Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-10-15

for offices of no political signifi
cance whatever, like Cour
Clerks, City Aldermen, &c.
have an acquaintance in thii
city, an estimable gentleman, {
rroperty7hold and an ex Con.
federate officer. In the army
he had with him a faithful ne
gro Servant. This servant was
with him from the beginning of
! the war to the end. In. one of
the'battles theofficer was wound
ed, and lay upon the field under
a severe fire from. the, Federal
guns. L Yet this faithful negro
risked his own life, advanced in
the face of the bullets and
brought hiswouhded and help
less master away. Time rolled
on, on,theex-Confederatesti still keeps
this negro in his employ. They
arelsery much attached to each
other.eo Yeta short lineage the
gentleman was put out for a
non-political and unimportant
Office. Running against him
was Radical scalawag, def
cient alike in brains and charac-
ter 'Now,what did this faith
fuls negro servant do? Before
the election, with tears in his
eyes, he went to his old master
and told him that he could not
vote for him. "What / tells
younearly kills me, he ,said:--
'G had pretty near rather die
than to do it, but, old master, l
has tosote agfn YOU at nearly
breaks my heart. You've al
ways been so good to me It
hurts, me a heap worse than
what tIiit does you, but / has to
vote agin you, and the poor
negro fairly wept. . eds eIop
Then the old master, pro-
foundly impressed with his
faithful servants actions, and
language, said to him: "Sam,
don't you think l am better
qualified TO fill the little office
than the man who is running
against me?" atce.
Eyes, sab, / knows it." -.
"Ain't I a smarter man."
eyes. sab, a1-heap smarter;
everybody says that. '''z
"W ouldn't / make a better
officerw & e x s5 Ell = =
eyes, sab, a heap better '
f"Hain'tI ] got more property
than hePn 7go. sss.7 j. a.
"Yes, sah." 1850
."Don't | pay more taxes?"'
eyes, sab, a heap more. 4 T
don't reckon he pays any
"Hayen't / always been a
goodfriend TO you and to the
colored people generally, al
though lido not belong to the
Radical party?"l s''. .,t.'+- -'. /.
gt.Yes, sab, you has been
more'n a father to me, and al
ways been Kind TO all the. col
ored people, aI1ditnearly breaks
my heart that I hasto vote agin
you" .AIOW !
5raWhy, then, can you hot vote
for me?" al"+ , |
"Cause / have to support de-
nominee.i0A AllnHs coloretb fpeo-
pie has to stichtogeder or aw-
fut things might happen to US.
Those who have been much
in the South can recall INSTALL
ces similar to this, attesting the
negroes blind devotion to party,l
Friday last l aSseated in a
law, Office, in this city, talking
to,a1egal friend, when. an old
negro passed and made a pro-
found bow 'sThat's old Jim, ~
said the lawyer, shed do any
thing on top side Of the earth |
for me, except vote for me." .,r91
There is in Alabama a larger
white Republican vote than in
any other of the cotton States.
This 'is'on account Of the strong
Union element developed in
n orth Alabama during the
war. These white Republicans
have held the balance of power,
and have given every, Republi-
can victory here since the war.
On a strict color line, Alaba-
ma would be Democratic by
fully ten thousand majority,
he whites outnumbering the
black nearly fifty thousand.
There gre in the State two
and two thousand vo-
-ers. Abont ninety-two thou
sand of these are colored, and
one hundred and ten thousand
white. In all there are, or have
been, between six and eight
thousand " hite Republicans.
/ have often said that the ef-
feet of the Civil Rights Bill
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