The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1870-02-26

LEGISLATURE REFUSE To STAND BY
PRINCIPLE.
LOUISVILLE, witch is in the State
NV Kentucky Feb. 9, 1870.
l don't know that RELY there's any more
yoose in Twin on this earth. The Fifteenth
Amendment is adeptid, and a nigger SEN
ator will take the seat in the SENT wunst
okkepied by that marter, JEFFsoN DAVIS.
It's about time for me to go hentz-I hev
no desire to rename. / wood like to stay
long enough to consoom the contents Nv a
red headed barrel in the back-room NV my
blessid grosery in Moo York into witch l
haint, ez yet, put no water, and probably l
will. l think shell go home, shut myself
up in that back-roem, drink that partikeer
barrel dry, and fall dead across it. Like
SARDANAPULUs, my kingdom being gone,
my funeral pile shell be my throne.
I came on to Kentucky to aid by my
counsel the Dimocrisy Nv that State, in
the present crisis. The nigger REvEL hez
a seat in the SENT Nv the Yoenited States,
and NV course, no white Kentucky Dino
body beside him I expected, NV course,
that GARRET DAVIS and MCCREERY, wood
immejitly resine, and ez no native born
Kentucky Dimocrat wood take the place,
presentid by Ablishnist, it okkurred to
me that possibly there mite be chance for
nae. I am Northern Dimecrat by birth,
and Northern Dimocrats have alluz done
SIGH work for the Southerners, ez the South
erners ceuntid too dirty for EN-. The only
thing witch coed stand in the way wuz the
fact that left Kentucky year ago, and
am now a citizen Nv Moo York But wat
NV that? l kin swear / am citizen Nv
Kentucky-I hev bin in Moo York politics
enutf to be able to swear to anything.
At all events | went on to my old State,
and got together a caucus NV the Dimocrat-
ic members NV the Legislacher to consider
this thing.
The Chairman Nv the caucus remarkt
that the signs l. the times indicated trouble.
Kentucky, eff That higgcr wuz admitted to
the SENT, WIZ rirchually disfranchised, for
NV course DAYS and McCREERY coed not
remain in thci" seats beside him. Ne Ken
lucky gentleman wood disgrace his proud
State by practically takin to his buzzum a
male member Nv an inferior race-uv &C
knollegin his equality, and workin quietly
with him. Never! Sooner than see this
he wood be wiiin to see the States further
South inoggerats another struggle for their
rites, in the event Nv witch, Kentucky, troo
to the yoonyun, ez before, wood preserve
strict and disnified MORTALITY by selling
horses and provender impartially to both
armies. He hoped the gentlemen wood
express their views freely.
A gentleman from the eastern part Nv
the State offered the following preamble
and resolushen:
Wareas The SENT Of the Yoopited
States is about to admit to a sect in that
body niger; and
Wareas, No Kentucky Dimocrat wood
degrade hisself by sittia beside niger;
therefore
Resolued, That Hon. Carrot Davis be in
structed to resine to-wunst.
The resolooshuns passed to-wunst, with
out a dissentin voice, and were sent by tel
egraph to the Senators at Washington, af-
ter witch begged permission to offer a re-
mark. / sed that Nv course no Kentuckian
Good be found to take them places made
vacant by the two eminent men who wuz
about to leeve the SENT, but nevertheless
ed. Is there no northern man NV Kentucky
principles who will rush to the front at this
crisis?
Twenty gentlemen sprang to their feet.
remarkt that Kentucky shood alluz be rep
resented by Kentuckians. DAVIS and Nc
CREERy cleerly ought not to stay. They
shood resine to wunst ez protest agin
found who wood accept the places they
should be found. Takin EN- ez they wood
ez NECESSITY, there woodent be the stigma
attached to EN- that there wood be to the
and possibly SIGH mite be found.
The Chairman doubted whether there
WIZ Kentuckian who had SO little respeck
for hjsself. Ell kentuckian wuz selected
it sheod be from the membership NV the
Legislacher. He felt that it was the dooty
Nv some two NV EN- to sacrifice themselves
on the altar Nv their State. 1t wood be a
bitter degredashun for a man filled with
the memories NV the past, to choke down
natural pride, and take sect by a niger,
but some one mast do it. He wood seiest
that the members proceed with system in
this matter Let us designate, by ballot.
our wishes. Let us vote for man to fill
the place to be made vacant by G. DAVIS.
and let the member upon whom this doety
devolves, accept the sacrifice in the troo
Kentucky sperit. Gentlemen, prepare yoor
ballots for successor to DAVIS, and get
ready to shed a friendly teer over the fate
NV the man upon whom the degredashun
falls.
This wuz agreed to, each member re-
markin that no matter who wuz chosen,
there wuz ne law to compel him to be elect
id and set beside niger.
The members each voted the votes were
counted out, and, horror! EACH MEMBER
HE'D PRECISELY ONE VOTE, and the loosenis
NV the hand writin on the tikkits made it
painfully certain that each member he'd
vetid for hisself! Ez my hopes wuz bustid
ceedent help singin out that more self
sacrificin body NV men never saw!
Then commenst the most fearful squab-
bic | ever witnest, Gentlemen got by the
ears, and pistols wuz drawd, but .iist ez
they were gettn ready for a sskkond bal
lot, Il dispatch wuz received from DAVIS
and MCCREERY Stain that while they ap-
preshiatid the degredashen NV their stooa-
shen, and felt it keenly, nevertheless, ez
| Kentucky must be represented in the SENT
they rather thought they woodent resine at
| all Ef they knowd their own hearts they
! thought they'd hold on to their seets.-
They might as we'll be sacrificed as any
body.
The gentlemen mostly remarked HI
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