Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-30

BILE IMITATION OF THE LATE PRESIDENT,
ATTEMPT TO CIRCUMvENT THE AFRICAN.
THE RESULT OF THEIR LITTLE MA
N9UvRE.
Posr OrrIs, CoNPEDR1r ROADS,
(Which is In the State NV Kentucky2 z
April 16, 1862 J
THE speech made by his Elk excellency,
A. johnson, to the niggers Nv Nashville,
struck me ez bein stroke Nv policy witch
we ought by all means to initiate. / hev
bin long Nv the opinion that there amt no
earthly yoose in standin in front Nv the
car Nv prOgress-that we must either get
onto it or be mashed. sed ez much to
Deekin Pogram and Elder Pennibacker,
and they yielded reluctant assent. :.
"The niger is goin to vote anyhow"
remarkt ], "and hedn't we bett er gobble
our share Nv them votes than to hev em
all agin usi"
sejested meetin, to be held at the
shood all be invited and at witch the
of politikle lovefeast in witch there shood
be sort NV minglin, subsidin, runnin
together, ez it were. Deekin pogram en-
tered into the skeem with considerable
energy after he comprehended it, and Bas-
one NV the great fnanceers Nv the age,
favored it; remarkin that any movement
witch wood transform men into Democrats
must be advantajus to him.
entered onto the work with more than
nay yoosual energy. / decorated the
church with notices and transparrencies
he'd it swept out Even sum NV the
notices wuz ruther high scented for the
Dekin, but / soothed him by ashoorin
him that they wuz only for effeck and that
there wuzn't nothin' more intended by
'em than there is yoosually in party plat
forms.
instructed the Dekin, and the others,
duly ez to wot they must do to make it
perfect success. They must, told 'em,
not only be corjel to the niggers them
selves, but their wives, and sons, and
daughters must be likewise. The Eth
opions must be made to understand that
We wuz In earnest that they wuz to be
RELY counted in ez humans, and by us.
"We must" I remarkt, "cut under the
Ablishnists."
Everything succeeded beyond my wild
est hopes. The white inhabitants Nv the
Corners wuE all there, and at least two
thirds Nv the niggers ! he'd an involun.
tary shudder ez | notist Joe Bigler and
Pollock marshallin' the niggers, but he'd
hopes ez the meetin' wuz called for the
purpose of recognixin' their rites, that
they wood let it go off without Interrupt
shen.
Iwuz appinted Chairman, NV course,
and the new Assessor, witch is niger,
wuz made Vice President. -
IOpened with tribute to the character
and qualities NV our Afrikin brethren. /
ashoored EN- that he'd the highest respect
for EN-, Individually and collectively, and
that, so fur sz wuz concerned, l wuz
prepared to receive EN- on terms NV per-
fsck ekality in everything. 81 may hev
had prejoodises," remarkt; II may hev
allowed them prejoodises to carry me be-
yond the bonds nv rite at times, but thank
Heaven them prejoodises is cured. I kin
take this worthy man by the hand-(at
witch pint took the Assessor by the hand
and shook it, the effeck Nv witch taboo,
however, wuz marred by his wipin his
hand keerfully and ostentashusly on his
breeches ez soon ez let 60 Nv it, at witch
the niggers Uttered take him by the
hand, and in doin it wish to be under
stood ez shakin the entire Afrikin race
by the hand. My sole goes out in love
toward all Nv en-"
SOAAA oSldu IcmaIkL tQ8t ne COOQ
endorse all that the Cheerman he'd sed
He felt that the time he'd come when color.
shood not be considered. BLESS the LORD. !"
sed the Deekin, al kin say that look
upon adult niggers ez brothers, the young
er ones ez children. Bless the Lord. kin
recognize in the Afrikin my ekal. and /
insist that they shell be, from this time
henceforth and forever, on percisely the
same footin we stand onto. From this
time shell know no white, no black
only men and wimmin. The colored
youth shell be to me ez the white youth.
Bless the Lord.
Elder Pennibscker, Issaker Gavitt and
Bascom, shouted Amen" and the Dekin
was about to perceed, but he didn't. Joe
Bigler jumped onto the platform and EN-.
bracin the Deekin vociferously, remarkt
that this wuz the beginin Nv new era.
This wuz the commencement Nv the lynn
down Nv the lion and the lamb together
with little child to lead EN-. "Let u.s."
sed josef, "lst us make this practical.
Come up, my saddle-colored friends, come