Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-04-15
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THEY COME TO DECISION
Hkar Nv ERIN s'LooN,
6rH WARD, Moo YoBK, April 2, 1870.
THE proclamation NV the President an
nouncin the ratification NV the Fifteenth |
Amendment perdoosed profound sensa- |
shen in this Ward.
1t wuz told to our people by reporter |
NV daily paper at IL o'clock this mornin |
and IL got pretty well around amongst us
by 3 this afternoon, wich wuz tollably |
rapid, considerin that intelligence in this |
Ward hez to be conveyed orally. In the |
afternoon IL was resolved that meetin |
be held in the evenin to consult ez to wat |
ackshen the Dimocrisy shood take in the |
matter, wich wuz akkordinly so done. l
he'd the back room lit up, the barrels
moved into q cafe place under the strong |
est kind NV locks, and the bar closed and |
draped in mournin in token NV the hoo |
miliashen wich felt he'd fallen onto the
people In conscience Nv this outrage.
hung Grape onto the door; l put Grape
around the portraits Nv Jaxon, Chief JUS
tis Chase, Bookannon and Fernandy
Wood. and likewise around the bottles
and over the red.headed barrel, wich
gave the establishment highly funereal
and mournful look wich wuz entirely
satisfactory.
In the evenin the Dimocracy assembled
and a more enraged gstherin / never saw
They wuzn't iist clear ez TO wat the Presi
dent he'd done; indeed the most NV EN-
wuz labrin under the impreshin that the
enfranchisement NV the niger wuz the
work nv the Democratic Legislacher at
Albany, and ther wuz indicashens Nv a
determination to 60 thro some OF the
houses NV the Dimocratic members in this
city, but | stopt EN-. by tellin EN- the
strate NV it.
asoomed the chair, of course, and he'd
In addishen, to do the dooties NV Sekre
tary, bein the only one then in the meetin
who Good write. .--.
Teddy McGinnis remarked that he felt
n hoomiliashen wich wuz actooally be-
yond expreshen. The dirty nagur wuz
now his ekal. The only difference be-
tween em he'd bin removed by this infa-
mus law. Does any one spose that he'd
liver consint to vote all day beside mig.
gersf Nlver He called upon the Dim
ocracy to jine him in croosade ,agin em,
Follow me-" sed Teddy, "and in Moo
Yorrisk, at least, we won't be bothered
with nagur suffrage, be gorra."
Pat Mclaughlin held similar views
Sooner than vote beside nagurs he'd re-
linquish the biznis Nv votin altogether
and go to sawin wood. Repeetin is q
good enuff biznis, and the small conthraci
wich he he'd ez a reward therefore wu7
betther, but he coodent stand nagurs, mol
woodent. His voice 'wuz for KILN Nv
en-.
The others made similar Speeches, when
Sandy Mcclure offered resoloosher
that the offerin nv vote by nagur be
considered ez a declarashen Nv war agin
the Democracy Nv Moo York, and that
they then be immegitly exterminated
Sandy wuz for no halfway measures. He
remembered the glorious Jooly days il
1868 when the Democracy Nv Moo YOrl
ASSERTED ITSELF He had assisted in des
troyin the nagur orphan asylum; will
this good rite hand he he'd beat out tht
brains Nv two nagurs, to say nothin u
the wimin and children wich he didn'
consider worth countin. He longed t
get at EN- agin.
The meetn bein all SO yoonanimus il
their feelin wrote the follerin resoloo
shens:
Resolved, That the Dimocrisy NV Moo York col
siderln and beleevin the Niger to be beast,
burlesk on hoomany and incapable Nv discharf
in any Nv the doOties NV citizenship, do hereb
protest agin his bein give the ballot on ekait
Resolped, That the Dimocriey nv Moo Yor
ruther than submit to this degredashen pledges II
sclfto the exterminashen NV the accussid race.
The resolooshens wuz adoptid withou
dssentin voice, and the enthoosiasti
Mcclure, brandishin his shillals, rushe
out and attackt couple Nv niggers vic
wuz passin, and knoekin EN- down, STAMP
ed onto EN- vigorously with his boots, el
claimin the while "Want to vote do yezi
The meetin wuz about to break VI
when Tim O'Grady, man Nv Fernand
Woods, come rushin in. He he'd hear
NV the meetin, and come immejitly to sc
about it, told him in breath wat he
In Trhnnlor ~ b.ar rlyt 10
in whisper "this won't do. Yoo eggr,
jis old ass, the .niggers hev votes, and wi
vote now in spite Nv u.s. We must git en-
for without EN-, with all the rebels disfraI
chised, what kin we do in the Souther
States? Call the meetin to order agin
l didn't like the tone of his alloosion
me, but called the meetin to order on
more.
O'Grady remarked to EN- that there ht
bin misunderstanding. He felt ashore
that the Dimocrisy ov Moo York, alluz IL
friends Nv the oppressed and downtro
den. wood now generously extend he'll
In hand to our cOlored brethren jist eli
waited to full citizenship. The Dimocris
he'd not assisted in their elevashun, bl
they he'd no feelin agin our brethren U
color. When our colCred brethren can
to analyze the matter, they wood love th
Dimocrisy the more for not doin NV
He wood move the substtOoshen NV th
follerin resolooshen for the one wich he
bin unadvisediy passed:
keSoIued, That the Democrsy nv Moo York hs
with fee lin NV pleasure wch we hev no words
express, the elevashen Nv our coored fellow Gil
sens to full citizenship, and that we pledge ou
selves TO perfect EN- in the enjoyment nv tn
newly found rites.
The meeting didn't want to pass j
The feelin agin EN- wuz too deep sot to b
rooted out IN mint, but O'Grady WI
determined. o wat mint wuz thai
Wuz the niggers to be killed by us,
wuz they to be taken to our buzZum
Their fate hung tremblin in the balance
Finally IL wuZ put to vote and the Mi
gers wuz safe By one majority the res,
looshen wuA passed
at that mint a groan wuz heard ou
side.
what is that? ?" asked O'Grady.
Some nagurs jist now bate!" r
marks Mcclure.
"Beatin niggers p sed O'Grady "Goc
Lord bring em in"
And he rushed out and brought in I'll
two unfortunates They were bad
banged up about the face, and breast, an
stumick, and legs, but O'Grady wuz elk
to the emergency, He washed the
wounds and revived EN- with whiskC
and bound up their sores and finally s
EN- on ther feet
Mcclure !" sed he when he he'd Il
work finished, Mcclure embrace en-"
Mcclure bed his shillala in his han
Never did see man so torn with CO
tsndin emoshens. Material instinks il
PEELED him to drop that shillala on the
heds ez usual, but politikle conside
ations restrained him Twct und
OGrady's eye he lowered it, until at Ia
he dropt it and fell sobbin with emoshC
onto ther buzzums.
took the Grape off the door bottles al
picters and immejitly illoominated
honor nv the event, and the next morn
put up placard at my door, "No di
tinkshen at this bar on account NV colo
Ekal ritesr'
The ward committee is takin prom
and Vinernna anr ahnr, fn cnnnnr tb;n ,r1,i