Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-09-23
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MR. NAsBY ATTEMPTS TO STUMP THE, STATE
oFDELAwARH--THEo OBSTACLES THROWN
IN HIS WAY BY ONE oBED PEAsLY, A
ooNNEcTtcUr MAN NOW RBsDENT OF
THAT STATE.
MAsrxN's CoKNKRs, MrsrnIoN HUNDRED, 4
|n.-. IN THE STATE Nv DELAwARB, Il
- September II, 1870.
1T seems to me ez though whenever /
thought 1 he'd a pecoolyerly good thing,
that some onmitgated cues wuz destined
70 be raised up sgin me to bust it. At
Confedrit x Roads in Kentucky, that
sneekin whelp, Pollock, and faroshus
broot, Joe Bigler, wuz alluz in my way,
overthrowin my happiest skeems and,
blastin my most oherisht purposes. Here,
in Masten's Corners, my evil genyusis a
cuss from Connecticut, named Obed
Peasly, who drifted into Delaware four
years ago, and who now runs a tin shop
at this place. The people hev to endoor
him ana support him, for ez they never
bay new tin ware It's q real accommoda.
shun for EN- TO hev man capable of sod.
derin holes In pans, when the orihces be.
come too big to be stuffed up, with rags,
| But he IL nevertheless a disturber and an
| inkubus. He hez made friends with all
the niggera in this part NV the state hez
helped the Methodist and Baptist preech.
| efs 10 start Sunday Skools among EN-, and
is in all respecks conduktin hisself like
man Nv low, grovlin instinks, who feels
call to tear down ancient land marks, and
root out everything that the well regu.
lated Delawarian most desires to perpetu.
ate. He is an innovator NV the most
dangerous descripshun. H He hez been
bawlin for years for the ,deetruek shen nv
the whippin-poet, and the establishin nv
free skools here, hez tried to interdoose
tactries and stop the sale NV likker, and
heV meetin house put up, and 80 on. In
short he hez lbein doin his level best TO
fedoos Delaware to the level OF Moo Ing
land. f1.i t
The Democratic Central Committee NV
the State he'd arranged matters wisely and
well that is, it wood hey bin well he'd it
not bin for this cussed Pessley. They
desired TO hold all the white vote, and
hoped to gain large share Nv the niger
vote. We knew we shood hev no trouble
with the white vote, for abuse NV the
niger wood do that, but how to aboose
him and capcher his vote at the same time
wuz the problem. 1t wuz decided not to
hold public meetins among the niggels at
all, or 10 hev EN- attend meetins, but TO
do the work among them by private con-
versashen. This wood make clear sailin
Tor our speakers, who wuz all notified by
cirkler Nv wot wuz to be sed. They wuz
to bear with all the force possible onto
taxes, wich the Delaware man hez alluz
hatld to pay, for any purpus, and pertikI
elerly the danger OF Niger ekality, wich
Is movin topic tor Democratic speakers
everywhere
l opened the campane In Masten's Cor.
ners two weeks ago, with the same speech
lhev bin yoosin lor twelve yeers. In the
beginnin l arrane the Republican party
-fof corrupshen, onto wich l dwell tor
perhaps ten minutes, when l launch of
into my favrit argument, wich is that the
Niger is beast, and physically and NOR
ely onfit to be anythln but the property
Nv the proud Caucashen, which Is by
nacher the master race. The meetin pass
ed off splendidly a more enthoo.
siastic aujence l never he'd. Obed Peas
| ley wuz In, and at the concioosion he told
me that he never he'd bin SO staggered in
his life.
"Wher do you speek ito-morrer nite?"
he asked
! told him at village some sixteen
miles from here.
~ will be there to hear it agin," he sed,
and ez them trooths Nv yourn ought to
hev wide circulashep, | shel bring all my
trends in that naborhood."
l never wuZ so elated in my life. Here
wuz froots Here WIZ Moo Ingland dis
turber sonverted by one speech-a perse'
cooter converted into an adherent. re-
tired to bed that mite in ruther high esti-
mate Nv my ability. i+--.
The next mite he'd deliteful aujence.
The barn in wich wuz to speek wuz
4 neerly full NV the residents NV the seek
shun, and from remarks heerd EN- drop
and ther appearance, and other indica-
shens, / felt ashoored that every thing !
shood say on the niger wood meet with
ready and enthoosiasCc response from en-.
opened elokenly and reeled OFF the
first ten minutes NV my remarks with
more sperit than ever throWd into it.
'l The people were enthusiastic in ther ap-
\ plause, and he'd workt myself up into a
fever Nv eggscitement At last ! got to
the second head Nv my remarks-the Mig
ger question.
MY brethren, )" sed I, " approach this
4 question reluctantly. The subJck isn't a
4 pleasant one The niger, my brethren,
4 wich these fanatics are strlVin " force onto
us ez an ekal, IL not man. The niger,
with his long heels, his horrible Odor,
his ~
didn't conclood the sentence. Atthis
pint, while these words wuz 8 ekoin thro
the assemblage, that onmiugatid moo.
sance, Obed Peasley, marched into the
barn at the head Nv q percession Nv male
niggers, twenty, In number, all Nv wioh
took seats rite in front uV me where they
eoodent help hearin every word l shood
utter. .is.-.. .f.,I. -,t3 --....e
My tongue wuz glued to the roof Nv my
mouth. saw the danger l wuz in to.
wunst. Them niggers he'd votes, and
with the white Republicans in the vicinity
kin carry it. Our people had bin TO work
among EN- with hopes NV holdin at least q
porshen Nv EN-. Et peIceeded with my
speech ez l he'd it arranged, they wuz
hopelessly lost -efI didn't lay it on thick
enuf onto the nigger, l disgusted my
white friends afOre me, who only he'd
one politikle creed, wieh wuz to hate sich
l undertook to switch off and say suthin
else, but coodnt. hev only he'd one
speech for twelve years, and must de.
liver that OF hold my peace. ...
Peasley nodded at me approvinly. "My
| brethren |" l commenct agin, when seein
them niggers my knees trembled. lost
coDshusnis and fell faintin off the barrel
onto wich stood.
perceeded the next mite to my next
appointment, thankin Heaven that l
tainted ez did, for it let me out of most
awkward posishen. / opened ez before
and got to the percise pint where change
TO the discushen NV the nigger, when
Peasley agin made his appearance with his
escort NV niggers, twenty in number.
Agin l tried to switch off; sgin l stun.
bled and tloundered, and agin l sunk down
unable to say word.
Need / continyoo the hart rendin mar
rativei Need l say that for two weeks
that feend incarnate, with twenty niggers
alluz with him, made his appearance at
my meetins, every time jest ez wuz
sayin "my brethren, the Niger wioh
these Radikals Is forsin onto us ez an
ekal is not man. He is not fit morally
or physically to be associated with US,
| He is" r lfrer sI. ..
Need / say that am at Bill Sapp's, sick,
after. heVin miscarried with that same