Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-09

SONS OF ERIN IN HONOR or ST. PATRICK
-HE READS AN ACCOUNT OF THE FEsT1v-
rTrEs IN THE EVENING, AND DREAMS
THEREUPoN.
Posr OFF1s, CoNFEDRrr X ROADS,
CWich lie in the State nv Kentucky
March 90, 1859.
HAPPENED TO be in Albany, wich is in
the State nv Moo York, on st. Patrick's
Day, and wuz gratifed and pleased OBJ
server nv the percession in honor NV the
patron saint Of the Green Isle. 1t wuz a
gorgeous site, and one which warmed my
heart Their wuz men in cockt hats on
horseback, with green sashes onto EN- Z;
Their wuz officers nv the various societies
in carriages with green sashes onto EN- I;
ther wuz the sturdy sons NV Erin on foot
with sashes onto EN-, all wallSin or ridin,
serene in the knowledge Nv the fact that
no matter wat cussed masheens mite be
invented for diggen on railroads or carryin
brick and mortar to the tops nv buildins,
none nv them sed masheens Good ever
vote, Then the enthoosiasm Nv the Dim.
ocratic ofils-holders NV Albany exceeded
anything ever witnest. The Dimocratic
members NV the Legislacher, and the
State and county offlshis wuz all in con-
spikuous poaishens, the high ones bowin
urbanely, and the low ones cheerin vocif-
erously. I wuz at winder Nv the Della
van House-at wich, ez hedn't no bag
gage, he'd taken the precaution to pay in
advance for fear mite, absent-mindedly,
leave without payin my board, wich did
at the suggestion nv the gentlemanly and
urbane clerk-whelN ] wuz roodly pusht
aside by an impetuGps gentleman. No
ticin that he wuz small man seized him
and demanded wat in blazes he meant by
pushin me. My dear sirl" sed he in
agony, "please give me yoor place--do
give me yoor place ! 1 am q candidate
for Alderman next springp Pityin him,
yielded, and in mint he wuz wavin
green flag from the winder and shoutin
"Rahi" with all the venom that wuz in
him. Ez lookt at him and the other ex-
pectants, l Good not help thinkin wat a
happiness it must be to be an Irishman in
Amerilxy.
The next mornin opened the paper
and read the account Nv the banquet the
previous evenin. My respeck for the
Celtic race increased largely ez read. 1
learned from the speeches made at that
banquet by invited Democratic guests
who wuz present, and the letters from dis
tiDgulsht Democrats who he'd bin invitid
but who wuz not present, that the irish
not only diskivered Ameriky, but that
they won the independence nv the Colo
nies, beat the British in 1912, carried on
the Mexikin war, and finally, alone and
unaided, put down the late oDpleasantnis.
One speeker, who expects to be Mayor NV
Albany, eXprest it ez his beleef that the
magnetic needle, gunpowder and the
telegrah wuz the invenshun NV lrishmen.
The letters written by the leadin Demo-
Gratis NV the State, to be read a: the ban
quet, fetched me. Governor Hoffman
paid fittin triboot to st. Patrick, and re-
markt that IL was the first time for years
that he he'd omitted to take some part in
the celebrashen Nv St. Patrick's Day, and
that the thought cut him to the quick.
Champlain, the Attorney General NV Moo
York, remarkt that ez Irishmen he'd borne
so honorable part in every thing that
hez tended to increase the moral, intellec-
tooal and physikle strength nv the coun-
try, his sympathy twines closter and
.closter around EN-, and that he consekent-
ly shuddered at the prospeck Nv any OBJ
strucshen bein placed in the way NV their
bein made citizins ez fast ez possible.
The other letters from distinguish Moo
Workers wuz mostly Nv the same tenor.
Ez wuz readin this, and thinkin to
myself how the leadin Dimocrats Nv Moo
a
shun ahead, l fell asleep, and IN that sleep
/ he'd most curious vision.
Methawt wus set ahead twenty years.
The fifteenth Amendment he'd bin passed
and the niggers wuz all voters | wuz
sittin at a winder in the Delevan House
when the sound Nv brass mossic broke the
fearful stillnis that yoosally pervades the
streets Nv that city. A percession hove in
site, and to my horror they wuz niggers.
There wuz niggers in cockt hats on horse
back, niggers in carriages with banners,
and niggers on foot.
p" Wat is this ?" askt l in indignashen,
"Why, it's celebration of the birthday
NV st Gumbo, the patron saint NV AfrikyY"
remarkt Dimocratic Alderman, who
stood beside me. "Hurrah! Hurrah !"
shreeked he pushin me aside and bendin
his head out Nv the winder SO ez to be
seen, wavin Vociferously black flag, wich
learned he'd bin adopted ez the nashnel
color nv the Afrikins in Ameriky. The
enthusiastic Alderman wuz rewarded for
his eggsertions with grashus smile from
a peekoolerly disgustin black niger with
a sash onto him, who wuz seeted in ba-
roosh.
Rah Rahl" shouted the Dimocracy
from all the winders ez the percession filed
by. Ez they wound their way up to the
capitol, notist the entire buildin wuz deco
rated with black flags, in honor Nv the day,
and to my disgust, wuz informed that the
State officers wuz all Dimocrats.
In my dream picked up the Democrat
ic papers the next morning, and read there
in an account of the banquet that took
place that evening. notist some famil-
yer names appended to ruther familyer-
looking letters.
Hoffman, who he'd got to be Senator,
addrest the Chairman Nv the Committee
on Invitashens ez "CEEzER SQUASH, ESQ,
My deer sir" and remarkt that it wuz the
first time for yeers that he'd not taken some
part in the celebrashen Nv "St. Gumbo's
Day" bat biznis preYentid He regretted
deeply that he could not be present and
jine in the festivities. "ConVey to the
noble sons nv Afriky present. he went
on to say, my sense NV the honor con-
ferred upon me, and my eshoorance that
so long ez my heart beats, it shell beat in
yoonison with theirn. l recognize the
valyoo Nv the Afrikin populashen to our
common country, and yield to no one in
admirashen Nv their noble qualities.
6 am, sir, your most obedient servant"
Smotherin my disgust at this perform
ance, l read on.
Champlain, who wuz by this time Gov
ernor Nv Moo York, hevin received all the
nigger votes, and wuz candidate for re.
eleckshen, remarkt in his letter that oflshl
biznis prevented him from attendin. at
is most material" he Temarkt, "for Ameri.
kins TO yoOnite with Afrikins everywhere,
and he felt it the more ez he thought NV
the honorable part the Afrikins he'd borne
in all that hez tendid to increase the
moral, intellectual and physikle strength
Nv our grown country.
The other letters and toasts were ez
much like these ez two peas. They all
expressed the highest deVoshen for the
Afrikin race, and the most ardent admira-
shen Tor the Afrikin character. One en-
thoosiastic Democrat who Wuza candidate
for Prison Inspector or suthin, going %
lar ez to remark that he he'd rite to be
present, as he wuz proud to say his grand
mother, ON his fathers side, he'd Afrikin |