Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1869-03-05

ther is two hundred aud forty four adult
male niggers, aud ther wood hev bin hun.
dred more, he'd uiggers all bin born bullet
aad ropo proof. So long ez these niggers
wuz in their normal condishun Nv ser9i-
TODD they wuz indspensible-sence they
wuz crooelly wrested from Us We beg made
EN- almost ez yooseful to US By hevin the
law into our own hands. They hey ez a
rool accumulated suthin, for their labor.
/ We Nv coarse held the Offices. Issaker
Gavitt is Assessor, aud Dekin Pogram
Treasurer, and the niggers hev bin made to
/ pay all the taxes that heg bin paid. They
coodent help themselves, for the law hez ter
rors when weeldid by strong and willin
hands, and the hands nv our ofishels are
both strong and willin
But for these niggers the township gov
ernment wood be a mere nothin. Issaker
didnt dare to assess Bascom for fear he'd
stop supplies onto him, nor wood Baseom
hev any uV the white citizens taxed, for wat
ever they shood pay 10 taxes that went eth
er into the county or State Treasury wuz so
nu lost to him He Ruz anxious to heT
the niggers sweat, for Nv the money collect
id Nv them be got large per cent, either
through the Collector or Treasurer, wich
wuz clear gain, ez they don't patronize him
anyhow.
10 various other ways we he'd EN-. Pen
nbacker is Justis Nv the Peece and hez bin
for yeers, and be held the scales firmly.
The niggers wood occasionally labor in plan
tin time or in harvest for the white citizens
who owned land, and, filed with the idea
that they wuz free citizens, they wood in the
most insolent manner demand pay for their
services. w coarse they wood be refoozed,
whereupon they wood bring SCOT before
Pennibacker The result NV their vencher
it is Unnecessary for me to state.
WAT biznis hez niger in this yer
eourt?' wood the indignant embodiment Nv
the majesty Nv the law thunder forth with
face ez black ez a cloud. And dismi,sin the
scot be wood promptly ishoo an excoosheu
agiu em for costs Ten ur twenty niggers
who sood white men wuz sold out bob aud
sinker by the court for costs in sjch scots,
and when the costs didn't take all they he'd,
the Ju~tis wood Gne EN- for contempt Nv
court for comm before him at ALL The mig
gers after few experiments declined 80
seek justis at that fountain head Nv the ar
ticle.
Then sgiu 10 cases NV assault and battery
and in inquests on the ded bodies NV nigeers
it was ne-sary to hev Peunibacker Justi>.
Niggers wich wuz found ded hangiu to
trees, and with bullet holes into EN- wuz
reglerly found guilty Nv dyin by visitation
uy Providence Ez they hedn't votes Nv
coarse none Nv the ofi>hels wus afraid NV
em. heard one Nv em, wunsr, who hed
bin fined twenty dollars for striking Issaker
Gavirt, wich he'd in playful mood chased
his daughter thro the Corners, groaninly
exclaim that be wisht he'd bin born in Ire
and instid Nv Ameriky.
But now how will it be with us? They
will vote and they hev a majority. Pollock
will be made Justis NV the Peece. Joe Big
Ter Assessor, and a niger constable Wat
sekoority hev VIC? Niggers will 500 Us and
( get judgments, and the niger constable will
serve execooshen onto Us. Why, Deekin
PoEram owes euuff to niggers to swamp
/ every aker he holds. aud Baseom wood be
( sweat severely And when We punch one
I Nv their heads for insolence TO US, then to
( he arrestid by a nigger, and taken afore a
Justis electid By nigeers, and be fined or
/ perehance imprisoned It's too much
/ When this happens will the Corners, I ask,
be place for gentlemen Nv prid and cul-
cher? Nay And to this it must come.
l see one weak spot in the amendment,
viz: 1t provides that no State shell disfran-
chise anybody beeoz of race or color, but
don't say that people cant be disfrauchised
/ for other causes, and [ eagerly seezed hold
Nv that ez a ship wreckt mariner does to a
plank
wat good viii that do US p groaued the
Deekin.
Why we kin disfranchise EN- on the
skore ~ ignorance remarkt l the mig
gers can all read p
! ''No moro kin replied Isaker Gavtt
mournfully sd be cut out with EN-.
And upon givin the matter matoor re
hection l saw that ther was no bottom to
that hope By maxim readin a test, the
sooperior class at the Corners wood be more
hurt than the inferior class
Thank Heaven ten States kin block tbi,
game and save US this torment. oh that
they may do it. o, that this last bitter
draft may be spared us. May the Dimocri
sy Nv the North put forth their strength
and save US this last degradation.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey, 2. VI.
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