The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-10-13
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
WITCH is IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,

WITCH is IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
Sept g. 1876,
There is dismay in the Cross Roads. Sence
we he'd the directions of Attorney General Taft
red to us, threatenin the employment Nv troops
In the Southern States, about eleckshun time,
we feel that all hope nv freedom is gone, and
that we mite jest ez well git out our chains and
go 20 clankin Nv EN- first ez last. When the
Cross Roads can't run its eleckshuns in its own
way there amt no more freedom. Freedom is
throttled, and eff she don't shrek now she is a
tuffer old virgin than l ever gave her credit for
bein.
What is the necessity Nv sendin troops down
here on elecsshun day? To perfect the niggers?
Can't we perfect them? Shan't we hev the
guardin Nv the ballOt-box, and wont we see that
everybody votes witch we consider entitled to
culated to onsettle the devoshen of me and Is
saker Gavitt to the government.
To show how unnecessary this interference is
I will state that we he'd already made full and
ample preparashuns for peaceful and quiet
eleckshun. We he'd organized the white cti
zenS Nv the Corners into guard to preserve the
purity Nv the bal0t-box, and to see that no dis
turbin elements come in. Nv course we ex-
clooded from the arrangement Pollock, Bigler,
and the two carpet-baggers who bev wagon
factory here, which they bilt ten years ago, and
which has disturbed us ever sence, as they are
both Republicans. We he'd taken an invoice NV
the shot-guns in the naborhood, and he'd de-
tailed our quickest and most akkerit shots to
yOOSe 6m, anu udu mdbGtrS 80 aETdlS6u tuab
Their coodent be no disturbance at the polls
Our method was simple and statesmanlike-
originated it. That ignorance mite not be
pleaded as an exc0ose we notified ell the mig
gers within the limit Nv this precinct that to
prevent trouble they must not come to the polls
or attempt to vote. That eff they wood keep
keerfully at home all that day they would not
be molestid or harmed, but that eff they attempt
ed to vote or in any way interfere with the
eeckshun trouble would inevitably ensOO. We
ala -. &c 49, Ill
stand on each road to stop all niggers witch
shood presoom to move toward the village that
day, with strict instruckshens that eff they per-
sisted in comm to promptly blow the top Nv
Their beds off "Peece at all Hazards" was our
determinashen.
In the precinct below uz they wuz not so
conservative. To prevent trubbe on eleckshun
day they determined to kill the heft Nv EN- be-
fore, and very many nv our people insisted that
that wuz the best method, but refoozed to do
It, L am naturally conservative and yieldin.
To show how much we desire peece will
state that we hev two niggers at the Corners
witch profess Dimocrsy. They hang around
Bascom's and we hev tolerated EN-, for they act
ez neerly ez we do ez is possible for niggers.
They desired to vote, and Deekin POgram wuz
IN favor Nv lettin Nv EN-. Our citizens pro-
testid. Its establishin precedent" sed Issa-
ker Gavitt; ''ef one niger votes why not all ?
and when niger votes the flood-gate is broke
down."
two votes for Tilden and Reform?'
"Ef we keep them out and need them two
votes, can't you and L, in the interest Nv reform
vote twiceT sed Issaker.
And 30, ruther than violate principle, we
hev exclooded Dimocratic votes
This ought to be satisfactory to the govern
ment The niggers know very well that the
site nv one nv EN-, in state nv freedom. par
tikelerly Of he kez boots on witch hev no holes
in EN-, is .espeshelly aggravatin to the proud
- A0 mol hra xrIo h1N4
not waterproof. Issaker Gavitt remsrkt, with
teers streaming down his cheeks:
Ef airy niger should come into the Corners
on eleckshun day, a ridin Nv his own mule,
while !, his sooperior, an obleeged to come
afoot, 1t would drive me to the verge Nv mad
nj"
And every niger knows that when Issaker
Is druv to the verge Nv madnis at niger, and
hez his shotgun handy, that niger is very APP
to become colored angel, Why, then, cam
they keep out nv Issaker's way? Why do
these inferior beiDs goad us to desperashun
with the mules and boots and other cloze?
Why do they provoke us? Known ez well ez
they do that their presence irritates us, why do
they insist on shown themselves on eleckshun
days, when we are together in SIGH numbers?
w coarse eft the military comes hear to pro-
tect these inferior beiEs the Corners will suffer
. loss Nv all its preparashuns for keepin the
peece. Our shot-guns will rename unused
The powder and buck-shot we hev bought will
be ded stock on our hands till the military are
removed, and, wat is worse, there will be that
sullen feelin wich hangs upon all men who
hev their dearest hopes crushed.
And then suppose that under the pertecshuu
nv these bloo-kotid hirelings the nggers !shood
all vote and shood elect Republican offishals!
Suppose them niggers, under kivver of Fedral
muskts, shood lose that discreshun witch q
shotgun inspires and shood presume to chal-
lenge SIGH onn aturalized voters ez we ginerally
bring up to swell our majorities for tmorral
effect, and compel US to reject 'em And sup
pose that by this tyrrany they shood carry this
precinct and git voice in things! Suppose
they shood git the power 10 levy taxes for town
snip and mewnissipal purposes, and, guided BY
Pollock, Bigler and the carpet-baggers, shood
compel us to pay taxes and do work on the
roads, and sich In short, suppose that the
power shood pass out Nv our hand into Meirn!
The Corners shudders when it contemplates
SIGH possibility.
L warn the minyuns Nv power at Washing
ton not to trife with us. We want no Fedral
soljers here-we saw enuff Nv them some
yeers ago. We hev accepted the sityooaton-
discomfort is dangerous in republic. We may
be crushed, but-remember Poland.
Nv course we shell hold meetin to protest
agin this outrage. The Corners alluz holds a
meetin when it is aroused. Bascom likes it,
Becoz when we meet to pertest agIn any deny
IN nv our rite to control the niger the citizens
git excitid, and in their forgitfulnis actually
pay for their drinks; the cit liens like it be-
kawze it gives them an excuse for histin in
twice ez much ez they otherwise wood. When
ever they take drink on SIGH occasions they
feel tibet they hev discharged a patriotic dooty
A more patriotic people 1 never lived upon.
We shell pass a series Nv resousbuns and tuen
wait in dignitied silence to see eft our protest
will be disregarded- In the interest NV peece
hope not. PETROLEUM V. Massey,
Reformer.