New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-04

the Matter Of the Negro vote-They
Comcio a Decision.
HARP Nv ERIN S'LooN.
Sixth Ward, Moo York, April 2, ls7O
The proclamation of the President, an
uouncin the ratification Nv the hfteenth
amendment, perdoOsed a profound sensa-
shen in this ward.
It wuz told to our people by q reporter Nv
q daily paper at eleven O'Clock this morning,
and il got pretty we'll around among us Dy
three this afternoon, witch wuz tolerably
rapid, considern that intelligence in this
ward has to be conveyed orally. In the
afternoon it was resolved that a meetln.b be
held in the evenin to consult eZ to what
ackshen the Democracy shOod take in the
matter, wich WIZ akkordIdgly SO zone.
he'd the back room lit up, the barrels
moved into a safe place under the strongest
kind av locks, and the bar closed and draped
in mournin, in token Nv hoomiliashen which
/ felt had fallen onto the people in konse-
kence of this outrage. l hung Grape onto
the door,. l put Grape around the portraits
NV jackson, Chief Justice Chase, Bookhan-
non and Fernandy Wood, and likewise
around the bottles and over the red headed
barrel, which gave the establishment a
highly funereal and mournful look, which
was entirely satisfactory.
In the evenin the Democracy assembled,
and a more enraged gatherin l never saw.
They wuzn't list clear as to wat the President
Z uOuI sbbhSSo Az AoSs - ' ~"
under the impreshn that the enfranchise-
ment NV the Niger wuz the work Nv the
Democratic Legislacher at Albany, and ther
WIZ indicashuns Nv a determinashun to go
thro some Nv the houses NV the DimocratIc
members in this city, but l stopt EN- by tell
in EN- the strate Nv it.
/ asoomed the chair Nv course, and he'd.
in addishen, to do the dooties of Secretary.
bein the only one then in the meetin hat
Good write.
Teddy McGinnis remarked that he felt a
hoomiliashen wiCh wuz actOoally beyond
expression. The dirty nagur was now his
ekal. The only difference between EN- he'd
bin removed by this infamus law. Does
any one suppose that he'd liver consint to
vote all day beside niggers? Niver! He
called upon the. democracy 10 Jlne him IN a
croosade agin EN-. Fellow me-" sed Fed
dy, sand in New Yorrick, at least, we won't
be bothered with nagur suffrage, be gorra."
Pat Mclaughlin held similar views. Soon
er than vote beside nagurs he'd relinquish
the biznis Nv votin altogether, and go to
sawin wood. Repeetin is a good enuff biZnis,
and the small contract which he he'd ez q
reward therefor wuz betther, but he coodent
stand nagurs, nor woodent. His voice wuz
for KILN Nv EN-.
The others made similar speeches, when
Sandy Mcclure offered q resoloOshen that
the offerin of a vote by q nagur be consld-
cred ez a declarashen Nv war agin the De-
mocracy NV Moo York, and that they then
be immegitly exterminated. Sandy wuz for
no half way measures. He remembered the
glorious Jooly days in 1868, when the De-
mocracy Nv Moo York asserted itself. He
he'd assisted in destroyin the nagur, orphan
asylum; with this good rite hand he he'd beat
out the brains Nv two nagurs, to say nothing
nv the wimin and children, wich he didn't
consider worth countin. He longed to get
at them agin.
The meeting bein all SO yoonanimous in
their feelin, / wrote the follerin resolooshens:
"Resolued, That the Dimocrisy Nv Moo
York, considerinand believer the niger to
be q beast, a burlesk on hoomanity, aud in
capable NV discharging any NV the dOOties
NV citizenship, do hereby protest agin his
bein given the ballot on a ekality with
white men.
York, ruther than submit to this degreda-
shun, pledges itself to the exterminashun
Nv the accusid race"
The resolooshen WIZ adoptid without a
dissenting voice, and the enthusiastic
Mcclure, brandishing his shiliala, rushed |
out and attakt a couple of niggers witch
wuz passin, and knockin 'em down. stamped |
onto 'em vigorously with his boots. eX.
-e!aimin the while, 'Want to vote, do yez ~ |
. The meetin wuz about to break up, when
Tim OGrady, a man Nv Fernandy Woods, |
come rushin in. He had heerd Nv the |
Ineetin and come imejitly to see about it. /
told him in a breath wat he'd bin done. |
Thunder ! " ne remarks to me IN a whls-
per, ''this won't do. You eggrejls old ass, /
the niggers hey a vote and will vote now, |
in spite NV us. We must git en-, for with
out en-, with all the rebels disfranchised, |
wat kin we do in the Southern States? Call
tine meetin to order agin."
| didn't like the tone Nv his alloOsion
to me, but | called the neetin to order onct
more.
O'Grady remarked to EN- that there he'd
bin q misunderstanding. He felt ashoored
that the Dimocrisy Nv Moo York, alluz the
friends Nv the oppressed and down trOdden, |
wood now generously extend a helpin hand
to our colored brethren just elevated to full
citizenship. The Dimociisy helnot assisted
in their elevashen, but they he'd no feeling
ored brethren CONF to analyZe the matter
they would love the Dimocrisy the more for
not dOin NV it. He wood move the substi.
toOshen Nv the foiloWin resolOoshen for the
one which he'd bin unadyisedly passed
RESOLVED, That the Democrisy Nv Moo
York hail with the feelin Nv pleasure which
we hev no words to express, the elevashen
NV our colOred fellow.citzens 10 full citizen
ship, and hat We pledge ourselves to perfect
EN- in the enjoyment Nv their newly-found
rites. i
The meeting didn't want to pass it. The
feelin agin EN- WIZ too deep sot to be rooted
out in a mint, but O'Grady wuz deter
mined. o. wat a mint wuz that! Wuz the
niggers to be killed by us, or wuz they to be
taken to our buZZums Their fate hung
tremblin in the balance. Finally it wuZ put
to vote, and the niggers wuz safe. BY one
majority the resolushen wuz passed.
At this mint a groan was heard outside.
"What is that y asked O'Grady.
"S0me nagurs / j!st now BATE" remarks
Mcclure.
"Beatin niggers!" sed o'Grady, "bring
en- in"
And he rushed out and brought in the two
~unfortuuates. They were badly banged
up about the face, and breast, and stumick,
and legs, but O'Grady wuz ekal to the
emergency. He washed their wounds and
revived EN- with whisky and bound up their
sores, and finally set EN- on their feet.
Mcclure sed he when he he'd the work
finished. Mcclure, embrace en-"
Mcclure he'd his shillala in his hand.
Never did l see a man so torn with contendin
emoshens. Nsterel instinks impelled him to
drop that shillala on their beds eZ usual,
but polltikle conslderashens restrained him.
Twict under O'Grady's eye he lowered it,
until at last he dropt 1t and fell sObbin with
emoshen into their buZzums.
l TOOK the Grape Oft the door, bottles and
picters, and immeejitly illuminated & in honor
of the event., and the hext morning l put up
q placard at my door: "No distinction at
this bar on account Nv color. Ekul rites"
The ward committee is taking prompt and
ackshun to secure this vote. They
have adopted the same means they use to
control their Other vote. They hev already
ten ~salUDss, run by cOlored men, to ,
which they give al the profits, aud are ar
ronninn for morn Thn~a mill no. ,-uo~ -.