Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-05-20
Number 81.

nonnce not year before in onmiti-
gated terms, Ianserd promptly that
wuz even then arrangin for the re-
moyai nv three thousand into the
county.
| Sed be. "The admiration / feel for
the Afrikins-the respec I hev fo-
ther many qualities NV head and
heart make me say in the language
Nv the inspired writer, The more
the merrier' Here is my humble
contribooshen to your church." sed
he, handin me $40, stake it, and may
the Lord bless. its yoose. And next
fall, after the Amendment is ratified,
and yoor people git the rites wich
wuz allus theirn, trust yoo will re-
member at the polls them wich hev
stood yoor friends, NV whom ! am
wich."
Dumbfoundid I staggered over an
other who wuz candidate for Treas
urer, and to my surprise and horror
he not only give me $40, but took me
by the arm in most affecshnit man.
ner, and insistid on takin me round
and assistin me in raisin the amount
/ needid Feelin that so far ez hs-
tin the niger was concerned all wuz
lost, I recklessly went with him, and
reely did raise $3.50 cash off NV the
candidates for the county offices, and
one wich desires to okkepy seat in
Congris. Only wunst wuz this wretch
nonplussed. Turning corner sharp
we came upon suthin like fifteen gen
tlemen, who wuz workin on the
streets with ball and chain attach
ed to em. The mint his eye struck
EN- he loosed his holt of me and shot
ahead, keepin in advance till we he'd
turned the next corner.
"Why this maneuyer2' askt I,
thankful that he had even that much
NV origenal Democratic feelin in him.
"My dear sir!" replied he, "Yoo
will excuse me, but the fact is, I'm
in prekarious siteoashen. I'm q
candidate, and its close. Them gen
tleman with the ball and chain hev
votes, and they hev most crooll
prejoodic agin those Nv your color.
We must humor their idiosyncrasie,
till we kin correct em. The time Is
comm, and Pm laborin for it mite
and day, when it will all be removed.
My dear sir, at the polls this fall will
yoo and yoor flock remember the
sacrifis / hev made and am makin?"
But did come to greet. One Nv
these candidates insistid upon tskin
me, nigger ez ne sposed me to be,
home to his house to dinner. In
joodishus ez it wuz went, and there
met my fate He led me to a cham
Der, and without thinkin NV the
burnt cork on my hands l undertook
to wash EN-, wich | make pint NV
doing reglerly twice a week TIE
first splash in the water showed me
my blunder Off come the color,
and l stood afore him white man
in disguise. He gave one look st
my hands, and then the kickin! IL
nOminyously he led me to the front
door, and one kick landed me on the
sidewalk.
But he coodent kick the $3.50 out
NV my breecbes pocket!
1t is needlis to pursoo this dis
gustin suhjick further
Ez niger l wuz welcomed; when
it wuz known that l wuz a white
man l wuz ANONYMOUSLY kick! Is
this the beginnin NV a new order of
things? Is the niggers to receive all
the smiles hereafter NV Dimocrats
who want officer / fear me- No
sooner is ther probability Nv this
race gittin avote than the Dimocrat-
ic leaders, forgettin their proud Cau-
cashen blood, forgittin the difference
in the anatomical structure Nv the
two races, and forgittin that the min
nit they give the niger vote,
their daughters must all marry mig
gers; they :orgit all this, and cuddle
with 'em the same ez they allus hev
with other inferior classes.
L returned home weary and sad,
and silent. l he'd nothin to say to
Bascom; no cheerin words to sling at
Deekin Pogram. They didn't know
wat l went for nor how l went, nor
shell they ever know. l am, how
ever, satisfied that l must immejitly
make shift into suthin. My time
here is rapidly DRAWN to close; the
shadders is closin round ne, and the
mite is at hand.
PETROLEUM v. Massey, P. NJ,
(Which is Post Master.