Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-22

lCOnIeuerlt N hOduS, WHICH, - III tuS
State NV kentucky. The place which
knowed me wunst will know me nc
more forever-the paper which Dee
kin Pogram takes will be handed out
by nigger--a niger will hev the
rifiin NV letters addressed to parties
residin hereabouts, containing remit
tances--a niger will hev the riflin
of letters addrest to lottry managers,
and extractin the sweets therefrom-
a niger will be-but / can't dwell
upon the disgustin theme no longer.
/ he'd bin in Washington two
weeks, assjstin the Caucashens Nv
that city to put their foot on the
heads of the cussid niggers who amt
content to accept the situashen and
remain, as they alluz hev bin, infe-
rior beins. To say ! had succeeded
is week expreshen. l organized a
raid onto EN- so effectooally ez to
drive no less than thirty NV EN- out
of employment, twenty-seven NV
witch ,wuz compelled to steel their
bread, which give US splendid OPP
| portunity TO show up the material
cussedncss NV The African race, witch
we improved.
On my arrival at the Corners,
! knew to wunst that suthin wuz
wrong. j he'd rid over from Seces-
sionviIle on Bascom's mule witch he
sent over for me, and ez rid up to
his door, l knowd suthin he'd hap
pened. The bottles behind the bar
.were draped in black; the barrels
were festooned gloomily (which is
our yoosual method NV expressin
grief at public calamities,l and the
premises generally wore funeral
aspect.
"What is it?" gasped i.
Bascom returned not word, but
waved his hand toward the Post
Offs.
Rushin thithcr, ! busted open the
door, and reeled almost agin the wall.
At the general delire,y wuz The grin
min fdce Of q niger! and settin in my
chair wuz Joe Bigler, with Pollock
beside him, SIN okin pipes and laffir
over suthin in noosepaper.
Bigler caught sight NV me, and
dartin out, pulled me inside them
hitherto sacred precinks.
"Permit me-" said he, jeeringly
"to introduce 700 to yoor successor
Mr.. Ccezer Lubby."
"Ily successorW What does thi,
mean?
"ShOw him, CeeZer."
And the niger, every tooth in his
head shinin, handed me commits
sion dooIy made out and signed.
saw IL all at a glance. In imitashen
NV our Secretary Borie l he'd left my
bizniss in the hands Nv depetty
which is now the favrit method uN
dOin public biznis. 1T arrived thu
day after I left, and Isaker Gavit
who distributed the mail, gave 1t t.
the cuss. Pollock made out the bond.
and went onto EN- himself, and il
ten days the commishn come all reg
Ter, whereupOn Bigler backed the mig
ger and took forcible possession Nv th'
Office. While / was absent they het
he'd a procession in honor Nv the joy
full event, sed percesh consistin w
Pollock, Bigler and the new Post
master, who marched through thu
streets with the stars and stripes
banners and SIGH. Biglcr remark
that the percession wuzn't large, bn
it wuz talented, eminently respect
able and EXTREMITY versateel. Ill
(Bigler) carried the flag and playe,
the fife; Pollock carried n banner wit
: a inscription onto it, "Sound the lou
timbrel DER Egypt's dark sea-" an
! played the bass drum; while tn
: niger bore aloft a banner inscribed
"Where Afric's sunny fountains rol
down the golden sands" with hi
commission pinned onto it, playin i
. addishen pair NV ancient cymbals
{ Bigler remarkt further that the PEI
/ ceshun created positive sensashu
ut the Corners, witch l shood think
!; wood. cit wuzn't," sed this tol
mentin cuss, livery much like tn
grand perceshun which took plac
when you received your commishcr
/. Then the whites NV the Corners WI
! elated, for they spectid to git wha
J 700 owed EN- in doc time, and tn
, niggers wuz correspondingly depresl
They skunk into the by ways an
side ways; thay didn't hold up the
| heds, and they dustid out as fast a
they &C uld git. At this perceshu
. ther wuz a change. The Niger
| lined the streets eZ we past, grimm
, exultingly, and the whites wuz col
! respondinly deprest. Itssingler tha
ut the Corners the two races can
boath feel good at the same time"
Ny arrival havin become known
, by the time l got back to Bascom.
: all my trends he'd gathered there
: and ther wuzn't dry eye anon