Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-21
Nasty I'm Mississippi.

dent to leave Pennsylvania: and his
last comes from Nixburg:
l am. CT, the date Of this epis.le
shows, In Mississippi, where | shell
contribbit my mite to the elecshen
nv Judge Dent TO the chief magistra-
CIV Nv this glorious state. wuz pre-
sent last mite at the first meetin NV
the canirane, where all the candi-
dates Nv the conservative Ioonun
party, ez the Democracy call their
selves in this seckshen, addressed the
masses. The awjence wuz NV all
coiors. O. az saw them niggers
s.andin there all together, how !
Joneed 10 hev elm all i'm Kentucky.
Ohio or Injiany, where they can't
vote. and where it's safe to bust EN-!
But they warnt in Kentucky, Ohio
or Injiany; they were in Mississippi,
and they hey votes, and consistently
/ wuz compelled to stand by and
rreel .uI vn tho they waz mon
Eaugh.
Judge Dent made most tellin
speech 10 EN-. After rcniarkin that
he wuz brether-in-law NV President
GraDt lat witch the niggers cheered,
and the judge thankt EN- with eZ
much grace ez poor johnson yoost to
under similar circumstances, he went
on to ask why his colored friends
coodent hev confidence into him.
He Good put his hand onto hiz heart
ard swear he loved EN-. lie Wuznt
n colored man hisself, but he he'd
lived amongst en- all biz life, and /
had bin nussed at the breast NV q
coIored woman. Love EN-! lie did /
love EN-. There wuz suthin noble /
about ern-suthin Of that nacher witch /
gave him confidence in humanity. /
The judge devotid the balance nv the
time he he'd to the most scorchin,
witherin, bIastin rebook ny carpit-
baggers and carpit-baggery j ever
heed. When be spoke with con-
tempt NV northern men witch come
south for the purpo-euy bein noGiin-
ated for Offices, and Nv maxim speech
6 IN their own behalf, his blood |
curdled with indignashen.
liz he concluded hoIierai "Ror."
The candidate for treasurer fol- |
Tered. Ii he'd bin reported " him !
that be wuz at antagonisn with the |
colored people Nv the South. Wat |
faIsehoosI. Troo he hedn't coIored |
blood i'm lliz veins, but
''Three sons Nv yoors bev!" yelled
disgustin carpit-bagger, WITCH much
Disconnected him ez the crowd wv
niggers all yelled "Ror."
The candidate for auditor NV state
fsee aid The he b hl aEdh t'aaf 6e e'9 Eaa
destined to work out its final saliva
ton. lie wnz worthy NV their con-
fdence, for he waz proud to say he
he'd colored blood in his veins, and
alluz had. lie Good take the Ethio-
pin ov Afrikin decent to hiz buzzum
and say "brother!"
The other candidates were ekally
emphatic ez To their affection for the
Ethiopian. One asserted that his
brother was a mullatter, and the
ether reinainin vowed that shoOd
they be left disconsoiit widowers 400
times each, they wood every time
marry coIered ladies.
The chairman interdoost the candi-
date for sekretary NV state. Good
Heavens. ne was nigger--a full
hoeded otlorous niger! thick
Tipped, wooliy-headed, bow-legged
Niger! The Niger shook hands
with all the other candidates and
made few remarks, after which ]
wuz intcrtloost to the awjencc. Ez
all NV EN- had expressed their nndyin
love for the niger, felt that ! must.
Ny week.-Mrs. Is dramatic effect. Pm
material organiser NV taboo. Seizin
that Niger by tho hand | led him to
the front Of the stage, and fallin onto
hiz neck, had tho candidates wave
two conservative yunyun flags over
us, witch by accident happened to be
confedrit flags. Judge Dent n point
in ut us with one hand exclaimed:
Democracy and Etheopy are hand
tO1land, and hart to hart, "Ror!"
II was tough for me, bat ] endoored
IT, and the strikin pictcr wuz checred
voeiferously by the black cusses be.
fore ua.
Tho meetin ended with three
harfy cheers for the candidates, witch
wuz jincd in principally by the can
didates and me.
Judge Dent shood hcv given me
go and scntmc north ilnncjitly, but
lac didn't. lie give me 80 to trcet
niggcrs with. Good I waste whisky
on niggers even TO confirm the i'm
preston left on their minds at the
meeun? Never! So that evenin me
and four other ardent DimOcrats
from the north took twenty or thirty
drinks too many after we he'd reched
wat ought to hev ben our limit, and