The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1869-03-05
NAsBY.
The Lat Outrage upon Ksnfueky-Pd'sage
Of .As ConstifuiioaaI -dmsndmsHf BY inc
Posr Orrp, CoxrEpnir x RoAps.
(Wich u In the state nv kentuckyD
III 1870

Or M ConstHuf'o"e1 -
House. .r. ,...s... ..r
Posr Orrs, CoxTEDRIr x RoAps,
(Wich u In the state nv kentuckyJ
Peb. 7, 1869.
The die Il mostly cast-gloom hez settled Ike
n dark pail onto Kentucky. The last yestige OF
constitooshnel liberty Is swept away. levin us
nothin but the name thereof. wich is holler
mockery.. &c tho Senit goes on and coneun
with the House-wich u viii do-and the rekisa
number nv Stats rstify the action nv two &c,
cussid bodies-wich tina VIII do-why then AL
In over. Niggcr will vote In Kentucky the
sot forcyeri They may 20 20 FAR es they will be
In majority, el TO disfranchise the bravo men
who served In tho Confcirit army.
Es mite hev bin expected, the intelligence az
fectid the Corners most profoundly. We wus
all q settin In Bascom's ez happy ez We Good he.
Deekin Pogram he'd money and wus not alto
gether unprovidcd. q letter he'll bin drcpped
into the Post Offs that mornin wich contained
n remittance NV six dollars to lottery concern
In Moo York. Es bleeye lotteries To he swim
dies and demoraliiin In their nacher, opened
the missive and confscated the contents. i will
never be the means uu lcciin young men 10
room thIoo the agency Nv lotteries-neyer.
Il wuz q pleasant scene. The fire wuI
burnin britely wich refectin on our respective
noses, Civ the room more than usual briteniss;
Bascom rur behind the bar, his elbows leanin
onto Il, watn for the orders wich he knew wood
be made Capt McPclter wuI smokin his
nine. pcacefy, watchin the clouds that ariI,
formir, sort NV halo about his heal, while
Dcekin Posram and myself wur jist In the act
nv takin suthin hot wich he'll bin fixed for ".
AT this moment Pennibacker's boy rude up On
Dascom's mule and hove paper at me wicli
contained the fatal intelligence. Tread aloud.
There wuI no moH innocent mirth that mite.
Deckin Pogram's hand relaxel It's holt onto the
glass and Il fell 10 the floor, the precious Hold
Wastin itself thro 6hc crack, and the old Saint
fell from the chair In q swoon. had more
presence of mind-I drank mine with one con-
Sul.iyc gulp, and then dropped the empty glass.
The effect, No far CT manifestin greet wur con-
cerned, wuz the same ca tho he'd dropped II
likker and all, and Il wuI far better for me.
The glass wur Bascom s--the sensashun In my
bowels prodoost by the likker wuI mine. That,
even constitooshnel amendments can't take
away from me.
II didn't take long to 6gger how this Outrage.
Of Il Is consummatid, will Affect the Corners
Their Is in this pceceful township siIty-threc
Ioyal white yo;crs, nv wich number thirty-nine
yindicated their manhood In the Confedeiit ser
Wis, the others bein TOO old, oeptin Pollock, wieh
Is from Illinoy, and NV ablishen procli'ities.
Garrettstown is in this township, and countin
them In Their Is two hundred and forty-iour
adult male niggcrs, and they would hev bin
hundred more he'll niggers oil ben born bullet
and rope proof So long rs these niggers wur
In their normal condishen Nv ser'tood they wuE
cruoclly wrcsted from as We hav made EN- al
most ei yooseful to US by hevin the law into our
own hands. They hey as q rool accumulated
suthin, for they labor. weuv eourre held the
Offices Issaker Gayitt Is Assessor and Dekln
Po,rxm Treasurer, and the niggers hc' bun
made to pay all the taxes that hey bin paid.
They couldn't help themselves, for the law has
terrors when welded by strong and willln hand,
and tho hands NV cur oiishels are both strong
and willin.
