Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-14

Posr orEIs, ooNrEDnrT ROADS,
witch is in the State Nv Kentucky,1
May 1, 1869.
THE Dimocrisy NV the country are not
in that happy condishen jest at this time
that Good wish. The satrap at the head
Nv the Government, and his subordinit
satrapslat the head Nv the Departments,
heVS not left ez many openins ez they
ought, for our good, and the reduckshen
NV the expenditoors Nv the Government
30 persistently follered up is death to us.
We want groanin, but it must not be NV
disrnist clerks and army of1sers. He'd the
Government put garrison into every
town ez we profeside it wood, and Good
we hev he'd this summer, in addition, the
potater rot, weevil, frost, locusts, floods,
drouth, yeller fever and cholory, we mite
hey stood some chance NV carryin the fall
eleckshuns, for the people wood hev MUIR
mered. :, But .ez long ez everything is
smooth they laff at us when we insist
upon change and say, jeerinly, $50 up
bald headp
And in addishen to these calanaties we
hev bin, or are just about bein, deprived
Nv the niger witch hez bin our cheat and
best holt. O,wat a backslidin there hez
bin In this matter, o, wat a levelin there
bez bin Nv the walls NV the Dimocratic
Zioni 0, wat goin back there hez bin
on Dimocratic cardinal principles!
Feelin an oneasinis in my mind ez to the
condishen NV otbe public mind in the
Northern States on the adopshen nv the
Fifteenth amendment determined to try
a most hazardous experiment. ] he'd no
fears NV Kentucky, none. Kentucky will
git ready to adopt an idea ninety years
after date, but felt that / wantid to be
satisfied ezto the soundnis NV the Ohio
and Inteany Dimocrisy on this question.
10 this end | determined to resort to
strategy. I wanted to know percisely the
feelins entertained In those States regardin
thaAfriken. WANTED to see with my
own eyes the skornful look witch wuz for
merly slung at Afric's sons; wanted to
here agin from Democratic lips that cheer
in expression, Oh the niger, anyhow
To accomplish this, | determined to per-
senate a niger, and in that guise to go
boldly into Ingeary, announce myself ez
an9Afrikin niger, determin ed to assert his
rites, and note the result. In expected, Nv
course to be booted and reviled. / expect
Id to be stoned and shot at, but | wood
thereby kill two birds with one stun, viz
woad disgust the Ingeanions with niger
ekality, ez they wood see to wat it wuz
leadin,, and Good exhibit my scars to
Kentucky en- proof nv the stedfastnis NV
their northern friends. - ~
WatI determine upon I do. In my
younger days the feat involvin the posses
sion of a horse, witch resulted in my bein
tried for grand. larceny, and convicted
thereof by twelve prejoodist joorymen,
and my incarcerashen from witch I wuZ
only relieved becoz my vote wuz needid to
carry Pennsylvany for Bookannon, this
masterpiece wuz conceived and execooted
ia less than four hours. Unforchnitly, the
courts wuz nearly ez ezpedishus, for four
days thereafter | found myself in q
Basteel. ~--- J..
l-entered, Ingeany eZ white man;
registered my name at a hotel ez white
man, but left it aDigger, witch transforms
shen wuz accomplished by means Nv burnt
cork, In my room; witch transformashen
wuz Nv double, yoose, ez it enabled me to
leave my hotel without hkidatin my &C.
count, witch otherwise wood hev bin i'm.
possible. The county in WITCH | landid
Wuz close one, the two parties bein
nearly tied, neither hevin fifty votes to
spare, and there bein over hundred Mig
gers in the county, the Affikin will, eff he
votes this fall, hold the balance Nv power.
With my face and hands blackt to the
color Nv mite, and assumin the character
NV preaeherin the M. E. Afrikin Church,
witch character | Good assoom, en- the
burnt cork hid the acquired color NV my
nose, sailed forth boldly. Procoorin
the locashen NV the leadin Dimocrat NV
the county, witch wuz also the candidate
for Sheriff, sought him out AMI demand
ed "a subscription for a Afrikin Church
witch ASSERTED wuz DESTROYS Nv erectin
In the east part Nv the county, and NV
witch / wuz to be pastor in charge, holdin
myself at the time in SIGH posshen thai
kick Good do but, little damage.
q wUZ NOT KICKT
On the contrary quite the reverse The
gushin candidate kindly, blandly, and win
ninly begged me to be seated he askt me
with tears NV intrest gushin from his eyes
ez to the prospect NV our Zion; ez to how
many we numbered, male and female
adult and youthful, and whether or no
we coodent indulge reasonable hope tina
many more nv our color mighn't be in
doost to leave the South and settle in tn,
county. - a''9@ IA
Hopin to brighten him with nigger emf
grashen, witch he'd heerd him denounc.
nots year before in onmitigated terms,
anserd promptly that wuz even then ar
rangia for the removal NV three THOUSAND
into the county. r G FTETFT Ttg v
"Thank the Lard r. sed he. "The ad
r1irashen | feel for the Afrikins-the re-
speck hev for Their many qualities u,
head and heart make me saw. in til,
language Nv the inspired writer. tTht
more the merrier.' Here Is nv humble
contribooshen to your church." sed he
handin me SO, take it, and may the LORD
bless its yoose. And next fall, after the
Amendment is ratified, and yoor people
git lhe rites witch wuz allus theirn, trust
700 Will remember at the polls them witch
hev stood yooro friends, NV whom / am
Wich.' t'8'-a = fT.4F
Dumfoundid staggered over to another
who was candidate for Treasurer and to nv
surprise and horror, he not only give me
$lO, but, took me. by the arm in most
afteckshnit manner, an insistid on takin me
round and assistin me in raisin the amount
i needid Feelin that so far ez hatin the
niger was concerned, all wuz lost, reck-
lessly went with him, and REILLY did raise
$l6O cash off Nv the candidates for the
County offices, and one witch desires to
Okkepy seat in Congris. Only wunst
wuz this wretch non plussed. Turning a
corner sharp we came upon suthin like
fifteen gentlemen who wuz a workin on
the streets with ball and chain attached
to EN-. The mint his eyes struck EN- he
loosed his holt of me and shot ahead
keepin in advance till we he'd turned the
next corner. ssaes hs.
why this maneouverY" askt T. thank.
full that he had even that much NV origi.
mel Democratic feelin in him sttT5h