The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-05-05

President Attempt to Circum.
vent tho AfriCan.-'Cll9 Result Of
their Littlc ManOuvrc.
Posr OrrIs, CoSrEDsIr \ ROADS, J
(Which is in tho State Nv Kentucky,)}
April l6, 1869.
The speech made by lfis E1.cxcclency, A.
Johnson, to the nigSors Nv Nashville, struck
me ez bein stroke nv policy, wich VIC
ought by all means to initiate. hcv bin
long Nv the opinion that there aim: no earth
ly yoose in standin in front w tho car Nv
progress-thAt we must either get onto it or
be mashed. / sod cz much to Deekin 20
gram and Elder Pennibacker, and they
yielded reluctant assent.
"Thc nigger is goin 10 vote anyhow" rc.
markt I, land hcdn't wo better gobblc our
share Nv thsir votcs than TO hev them oil
agin us?"
scjcsted meetin, to 10 held at the
church, 10 wici, our colorod brethren shood
be oil invited and at wich tho hatchct shood
bo forever bcrricd-a sort Of politikle lovc.
feast in wich thero shood be sort Of mingin,
subsidin, q runnin together, ez II were.
Dcckin Pogrnm entered into tho skeem with
considerable energy after he cotnprohcnded
lit, and Bascom with biznis Sagasity that
makes him one Nv tho grcat fnancecrs w
the age, favored it; remarkin that any move
ment wich wood trnnslorm men into Demo-
krats must bc advantajus to him.
entered into the work with moro than
my yoosusl energy. decorated tho church
with'mottoeS and transparrencics. lhed 1t
swept out. Even sum w tho mottocs wuz
rutier high scentid for tho Deekin, but
soothcd him by ashoorin him that they wuz
only for cffeckt and that thcre Wuzn't nothin
moro intended by 'cm than there is yoosually
in party platforms.
instructed the Deckin, and the others,
,, duly ez to wot they must do to make it
perfect success. They must told 'eni, not
! only be co1el to tho niggcrs themselves, but
their wives, and sons, and daughters must
be likewise. The Ethiopions must be made
to understand that We wuz in earnest; thai
they wuz to DO RELY counted in ez humans
= and by US. 1--WE must" rcmarkt, "cu'
under tho Ablishnists."
Q Everything succeeded beyond my wildcs'
hopes. Tho white inhabitants w the corner,
8 wuz all thero and at least two-thirds Nv the
nggcrs he'd al involuntary shuddcr ez
= notist Joe Bgler and Pollock marShallir
| the niggers, but he'd hopes, cz the meetin
WIZ called for tho purpose Of rccognizin' tIeil
rites, that they wood let it 50 Oft without
c nterrupshcn.
] wuz appointed Chairman, w course, and
| the new Assessor, wich is q niggcr, wuz
made Vice President.
opened with tribute to tho character
and qualities NV our Afrikin brethren.
: aShoored en- that he'd the highest respect
for EN-, Individually and collectively, and
t that, no fur cz wuz concerned, wuz pnc.
pared to receevo eh on terms Nv perfeck
ekality in everything. II may hev he'd pro-
+ joodises" l relnarkt I may bev allowed
them prcjoodises 10 carry mo beyond the
: bounds uy rite at times, but thank Heaven
them prcjoodiscs ia cured. kin take this
, worthy man BY tho hxnd-(at wich pint
took tho Assessor by tho hand and shook it,
, the cffeck Nv wich Taboo, however, wuz
, marrcd BY his wipin his hand kccrfully and
ostentashualy on hia brccches ez soon e.
: let 80 Nv it, ut wch tho niggcrs tittercd.) I
took him by the hand, and in dOin It ! wish
to bs understood cz shakiu tho ontire Afrikin
= raco by tho hand. My sole goes out in love
toward all ur en-"
Dcokin Pogram rcmarlst that no cood on
, dorse all that tho Chccrman he'd sod Ho
felt that the timo he'd come when color Shood
not be considered. "Bless the Lord" sed
tho Deckin, /" I kin say that look upon
adult niggers ez brothers, tho younger onos
S cz children. bless the Lord, I kin recognize
; in the Afrikin my ckal, aud insist that
they shel be, from this timo henoeforth and
!; forever, on porcisely tho same footin We stand
onto. From this time shel know no white,
no black-only mon and wimmin. The
colored youth shol DO to mo cz the white
yooth. Bless tho Lord.
{ Eldcr Pennibacker, ISsaker Gavitt and
Bascom shouted Amen" and tho Deckin
3 wss about to percccd, but ho didn't Joe
!. Bigler jumped onto the platform and om.
, brscin the Deckin yocifcrously, Iumarkt that
this WIZ tho bcginnin w new ora. This
!, wuz tho commencement Nv tho lyin down
!. Nv tho lion and tho lamb together with q
l little child 10 leud GIN. "Lct u.s." Scd Jogcf,
: "let US make this practical. Como up, my
sable colored friends, como up, and embrace
yoor kindred. Minglc yoor tears and be
4 quick about it,"
Immcjitly every mulattcr male and f.
= male, in the house riz TO their feet and made
= rush. Twelve w EN- ur all shades from
tho regler tan color up to tho nearly white,
T fol- onto Deekin Pograln, tho mon all shskin
| him by the hand and tho wimmin all kissin
| him, and all 10 korious exclaimin, "Father {"
"Look upon cm CT children, Deekin I"
sung out Biglcr, "yoove = nachrel rite To-.
Every one Nv en- hez got yoor noze, and
hereafter there's TO be DO differences !"
An ekul number or perhaps moro. wuz
0 periormin likewise onto Elder pennibacker,
D Capt AcPeltcr and BaScom.
, Quittin tho old men, these enthusiastic
niggers, stimulated thereto by Josef Bigler,
f who kept clappin his hands and ejaculatln,
| "How lovely! Oh wat . minylin! How
, pleasant 'tis to sec brethren agree I" etsettry,
inadc rrlxl,cs for Tssaksr Gayitt, Bcniah Po-
sram, Eliphaet reRnibacker, and young
D Hugh McPeltcr and their sisters, and fallin
onto their necks kist ern, ejaculatin "Broth'
er !" or " Sister !" ~ the case mite he.
"Eow," sed Josef let tho colorcd moth
, ers Nv these newly recognized lambs 90 to
: tho elderly whito female saints and embrace
ON in sistcrly love. Troo they Amt blood
n,I.shens, but there IL nevertheless Ito wich