Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-07-15
CoSFEDRIT Y ROADS,

CoSTEDRIT y ROADS,
wich is in the State nv Kentucky
june q, 1869.
The agitashen NV the question OF mig
gers labrin with white men in Washing
ton, witch reached the Corners four weekr
ago, perdoost, ez might hev bin expected,
a most profound feelin. Oar white arti-
sans assembled to wunst and passed reso-
loashens in sympathy with their brethren
in Washington, and urgin NV en- 10 hold
out to the bitter end rather than comper-
mise their dignity by lowerin themselves
10 the level Of the greasy Afrikin. The
meetin wuzn't large one, for we hev but
five mechanics NV hawty Caucashen race
at the Corners, but IL was enthusiastic.
Three nv the five he'd bin at Bascom's for
four days, havin bin jist paid off by "A
new conner for house they he'd repaired
Tor him, aud they wuz in a frame ny mind
tor most enything that wuz egg-itin.
/ directed the attention OF these men
10 the fact that "A Niger plisterer wGz
even at the time employed IN Ila-terin a
house on the State road, between The Cor
ncr- and GArrettstown, aud ! a-kt them If
they wuz canignt 10 lay still and see an
inferior race take the bread ont If their
mouths in that way ! empiDred en- ~
a lbrin man - preserve the dignity uy
labor. Shel niggtr- invade yopr okepa-
shuns
They wuln't none w en- plastcrer-, but
they replied Never. Never " and de-
manded with the utmost prompiit5pd -
be- showed the wretch, that they mite 70
for him. But restrained en- I'll had
lorghnizcd en- into a free lahOr unS Sun,
wich pcrhibited anybody from wnrlin ~
anything wicb didn't Jtnc ~, and wich
perbIbited niggers from jinin II. This
preliminary work accomplished, ] rcmarkt
Follow me !" They did it with alaority.
On reachin the house we halted. and
there our eyes rested onto "a -ite wioh
blarsted EN-. There wuz Niger. y full
blooded nigger, with cap onto him, and
overalls, pla-terinaw whistlin and sing
ia (-omctInes one, sometimes another, and
then agin both 10 wunst) methodist him-.
And ever and anon the unthinkln man of
inferiority weuld stop and cxecoof a
breakdown, and laft 10 his-elf, 40 that he
Good be heard mile The disgu-tin
wretch displayed mis- groyelin nacher by
drinkin water out Of u bucket wich be
he'd handy by him.
We made short work NV it, We in
formed him that the labirers NV the Cor
ners he'd organized a younun, and that no
one Good be permitted TO work within its
boundries ceptin members thereof.
"Berry well,' remarkt the Afrikin cuss,
calmly putin on a dab NV mortar and
smoothin it, "berry we'll I'll jine the
younun."
"Bu, you kant. No Niger kin be ad-
mitted."
"Den speck shell bev to go on and
work widout bein member. DE ole wo-
man and de babies must hab dar bread
you know"
Sich insolence Good not Nv course be
tolerated. We he'd stated the ease to him
calmly and dispassionatsly. We he'd in
formed him NV the laws we he'd made and
this wretch deliberately defied Va by in
sistin that he shood go on with his work
There wuz but one course 10 take and we
took it. We snaked tho platform out
from under him, we tore up his mortar
bed, we broke his trowel and other tools
and notified him onishelly that any at
tempt at resoomin work wood result In
lynchin nv him.
That day wa found that the nigger he'd
in trooth quit plssterin, bat he found en-
ployment ~ . striker in blacksmith
shop. Nv courss sich an outrage ON the
pure Caucashsn employed in thet shop,
wioh his name was O'Toole, Good not be
permitted, and es O'Tools refoossd TO