The Placer herald., 1870-06-11
THE NE0Rs on TIE STUMP.

nd1 puu'ebes tne Io!toHipk speech, made by
An uneduca,ed negro, possessing = strong
native intellect, 40 tho most Elective ono do
liversd IN Misss.ippi agsin., the new Stat.
Constitution. Tho Coss,itutios distranehis-
ed twenty thousand ~hi,s citissus. and vas
voted down by tho colorsd vote. Boyd, the
speaker. ranva,ed the State where The negro
vote was in gr-at maj 'rilv. viii complete
sacress The foilo~,ng is the suhs ancs Of
be most interesting part Of his speech:
Nv color-d hienhs. | appear her. to dAy
in ,o0r in'er.st alone. The ~hits man is
able To take care Of himself; and "a you can
ali sse. have not one drop of ~h,, hlnd
i" nv veins Laughter | am regular.
81 fashioned, piau, corn field digger, and
have not The cspar,'y I" Instruct ~hus pso-
PIE as :athslr duties. sveu # had lAs vii. |
wa. \ slave ir m my btth-l Sl~sys end.av.
ored 10 serve ~, mas'-r taihfuly. according
t." that letter in tho Bible which READ: S-,.
wants, he obadi-nt unto yoor masters, for
tbs Is right" Aud can l~v INV hand npon
INV heart TO day and say. before God, that |
entertain no i'll will toward any white man
on earth, and least Of all i"watd my old
master and hls sous, ~bom loved AS my
own brothsrs, and WITH whom played in
DO, hood. ln all our n-ishbo,hood rnmp.
and trollcs and fights Qor boys will 6xh) J.
they stood NJ my back AS dd at theirs.
whenever II came tn the pinch iaugh :;
AMI. ,hark G"d will do 10 yet | VIII
stand hy them So long as they stand bv me.
whether The oppression comes from HE Z .n-
KEGS. or from wherever else it may. When
ever II comes to my making ch"lce between
white men, .hrIl prefer lh"ss Of my own
section I" all the c rps,- h~gp-rs in the
~"rli Laughter and applause There
isn't ,erv much d T-r-nc- he,ween White
men and la'k-e- snghre' aud when you
tad II All. you'll tind 1t in the white mans
favor. White folks are all cut pr.uy much
ont Of the came cloth. and both seviyous
have made their love for the niggsrs sub
serve their own Interests, as Ill men are sci
ti'h 10y 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 ieit that my freedun WAS going to
come ont "f il .npe way or othsr, and ~ !
Am perhaps as seIh~h \. viii man, tell
N"n dd"''rry much At he prospect. Well,
when he frs; company l.f, nv roun,y fr
"Ohi rginuv," to fight The Yankees, en-
listed With tho balance Of them, and vent
along AS fist coax aud head waiter for one
Of my young masters. hsd prstl. good
t''ne. too Tor while the shire folks we're out
hlhi'ng and marching, snd Suffering agd
dying. Was lying ba' with the m.a: aud
bread wagons. Laughter | islr. for once
IN my he, II WAS ptetty good thing 10 hp
uigger after all for the VI his m-n would
70, let me fight along side Of them. and Al
ter heard the first shell 20 fl, God knows
| ~asn't ve'y anx'ous to do it either. r.
n~~ed laughter. knew if had been along
ou the lankee side couldn't have hal such
An easy time, for 10 selfish as the Yankee is
he rsvsr "tj 'r,ed to g-i'ing somebody TO do
hs b hting fr him whsn.y-r he could. Not
he. l. nd laughter Some foks say he
WAS ~hin2 enough to let the South do 1t all
dur'og the M-xiran war
| used T. ts right smar'ly amused heat
ing The white fol talk My young ma>tI
came in one night after battle, and says
te. 'lienrv wave jnst had big. Nix honrs
fight. We whipped tn. d--d Yankees
Thinks | 10 myssif, Hump! pretty good
duvlng -aI in SIX h ,ur., too r. But q heap
OF p-op'e 'hipk th. mig .r is a fool.
Well, | s"rter thought, naybs The Iau-
KEGS were really fighting to free lhs nigyers
But they diin'' keep the wool over my ewes
long. watched '.m mighty close. On-
dav The news rane into camp that Mr.. L'n-
coin had issued bls proc STnat:nn, saving that
1t Mr.. Davis would lsy down his arms and
com. back INTO the Un'"n, and % to paying
la " sg4n. he Southern people might have
,hir ngeers lh,nk- |. hump! Nigh,
poor chance I" gsi any t,e4,lom from yon.
Mr.. Lincoln. L,ush'-'.l l,-,I YOU wha',
i-lt m'eh'y tad Tor \ long time had
the blues So bad ~xs almost black. | ihluk
~ iw' weeks mus hav- fell If tven,,
pounds | WAS so frald Mr.. Davis was gong
/" do it | couldn't sleep. Bat y aud by
the good word cam- that Mr. Davis said
that he'd "he d----d # he'd do any such
thing. | amt fighting FOR The niggers. Let
the Nuggets 60. I'm alter my own freedom
first. before ANYTHING else in The world"
tell you my heart jumped light up into nv
mouth. Thinks |, bully for j. # Davi. hv-
NV UHW hH NV IlItHUs, u Tue AHktts
had been in Mr.. Davis place you'd been
IN the cotton rs'cb to-day. with the whip
AFTER Won, instead OF sitting up here in this
court house hearing M speak Laughter
But don't yon ses ths difference tetween
he Son hern man and the N"r'hsrn man
The N"rh,rh man never missed the chance
of 'akng care Of the DIMES
And now tn. ra,p.t haggers come here
and tell us they are our friends. and the
southern ps"pe our enemies They tel ns
they set us tree. Oh. yes, they've done il
all, n" doubt. They set Us fres about Ike
they set the mules free about iks Ben.
Butler set The spoons free. Immense
laughter and applause They did i, all to
help the Yankee and to injure the Southern
man. They ran't fool this niger. know
wb, brought the nigger to this country, in
the first place; the Northern man hroueh,
US here. and when they began to lose money