Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-04-29
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April IL 1870.
TIE Moo York World, in a recent ishoo,
remarkt that the Niger vote must come
to us, becoz the Dirnocrisy he'd alluz he'd
success in mahagin the ignerant and dc
gradid classes. This determined us to set
about sekoorin the vote, ny the niger
populashen IN our ward itnfnejitly. Father
McGrathinsisted that 1t be done towunstt
becoz the mint they become Dimocrats
the way wuz paved for their coAiin UNDER
the speritooal direckshen NV the CathollcA
Church; Timmy McGee insisted that it
shood be done becoz the element, eff op
posed to us, mites become, dangerous;
Timmy o Ryan becoz we had either to in
corporate EN- into our ranks or kill EN-,
and he didn't believe it wood pay to raise
another. riot .jist, noWi and wantld em
attached TO our party, sbecoz wantid en-
in front uylny pAr reglef1y.
We decided 4hat the shortest way to git
at EN- wood be to git one Niger interest,".
id with us, who wood serve ez a, decoy
duck to ,bringin the Others. We wantid
niggerlto, assoshate with; to embrace,
and sichf to show other niggers that we
Good and wood atlilyate with efn. We he'd
terrible timeR gittin Nv it startid, how
ever. We got pne nv that race IN my back
room, and, attenlptid to ,argoo, the questions
Nv tllG AtQls fNhNlA AlAkltl sOAihhCiAs ~ .CoA
ability toorusH him by facts into submisheIi
to our doctrins, but the mizable devil
pulled out NV his pocket or copy Nv the
Constooshnr and askt Teddy the Litter to
read and constroo sentence therein,
which finisht thatpertikler effort. Teddy,
and Patsy O'Rourke and Micky Doolan
who held him in hand, startld back at the
site Nv that book ez tho. they he'd been
shot The .etiss Good read, and wat Good
any NV en- dDSWith sich manP
We caught q sick nigger and he'd him
in tow three days, We nussed him, ana
fed him, and he'd In a doctor for him, wich
doctor give MN medicine and Dmoorley
in ekal doses, all NV witch he seeminly
gulped down with. case. We got him on
the skore ofsgratitobts and he went away,
promisin that he wood ilne us, but the
second day he came back and laid down
on the bSrtNen& dollars with thefemark
that that snh swodd pay for alPthe cost
and trouble we he'd been to on hlsaccount.
"Wat do 700 meang" said 1, sternly,
sweepin the money into the drawer, how
ever, to make sure tv that. "A -
Dustin into. q ,paroxysm, w, teers, he re-
markt that ez low and mean Il snigger ez
he wuz hecopflent RELY iii1e us. 1t @p4
unfair III us helsed, TO take advantage NV
his illness toppt him Under obiigashens
"I + cah't be Dimokigat,o' he gobbed,
claspin his hands .piteously. can't
RELY. Il hey gray haired mother liYini
and Younger sister Il l can't Icali't.
for I'm Specially connectedw
Andshe'tuShed out It was forchnit for
him that I'wuz alone at the time.
All cur efforts to sekoor Ethiopian tc
our standard seofnetL 70 come to nsught
and we WIZ just on the confines NY des
pair, when one monp Johnny O'Shough
messy come rdshm in exelaimin, I've go
tive got IL it"sgtI1 .a73tf.HH .araa
SCOT wat - IaSkt. gsII sioec-i. -u
"The niger we want, In the Poleect
Court there's d bigger up for drukenness
vagrancy, steelin, assault aud battery, an(
some othef thin sssni ez he heznt blast
ed cent, ny course he'A be sent upin shor
metre VS. a Sit ,li5 bjH Is, shqogs 1l,.: ef we E,
on a bit till l GOOD see you"
wunstL seed lite. Rushing franti
cally down 60 the courtroom, gave any
self as.bsil for his appearance, wich til
Judge, who is q poliTilile friend Of mine
accepted, without question, and seezin tn
nigger by the coat collar, l hustled hin
of to my place in triumph. Tim Dolal
spoke up.
" VIII yoo," sez Tim, Of we get yoo
discharge promise to alluz vote til
Dim
"Holdl" sez quickly, for wuz ateer
Tins thougHtless precipltancy mite roof
all, "hold! He aint in condishen to he
that question put to him. Wait a minnit
understand watts required to make col
vert better than yoo do" .- --s..s
And sdi2in bottle from behind the be
put it to hi: lips The nigger drank wit
q eagernis wich gave me nope. Tedd
spoke up agin-
"Will you promise to alluz vote -"
"Hold!" said 1. "He haint enough
Drink"
And the niger emptied the bottle.
"NOW," sed "are yoO willin to promi:
to alluz vote the Dimocratic tickit--t
labor Withyour colored brethren to brin
EN- into the fold Nv the Dimocrisy, and
do your level bos5to promote the interss
Nv the Dimocratic party now and 70
evern
The niger, by this time crazy drum
(the likker, WuZ from my own priVa
bottle. and unwatored,) swore that
would promise all this. "G1ib me son
mo- dat whisky, he shrieked.
gave him another, bottle and IN flftee
minits he. WIZ slaepin the deep sleep wit
the tite man only knows.
In about four hours he awcke, and
thought it. time to approach him on Il
main question
"CEEzER," ! 1emarkt, "yog must COZ
mence yoor work 70 nite. Weshel gitl
mettn Nv colored men at this place
the purpose NV organi4in Colored Del
ocratic Club, and you must address en-
"Must indoos6em to jine q Dimocrat
Club p he asked. /f.l. T..
"CertinIy."
"Did 1 promise to do it2p t'
CertiniYp;L / replied, and my bu,
you'd better Keep that promise or III II
700 back in the DOCK 'a5 thePoleece Cou
III "I!iI : lil3i DO it,S. lea he with the dospcrs
air Nv one who he'd determined that Ii
amt worth liyin for and il prepared
anything riEdo it but must hev likk
enuif to drown my, con- which is
say, give me nerve" IL e
"Certinly," 1 replied, can the lillk
yoo wanttPut speek yoo must" .1-a
The mite come and there WIZ dcce
show w niggers in In, back room. B
the speeker alasl he wuz too far .gol
to speekspd he'd to dismiss en-. IT
The nazd iriorping he sWore he nev
wood do u, and TO git him to- the pint
consentip 1 give him more likker, and
got drunk agin, and 50 on it went, all u
week. The lix We. .wa2 in wuz suthin Ii
this: gaHt rHI tOh H.'e
/. We coodent approach a niger vi
he'd any Btandin or irh5oense. -..
2. Whop we capehersd, sieh wun
woodent hev anything to do with us VIII
he wuz sober, and to hold himwe had
keep him drunk . " ..-.
3. When drunk enuff to stay with
he wuz totedfunk to do wat we wanted.
After sfdldtierin on this poor wrct
at least a bali ,harrel1f ez good blilker
ever so6thGbnIy shFipkin sole, / W
compelled to hey hhftn re-arTestid g
sent up FSs " yeisSer, IN d, 7 coqaapt sta
no sich drain en- my fnalces, nor COZ
l bear to sec 50 ihlch. likker wastid ON
nigger. ~ iag.I. iflv .f'r4rrH ,yth -H
Tue epss took his sentence joyful
"It's hard" hesed, "but it's better tl