The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-09-28
NAsBY'S LETTERS.
Mr., Nasty Protests Against the Ewpiey.
ern states ON Election Day.
CorfEDRtT 4 ROADS,
WicH IS IN TIE STATE w kENfuCKr,
Sent. 9Th, 1916.

sept. Stn, ioO.
There is dlsmsy in the Cross Roads. sence
we he'd the directions Of Attorney eueral
Taft red to us, thre.tenin the employment
Nv troops In the Southern states, about
eleckshun time, we feel that al hope nv
freedom IL conc, andlhat we mite jest ez
well git out our chaius and go TO clankln NV
en-, first ez last. When the Cross Roads
can't run its eleckshuns in its W way,
ther amt no more freedom. Freedom is
throttled, and ef she don't shreek now she
Is a tuffer old VIRGIN than ! ever give her
credit for
what is the necessity NV ,sendin troops
down here on e~leckshun dayf To. perfect
the niggers? Can't WE perfect emf shan't
W. bey the guardin NV the ballot box, and
won't We see that every body. votes. witch
we consider entitled to the ballotY This 10
an outrage witch is well caikclat'd to onset
tie the devoshen NV me and lssaker oatltt
to the Government.
To show nov onnessary this interference
is I will state that we he'd already made full
and ample prep.rashens for a peaceful and
quiet eleckshun. We he'd organized the
white citizens NV the corners into u guard
to preserve the purity Nv the bsllot-box,
and to see that no disturbin elemence come
in. Nv course we cxclooded from the ar
rangement, Pollock, Bigler, and the two
carpet-baggcrs who hev a wagon factory
here, witch they bilt ten yeors ago, and witch
hez disturbed us ever senco, ez they are
both Republicans. We he'd taken an in
voice NV the shot-gun5 IN the naberhood,
and he'd detailed our quickest and most ak
kerit shots to yoose EN-, and he'd matters so
arranged that Their coodent be no disturb
ance at the polls.
Our method wuz simple and statesman
like--l originated il. That Ignorance mite
not he pleaded ez an oxcoose, We notified
all the niggers within the limit NY this pre-
sinct, that to prevent trouble they must not
come to the polls or attempt TO vote. That
cf they wood keep keerfully Mt home all that
day they wood not he molestid or harmed,
but that Of they attempted to vote or in any
way interfere, with the eleckshun trubble
trest Of pecce, he'd men detailed 10 stand on
each toad to stop oil niggers witch shood
presoom to mote toward the village that
day, with strict instruckshcns that ef they
persisted In COMM. to Promptly blow the
ards wuz our determinashen.
In the precinct below us they wuz not 50
conservative. To prevent trubblc on eleckl
shun day they determined to kill the heft NV
Gun before, and very many uyIour people In
sisted tint that wuE the BEST 1nethou, but |
refoozed to do II. l am materially conserya.
tive and yieldin.
To show how much we desire peece ! will
state that we hev two niggers ut the Corners
wich profess Dimocrisy. They hang around
Bascom's and We have tolerated EN-, for
they act cz ncerly ez we do ~ Is possible for
niggers. They desired to vote, and Dcckin
pogram wuZ in favor NV lettin NV EN-. Our
citizens protes,id.. cts establishin u pre-
cedent, - scd fssaker Ga,itt, ''cf one mig
ger votes, why not all-snd when n Niger
votes the hood-gates is broke down."
"But,' sed |, ''kin we afford to lose
them two votes for Tilden and Deform!'''
"Ef VIC keep them ont, and need them
two votes, can't you and /, in the interest
NV reform, vote twices'' sed Issakcr.
And so, ruther than violate II principle,
we hev cXtloodcd Dimocratic votes.
This ought to- be- satisfactory to the gov
erment. The niggers Know very we'll That
dom, partik,lerly ef ne 'hez boots on witch
hev no holes in em, Is espesAeAy aggravatln
to the proud Cawcawshcn, his sooperior,
whose boots are not water-proof. Issakcr
Gavitt rcmarkt, with tears u streemen dow =
his checks:
Corners, oil eleckshun day, a ridin NV his
W mule, while l., his soopcrior, am
oblecged to come afoct, it wood drive me to
the verge NV madnis.'
