Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-04-30

q perfect success, They must Ittold 'em,
not only be cofiel % the niKgefs them
selves, but their wives, and sons, and |
daughters must be likewise The Ethi- |
dpions mast be made ~ understand that |
we wut IN earnest; that theyg Yuz tQaR |
RELY counted in ez hufnahs, and byus. !
we must" l remarkt "cut under the
Ablishnists"
Everything succeeded beyond my wild
cat hopes The white inhabitants Nv the
Corners wuz all there, and at least two
thirds nv the niggers. l he'd an inyolun.
tary shudderrgz Il nutistrJoe BIGGER and
Pollock marshallin' the niegers, but he'd /
hopes ez the meetin' wuz called for the
purpose of recognizin' their rites, that
they'wood let IL 60 off without Interrupt
shen.i
wuz appinted Chairman, nv course,
and the new Assessor, ,yich ie o Niger,
wuz made Vice President. lE 0
opened with tribute TO the character
and qualities NV our Afrikin brethern. 1
ashoored EN- that he'd the higheet Respect
for EN-, Individually and collectively, and
that so fur ez 1 wuz concerned, wuz
prepared to receive EN- on terms Nv per
feok ekallty In everything. may hev
had prejoodisos," l remarkt; III may hev
allowed them prejoodises to carry me be-
yond the bonds Nv rite at times, bot thank
Heaven diem prejoodises y cured, KIN
take this worthy man by the hand-(at
wich pint took the Assessor by the hand
and shook IL, the effeclS NV wich Taboo,
however, wuz marred by his wipin his
hand keerfully and ostentashusly on his
breeches oz soon ez let go Nv II, at wich
the niggers tittered) l take him by the
hand, and in doin it l wish TO be under
stood ez sbakn the entire Afrikin race
by the hand. My sole goes out in love
toward all NV en-"
Deekln Pogram remArkt that he Good
endorse all that tho Oheerman he'd sed
He felt that the time he'd come when color.
shood not be considered. "Bless the Lord,
sed tho Deekin, II kin say that look
upon adult nggers Cz brothers, the young.
or ones ez children. Bless the Lord, kin
recognize In the Afrikin my ekal, and
insist that they shel be-. from this time
henceforth and forever, on percisely tho
same footn we stand onto. From this
time shol know no white, no black
only men and wimmip. The colorod
youth sheI be 10 mo es the white youth.
Bless the Lord. .lV 10 lg -L~1fr|
Elder Pennibacker Issaker Gavitt and
Bascom, shouted "Amen," and the Dekin
was about TO percced, but he didn't. Joe
Bigler jumped onto the platform and en-
bracin the Doekin vociforously, remarkt
that this wuz tho beginin NV new era
This wuz the commencement Nv the lyin
down NV the lion and the lamb together
with little child to lead em. "Let u.s."
sed Josef, "let us make this practical.
Come up, my saddle-colored friends, como
up, and embrace yoor kindred. Mingle
yoor tears and be quick about IT,"
lmmejetly every mulatter, male and
female, In the house ri2 to their feet and
made rush. Twelve of EN- Nv all shades
from the regular tan color up to the near
ly white, fell onto Deekin Pogram, the
men all shakin him by the hand, and the
wimem all kissln him, all in korious ex-
claimin Father ~
Look upon EN- ez children, Deekiu
sung out Bigler, "yoove nachrel rite to.
Every one Nv EN- hez got yoor noze and
hereafter there's to be no diiIrencesl"
An ekul number, or perhaps more, wuz
pertormin likewise onto Elder Pennibac.
kor, Capt McPelter and Bascom.
Quttin the old men these enthusiastic
niggers, stimulated thereto by Josef Big
Ter, who kept clappin his hands and ejacu.
latin, How lovelyl oh wat miuglln
How pleasant 'tis TO see brethern agree /"
" nObbiJt lSSukCT dhVllI,
Beniah Pogmm, Eliphalet Pennibacker,
ters, and fallen onto their necks kist en-,
tjaculatin Brother |" or Sister T. as the
case mite he. ."nH.. sH
Now" sed Josef "let the colored moth.
ers NV these newly recognized lambs go to
the elderly white female saints and EN-
brace EN- in sisterly love. Troo they aint
blood relashens, but there is nevertheless 4
tic wich binds. The sons and daughters |
NV these shaded sisters Is blood relashens |
NV the pure white ones. In this happy |
hour all these differences is TO be buried. |
Up and at eml
And imejitly score or more NV wenches
riz and undertook 10 embrace and kiss the
wives NV Pennibacker, Pogram, McPelter
Bascom, ct al. These females he'd been |
hilin doorin this entire perceedin, and this |
nnisht EN-. II wuz straight hair agin wool |
immejitly. Mrs. Pogram, who ls ruther |
bony, laid out two NV the first wiCh come |
at her, and her doghter Miraudi tskin ex.
ample went for them wioh wuz atiecksh-
nately callin her "Sisterl" The fte be- |
come general In less than a minnit among
the wimmin. l heard no moro the gentle |
word "sister." On the contrary, other
words, not so refined IN their nacher, were
yoosed to designate each other. And at il |
they all went tooth and nail, the entire
bilen Nv EN-, male and female, black, white |
and yeller, and others, kickin, struggliu, |
pun and swearln, on the floor. And all |
this time that cusid Bigler wuz on the top
NV TWO seats, shoutin encouraginly to both
sides, and Pollock WAS Dustin out in peals
NV the most uproarious laughter,
The struggle finally endid, the combat,
ants beln' completely eggsausted. There /
wuz on the floor at least bushel NV hair, |
wool, cotton, false teeth, reel teeth, ribbons,
stays, honnets, ct settry, with an occasion
al spot Nv gore. And TO add insult to In.
jury, Joe Bigler threatened to whale us all |
for not carryin' out the programme ez wuz
originally contemplated.
Myself and friends" remarkt this
onmitgated wretch, "hev bin swindled
into comm here. And Oh, Deekin, when
think that at sich time yoo Good be so
cold hearted Cz to resist nachrel instinks
When 700 wero surrounded by yoor of.
spring, didn't yoov heart warm toward
EN-. Why did yoo cast EN- ofiY" Ell
700 can't recognize the ekality Nv Niger
when that niger resembles 700. when |
kin yooY And wat kin our colored voters
expect 80 long e1 yoor wife ontertains the |
same preioodis agin yoor childrenY Dee |
kin, fer shame !"
And the wretch rolled off, winkin' a |
most insultingly meanin wink at me l |
feer me that this arrangement, like meny |
others hev made, wu2 tailyoor. Well. |
we are no worse oil than before; we |
can't be.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty, p. NJ,
(Which means Postmaster) |
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