Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-10-04
Massey AND THE FEDERALlTROOPS

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An Outrage That VIII OnsettIe the Devo
sheu OF Nasty and Issnker dsavttt to tn
s.oVernment-ssMite just az Wei Sit On
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CofNFtEIfnF lRIT X ROADS. WIoH Is IN TIL
STATE w KENTUCKY, September 9, 1876
-lThere is adislnay in the Gross 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 O, freedom is gone, and
that we mite jest ez well git Out Our
chains and go to clankin Nv EN- first ez
last. When tho Cross Roads can t run
its eleckshuns inlits own way there aim
no more freedom. Freedom is Ithrot-
tied, and eff she don't shreek now she is
d tuffer old virgin than I ever gave her
credit for bein. To'I ~ sa4i 81
I" What is the Necessity NV sendin
troops down here on eleckshun day 2
70 perfect the niggers {? Can't we per-
tect them? Shan't we hev the guardin
NV the ballot box. and won't we see that
everybody votes, wich we consider en-
ted to the ballot? This is an outrage
wich is calkelatid to onsettie the devo-
shen Nv me and Issaker Gavitt to the
government. "i'A'e - '74't sar9l79t
i@ 10 show how unnecessary this inter-
ference is, l will state that we he'd al
ready mode full and ample preparedness
for peaceful and quiet eleckshun. We
he'd organized the white citizens of the
corners into guard to preserve the
purity Nv the ballot box, and to see tibet
no dlsturbln elemence come in. Nv
course we excloodid from the arrange
meht,, Pollock. Bigler, and the two car
pet-baggers who hev a wagon factory
here, wich they bilt ten years ago and
wich hez disturbed us ever sence, ez
they are both Republicans. We he'd
taken an invoice NV. the shot-guns in the
naborhood, and he'd detailed our quick.
est and most akkerit shots to yoose EN-,
and he'd matters SO arranged that ther
coodent be no disturbance at the polls.
Our method wuz simple and States
manlike-I originated It, That igno-
rance mite not be pleaded as an excoose,
we notified all the niggers within the
limit NV this precinct that to prevent
trouble they must not come to the polls
or attempt to vote. That eft they wood
keep keerfully at home all that day
they wood not be molestid or harmed,
but that ef they attempted to vote or in
any way interfere with the eleokshun
trubble wood inevitably ensoo. We
also, in the intrest Nv peace, he'd men
detailed to stand in each road to stop all
niggers wich shood presoom to move
toward the village that day, with strict
instrucshens that if any persisted in
comm, to promptly blow the tops NV
ther beds off. "Peece at all hazards, !"
wuz our determinashen.
In the precinct below us they wuz not
SO conservative. To prevent trubble on
eleckshen day they determined to kill
the heft NV .'em before, and very many
NV our people insisted that that wuz the
best method, but I refoosed to do it.. /
am naturally conseryativ and yielden.
70 show how much we desire peace I
will state that we hev two niggers at the
Corners witch profess Dimocrisy. 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
wllz in favor Nv lettin Nv EN-. Our citi-
zens protested. It's establishin a
precedent sed Issaker Gavitt, /" eff one
niger votes, why not all-and when
niger votes the food-gates is broke
down. w msB5 a. agi.'s aid In >
But" sed I, "kin we afford to lose
them two votes for Tilden and Re
form ?" 5.-ere .d4 W.
"Ef we keep them out, and need
them two votes, can't you and I, in the
interest Nv reform, vote twice." sed
Issaker. ,si
And so, rather than violate prin-
ciple, we have exclooded Dimocratic
votes. ~ o. an5
This ought to be satisfactory to the
government. The niggers know very
we'll that the site Nv one Nv EN-, in a
state Nv freedom, partikelerly eff he hez
boots on witch hev no holes in EN-, is es-
peschelly aggravatin to the proud Cav
lcawshen, his superior, whose boots are
not water proof. Issaker Gravitt re-
narkt, with tears streaming down his
cheeks: 1as 81 5a
8. Eff any niger should come into the
corners, on eleckshin day, ridin Nv
his own 4, }, while Z, his sooperior,
am obleeged to come afoot, it wood
drive me to the verge Nv madnis."
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 apt to become a col
ored angel. Why, then, can't they
keep out Nv Issaker's way? Why do
these inferior beings goad us to desper-
ashuna with the mules and boots, and
other cloze? Why do they provoke us?
Known as well ez they do that their
presence initiates us, why do they in
sist on shown themselves on eleckshun
days, when we are together in SIGH
numbers? '4@'i@As att IL in4A0a
Nv course eff the military comes here
to perfect these inferior beins, the Cor
ners will suffer g loss NV all it's prepare
shuns for keepin the pesce. Our shot
guns will rename unused. The powder
and buckshot 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 witch hangs upon ali
men who hev their dearest hopes
crushed. so aagdoiI l6a3iss84a sfE
/ And then suppose that under the per-