Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-05-04
From tho Toledo Blade.
NASBY.

NAsBY.
MORE TROUBLE AT THE CORNERS - COLOR
n1rnERs THE SAINTS IN A NEW WAY.
CONFEDERATE y RoADs, !
(Which is in the State of kentucky0 !
April Il, 1871.
We he'd to lev an elcckshun for Justis
NV the Peace at the Corners, last week, to
ill vacancy. Eliphalet Boyer, who hez filed
the poSishen to the entire satisfaction NV
the people, that is the white people, for the
last forty yeers, finell, succumbed to Bas-
CONS likker and Ire unconStOOshnul
eleckshun Nv Hayes, and went his to long
home. Peece to his ashes He was Il
gilelis man, and a good one. |; wuz his
constant boast that in his 40 yeers Nv seryis
he alluz give verdick for the plaintiff.
"Ef the plaintiff wuznt in the right wat in
thunder did he 500 for ?'' wuz his remark.
When the uncOnstOoshnel Fifteenth Amend
nent wuz passed, Squire Boyer devotid his
entire energies to decidin agin them niggers.
He varied his practis 81 much that it didn't
make any diffrens whether the Niger wuz
plaintiff or defendant. the verdick wuz in
rariably agin him. His rool wuz that when
Iver two white men dispoots one of en- must
be rite, but that it wuz impossible that
niger shood be rite under any circumstances.
When ther wuz a white man agin niger
the yerdick wuz agin the Niger, without
heerin evidence and so healthy and vigrus
n prejoodis he'd he agin niggers that hev
knowd him, when one niger sood another.
to give verdick agin both Nv en-, wich
wuz a triumph NV Jurisprudence. And
they felt themselves lucky ef he didn' COM
NIT EN- for contempt NV court. Good old
man We shel never see his like agin.
Squire Boyer hevin gone hentz we he'd to
elect Justs to fill his place, and in the
COnvcnshun Deekin Pogram and Abslum
Pettus wuz the candidates. Pettus develop
ed good decl Nv strength, but the Deekin
hevin invitid the Convenshun out to take
suthin, it turned the scale and he wuz
nominated Pettus swore he wood never
stand that kind NV tactics. and he declared
hisself an Independent candidate, at wich We
laft for the Dimocracy NV the Corners are
firm blceyers in the sanctity Nv regular
nominasbens.
The Radikels, mostly niggers, hcdid by
Pollock and Bigler, met and resolved to
make no n0mInashen, and so the contest
wuz between the good old Deekin and this
wretched, disorganzin Pettus. and very
lively canvass it wuz.
The niggers called mcetin, wich per-
cedin filed with US astonishment. Sich a
thing he'd never happened here before, and
We all wondered wat it meant.
"Uv course this can't be permitted :" sed |
the Deekin.
"Not any," SCI |. Its agin nacher,
and must be prevented
And so on the mite of the meetin, lssaker, |
Capt. McPelter and the rest Nv the faithful |
went to the hall over Pollock's store, where |
the nigsers wuz in session, and pulin our |
revolvers, advised them to git. The mig
gers didn't git, for up sprung Pettus and
about dozen NV his friends, and made some
few remarks.
''Theze gentlemen" sed Pe.tus, "is citi-
zens of the loonited States, and ez sich hev |
rite to meet and consult ez to the con-
dishen ov our common country. They are a
goin to do it, or yoo hev me to tte, ez well
oz them. This thing is played out"
lwuz struck dun with astonishment.
why this is reyolOoshen This is anarky
This is a turnin over NV things, This a up
turnin and an upheeyle The dee of white
man Dimekrat a sidin with niggers and
radikelS. Pc;tus. wat do 700 mean? Set
down sir The DmOcratic party hold 700
to your allegiance"
"D-n the Dimekratic party" wuz the
reply Nv this middle. 81 want to be Justis
and IN goin to be! perpose to beet that
old sucker"
The niggers held ther mcctin and resolved
to cast ther ballcts for Abslum Pettus,
Esq.
"Wil they lie allowed to vote ," askt the
Deekin, his voice quiverin with emoshun.
Never :" sed |. "Ef they vote then chaos
comes agin.'
The eleckshun wuz held last Monday.
Eariy in the morning Pettus, and dozen
or two Nv renegade Dimocrats, with Pol
lock and that iniamus Joe Bigler, all NV en-
with reyOlyers, wuz on hand when the poles
wuz opened, with more than a hundred mig
gers. lnstld Nv hevin Pogram, Bascom and
for the Board, wch hez bin the
custom ior yeers, they insistid upon bein
themselves, and ez they wuz
largely in the majority they put niger on
the Board
The DimOcrisy rallied but it wuz evident
they wuz demoralized Pettus talked all
day about the rites NV all citizens to vote,
and ez the niggers he'd bin made citizens he
swore they shood vote, or !e'd know the
reason Why, espeshelly oz they wuz all
sotin for him. And Pollock and Bigler
backed him up, and the niggcrs took heart.
heyln support from SO many white men, and
they come in drOyes. and vOtid ez materially
ez tho they he'd ben alluz yoosed to it.
And ez We he'd no chance 10 do the count
in by ourselves, OWN to that nigger's bein
On the board, with Pe:tus and Bgler standin
right behind him, the ornary cuss wuz de-
clared electid and Dcckin Pogram delcetid,
BY large majority.
This is the end Nv all things. Pettus hez
declared for the administrator NV the
yOoscrper Hayes, and hcz changed his he'd
quarters to BOscOm's store. and ther he and
his minyuns meet every mite, and cxult over
his triumph
Bat it doesn't end here. lssaker Gayitt /
Kicked niger yesterday and the
bigger hauld him up aforo Squire
pettus, and that onieelin man fined Issaker,
md when Issaker reioosod to pay the fine
IN the ground that Court elected by mig
,ers coodent possibly be coonstoOshnel, no.
low, he chucked him into the calaboose.
where nc is now languishin, marter to
Principle and a want Of four dollars and Il
lalfi
Where will it end The Lord only knows.
The color line is busted in the Corners, and
he niggers, by the treashery Nv one man,
lev the power. Next fall they will elect the
'ounty Cili>ers, ef some Dimekrat wich hez
leyer distinguished hiSself a shOotin NV EN-
ees lit to he'd en-, and some sich will be
ound. kin rec wat is goin to happen.
)eekin Pogram is now greeyln that he didn't
how the black cusses sum considerashen,
md entice EN- away from Pettus. lie Is la
nentin that he didn t trect EN- c)rdelly, and
Iiilyatc with en-, and yoosc en- ez bccums
'otcrs. "lled done this, said the good
Id man. 81 mite hey bin elected" Good
Ieaytns to think of the hawty Cauclshun
'cndin the supple knee to a Niger for his Il
iote To this complexion must it come at
last | see it all The love Nv offiis Outways
he hatred NV color. Sich is poar human
lachcr. Their amt nothin but room ahed.
PEIEoLEuM Y. Massey,
Ex-reiOrmer.