The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-04-29
PosT OFFIs, CoNFEDRIT x ROADS, !
(Which is in the Staituv Kentucky,)
= ---- April 9, 1869.

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Eff the Dimocrisy NV the north amt
satisfied by this time that the ultimate
intenShen Nv the Ablshnists is too sub
joogate EN- and redoose EN- to the level
Nv the Niger, the voice NV one risin
from the dead woodn't avail nothin.
Yesterday the last outrage wich chiv-
alrous people has been compelled to
bear, was perpetrated onto citizen NV
the Corners. A NIGeER Is NOW AN
OFFS HOLDER AT THE CORNERS / shell
state the case calmly:
The posishen Nv Assessor NV Internal
Revenoo for the Deestrick nv wich the
Corners is the centre, hez been held
senoe A. johnson hez bin President,
by Capt Hugh McPelter, late NV Nor
gan's Cavalry, G. s A, That he hez
filled the posisben to the satisfaction nv
the citizens Nv the Corners, no one de-
nies. He is a distillef, in fact he and
Elder Pennibacker run the two distil-
leries in the town, and they hev did a
thrivin biznis. McPelter wuz Assessor,
and Pennibeeker Collector, and ez a
conscience none NV the capital NV the
Corners hez bin substracted and carried
to Washinton to feed the Ablshn
thieves there. Ez no tax has ever bin
paid on the whisky at this place, Bas-
com hez bin enabled to continyoo to
sell it at five sents per drink, while
everywhere else the regler price is ten
and fifteen. There wuz other advan-
tages in havin the Assessorship and
ColectorsRip in their hands BY sim
ply hintin to EN- that it wuz my duty
ez a Fedral offis-holder to investigate
their modes Nv doin the Government
biznis, l hev not only bin the happy
recipient Nv scores Nv two gallon jugs,
but hev bin enabled, at divers and
sundry times, to prokoor loans NV EN-
Nv various amounts, the lowest bein
$l.75 and the highest reachin $50. -
This happy condishn Nv affairs is
bustid. Gabriel Babcock, niger
that is ahalf nigger, formerly the prop.
erty of Deekin Pogram, and who looks
enuff like the Deekin's Oldest, son Je.
he'll, to be his half-brother, wuz last
week appinted, and confirmed Assessor
in the place of Capt. McPelter, and
immejitly he entered onto the discharge
Nv his dooties. a@i3'
There are many feechers pekoolyerly
aggravatin in the appointment To begir
with, this Babcock wuz notoriously OBJ
noxyus TO the Corners, doorin the Iati
onpleasantnis At the beginnin thereo
he run away from Deekin Pogram anC
entered the Federal servis. He wnl
petikerly actiy and cussid. His knowl
edge uvthe country made him yoosfu
to the Fedral officers ez a guide anC
scout, and at least one Fedral victory
is chargable direct to the informa.
ton he brot. Then his wife wuz knowC
to hev hid five Fedral soljers who heC
escaped from Andersonville. When ht
finally fell into the hands of Capt, Nc
Pelter at Fort Pillow kin it be wonder
ed at that he wuz left for dead 7 or kir
it be wondered at that the people u,
the Corners wuz surprised when HI
appeared among EN- at the close NV the
war with one leg off and one arm stiff
Not much. Capt. McPelter wuzh't il
the habit NV half doom his work, and
the appearance Nv this nigger who he'd
passed through bis hands ruther aston,
ished the Captin. ta"
Doorin his absence be he'd learned tC
read and write, and he wuz made {
teacher in the Freedmen's Skool wni
establish in this place, and now he Il
Assessor with Pollock on his bond
Ez a matter Nv course we despair ~
the Republic. Wat Freedom kin there
be for us with a nigger in ofishel po
sishn to tyranize over us1 Wat mar
NV culCher, NV edjucashen, Nv refine
ment, kin afford to live in community
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