Ellsworth American., 1877-05-24
How 1t Works at the Corners.
rHE COLOR LINE WIPED OUI.

The unhappy Mr.. NAsby writes as fol-
lows TO the Toledo Blade
Squire Boyer heyin gone heutz we he'd
to elect instis TO his place, and in the
convenshun Deekln Pogram and Abslum
Pettus wuz the candidates. Pettus deyel-
oped a good deal NV strength but the dee
Kin heyIn invited the couvenshun out TO
take suthin, il turned the scale and he wuz
nominated. PettuZ >wore he would never
stand that Kind Nv tactics, and he declar.
ed hisself an irdependent candidate, at
which We Ian, for the Dmocrisy of the
Corners are firm bleevcrs in the sanctity
OF regular nOmina-hens.
The radikels, mostly niggrrs. hcdid b.
Pollock aud Bigler. met and resolved to
make no nominashen, aud so the contest
wuz between the good old deysiu and this
wrctched, disorgaulziug Pettus. aud very
lively contest it wuz.
fhc uiggers called u meetn, wich per
crdn I'LL rs with astonshmcnt. Sich a
thing he'd never happened here before, and
We all wondered " at Il meant.
'Uv course this cant be permitted, sed
the deekin.
Not any sez |, It's asin nacher and
must be prevented
And 80 on the nite Nv the meeting
Is-aker, Captain McPelter aud the rest NV
The faithful went 10 the hall over Pollock's
store. where the niggers wuL In session,
aud pullin our rcvovers advised EN- To
git. But the niggers didn't git, for up
sprung Pettus aud about a dozen Nv his
friends and made sum few remarks.
These gentlemen said Pettus. is citi-
zens Nv the Yoonited States. aud ez sich
hev a rite TO meet and consult ez to the
condishn Nv our common country. They
are goin TO do It, or you hev me TO fte
ez well ez them. This thing is PLAYED
out
| was struck dun with amazemeut
Why this is revelopsheu, This Is auarsy
This Is turnn-over NV things. This is
upturning and a upheevsl, The idse NV
white man aud a dimekrat a siden with
niggers and radkels. Pettus. what do you
mean: Set down, sir. The democratic
party hold yoo TO yoor allegianseT
'D-n the Dimecratic party, wuz the
reply NV this middle. i want 10 be justis,
aud I'm goin TO be, | propose 10 beet
that old sucker
The niggers held their meetin aud re-
solved to cast their ballots for Absolum
Pettus.
viii they be allowed to voter askt the
deekin. his voice qulverin with emoshin.
Never sed |, 'Ef they vote then chaos
come agin.
The elecsshun was held last monday.
Early in the moring fettus, and dozen
or two NV renegade Dinocrats, with Pol
lock aud that Infamous Joe Bigler, all NV
EN- with revolvers, WIZ on hand when the
pols wuZ opened, with more than a hun
dred niggers. Instid Nv hevin Pogram.
Bascom and Mclelter for the board, wich
hez bin the custom for yeers. they insistid
upon bein represented themselves, and ez
they wuz largely in the majority they put
nlgger on the board.
The dimscrisy rallied, but it wuz evident
they wus demoraized. Pettus talked all
day about the II.cs uv all citisens to vote.
and ez the niggers he'd bin made ctisens
he swore they shood vote, or he'd know
the reaZun why. espeshally ez they wus all
a votin for him. And Pollock and Bigler
backed him up. and the niggers took heart
nevin support from so meny white men,
and they come In In droves. and votid ez
materially ez tho they he'd been alluz used
to il.
And eZ we had no chance to do the
countin by ourselves. OWN to that nggers
bein on the board, and with Pettus and
Bigler standin right behind him. the onary
cuss wuz declared electid, and Deekin
Pogram defeetid, by a large majority.
This is the end Nv all things. Pettss
hez declared for the administrator NV
the yoOsirpur Hayes, and hez changed his
to Bascom's store. and there
he and his minyuns meet every mite, and
exult over his triumph.
But it doesn't end here. Issyker Gayitt
kicked nigger yesterday. and the nigger
hauld him up aiore Squire Pettus. and that
onfeeln man fined Issaker, and when Is
saker refoosed to pay the line on the ground
that court elected by niggers coodent
possibly be constitoOshunal, nohow, he
him into the calaboose, where he
is now languishin. marter to prinsiple,
and a want of four dollars and half
Where will it end? The Lord only
knows. The color line busted In the |
Corners, and the niggers by the treach-
cry NV one man, hev the power. Next |
fall they will elect the county officer, ef |
some Dimmykrat wich hez never distin- |
guished hisself a shOOtin NV em sees fit to |
he'd em, and some sch will be found. I |
kin see wat Is goin to happen. Deekin |
Pogram is now greeven that he didn't |
show the black cusses some cOnsidera- |
shau aud entise EN- away from Pettus. He |
Is lamentin that he didn't treet um cordial |
Iy and afiilyate with EN-. and yOOse em ez |
Became voters. He'd I done this said |
the good old man, L might hev been
hswty Kswkshun bendin the supple knee
TO q nigger for his vote! To this complex
ion must il come at last! see 1t ALL The |
love Of offs outways the hatred Nv color. |
Slch is poor human nacher. There hain't |
nOthin but rO0in ahed,
PETROLEUM v. Massey, ex-reformer.