Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-17
R, WISCONSIN, TUESDAY, AUGUST II, 1869.

in | notice perhaps thousand dis
gustln niggers mixing in the crowd
ToNwunst nay line Nv ackshus WI;
decided onto. There is reality
thought ], in the repugnance tn,
material Caucashum feels toward the
material Afrikin and here, where tn,
niger elbows his way impoodently
among whites, wat better string kir
| harp on than niger suffrage P
Confident in the correctness Nv my
theory, l opened out onto the niggei
with the ferocity Nv the tiger
"Men nv Tennessee-Democrats Nv
the State Nv Jackson" yelled |, ''are
you willin to stand side by side with
the greasy, disgustin niger, whose
smell alone is a suffishent warnin
agin too close relationship, politikle
or soshel, with EN-. DEMOCRATS Nv
Tennessee Will you consent tina,
that disgustin beast" q pointed to
one pekoolyerly offensivs), "shel be
yoor ekal, and that"
| got no further. A shower oil
stones, varyin in size from hens
egg to them neerly ez large ez that
we used ez cornerstone for the
Military and Classikle Institoot, ov-
erwhelmed me, and the indignant
white Democrats pounded me and
trampled onto me for aboozin their
African friends, and wat wuz wuss
for singlin out ez a object for my i'm
sane ribaldry, Their honored candidate
for the Legislachef
Ingeany was my next essay and
my last. My first meetin wuz held
in spot pekoolyerly favorable for
such purposes. The village wuz
small, consistin Nv a grocery, blacks
smith shop and store, and there wuz
distillery, the proud boast Nv the
proprietor Nv witch wuz that he he'd
never paid cent nv tax to tirani-
kle government, and the aujence
wuz large and enthusiastic. From
my experience in Tennessee, | spozed
that probably the Democracy he'd
abandoned its opposition to niger
suffrage, and seein no niggers, ]
judged it would be perfectly safe to
try myself on that shoot then and
there | akkordingly opened out
with vigorous denunsiashan Nv
them wich wuz so bigoted and SO
prejoodist ez to deny the ballot to
all men, black ez we'll ez white.
| didn't git no furder. The De-
mocracy Nv Injeany is ez lively ez
them Nv Tennessee, Pennsylvany
and Ohio. There is a good crop Nv
stones in that secshun and the all
wsz suddenly filled with 'em, and ali
nv EN- wuz fyin in the direckshun
nv me.
"Down with the id nigger-lov,
ing Ablishnistw shouted the infoor,
lated popuils, and my heels alone
saved my life.
| am back in my room under Pep
per's hospitable roof in Holmes coun
ty, Ohio, hevin made the toor Nv
four States in two weeks. The fol-
Term letter wuz this mornin forwar-
ded to the Chairman nv the Nashne
Democratic Central COMMITTEE il
Moo York.
"Sir: l am willin to lift my vote,
in behalf Nv the Democracy, but
can't afford TO do it too miecellan
eously. | can't spred myself ore
too much territory, ez things politi
kle are at this time. Travelin ex.
penses and unlimited whiskey il
good, but life is better. | can't af.
ford to give my stumick a good time
at the expense Nv the rest Nv my
anatomicle structer. | hev beer
egged in Ohio, stoned in Pensylvany
stomped on in Tennessee, and club
bed IN Injeany for advocatiu Demo.
CIR ~ ez | understood it. Now, sir
| AN willin to proceed in the mish
nary biznis, but only these con
dishuns:
l. | am to go only in one State.
z. 700 must give me before star
a leglbly printed copy nv the Dem
ocratic platform Nv the pertikele
State into witch | am to speek.
3. 700 must furnish me, befor
speekin, with an authentic biograph,
nv each Nv the Democratic candi
dates Nv the State into which / an
to speek, stain fully their race, col
or, finanshel condishun, views on al
the question before the people, par
entage and antecedent.
[ consider this necessary in tn
present highly mixed condishun u
the Democracy, to prevent our ora
ters from fallin into SIGH errors e
them with neerly laid me q col
corpse into the silent toom.
Onless these condishuns are full
filed shall speek no more.
Respectfully,
1 PETROL ETrM Nasty