Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-03-06
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lhc last NestIgc nv COnstitOOshnel libor-
ty is swept away, lcaNin us nothin but
the name thereof wich is hOlIcr mOckery.
III the SENT goes on aud cOncurs with
the House wich it will do--amd tho rex
isit number Nv States ratity the ackshen
of them 10 accussid bOdics-wich thev
will do-why then, all is over. Nigr,rs
will vote in Kentucky the same ~ white
men, and the star NV liberty is set iJr-
ever! They may 60 so far, ez they ".
be III the majority, ez to disiranchise thc
brave men who served in the COnfedrit
army.
Ez might hev hin expected, the intolli.
geiicc affected the Corners profuundl,
We wuz all settin in Basconl's N bsppv
ez we Good be. y new barrel he'd bin ial;-
ped. Dc0kin Pogram he'd money. and
WIZ not altogether nnprovidrd, cz q let
ter he'd been dropped INTO the Post Otis
that IhorIin wiclI contained n remittance
NV six dollars to a lottery concern in Moo
York. Ez ] believe lotteries to br swim
dies and demoralizin in their nacher. |
opened the mlssive aud coniiMatcd the
contents. | will never be the means nv
lcadin Young men to rOcin thru the arcn-
cy NV lotteries.
II wuz Il pleasant scene. The fire wuz
a burniu brightly wch rcfrctin on our
respective noses, gave the room "a more
than usual lrtcnls; Bascom WIZ behind
the bar his elbows ieauiu onto il, waitii
tor the orders hich he knew would he
made Capt. Mcl'elier wuz smokin his
pipe peac,tly, = watchn the clouds that
arlz, tarmn sort Nv halo about his
head while Dcekin Pngram and myself
wuz just in the act NV taklm suthin h,l
! wicll he'd bin fixed for us. At this mo-
mtnt prnnbackrr's boy rode up on Ba~-
CONS mule and hove paper 1T me wich
contained the fatal Intelligence. | read
it alord. Their wuz no more innocent
lnrh that nirr Deckin Pugram relaxed
his holt onto the glass and it fell to the
floor, the precious fiooid waStin itself
llIro the cracks, and the old Saint fell
from his chair in n swonn | he'd more
presrIIct nv nind-l drank mine with
one convulsive gulp and then dropped
the empty glass. The effect, as far ~
manitcstin greet wuz concerned wuz the
same az tho he'd dropped it, Iikker and
all, aud 1t WIZ better for me. The glass
wuz Basc"in ST he scnSashun in my bow
els per,luost by the likker wuz minc.-
] TINT even cOnstooshnnl amendment can't
take away from me.
1t didn't take long to fggcr how this
outrage, it il is consulnatld will effect
tho corners. Their is in this pcecctul
township siXty-l hrce loyal voters, NV wich
number tlIrty-nine vindira;cd their mal,-
hood in the Conir'lrit srrvis, the others
bcin too old, ceptin Pollock, wirh is from
lllinoy, and NV Abllshn proclivitics.-
Garrettstown is in this township, and
coun,in HIM in ther is two hundred and
f"uty-four adult male niggerS, and thcr
wood htv bin hundred more he'd MIR
nigrs all hin born bullet and rope proof |
80 long cz Ihrsc niggers WIZ in thrr nor.
mai c"n,iishen nv scrsitood they wuz in
diSpenSibl,-srnce they wuz Urooelly
wresicd fICm us we hev mlde them al |
most cz yoosctnl to us by hevin the law
into our own hands. They hey cS Il rool
accumulated s,ithin, for they labor. We
NV coorse he'd held all the tficcs. Issa-
ker Ghritt is Assessor, and Dcckin Po-
gram Treasurer, and the niegrrs hev bin
made to pay all the taxes that hev bin
paid. They coodent help their selves,
lor the law hez terrors when wieldid by
strong and willin hands, and the hands |
NV our ctfishes are both strong and willin
But for these niggers the township gov
crnnent wood be II mere nolhin. lssa-
ker didn't dare to assess Bascom for fear
he'd stop supplies onto him, nor wood
l'astom nev amy NV the white citizens
taxed, for watsver they shood pay in
taxes went either into the County or
State Treasury wuz so much lost to him. |
lie wuz anxious 10 hev the niggers sweat,
tor nv the money COLLECTED NV them he
got large per cent, either lhro the Col |
lector or Treasurer, wich WIZ cellar gain,
ez they don't patronize him anyhow.
In various other ways. we he'd em.-
l'ennibackcr is Justis NV the Peece and
hez bin for years, and he held the scales
firmly. The nigger would occasionally |
labor in plantin time or in harvest tor
the white citizens who owned land, and |
filled with the idea that they wuz free
citizens, they wood in the most insoent |
manner demand pay for their scrv ICES
Wv coorse they wood be reiooscd, where
Upon they wood bring SCOT before PEN
nibqcker. The result of their vencher it |
is unnecessary for me to state.
"What 'bizncss hoz nigger in this yer
court ~ wood She indignant embodiment
nv the majesty NV the law thunder forth
with face ez black ez cloud. And |
dismissin the SCOT he wood promptly |
ishoo an aXecooshen agin them for costs. |
Ten or twenty niggcrs who sood white |
men wuz sold out bob and sinker by the |
court, tor the costs in sich scots, and |
when the costs didn't take all they he'd,
the Justice wood fine them for contempt |
nv court for comm before him at all.-
The niggers after few experiments de-
clinod 10 seek justis at that fountain
NV the article. 3Hf t
Then agin in cases of assault and bats
terry and in inqussts ON the ded bedies NV
niggers it WIZ necessary to hev Penni-
hacker Justis. Nisgers wich wuz found
ded hangin to trees, and with bullet holes
into EN- WIZ reglcrly found guilty NV dy-
in by visitation of Providence, Es they
hedn't votes, NV coorse none NV the otiis
shells Wuz afraid nv EN- Wunst who he'd |