Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-06-30
MASSEY

shift in the position Nv the DinOcrisy, our nope
nv ,uecess was exceedingly thin. The retoieos-
hens iutrodoost by Yallsndygum into the con-
venxhun Nv the Dimocrisy Nv Montgomery
comfy. Ohio. WIZ 10 me q 1ew lite Iroo, they
hev the site disadvantage Nv aoloorln evry-
thing thsi IL Dimocrs;ic, and Nv putin the
Din,9cr,tie party on purely Republican ground,
bu; wa. Nv that kun stand even 50 sudden
cbsnre q that. Wat wsnt is The sooPreme
bappluess Nv kickin that niger Lubbock out Nv
the pos;ofis At the Corners, and Nv putin ny
SELF in his place, and Kernel McPelter and Elder
Pennibacker who hsy bin lsnguishin outside the
offices w assessor and collector are actoosted
by the sane high snd holy impulses. II 70 do
this requires tie okkepyin Nv EepuolcAl
grounds, the wsr cry W us three If " okkepy
Kentucky is shoor 10 60 Dimpcrauo anyhow
and if We kin by 50 simple process e. pastih
resolooshens indoose enuf dissatisfied kspunh-
kins il the close Northern states TO vote with US
70 elect a Democratic president who viii give us
these boons, we three are for passln these res
olocshens no matter wat they are. Tbs neihg
nv unGerstsndiu Nv NsllandyCum's movement
! Actid onto 60 it Al Euus;.
got the leeiin Di.locrisy uy the corners To-
reiher one mite al Bssc1m's Thst ! might get
EN- all ST one time. ] waited Ill the resler eVenln
for the raid on the niggers and Northern settlers
NJ toards GarreiistoHu, knowing that on their
return they'd al stop a Bsscom's for & drink,
and this: ef they'd hin successful II their hangin
and burnn they'd be IN good h1mor and ready
70 adopt anything ] sh00t suggest Il WIZ
very short but a very satisfactory consultsshen.
There wss some ohiickshuns on The part Nv
few 10 wal they called 81 abandonment Nv Dim
ocrstic iiees. tut Blsc0m settled their hash in
very sho.t metre lie remarked thst il WIZ
necessary that The Ofsises be IN the hands uv MS
trends fox abyius reasons. He Fsntid pay sn1
he kuowei uy DO other wsy 70 git DO lie be-
leeyei in the fullest freedom Wv thought and
a.ksbou. aud that every one sho0d express his
se,f unbranded, but ne ca0ieut abide idiot II
there wuz any one in that assem- lace 60 Et00pid
e. 10 differ with him on this question, let him
mske hisself known No sicl man sao1i ever git
3 drop az his bay, never sich one VIZ not
deser7iu NV even the colm0nest netesaries w
life. Several who hal riz 90 their feet 20 Object.
dropt az though they ned been shot
Il ,-as determined to hold public meeting the
next nile 81 the church 90 make public lnICrsc-
Iaent nv Vallaniygum's ides
EE the principle object Of the meetin WIZ 20
convins the Republicans Nv the doubtful states
thu, the Dimocrisy Nv the South really accepted
the situAshen. snd meat, IL dead earnest, to re
cognise the CREST priusiple Nv equality, ar
ranged to hey all the niggers Nv the Corners
present, and saved Tor en- the best sests in the
house Joe Bigler ani Pollock come, Nv course,
vich ] cooient help.
] opened the exercises by making thort
speech e. I took the char. / rei0ist that the
time he'd inally a-riv when the hon Aud the
lam5 he'd lsyeI down together and small child
wuz a lea II Nv en-. l knowd that our colorei
fellow-cit ems he'd bin dispi;efnlly yoosej, and
-. L.. .,.l. Ill g. --r~
felow-citizeus Nv the North, hu, that time he'd
nov passed and hoped forever The Dimocrisy
Nv the North, through Vallsndygum, ned spoke,
they he'd sccep;id the situashen, hsleioogy, and
from this time henceiorth and forever there WIZ
to be nothiu but peeoe then offered the follerin
resoootbcn
Res0irea. That the Dimocrisy Nv the oonited
States recognize the legality Nv all the smend-
ments made the the consItooshen d0C.In snd
tince the late onp.eassntnis, and that they re-
cognize and most heartily acquiesoe in sll the
results Of the war that they not only withdraw
all their opposshen to yolnivers2l suffrage, but
pledge themselves 70 zee tins, our Afrikiu fellow
citizens hev not only this but al other rites
heretofore enjoyed exclusively by the Cauea-
sher
I put the question e. to the sdopshen " the
resolooshen, and il WAS carried yoonsnimously.
