The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-05-01
NASBY.
Posi- OFFS, CoNFEDERIT X ROADS, !
(Which is in the Staff of Kentucky,)
April 8, 1860.

| 1S1led by tins time that the ultimate lnten-
shen NV the Ablishnists is to SURROGATE
EN- and redoose EN- to the level NV the mig
ger, the voice Nv one risin from the dead
woodn't avail nothin. Yesterday the last
outrage witch chivalrous people hez been
compelled to bear was perpetrated onto a
citizen of the Corners. A Niger is noao an
| ofiis holder at the Corners! / shell state the
case calmly:
| The posishen nv assessor Nv internal rev.
enoo for the deestrick Nv witch the Corners
is the centre hez been held since A. johnson
hez bin President by Capt Hugh McPelter,
late of Morgan's cavalry, G. S. A. That
he hez filled the posishen to the satisfaction
NV the citizens Nv the Corners no one de-
MES. He is distiller; in fact he and Ell
| der Pennibacker run the two distilleries in
the town, and they hev did a thrivin biz
mes. McPelter wuz assessor and Penni-
hacker collector, and ez a conscience none
| Nv the capital NV the Corners hes bin sub
stracted and carried to Washington to feed
the Ablishen thieves there. Ez no tax hez
ever bin paid on the whisky of this place,
Bascum hez bin enabled to continyoo to
sell it at five cents per drink while every
where else the regler price is ten and fif-
teen. There wuz other advantages in hav-
in the assessorship and relationship in their
hands. By simply hintin to EN- that it was
my duty ez o Federal offiis-holder to inves-
| tigats their modes Nv doin the Government
biznes, l have not only bin the happy re-
cipient Nv scores NV two gallon jugs, but
hev bin enabled at divers and sundry times,
to prokoor loans Nv EN- NV various amounts,
the loves bein $1.75, and the highest reach
in $50.
This happy condishen Nv affairs is bustid.
Gabriel Babcock. nigger-that is a half
niger, formerly the property of Deekin
Pogram, and who looks enuff like the
| Deekins oldest son Jehiel to be his half
brother, was last week appointed and con-
irmed assessor in the place of Capt McPel-
ter, and imjitly he entered onto the discharge
| Nv his dootics. There are many feechers
pekoolyerly aggravatin in the appointment
| To begin with, this Babcock wuz notori-
ously obnoxyus to the Corners dooring the
late oupleasantnis At the beginin thereof
he run away from Dcekin Pogram and en-
tered the Federal servis. He was pertiker-
ly activ and cussid. His knowledge NV the
country made him yooseful to the Fedral
officers ez guide and scout, and at least one
Fedral victry is chargeable direct to the
information he brot. Then his wife wuz
knowd to hev hid five Fedral soljers who
he'd escaped from Andersonville.F When
he finally fell into the hands of Captain
McPelter at Fort Pillow kin it be wondered
at that he wuz left for dead? or kin it be
wondered at that the people NV the Corners
wuz surprised when he appeared among EN-
at the close of the war with one leg off and
one arm stiff? Not much. Capt. McPel-
ter wuzn't in the habit NV half doin his
work, and the appearance Nv this niger
who had passed through his hands ruther
astonished the Captin. Doorin his absence
he had learned to read and rite, and he wuz
made a teecher in the Freedmen's skool
witch wuz establish in this place, and now
he is assessor, with Pollock on his bond.
Ez a matter Nv course we despair Nv the
republic. Wat freedom kin there be for us
with niger in official posishen, to tyran-
nize over us? Wat man of culcher, Nv ed
ucashen, Nv refinement, kin afford to live
in a community where disgustin mulatto
| is made not only our ekal but our superior?
Deekin Pogram said this Indignantly to Joe
| Bigler, who immejitly askt the Deekin
whether or not he didn't count Babcock's
mother his ekal, thirty years ago? WITCH
question, witch wuz askt in the presence NV
| the Deekin's wife, who hez a temper, wuz
| the occasion Nv severe remarks between the
worthy pair. Joe Bigler delites in openin
old sores. The first act Nv this Babcock in
his offishal capassity wuz the shuttin up NV
| McPe1ter's and Pennibacker's distileries,
and Bascom's bar, on the skore that none
Nv EN- had never taken out licenses, or ever
paid any tax Their wuz the most terrific
ebulishn Nv feelin at this act Nv tyranny
that it hez ever bin mi lot to witness.
"Kill the nigger.'
"Hang the black cuss -
Clown with the Afrikin Despot p
Shouted the Infatuated citizens. With
refinement NV crooelty witch Good only be
the offspring Nv most depraved and
vishus mind, he shut up these places at
seven o'clock in the mornin, before ono of
the citizens he'd he'd his morning bitters -
He'd he postponed it an hour we might hev
fought it out, for some one else wood hev
prokoored a supply before noon, and things
wood hev gone on normal. But here wuz
the entire populashen Nv the Corners at
seven A. NJ, with threats like lime-kilns
and nary drop to be had for luv or money.
The skeem wuz well considered and sue
cessful. The citizens Good hold out but
fifteen minutes and they surrendered
They gave bonds to witch they all appended
| their marks to indemnify the Government
for back taxes and compelled Bascom to
take out license. This done, the Niger,
who WIZ backt up by Bigler and Pollock,
opened his doors, and the multitood surged
in and wuz satisfied. To think NV niger
holden the destinies Nv the corners in his
hands! Ez matter of course Elder Pen
nibacker will follow next; indeed, he wants
to resign now, for, seq he, with assessor
ship in hostile hands, NV what avail is it to
be collector? And then, how long will my
head stay on my shoulders? Is it a niger
to take my place? Already Bascom hez
raised his price to ten cts. per drink, and
notified me that likker from this time out
is cash, and already hez Pennibacker and
McPelter refoozed to lend me cent My
kingdom is crumblin. The elecshen NV
Grant wuz the wedge witch is irwin me
from stem to stern. l shell be compelled to
go hentz broken man. Good Hevings,
why coodn't hev died while johnson wuz
still President!
The blindness Nv this present Admins
trashen is trooly astonishen. Things wuz
settling rapidly at the Corners. McPelter
wuz becoming pacified, and Deekin Penni-
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