Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-08
CoNFEDERIr Y ROADS, wich is in the !
State of Kentucky, Aug. 18th. 1876. !


To prevent Misrepresentation at the North
| hassen to give trOothful account Nv an
occurrence wich took place at the Corners
last week, wich IS regretted by every citizen.
1t wall be publishst in every Ablishun paper
NJ the North that the Democrisy Nv the
Corners killed six niggers last Toosday,
without coz. The KILN | admit-the coz
insist the niggers furnisht themselves
This isa troo statement w wat will be
called the "COrners Massacre"
John Pogram, the Deekin's Oldest son,
is, and alluz hez bin, and alluz will be a troo
Southern shiyalry. He waz reconstructed,
and accepted the sitooashen, but niger riies
him, wich be is not to be held accountable
for. for it's c0nstooShnel.
John wuz in frame Nv mind Toosday
mornin. He he'd four akers NV grass wich
needed euttin, and he he'd tried in vane to
git some one to do it. Not niger could
he hire for love or money, ez they wuz all
cuttin their own, and ez we heynt any
Northern whites here, Nv course no white
man Good be he'd to do manyel labor.
And to add TO mis- discomfort Joe Bigler
bed sejested to him that to save the grass
he (Pogram) mite cut it hisself, wich insult
he darsent resent Joe bein handy with his
revolver.
John he'd bin layin on his back in Bas-
com fur two hours. argooin that the South
VIZ goln to room for want Nv labor, when
some one remarkt to him
There goes Joe. -
doc wuz q say 'ruz, fur Joe isn't now)
! formerly slave nv Johns father, and John
knew that he hedn' t nothin TO do that wuz
pressln, and he went out and hailed him
stop, yoo id back son Of a"
Wat DO yoo want?' wuz his insolent re-
ply.
Il want VOC to cut that grass NV niue,
. back nv the barn, d-n your black
heart 80
Il can DO it, wgz the anser.
l viii not give the conyersashcn in fall,
hut enut to say that the nigger wuz ez i'm
poodent e. he Good te Finally, when press
ed fur reason fur not cuttin the grass the
niger sed Plumply that he'd do the work
ci John wood pay him $3.50 that he'd OVID
him iur work over two yeers, and paT for
this in advance
Us course, John he'd bat one thing to Do.
Reused ty this insult to madni-, he sailed
into joe and Joe bed the insolouce TO strike
bak. And the awda>hus Niger wood hey
whaled him ef tie rest Nv Us hadn't come t.
the rcSk00
In the melee tie niger wuz killed. and
We went back and took drink.
1t occurred 10 US that this ackshcn uv
J0e's wuz intendid to bring on a collision
betwixt the two races, and we determined
to nip it in the bud
Auticipatin dreadful c0nfik we armed
| ourselves. determined to sell our lives dear
y. Race wars are alluz bloody.
v e went to the late Joe : house and found
that he he'd a shot gun, an axe and hoo
evidently arms TO be yoosed agin Us.
On the way to another niger house 10
search for arms. We diskiyercd tic u.sscr
in his field Pretendin to be at work On
seem Us he run on,ii ls-aker Gayit;, who is
death on niger at 90 yards, put a ball
through him AID he stopped.
Is course tha. Niger lntcndi1 u rise
acin the whites. II Hg prnN WAT Din IL
Rus IoE2 Ir10. We he'd shot guns, rifles and
reyoher~, batwa, rite he'd be to spose that
we meant 20 yoo>e en- on HIN
The next house We cum a. we found the
Niger llafa IN his front door yard lie
he'd his Layin all done. and was harnes>in
hl- mules % cum % town. There Good he
/ bat one Interpretation put OTTO this move.
lie Wuz g1iu T. the Corners. t. uue the
movement agin Is. W hen We asked him
"wherc IN h-l he wuz coin. be ausered
40 The most ieeuil>h manner that be- wlzn
aware that II WIZ any uv our b.znis. and
went on harneSsin his animals.
IL measure uv safety his Lcl VIZ h.owd
/ Of. and We went on.
! / cannot defend thc ack-dcn Nv our Qco-
/ T.c after this. exccI- If -av.n, that they
VIZ maIlcnei tr wai iLcy Aci di-kNcrcl.
and ~no; every Niger they Good find Nor
+ Kin blame EN-. The ni-.ers hes withheld
from US that confidence nc-,arv % -ooi ic,.-
in. Eter ~encc tacy c.t the no. &c as 3D.. ;Dat
/ Hambur, trouble taes hoy lav,! tleu-
selves a. Attle a. 1-~lh'c. oai VIXEN iaey
came 10 The Corner g. ;i4.- tLey !rIitaitd
Us ty glin to FoA,Dk, s. and c,tln Loue g.
suddenly as they c1.d
Think uv it. He.e We W., in Tie mia g
Nv "a pupl.ashcn az inferior t,iu~ IS thiIsuu
Tor our blood, armed cz Les >hoNi. and
meuacin Us in every way. We found ax-s
aad hoes IN or about every house, aud
irekently shot-guns. wich iney he'd hin too
cunuin TO load ti.l they warted To yoc>e EN-
And wat wuz more damnin evidence Nv
ther suilt, the moment We appered to ON
the blood thirsty wretyLes, ite.in that ther
purposes wuz discovered, run ike rabbits.
No, enc Nv en- he'd the har3ihood TO stand
aiore Us and anscr the questions we put to
en-.
/ Will say that things WY done under tie
neat uy passion, wlch can't apologize Tor.
Two wimmin WIZ killed, but 1t wuz acclden-
tai lssaker Gayet, he'd his rifle ded onto
the husband NV one uy en-, and the I'M
prudent woman rushed aiorc him and re-
see7d q ball that wuzn't intendit for her
The other ab00Sed Capt. VI Polter by 0rderiu
him out Nv her house. and Nv course bis
shotgun went offs and She expired-
hev no apology to offer lor the takin OF
uy the first two niggcrs our sitooashe9
must be considered These people wich Is a
thirstin for our blood wuz wuust our pro-
pertv. and We ecgsactid Nv en- not only
obejense but respect Now, by the acksher
uy tryanicle government, they hey become
voters and insist that alorc the law they are
our ekals. When they meet Us, they bow
but they ref00sc 10 take OFF ther hats, OF ac
knowledge that they are, in any sense, in
forior beins They come to the poles besid
Us, they won't work for Us onless the
choose to. and in every way they impos'
upon Us.
Kin high-toned shiyelry epdoor this
can't be expected. We want peece, bu
they mustn't observe the only condishns ont
wich peece is possible.
And in their insubordinasben they are alb
betJed by that feend Joe Bigler. Whei
Deekin Pogram, that blessid saint, wanti
yallar Tom. Wich Wuz afore the war his MIG
ger. to work for him Joe Bicler mockinl
urred him To do it
yoo, sed Joe to the mig ger, "wich l.
Honor thy father and thy mother, that tn
daze may be long in the land "Hoo
mother wuz sold South afore the war whe
yoo wuz year, old 50 700 can't honor her
but you hev yoor father spared to yOo.'
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