New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-05-22
NAsBY AFTER THr NEGRO VOTE

remarkt that the niger vote must GUMS
to US, becoz the dimocrisy he'd ailcs ned
success in managin the ignerent and de-
gradid classes This determined US to set
about secoorin the vote OF the nigger
populashen in our ward immeJltly.
Father McGrath insisted that it be done
to wunst, becoz the mint they become
dimdcrats the way was paved for their
comm under the speritooal direcshen Nv
the Catholic church; Jimmy MCGEE in
sisted that it shood be done, becoz the
element eff it opposed US, mite become
dangerous; TimEy Organ, becoz he he'd
either to incorporate EN- into our ranks or
kill EN-, and he didn't believe it would
pay to raise another riot just now; and
wanted EN- attached to our party becoz
wanted EN- in front Nv my bar regerly.
We decided that the shooIest way to get
at EN- wood be to get one niger interested
| with US who wood serve as decoy duck
to bring in the others. We wanted mig
| ger to associate with; to embrace and
SIGH to show other niggers that we Good
and wood afiiyate with EN-. We had
| terrible time gitten one Nv EN-, however.
| We got one ov that race in my back room,
and attempted to argue the question ov
the hour with him, confident in our integ-
rity to crush him by facts into submission
to our doctrines; but the mizerable devil
| pulled out ov his pocket a copy OF the
constitution, and askt Teddy theS litter to
read and constroo a sentence therein,
which finished that partiklar effort
| Teddy, and Patsy O'Rourke and Micky
| Doolan. who he'd him in band, started back
at the sight ov that book ez though they
| IL
wat Good any Of EN- do with SIGH man!
We caught a sick niggir and he'd him in
tow three days. We nussed him, and fed
him, and he'd in doctor for him, wich
doctor give him medicine and dimocIasy
in ekal doses, all of wich he seemingly
gulped down with ease. We got him on
the score of gratitood, and he went away
promisin to jine US, but the second day he
came back and laid down on the bar
twelve dollars, with the remark that that
sum wood pay for all the trouble we he'd
bin to on his account.
swat do you mean ?" said | sternly,
sweepin the money into the drawer, how
ever, to make sure Of that.
Dustin into a paroxysm Nv tears, he re-
markt that ez low and mean niger ez he
wuz he coodent RELY jine Us. 1t wuz un-
fair in us, he sed, to take advantage Nv
his illness to put him under obligasnuns
to us.
81 can't be dimokrat," he sob5ed,
claspin his hands piteously. 81 can t
RELY. I hev gray haired mother livin,
and younger sister! l can't! can't !!
for I'm specially connected"
And be rushed out. 1t wuz torchnit for
him that WuZ alone at the time.
All efforts to seizure a Ethiopian to our
standard seemed to come to naught, and
we wuz Just on the confines ov despair,
when one mornin Johnny O'Shoughnessy
came rushin in eXclalmin, 1--WE got it !.
I've got It'll
"Got what - | askt.
"The niger we want. IN the poleece
court there's niger up for drunkenness,
vagrancy, stealth, assault and battery, and
some other thing, and ez he hasn't a
blasted cent, Nv course he'll be sent up in
short meter. We kin get him sure, eff we
90 about it quickly. l got the judge to
hold on a bit till l Good see YOU"
Towunst I seed lite. Rushin fran
tically down to the courtroom, [ gave my
self ez bail for his appearance, which the
Judge. who is a politikle friend Nv mine,
accepted, without question, and seezin the
niger by the coat collar. l hustled him off
to my place in triumph Tim Doolan
spoke up:
will you" seq Tim, 'ef we get your
discharge, promise alluz to vote the
Dim"
"Hold." sez quickly, for I was afeard
Tins thoughtless precipitancy mite room
all, "hold! he amt in condishen to hev
that question put to him. Wait minnit;
| understand watts required to make a
convert better than you do
And seeing bottle from behind the
bar, put it to his lips. The bigger drank
with eagerais witch gave me hope. Teddy
spoke up agin:
"Will yu promis to alluz vote"
"Hold on" l sed He haint enough.
Drink"
And the niger emptied the bottle.
"Now," sed I, ''are you willin tn promis
tn allus vote the Democratic ticset-tn
labor with your colurrd brethren tn bring
EN- into the fold Nv the Democrisy, and tn
do your level best tn promote the interests
Nv the Democratic party now and tor
ever?"
The niggar, by this time, was crazy
drunk (the likker wuz from my own pri-
vate bottle, and unwatered), swere that he
would promis all this.
"Gib me some mo- dat whisky he
loudly shrieked.
gave him another bottle, and in fifteen
minutes he wuz sleepin the deep sleep
which tite men only knows.
In about four hours he awoke, and l
thought it time to approach him on tie
main question.
"Ceezer," | remarkt, '3yoo must COM
mence your work tonite. We shell git up
o meetin NV colored men at this place for
the purpose of organizin colored demo-
cratic club, and you must address en-
.Must indoose EN- to ;ine democratic
club?' he asked.
Certainly"
"Did promise to do it,
Certainly" replied land, my buck,
yood better keep that promise OF I'll hey
700 back in the dock at the poleece court
in a jiffy.'
"Ill do it," said he, with the desperate
air Nv one who had determined that life
amt worth living for, and is prepared for
anything. "I'll do it, but must lave lik-
ker enuff to drown my Coli, witch Is to
| say, give me nerve"
Certainly" replied, call the likker
you want, but speek you must"
The mite come, and there wus descent
show Of niggers in the back room. But
the speaker! Alas he wuz too fur gone
| to speek, and | he'd to dismiss em.
The next mornin he swore he never
wood do it, and to git him to the pint Nv
consentin give him more Iikker, and he
got drunk agin. and so it went all the
| week. The fix we wuz in wuz sumthin