEDRr X ROADS, }
(Wich is IN the State NV
Kentucky, Dec. 9, 1867.

(Wich is IN the State NV
Kentucky, Dec. 9, 1867. )
Last mite, for amooznen', piked up a
vollum nv poems riten by wun Camel,
and happened to read peace called the
"Last Man. 1t is n rayther heavy peace
Nv writin. Eis descriptive power. arc
iayther better than mine, tho, perhaps,
cf my too partial friends ain't too partial,
he IL n long way behint me in the matter
NV pathetics, and in them fine tutcles
wich show the man NV sole and scnslbil-
ity.
BE that ez it may, the poem maid an
impreshun on me, (wich is proof there is
suhin in it,) and it was onto my mind
as retired 10 my virtuous couch.
Skarcely he'd sunk into slumber, when
my viggerus intelleck, which even the
bonds Nv slumber cant Chane. wandered
away into the misty realms nv speckala-
shen | he'd the most horrible dream
that ever afflicted slecpin man, wich
the bare rccolleckshuu nv, causes vol
untary shudder TO thrill my susceptible
phrame.
MethouGht n epidemic started in AZ
rikn, and cum by regular steps through
Europe, and finally reached NCo York.
For t.ne it ragged alike among all clas-
ses Nv people, and among all colers and
complCxions. The proud and naughty
Caucasian, the bold and patriotic Celt
the nobul red man Nv the forest, (wich is
pzcn) all, all, wuz swept away by the
relentless pesti 'ence.
Finally it abatrd. The white man
and the red man begun to escape the
tangs Nv deth but among the niggers it
ragged wuss than ever. Thro the South
it swept like tornado, sparin the whites,
but cultin down every niger in its path.
/ There wuz weepin anil waiin The
havty planter saw the brite octaroon, for
whom he paid $1,000 afore the war, and
who he'd, IN the good old times, solaced
his hours of relaxation with her peerlis
charms--who he'd borne him bootiful
almost perfectly white, wich, on akount
Nv hcvin his blovd in their vanes, he he'd
been abul to sell for $1,000 and $4,000 to
other planters, whose tastes run in that
lreckshun-he saw her, the ohjeck uv
his atfeckshun, and in the good times to
come that wich he hoped wni wnnst
more become part nv his estate, lying
a inanymate corpse-not worth cent
for any purpose.
Likewise he saw them who he'd been
| his robust fceld hands, each wun with
| sinews nv steel and muscles of lron-thc
males hearty and sound, without heriish;
the females capable of raising picanniny
wich, in the old times, wuz worth 5000
ez soon ez weaned, wunst a year, and by
little extra whipping do years work
in the feeld every u months, stretched
cold corpses in the feeld Thus wuz dis
ease ouirajin all the finer feelings nv
hoomanity, and de.troyin relcn,le.s.y all
that r.rde life pleasant and lovely.
Finally, niger after niger fell, until
hut two remained in the Yoonited States
They wuz male and female NV such
perfektly helthy ,ystems, that it seemed
impossible for disease to tech them -
When this epidemic was known to hev
settled down to niggers alone, the DEM
okrasy held a consultation, and fearin the
race wood become extinct, he'd selected
these, he'd carefully seklooded en- from
the wurld, and he'd employed twenty four
of the most Garment med.kle men of the
world, to be with en- constartly--each
stayin an hour-tlat, in case they showed
emmy symptoms. the proper remedies mite
lie wunst applde afore the disease go'
hold. From these two, eff the rest wnz
DESTROYED. 1t wue hoped new stock Good
be raised. that the dangers of negro equal
ity mite still he kept afore The American
peovle.
Bnt all to no pu:pus The unsparin
pestilence 'n,ote EN-, and, notwithstanding
tn" effJrts made by the eminent physi,
cians-notwithstandine the prayers and
groans NV the Democrasy-they died.
Methawt the heavens wuz hung in
black. and omnius liienins shot aihwart
the skies. In the distance, low mutrin
thundcrs wuz heard, and the beas's NV
the forests ran affrghted frcm their COW
ers Dray HOSES dropped ded in the
streets; dorGs run wildly, with their
tu ,g- hanging out, and the white foam
n droppin from their distendld jaws -
Ever and anon, pale, sickly CLEANS Nv
lite flashed across the dark, leaden colered
clouds, given nacher the appearance nv
labrin under severe attack of yallcr
janders.
The last niger wW ded
Presently the leaders Of the Dimocrasy
begun to assemble.
Fernandywool cum.
"Alars :" se1 he, sobbin cz tho hi4 |
heart wood brake, and kissin the cold
corps-"Farewel, my hopes-a long and
List farewell, Thou wnst our corner
stun; on the built. Thou wust our cap.
pilie, 'ur cherfest trust. We us,d yoo |
we aboozHd VOC nd in alnozin YOU
found on" profit. Yoo WIZ ordained to
be the cuss Nv Amerika-we wuz ordained |
to be al!us fearful NV yoor bein onr 500
periors-io us wuz entrusted the deliteful |
task NV keeping yoo down and Us over
yoo. Our task is ended with thee. Kin
we emmy more rally our people to the
poles. by yawpin the dangers nv nigger
equality, when there amt no niger .
This now, is white mans government
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