The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-05-01
CONFEDRIT CORNERS.
Nasty and His Friends Having More
Trouble About the Color Line.
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS
Wich is in the State NV Kentucky.
April IL. 1877

We he'd to hev an election for a JUS
tis NV the Peace at the Corners, last
week, to fill vacancy. Eliphalet Boyer,
who hez filled the posishen to the en-
tire satisfacshen NV the people, that is
the white people, for the last forty
years, finally sucumbed to Bascom's
likker andthe unconstooshnel eleckshun
Nv Hayes, and went to his long home.
Peace to his ashes! He was a gilelis
man, and good one. 1t was his con-
slant boast that in his 40 years NV SER
Wis he alluz gave verdict for the plain
tiff. "Ef the plaintiff wuzn't in the
right wat in thunder did he 500 for?"
wuz his remark. When the unconstoo-
shnel Fifteenth Amendment wuz passed
Squire Boyer devoted his entire ener-
gies to decidin agin them niggers. He
varied his practice so much that it
didn't make any differns whether the
niger wuz plaintiff or defendant, the
verdict wuz invariably agin him, His
rool wuz that whenever two white men
dispoots one Of EN- must be rite, but
that it wuz impossibly that niger
shood be rite under any circumstances.
When white man was agin a nigger
the virdick wuz agin the niger, with
out heerin evidence; and so healthy and
vigorous prejoodis he'd he agin the
niggers that hev knowd him, when
one niger sood another, to give a ver-
dick agin both Nv em, wich wuz tri-
umph Nv Jurisprudence. And they
felt themselves lucky ef he didn't COM
NIT them for contempt Nv court. Good
old man! We shell never see his like
again.
Squire Boyer hevin gone hentz we
he'd to elect a Justis to fill his place. and
in the convenshun Deekin Pogram and
Abslum Pettus wuz the candidates.
Pettus developed good deal Nv
strength, but the Deekin hevin invitid
the convenshun to take suthin, it turnd
the scales and he wuz nominated. Pet
tus swore he wood never stand that
kind nv tactics, and he declared hisself
an independent candidate, at wich we
laft, for the Democrisy NV the Corn
ers are firm believers in the sanctity NV
regular nominashuns.
The Radikels, mostly niggers, hedid
by Pollock and Bigler, met and resolved
to make no nominashun; and so the
contest wuz between the good old Dee
kin and this wretched, disorganizin
Pettus and very lively canvass it wuz.
The niggers called meetin, witch per-
ceedin filled us with astonishment.
Sich thing he'd never happened here
before, and we all wondered wat it
meant.
'sUv course this can't be permited.'
sed the Deekin.
''Not any," sez 1. 'Tt's agin nacher,
and must be preventid."
And so on the mite NV the meetin, Is
saker, Captain McPelter and the rest
NV the faithful went to the hall over
Pollock's store, where the riggers wu7
in session; and pullin our revolvers, ad.
vised them to git. The niggers didn't
git, for up sprung Pettus and about a
dozen NV his friends, and made some
few remarks.
"These gentlemen" sed Pettus, sis
citizens ofthe Yoonited States, and e2
sich hev rite to meet and consult ez tc
the condishen NV our common country
They are going to do it, or yoo hev me
to ite, ez we'll ez them. This thing is
played out.''
Iwuz struck dun with astonishment
"Why this is revolooshen! This i.
anarkyl This is turning over ny
things! The idee Nv white man ant
a Dimekrat sidin with niggers ant
radikelsl Pettus, wat do yoo mean
Set down, sir! The Dimocratic part!
holds 700 to your allegiance.
"D-n the Dimekratic party wu;
the reply Nv this middle. 81 want t.
be Justis and Pm going to be! per
pose to beet that old sucker.''
The mig gers held ther meetln ana re
solved to cast their vote for Absl:n
Pettus, Esq.
"Will they be allowed to vote?" ask
the Deekin, his voice quiverin Will
emotion.
"Neverl" sed 1. ''Ef they vote thel
chaos comes again.
The eleckshun wuz held last Monday
Farley in the morning Pettus, and
dozen or two renegade Dimocrats, witt
Pollock and the infamous Joe Bigler
all NV them with revolvers wuz on han'
when the poles wuz opened, with NOR
than hundred niggers. 1nstld u
hevin Pogram, Bascom and McPelte
for the board, wich hez been the custom
| for years, they insisted upon being re