It wood new bin vel ned | stopped here, but
didn't. My prevAilin weakness il 10 slop over
AID / slopt on this okkGshun fesrfuliy called
upon the citizens Nv the Corners 10 prove their
faith by their works. " There are, / sel, IN
spssm Of deite, present at this meeting twenty
two Nv our felloH-citizens Nv Afrikin descent
Let EN- step forreri on this plStform-let Deekin
Pogrsm, Elder Pennibacker, BAscom, Isssker
Gayitt ard eighteen others white citizens step
forrerd, also. Let them cla,p each other by the
hand while wave over EN- the flag Nv cur com
mon kentry.'
II wuz done the twenty-five uizEers stepped
forrerd, the whites designated advanced, the
two liner grasped each other by the hand, and
WIZ about 10 wave, when Joe Bigier III. lie
begged me to wait mint till he had made his
remark. Tie site sfore him moved him almost
II teers. Ef he he'd ever harbored 3 suspishen
that there Wuzn't anything generous in the
Kentucky breast he took It all back. The aok-
shen NV tonight wuz not only just, but 1t wuz
generous.
Generous 80 sedI why generous 7''
" Becoz, sei he, ' the uiggers wood be Ia
deyilish bad way ef you hein't decided on givin
EN- their rites, Nv yo0r own skkord for there
amt no power now that can compel yoo 10 DO It,
just got Northern pape--slss the Bepub-
likin party il split into fragmsnts-remsr;sbly
small fragments. Grant assaulted Sumner in
the Capitol, last Monday, Logan hez oeeu stoned
by the Republicans Of Philsieliy on his way
home, the central committees Nv Onio, luiesny
snd lllinoy hev divided, and each fracksaen hez
called convenshen, and the New 0rk T-b0uu
throws up the sponge and sez that nothing under
hevn kin prevent the success Nv the democratic
candidate Tor the Presidency. DO matter who be
may be or wat platform he is put onto. In view
Nv the disso.o0shen Nv the Repubhkiu party.
and The fact that the Iiggers amt now g0i no
perteck;ers, It's really generous that yoo-''
The Repubikin party If gone 20 pieces hez
it, gasped my twenty-five white friends in
korious
alt hez 90 responded Bigler
4" Then. sei Deekin Pogram, his eyes dishin
with unW0ntid FIRE, Whist we've done and sci
don't count Take that, VOC bisck cuss ,''
And, with the strength and activity wich ]
hadn't lookt for in one 50 sgd, the deckin feoht
the dsrkey. whose hand lie he'd bin Eraspin,
most powerful blow stgeeu the eyes sich histei
him clean of the platform The others f0liered
SCOT, and IL their zeal sprsng of the plstiorm
after em, and WIZ executin Wat dances Of the
most frantic descripshun onto their PROSTATE
bodies. 1t WIZ with difficulty that Pollock and
Blgler restrained EN- from takin Nv EN- out snd
hangin NV EN-.
Ez matter NV course the resoiusion wuz re
scinded, and others adopted atfirmin our adhe-
renee to the constooshen e. It yoost 10 be. the
illegaliiy Nv the Amendments. and the usters
supremacy NV the white msn over the id mig
ge=. after witch we adjourned 10 Rasc0m' s, e. rs
our custom, and there organised fresh raids onto
our material enemies.
The next mornin uotisel q peco5lyer look on
Big,er't face, and likewise on Pollock They
grinned at me ez passed, with brosdnis witch
l couldn't account for. Lubbock, the Niger
postmaster, bust into roar e. wslkt into his
offs, and sngrily demanded the reason for his
hilArity.
" Ia; mistake % Bigler's" returned he,
laughing louder than before.
- What mistake. 90 ] asked, turuin pale. for
suspicion WIZ creepin over me
d" Why ne didn get nc paper Al al, and -
- And all that story abou; the split in the Re
publican party North wuz one Nv his internal
lies -
50 Da,'s about De correct state % &c case t''
replied the niger, showing all his iyeries
- Bigler wanted 10 see if your pentsnce Wuz
genooine-dst's about ali Lab wuz Oh IT, lie
sprest desire TO aseert2ne list how peecoabie
yo0d De to ne niger aud he Northern people
down hesh. ef dan wuzn't no Publican psrtv
up North to hold 700 dat wuz al 50
And the niggers LATED feeniish lsd
" Dat wuz al - he repeated.
1t VIZ enuf. ! guess the cuss found out II
he wanted to. Nv course this " outrage" A.
they will csll it, VII get into the Northern pa
pers, and Nv course Nsllandygum's asserchun
will explode itself without hurtin anybody Joe
Bigler is an evil genius shel never be able
two run things e. ] want TO 80 long a. he lives
PETROLEUM Y. Massey
(wich wuz Postmaster