Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-25

'"''" - june o, iSee.
The aei,asben Nv the question Nv mig
gers lahrin with white men in Washlng-
ton, reached the Corners four weeks ago,
and pardoost, ez mite hev ben expectid,
most profound feelin. Our white artizsns
assembled to.wunst and passed resoloo'
shens in sympathy with their brethcrn In
Washington, and urging ov EN- 10 hold
out 10 the bitter end rather than comper-
mise their dignity by loworin themselves
10 tho level nv the greasy Afrikeu. The
meotin vuEnt large one, for we heN only
five mechanics NV the hawty Caucashen
race at the Corners, but II wuz onthoosl.
astic Three NV the FIVE he'd bin at Bas.
CONS for four days, hevin bin iist paid of
by new conner for house they he'd re-
paired for him, and they wuz In frame
NV mind for most enything that wuz egg
scitin.
] Idirected the attention Nv these men
10 the fact that u niRger plasterer wuz
even at that time employedin plastarin
house on the State road, between the Cor.
ners and GarrettstowD, and askt EN- et
they wus content 20 lay still and see an
inferior race take the bread out NV their
mouths ia that way? implored EN- ez a
labrin man 10 preserve the dignity NV
labor. Shel niggors invade our okkepa.
sheus2
They wuznt none NV EN- plasterers, but
they replied "Neveri Never |" and de.
manded with the utmost prompttood to
be showd the wretch that they mite 60 for
him. But restrained en- till l he'd or.
gaulzed EN- into Free Labor Unyun,
wich perhibitid anybody from workin at
auythin witch didn't iine II, and wich per
hibitid niggers from iinin 1t. This pre-.
liminary work accomplished, remarked,
"follow metz They did IL with alacrlty.
On reachin the house we halted, and
there our eyes, rested onto a site wich
blarsted EN-. There wuz nigger, full
bloodcd higger, with a cap onto him, and
overalls, plasteriu away, whistlin and
singiu (somctimos one, sometimes another,
and then sgiu both TO wunst), Methodist
hymns And ever and anon the unthink-
In man Of inieriority wood stop and execoot
break down, and laff to hisself so that
he Good be heard a mile, The disgustiin
wretch displayed his grovelin nacher by
drinkin water out Nv bucket wich no
he'd handy by him.
We made short work nv 1t. We in
formed him that the laborers Nv the Cor.
ners he'd organized Unyun, and that no
ono Good be permitted TO work within It's
boundrcs ceptin members thereof
Berry well II remarkt the Afrikin cuss,
calmly putin on dab NV mortar and
smoothin it, "berry well I'll jine the
Unyun."
"Bnt you can't No niger kin be ad-
mitted"
"Den I speck shell hev to go on and
work widOut bein member. Dc ole
woman and dc babies must hab dar bread,
yoo know"
Sich insolehce Good not NV course be
tolerated. We he'd stated the case to him
calmly and dispassionately. We he'd in
formed him NV the laws we he'd made, and
this wretch deliberately defied us by insist
in that he shood go on with his work !
Their wuz but ono course to take, and we
took 1t. We snaked the platform out from
under him, we tore up his mortar bed ;
We broke his trowel and other tools, and
notified him oiflshelly that any attempt at
resoomin work wood result in lynchin NV
him.
The next day we found that the niger
he'd in trooth quit plasterin, but he'd found
employment ez q striker In blacksmith
shop. Wv course sich an outrage on the
pure Caucashens employed In that shop,
wich his name was O'Toole, Good not be
permitted, and ez O'Toole rcfoosed to
work with him, he wuz discharged. The
next day notist him on the streets rather
pale and haggard than otherwise, carryiu
home a shin bone Nv beef wich no he'd
bought The next day aftorward l Oh
served that he lookt better, and dis
kivered that he he'd found employment at
last on turnpike road wioh Is beiu built
east Nv the town. Issaker Gavitt and me,
the two champions nv labor for this seek
shun, (ea we don't work we hev time to
attend 10 it,) s,iested to the noble CeltE
employed on the job, the hidjusnis NV com
pellin EN- to work ON an ekslity with u
niger, and they struck agin it with the
yuOsual result. The nigger wuz dis
charged, He made but one or two more
efforts He undertook TO git work at
various places, but by this time it wuz well
euuf known that tho citizens NV the Cor
ners wuz iniieXlbly opposed To reoognisin
NV EN- in any capassity, aud he yielded. He
got very thin, and pale and haggard, and
HIS large family likewise. IL wuz evident
that they wuznt feedin very well at home.
Notls the material result OF freedom lie
absoootly begged but NV course the Cor.
ners would give nothin to nigger. Then
the instinkiv material cussidness Nv the
nigger-the internal depravity witch is in
herent into all NV em--begsn to display
ITSELF He demoralized rapidly; and in q
week became most disgustin objick He
stole chickens NV Deekin Pogram, least
ways Deekin Pogram's chickens wuz
missin, and who should heY stole EN- but
this nigger-he stole corn NV Elder Penne.
hacker, and wuz finally detected takin a
ham from Bascom's smoke.house. There
wuz no doubt ez to his guilt--he wuz taken
in the act with the fatal ham in his posses.
sion. he he'd taken it home and his wife
wuz tryin large slices NV it,
There could be but one endin to Siok a
succession NV crimes The citizens were
too much incensed to await the uncertain
ackshen nv the law and they hung him at
site. The Corners will never tolerate a
Niger theef in their midst, no how.
w course improved the occasion. Ey
his body wuz swingin in the air ask
our PEOPLE To behold the t. NV Radi
callsm aud Fanatycism. That nigger wuq
wunst the happy slave NV happy owner
there wuz atween EN- material relashen
The nigger workt and his owner eat, and
thus wuz fulfilled the entire dootics NV life
He wuz not hung then for he wuz worth
too much money 10 hang. How he'd il
bln with HIM senceg He demanded To bt
made free man he wuz made free
maui "uu helt nc Is. lOlu Sn lnat lner(
wuz no need NV saying more--ihat body
a dauglin in the air, wich its sole wuz a
marchtn on, wuz the most elokent sermon
wloh Good be preacht.
The man whose house the niger wuz a
plasterin wuz in town yesterday, trying
TO get Causashin plasterers to finish th,
job, but Sz there amt none NV EN- here h,
isn't succeedin very well. He probabl,
won't get intO bis new quarters this fall.
| am not certain what become NV hi,
family. There wuz niger woman
body pulled out NV the dam day or tw,
afterwards wich somebody remarkt wu,
the wife Nv the deceast, and Capt McPel
ter remaIkt that when he went To th
cabin NV the deceast nigger t. sccoor hi
share NV the turnitoor, that two leadil
niggeTs from Gerrettstown were notis
maxim of with the children. But there
no tellin whether there's any trooth Il
these rumors or not l think L shel 20 1
Washington aud put myself at the hes
NV the ant nigger labor movement nov
bein inogurated there.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, p. NJ,
(Wieh means Post Mastery