And every Niger knows that when Is.
saker is druv TO the verge NV madnis nj a
niger, and hez his shotgun handy, that
Niger is very apt to become n colored
angel. Why, then, can't they keep out NV
Issaker's way? Why do these inferior
beins pOad us to despcrashun with the
mules, and boots and other clozc! Why do
they provoke usy Known as well cz they
do that their presence i~rritates us, why Ito
they insist on shown themselves on elcck-
shun days, when we are together In sich
numbers!
Nv curse eff the military comes here Ia
perfect these inferior beins, the Corners
will suffer Il loss NV all Its prcparashuns FOL
keepin the peece. Our shot guns will re-
name amused. The powder and buck-shot
,un tatrF l.ntyhf tNtl la dad Itnnl nm am
hands TIL the military are removed, and wa,
is worse there will be that suiien fcelin witch
hangs upon all men who hcv their dearcs,
hopes crushed.
And then suppose that under the perteck.
shun NV these bloo-koted h%irelins, the mig.
gers shood all vote and shOod elect Republic
kin oilishls! suppose them niggers, under
kiyer NV Fedrel muskits, sho0d lose that dis.
creshun witch u shotgun inspires, and
shoOh presume to challenge sich unnatural.
lied voters ez we ginerally bring up to swell
our majorities for moral effect, and compe
us to reject EN-. And suppose that by thi.
tyranny they shood carry this precinct, AVID
git a voice in thugs. Suppose they, shood
git the power to levy taxes for township and
mOOnissipal purposes, and, guided by Pol
lock, Bigler and the carpet baGgers, shood
compel us to pay taxes, and do work Oh the
power sh0od pass out NV Onr hands ana Int
Weirni The Corners shoulders when II con.
templates sich a possibility.
warn the minyuns NV power at Wash
ington not to tribe with us. We want nc
Fedrel ~soljers here-we saw enuii NV them
some years ago. We hey accepted The sit
northumberland Is dangerous in a Re-
public. We may be crushed, but-remcm'
Der Poland!
Nv course we shell hold a meetin to per.
test agin this outrage. The Corners allu2
holds u meetin when its sretised. ISascon
likes II. lBecoz when we meet to pertesl
agin any depyin NV eur rite 70 control the
niger the citizens git excitid, and In thel
forgetfulnis actilly pay for their drinks; the
ciuzens IKE IT becoz II gives them an ex-
GOOSE for histin In twice ez much ez they
Otherwise wood. Whenever they take u
drink on sich occasions they. feel that they
hev discharged a patriotic dOoty. A more
patriotic people, meyer lived upon. We
shell pass q series hv stinein resolOoshens,
and IN en watt in dignffcd silence - 'we Ell
our protest will be disregardcd.- In the in
tercst nv peece ] hope NOT.
PETROLEUM Y. Nasty, Reformcr.
T.. ST. motifs that Tweed is capchered.
Ef the Dimocrisy NV New York ever permit
him to come of NV II ship alive, they arc
ideots. Merciful Hevinsl the idee NV hi.
bein brOt back TO tell what he knows nv
rings with Tilden co a reform candidate
Whenever Il Dimocratic' statesman gifts thru
survivors, to be fmmcjtly killed. The
bringiu back nv Tweed is u Republican
trick. 1t il takin n mean advantage NV 0ur
reform candidate. Ef Willyum hez the
stubs Of his check book about his person,
Tiiden is a lost non.
'AsAD mistake was made In a drug.
store in Cambridge, Mass, last week,
resulting in the death of a little daugh.
ter of Mr.. John Coleman. An older
daughter was sent TO the store of j. c.
Sylvia with a prescription for the child.
which was put up by the clerk, Danicl
Emerson, correctly There n some
little difficulty about the pay, in the
course Of WHICH the bottle was put down
on the counter beside anotlerfc contain.
ing a very stroBgspreparslion Of, NOR
phine. When the matter Of payment
was adjusted, the girl was given, or in
some way got hold of, the wrong bot
tie, and half o teaspoopf4l of morphine