National Republican., 1877-12-01
Aprnnhecx rnlRled.

n FrOphecy Eulhlteu,
81 see lite" said Nasby, in 1866; Dcmoc-
risy Is not that dead karkis its enemies. hoped
for and its friends feared. Nigger is not
now OTHER PERSONS, We alluz counted five
NV em for three in making up the Congresses
we wuz entitled to now they count Us white
men, wich increases our dclegashins to sich an
extent that ef you Northern men do half your
dooty we'll hev majority in Congress. Then
good Lord the pleasant crack NV the whip
shell agen be herd on the planes NV the sunny
South. The niggcrs won't be re-enslaved, but
our Legislators will speedily rcdoose EN- to
their normal condishin. We shell observe the
constitushnel amendment strickly and In good
faith. The African shell be FREQ; but the good
NV society demands he shell be under proper
guardianship. He won't be allowed to change
his location and the laws NV the States will
define his dooties and give us the power NV
onforcin' EN-. He won't be allowed to hev
arms, so he can't resist. Ez ho can't hcv
plantation, he will hev to submit quietly to sich
roofs ez the high-mindcd planter makes for him
oi he shot on the spot, or turned out to die nv
starvashun, ackording TO circumstances III
the planter is n unrejenerated child nv DAM
nashun, he will shoot him; Of he Is - saint
who hoz n Southern hope NV q blessed immor-
tality beyond the grave, he'll restrano MS
anger and turn him out to die NV hunger, on
less he rcpents and comes back humble.
Then, they bein free and responsible for them
selves, we amt oblecged to take care nv the
sic's, the aged, or the infrm, so 1t will be
really better than It wuz before. 1 see
| gellorious future afore u.s. Thrue the thick
clouds NV gloom the brite sun nv hope cheer
inly breaks. Say to the Northern Democrisy,
be of good cheerr Agin they shall lick our
hands, agin they shell eat the crumbs that
| fall th,, ,,att tal,l
Thank God for the Northern Democrisy.
10 Bless the lord for the Niger
and the Democrat, wich Is usful to us, each In
| his spcer."
Remembering the late charge by Judge
| Thompson to South Carolina jury, that tho
colored man should he liable to arrest when
| ever met unemploveU; that the State should
make his hours of labor and the price thereof; !;
that the certificates given for his hire should
| not be collectable at law in money until 1881,
| or four years from date not to be allowed to
hold real estate; not TO be employed unless
Possessed Of recommendation from his former
employer; not to exit from one portion Of the
| State TO another unless possessed Of passport
rised by IN official of the county in which he
resides; and not to be allowed to keep in
| his possession arms or ammunition for any
purpose; remembering, also, tho amendment
| to the constitution of the State of Virginia,
adopted n year since, DISTINGUISHING for larce-
| ny Ol any utRTCt, tntt Siiu II uiSp
| the law in one or more other Southern States I;
that negroes are taken frcm the prisoners box
| to the street and Immediately sold to the
highest bidder for their term of imprison-
ment. which term Is often doubled by false
charges for clothing aud medical attendance
never received remembering all these facts,
we think the least the Democracy can do
would be to present Potrleum V. Nasty with
his long-sought "post-ofiis.'
| There's n lite nlout to gleem:
THERE'S fount about TO Streem:
| Walt little longer
In fact, taking the New York Tribune, that
'hcad center of "civil-service reform" and
Cancellation" that "lite" is already "gleem.
ing" for it says "Now" an "easy-going peo.
pie, who imagines that political millennium is
at hand" "see that what they have been ridi.
culing ~ an alarmist phantom or the bumbug
invention of designing politicians, wears the
look of pretty tangible reality. Tho dangers
of the Immediate future relate to ma.
tional bankruptcy rather than to civil
rights. The South has got through warrinp
on the negro, Is II to mako an alliance now
| with Northern infatOnists and rcpudiatiOnists
for a war on the Treasury Over S1D0, ,000, ,00C
of claims are already filed in this city for col.
lection, and after adding projects to rebuild
the Mississippi levces, and open Southern har'
bors and rivers, build the Southern Pacific
Railroad, &C., well may the Confederate ex
claim: "Democrisy Is not til It dead karkis IL
enemies hoped for and its friends feared !
Both Northern Democrats and Southern Niger,
are being "redooSed to their normal condi
shuii."
Henrietta Booker, colored, was arrapncd
for trespassing on the property of tho Rich
mond (Va) Ceday Works, few days since
and sentenced to twenty lashes on the bare
back. "Thc pleasant crack nv my whip shel
agen be herd on the planes NV the Sunny
South" al see lite" 4. B. II.