The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1869-02-18
NO. IL.
A" COlored'' Lecturer.
MERCER, Pa, Jan. 20

uEhCEH, A, cdu. LOW
TO the Editors Of The Day-Book:
GENTS We have distinguished color-
ed preacher here, by the name of jackson
Robson, a -" freedman " formerly of Char
lottesville, Virginia; and occasionally the
young gentlemen get him to hold forth upon
g The State Of the Country" The following
is portion of his latest effort, and is given
almost verbatim MERCER. 70
Some folks say dat Massachusetts once
held slaves under de monument of Bunkum
Hill Dat isn't so, kase all well formed his
tory say dat when de Dutch tried to 'stablish
slavery dar, in elebenteen hundred and seben,
she met at Hartford and tole 'em dey mustn't
do dat, or she would succeed from de Unum,
and she did ! John B. Calhoom tay dat! You
all know him. He was r'ared near whar /
come from, and moved to Souf Caroliny af-
ter de Mexicum war. He wanted to succeed
from de Unum! What did General Jackson
say, Ell? Do you know what he say? He
say, you 60 out OBJ de Unum and tend to
you Mr., Calhoom he talk back, and den
Jackson git mad and say, you cross de Souf
Caroliny line, and [ reach for you'll Did he
go? I'm! | guess not! If he had Ole
Hickory would ave TUX him swat right
across de mouf! Oar was little speck oh
trouble no bigger den mans hand out in
spot called Kansas Nebraska, and how dat fix
up? Did dey 'stablish slavery dar-what de-
emigrantation societies wanted to do it? None
whateverly. Ole John Brown aud Gubner
Gcary fix dat And Stebin NJ Douglass he
say to de people out dar, squat and dey got
up and left suddiutly! I'm! De rebels down
Souf say dey want to get out OBJ de Unum-
de glorious Unum OBJ de stars and stripes,
what was made by your forefadders and my
forefadders, and what your forefadders and my
torefadders must hand down disempaired to dc
foreiadders OBJ your posterity and my posteri-
ty! Dcy fred on Fort Sumpter! I'm! Guess
dey didn't hurt anybody! What did Mr..
Linkum say? He say nobody hurt, and no
was dar What did dey say down in New
Orleans? Dey say dey don't care for the
Unum, and de5ll 60 out and make dar own
clothes and eat dar own vittes! Massa But
Ter he say he see about dat, and he put all dar
spoons in his pocket! We put down the res
belgium, but it TUX a heap OBJ men to do it!
OATS so All fro dat tremepjus uprisin OBJ
de people, your brudder and my brudder fout
and died side by side and boie gained dar
eDeflastln IreedOm lie 1rlenuS CD de 1recd-
mans buro nominated Gencrul Grant! I'm (!
Guess you all know who he is and den dey
say match 'em But it couldn't be did !
He amt got no match no whar, or any odder
place! De Democrats, dey say dat dey won't
pay de debt what dey hab contracted for un,
til de interest OBJ de 20's hab circumlocutcd
de- 1905 and been squeched into de 11,50's,
wild legal tender on de grecnbacks and de
COMFORTS oh de foreign currency OATS what
dey say But we say no = De faith OBJ de
gubernmcnt am de oddcrwise quite to de cons
trary, and de glorious Unum oh de American
eagle must be reconstructed on de basis OBJ de
Grand Army OBJ de Republicans OATS what
Massa Grant say, OATS what my people say,
and OATS what all you white folks'll hab to
come tot ....it