Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-11-03
A Friend of Nnsb,,s in Delaware.

To aie Editor Of The Commercial:
While readen of the unfortunate interference
of my friend Nasby's speach by Obed Peasleys
niggers, wuz rous'd by loud rap at my room
door; the rap wus familiar. I to wunst reckog-
missed it as Nasby's. l sprung to the door
instanter imegiately removed the wooden bar
from the steeples and threw open the door
imegiatey grasped the hand of my old friend.
l fell upon his buzzum in perfect frensy of
dclite. Nasby returned the embrase. I to wunst
observed that he wus very nervus. Els soon es
his voice Good give uterance he exclaimed,
:. Dobbsy, ,Dobbsy, for hevens sake Dobbsy, cloze
the door es l am clusly persued by that meen
cuss Peasley and his band of niggers, which are
Consistently follerin' me with a band of musick
and with baners, onto which they hev inscribed
the likness ov the late Postmaster of Confederit
X Roads in the act Of denouncin the nigger as
a beest and broot-in which 1 am sayin the
nigger is not man, and that we arc exclusively
white mans party"
Iperceved to once that my old friend WIS fast
faintcn away, es the last words he spoke wus
skarcly augible. / wus in CRATE distress. I
imegiately run to fetch him calibash ov water.
To 60 an return wus the work of a mint. l
placed the beverage tu his lips but he to
stared at me with horror, at the ijea of bring'n
him water. / to once seed my mistake. sprung
to the shelf in the fireplace, and graspted my
flask of whiskey. His eyes follered me with
rapchur the site ov the bottel to once give him
strength clasped the bottel tn his mouth l
to once perceived there wus no obstruction in his
ewaller ; the whiskey flowed down his .gullet es
freely es water runs from gooses back. In less
than q mint full half pint of Keegans best
| whskey wus in his inards The eject prodused
wus maryelus.
With his last swaller his voice returned; in
augible tone, he exclaimed, "Dobbsy. Dobbsy,
ov mind in producin the whiskey. The site of
water alters shocks me. hev not tuched it raw
fur severil years. Besides, it al not dimocrat-
ic drink. alters noticed that Peasley and his
niggers never wood drink anything but water,
when tendin my meetins. always tried to induce
'em to take sum whiskey, thinkin it might impel
EN- to vote the dimecratic ticket but coodent
| sucseed Peasley WIS invulner'ble, and his mig
gers WIS trained to follow his example. had to
leave en in disgust. Still, peasley will insist on
follerin me up. He ses he wants his niggers to
| understand our platform. Peasley is meen
crss he is disgrace to the Caucausian rase,
and ought to be extermenated; but have not
time to wrestle with him now, es am on i'm
portant mission, and to you, Dobbsy, hev cum
This expresshun of the late Post Master TUX
me by surprise. to once demanded to know
what assistance Good give him. He said he
i
Delaware, nformin me at the same time that
| there was great rupture in the Demockracy of
| Kent County This remark of my friend struck
terror to my vitals. Imegatey great drops Of
persperation stood out onto my forhed wus
tu full fur utterance. As last resort, seezed
the bottel from Nasby's hand and took a strong
draft. Imegiately my curage begin TIL return.
| told him tn tell the wust Nasby was serisly
affected teers stood in his eyes. Gaming curage
by anuther swig at the whisky, he exclaimed,
" Dobbsy,my friend Dobbsy, the party is going tn
the Devil in Kent County! The family has
carried matters ~ fur. Cove wants til be Sena-
tor; Ponder Y ant tn be Guyner, and Eli has got
all his trends me county ticket"
For my part l WIS pleased with the ticket, and
30 wus the workin men in general; but the aris-
tocracy wus indignent. The Ridgleys the Cum
mns's, the Reeds and the Johnsons (not An
agenst % the family rooI. When I fust herd it,
it was small groul but it suddenly grew louder
and louder, ontil all Kent begun tu shake with
terror.
Dover. Cove sed 1t wood be fizzle thot sc
myself went thare to latf at the failure. Wen
arrivd the meetin wus in session. was con-
founded the State House WIS jammed to over.
tiowin. 1 to once went to Goves office. l found
him in distress. On seein me his knees smote
together, he clasped my hand in silence an nor
visly motioned me to sect He was tu full fol
uterance. After wipen the teers frum my eyes
broke the sense. ] entreeted his Exselency IL
l
his emoshun he agin graspt my hand exclamin
We're ruined! we're ruined! unles we can unite
the Demockracy Of Kent. askt him if th'
rupture wus Herins he replide it wus dangeru
element,e they wus in possession Nv all our secre
muvments, and that. they wuz able to buy up al
the votes in the market, which wus very numeris
He sed thare WIS but one thing that Good saw,
, us, and that wus to seizure sheer of the nigge
votes. This last remark of his Exselency on
nerved me. I WIS not prepared for this ex
preshun. to once remarked to his Exselenc,
that we wus White Mans Party. and nigge
is not man. Heer wus interrupted by his Elk
selency who reminded me to speek in a low tom
of voice, as the niggers wus ever on the alert t
heer all that WIS sed. He sed we must be suck
sesful and to do this we must seizure the niger
but we must do it secretly. He solicited M
services.
For the sake of Democracy consented.
wus to once dispatched to look after the nigger
in Appoquinimink, Saint Georges, Pencader an
: New Castle Hundreds, and l am now on tina
l., mishun and fur the present locate at Ne'
Castle. Yours Truly,
BOURBON DoBBsy,