The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1871-05-17
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and yours, In acalking your night
rdnables in quest of such uecessa.
ries that you arc thus in the habit.
as well as me aud mine do, to pro
cure supplies. This arrangement
will enable you to sleep mucl,
more at nights, and give you more
time in day time to attend to other
duties; you can, by doing this,
only to step out daily to your coops
and pens, and always have your
flesh ready tor the pot, besides es
Gaping detection. III your nightly
ranbles, by klu kluxes, and again
searching for fruits not knowing
where to gather. I have been a
little tedious, General, but what
think you of the plan, taking of
course into consideration that we
are to forever he fast and confid.
ing friends, and on your part,
never own, raise or encourage To
be raised, anything of the hound
/, variety Of dogs.
Sanebo-Mr. Fox, you ont talks
anything has eber met, and when
it comes to smart, it looks like YOU
had all Of it ; Scott, Grant, de Leg.
islater, Leagues, nor nothing else,
can come up to you, Mr.. Fox, and
you tells me de best news for free
dunn yet, that | has cher hearn. I
will call in my best friends, and 90
into de agreement you speaks on
at once, and let de legislator folks,
leagues, and all sici. go to grass,
and live on dry air afore / has any
thing more to do wild em. Yes,
MIR. Fox, you can, as you has said,
save freedom a powerful chance of
runnin about of nights to find and
get sich things as da aoants and
must hace !; and, fnrder dan dat,
not be found ont when we takes
de hen Oft de roost or de hog out
OF de pen, as you can alwa, tells
us whar they is, so we can get EN-
widout any fuss. / has neber
afore hearn dat dog tail, you
speaks OF, but it looks mighty true
us ds always smells when they
meets; dat was one Oh dc signs IN
de Leagues. When l first iiined,
We all had to smell one another,
and l declares dc white folks dat
J'ned, smeled heap worse dan de
nigger, and artcr dc first ,neetin,
L always took whisky and camfire
wild the to keep de possum down
dat l had eat atore leaving home.
l reckons dat sign must have been
took from dogs. You is now, Mr..
Fox, pretty well rested wont you
take some fresh goose aforo you
goess l had just cleaned him
afore you come in. / walked out
to night and sorter found him. l
likes y, u so much, and you will be
slch a help to freedom, cant lei,
you 60 wIdout your eating some
thing. Old Butler shall never
hurt you nor your folks /; he is no
Carpet Ragger or Scalawag, and
will always do jist as I rolls him.
Come, Mr.. Fox, take a bite.
Foc-Thank You General, I am
not atall hungry, but, for manners
sake, will divide the goose with
yon, and not take all as your
friends and representatives do.
| After meal, the interview close :.
Fox, in his ramble homewards,
soliloqnizes to himself in an under
tone: THE nigger is nigger
still; freedom can never make
him otherwise. Give him the
school, the college, legislature,
Congress, the pulpit, the forum
he is a Niger and will 80 continue
to the end. lie aciU 6elieve any,
Mina, he eoiU do anything, achc,s
there IS hope or promise Of re.
soard, no matter by aohat means.
This being 80, l had Just sas well
nse him as any one else; there is
no use for me to steal when | can
make him do it for me it will be
much to my convenience to use
his coops and pens than to prowl
myself. ThougI, nothing but a fox
leave the moral with those whu
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