The union Democrat., 1870-06-11
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constifutien. The Constitution disfranchised
twenty thoasand white citizens. and was vote1
down by the colored..vote. Boyd, the speaker
canvsssed the State where the negro vote was
IN great majority, with complete success.
The following is the substance Of the most in
terestipg part Of his speech:
Z Myscolored friends: | appear here today
In your interest alone. The white man is
able 10 take care of himself; and as you can
ell see, have not enc drop of white blood In
my veins. Laughter. Lam regular. old
fashioned, plain, corn-6eld nigger, and have
not the capacity to instruct white people as
10 their duties, even if had the will. was
a slave from my brth-I always endeavored
to serve my master faithfully, according to
thar letter 10 the Bible which reads: "Ssrv-
ants. be obedient unto your masters, for this
Ii right And can lay my hand upon nv
heart to-day and say before God, that ] enter
tain no i'll will toward any white man on earth
and least of all toward my old master and his
cons; whom | loved as my own brothers, and
with whom | played ir boyhood. In all our
neighborhood romps and frolics and fights
(for boys will fight, they stood at my back,
MS did at theirs, whenever it came to the
pinch laughter and, thank God, will do
81 yet will stand by them so long as they
stand by me, whether the oppression comes
from the Yankees, or from wherever else it
may. Whenever il comes to my making
choice between white men, shall prefer those
of nv own section to oil the carpet-baggers in
the world. Laughter and applause. There
isn't very much difference between white men
and Yankees laughter, md whenever you
find it at all, you'll find it in the white mans S
favor. White folks are all cut pretty much
ont Of the same cloth, and both sections have
made their love for the niggers subserve their
own interests, as all men are selfish by nature
and cant help it, and can't blame them.
When the late war broke out, am free to
acknowledge, was mighty glad of it.
somehow felt that my freedom was going to
come out of it some way or other, and as |
am perhaps as selfish as n white man, I tell
you didn't cry much at the prospect. Well
when the. first company left my county for
"old yirginny," to fight the Yankees, en-
listedswith the balance of them, and went
along as first cook and head waiter for one of
my young masters. Ihad pretty good time
TOO for while the white folks were out fight
ing and marching and suffering and dying,
swas LAYING back with the meat and bread
wagons. Laughter. / felt, for once in my
lie, it was pretty good thing to he niger
after all-for the white man wouldn't let me
fight alongside of him, and after heard the
first she'll 90 off, God knows | wasn't verv
anxious to do it either. Renewed laughter.
/ knew if Ihad been along on the Yankee
side / wonldn't have had such an easy time,
for as selfish as the Yankee is. he never oh
,jected to getting somebody to do his fighting
for him whenever he could. Not he. Loud
laughter Same folks say he was willing
enough to let the South do it all during the
Mexican war.
use 1 to be right smartly amused hearing
the white folks talk NV young master came
in ona night after hattie. and says he
.IIenry. we've Just had a big. six hours
fight. We whipped the id Yankees like
fninke, aad drove 'em thirtv-six miles,
Thinks to myself. " IIumrl pretty good
driving-al in six hours. too Buta heap
of people think the niger is fool.
Well sorter thought maybe. the Yankees
were really fighting to free the niggers. But
they didn't keep the wool over my eyes long.
| watched 'em mighty close. One day the
news came into camp that MIR. Lincoln had
issued his proclamation, saying that il Mr..
Davis would lay down his arms and come
back into the Union, and go to paying tariff
again, the Southern people might have their
chance to get any freedom from you, Mr.. Lin
coin. Laughter, / tell you what! l felt
mighty bad for long time. had the blues
so bad was almost black. Laughter.
think in two weeks must have fell off twen-
Nty pounds. was so 'fraid Mr.. Davis was
going to do it couGn't sleep. But hy.and
hy the good word came that Mr.. Davis said
that he'd abe d--d if he'd do any such thing.
/ amt fighting for the niggers. Let the mig
gers 90. I'm after my own freedom first,
before anything else in the world.o l tell
YOU my heart jumped right up into nv mouth.
Thinks I, bully for jeff Davis Hes my
man All, my friends, If the Yankees had
been in Mr. Davis place you d been in the
cotton patch to-day, with the whip after you,
instead Of sitting ap here in this courthouse
hearing me speak. Langbter.l But don't
yau see the difference between the Southern
nsau and the Northern man ? The Northern
man never missed the chance of taking care
cf sho dimes
And now the esrpetba9gars come here and
tell ns they are car friends. and the Southern
people oar enemies They tell as they set
us-free. Oh, yes. they've done II sll, no
doubt. They set us free about ike they set
the mules free; about like Ben. Butler set
the spoons free. Immense laughter and ap-
plause,l They did it all to help the Yankee,
and to iniure the Southern man. They can't
fool this niger. l know who brought the
niger to this country. in the FIRST place; the
Northern man brought us here, and when
they began TO lose money on the nigger they
put the niger in their pocket: sold him
down South, and then, to keep the South in
the Union to make her pay taxes, they turn
around and set the nigger and the mule and
the spoons free; and they wouldn't have set
anything free (acceptin9 the s?oous) If they
8 could have got the South back into the Union
without It.
They promise him the ''forty acres and the
mnle." / know FIVE niggers that starved
plump to death waiting for that mule and
that forty acres. Laughter I'd like q
know where the carpet-hagger got his forty
acrese, You all remember the Devil took The
Lord up into high mountain, and promises
if he'd fall down and serve him, he'd give
him the whole world, aad tie old scoundrel
knew oil the time he didn I own a foot of lant
on tha continent Great laughter.
The carpet-baggers ask me to cast my vot
keep the white folks down. Now. all ev
erwanted was to get on level with the whit
man | never wanfed to get above him