But for these niggers the township govern
ment wood be n mere nothin. lssaker didn't
dare TO assess Bascom for fear he'd stop sup
plies onto him, nor wood Bascom bey any Nv
The white citinns taxed, for whatever they
shool pay In taxes that went either into the
County or State Treasury wur 20 much Loot 60
him. lie wux anxious 10 bev the niggers
sweat. for NV the money COLLECTED NV them he
rot large per cent, either through the Collec-
tor or Treasurer, wich was clear gain. CT they
don't patroniIe him anyhow.
In various other ways we he'd EN-. Penni-
hacker Is Justc Of the Piece and her been for
yeers, and he held the scales firmly. The mig
gers would occasionally labor In plantin time
or In harvest for the white citizens who owned
land, and, filed with the idea that they wuI
free citizens. they wood In the most insolcnt
manner demand pay for their services. Nv
coarse they wood be refused, whereupon they
wood bring SCOT before Pennibacker. The re-
suit NV their ycnchsr II Is unnecessary for me
10 state.
what birnir her niger In this yer COURT
wood the indignant embodiment nv the majesty
nv the law thunder forth with face ca black cI
|, cloud. And dismising the root he wood
ishoo an eIccooshen again en- for
costs. Ten or twenty niggcrs who sood white
men wul sold out bob and sinker by the court
(or costs In such soots, and when the costs Didn't
take all they he'd, the Justis would fine for con-
lcmpt NV court for comm before him at all.
The nippers after a few experiments declined b
eek i,istis Mt that fountin head NV the article.
Then agin In cases nv assault and battery
and In inauests ON the del bodies Nv niggcrs IL
WI. ncssary 10 hev Pennibaeker Justis. Mig
gers wich wuz found del hangin 20 trees, and
with bullet holes into EN- wuI regerly found
guilty ofdyin by visitation NV Providence. III
thew be,lnt votes NV coarse none NV the oiiishels
ru, afraid NV en-. heard one nv EN-, wunsi,
who he'll bin inci twenty dollar FOR striking
[ssaker Gayitt, wich he'd In playful mood
chased his daughter through the Corners, groan-
ngly esclaim that he wisht he'd been born in
Ireland instead NV Ameriky.
But now how win II be with u.s. They VIII
rotc and they hcy majority. Pollock will 10
male Justis NV the Peece. Joe Bigler Assessor.
and n niger constable. Wat sekoority hey VET
Nggers will so us and git Judgements, and the
niger constable will serve execooshens onto ~.
WHY. Dcckin Pogram owes enuh 10 nggcr 10
swamp every akcr he holds, md Bascom wool
be sweat severely. And when We punch one nv
their heads for insolencc 10 us, then 10 be arres
iii by n Niger ard taken afore Justis electid
Inv njprrrs. and be fined or pcrchancc impns-
oncd It's too much. When this happens ~ill
the Corners, I ask, be place for gentlemen OF
prid and culchcri Nay. And to this IL must
7 ace one weak spot In the amendment, viz!
n pro,ides that no State shell di.fHncbise any
tody becor of race or color. but don't say That
,eopie can't be disffnnchiscf for other causes,
md eagerly sceIed hold Of that era shipWrock
mariner docs 10 plank.
wat good will that do usr groanei the Dec
Tin.
Why we kin disfranchisc EN- on the skorc
{ ignorance = remarkt I; 'the piggers can't AL
cadl'
NO more kin L. rcplicl Issakr Ga'iti,
I'D he cut out with en-
And upon giyin the matter uaioor Rejection
saw that ther was no bottom 10 that hope.
3y maxim rcadn iest the soopcrior class NJ
he Corners wool be more hurt than the Inferior
Lass.
THANK Heaven ten States kin block this gsme
md .aye ne Mi. torment. oh that thcy-may
10 Il o. that this bitter draa may be sParci
"a Nav the Dimocriy Nv the North put forth
heir strength and ave US this last desrAdA-
ion.
PETROLEUM v. SvBr. r. NJ.
(Which Is Postmasier.)