Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-11-12
an de bows hab a gran time" !"

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Radicals there. and didn't they try
to persuade you to vote the Rad
ical ticket"
"0h. yis, dar some Radicals
dar. But dey didn't say any
thing. De fact am, de Radicals
don'tsay much in .Jorjy. Dey
used to be purity lively down dar,
but deys got tir d an sort o res
tin now" 'Ht
2 eWould you have voted the
Radical ticket if they had asked
you to?" T h
''N0. | reckon not.
suppose they had asked you
and you had voted the Radical
ticket, would the boss have made
any trouble for you?"
'tNo, de boss not make any
trouble for US. Howsomebber, |
speak he might poster de Radicals
il dey interfere wild us. | hearn
him tell Radical dar, jis as we
was waitin to git chance to vote,
dat it wouldn't pay him more
dan one cent on de dollar to fool
wild dem darkies.@
"Wbat did the boss mean by
that?'
81 spose be mean what he say.
Anyhow de Radical he seem TO
understan' what he mean putfect-
ly.''
"Who was the Radical, did you
know him?'
"Yes, | know him. lie wor,
fess sort o feller. Come dar bout
seven ) ears ago from de mort.
He hold good many offices while
dat man Bullock gov'ner. Bin
out of offs though good while
now. He trihin sort o chap, play
cards mos de time"
do you suppose your boss
would have hurt him if he had
interfered with you or tried to
pursuade you TO vote the Radical
ticket?'
No, | recon not. De boss he
very quiet man. Dbn't say much.
But spec he might hurt sombody
it they poster him too much. Ddr
was no danger, dough Dat Rad
ical he, undtrstan' what de boss
mean and he keep away from de
boys. OATS ALL" sgae
''Is the boss a Southern man?'
"Lor' bless you, no. He come
down hyar wild Sherman's army.
Den he wounded at Kennesaw an
sent back to dis place { hattanoo
gay an when be git well he 60 to
work on the railroads.
'Do you know what State he is
from?"
'".No, I don't dat, for shuah, hut
speck. et | aint mistaken, he
come from Ohio"
At this juncture "the loss" came
up and told bis men that the train
they were going North on was
backing down and must get ready
t6 get on board. E7'oa1 rs. 1a 1
"Did you find out what you
wanted?" he asked laughing.
Correspondent replied that he
lad, and asked the man what
State he was from. !,
He said be was from Cleveland,
Ohio, and had been doing contract
work on railroads in the South
Iince 1866. He spoke very bit
.erIy of carpet baggers; said they
we're parsly zing business or try
ng to, and denounced the conven.
ion in session at Chattanooga in
lDmeasured terms.
The correspondent then related
what the old negro had said a.
bout the white Radical, and asked
he man what he would have done
10 him if he had interfered with
Ills negroes who were going to
vote. "IwodId' have belted him
over the head with the barrel of
ny revolver" he replied. 'That
'ellow Cady, whom Uncle Nelson
vas speaking of, is one Of the
most miserable and contemplate
'ascals in ten States. | knew
Iim before the war in Cleveland.
He never was a soldier, but fol-
owed the army as sharp and
rambler. | would not permit any
'uch scum to have anything to say
o my Degroes. Give him a
chance to work on their minds
lay or two and half of them
would quit me and stay loafng
lbost Rome, doing nothing.
That's why l objected to his bav-
ng anything to do with them. "
This is terrorism in Georgia.