The Portland daily press., 1878-12-23

CoNFEDRIr X ROADS, (Which Is in the State
nv Kentucky,) December 10, 1S7S.-I foresee
trouble. My prophetic sole looks forrerd .
year or two, and perceeves q cloud loomin up
in the fucher, wich bodies rs nv the South no
good. foresee raid wioh will be made onto
the suffrin South, and possibly it may be sue
cessfuL foresee Q renewal nv the hostilities
wich led to a fratricidle struggle betwixt the
sexshuns in 1861, and possible gore.
The North is not content with things ez they
are. The North persists In bleeviu that the
rights nv the niggers in the South hev bin vio-
lated, and that they hev bin deprived nv the
priviligis of freemen, wich they fortify by as
sertin eZ fact that in the Cross-Roa alone
seventy-6ve niggers wuz killed, for insistin up
on votin the Republican ticket, and that 800
wuz kept away from the poles by force
At least let the people nv the North hev the
truth. Our enemies will find that nothin kin
be gained by misrepresentation and false
statement. 1 will give the exact facts:
There wuz only sevent5-two killed, the 9TH
or three bein merely severely woundid. One
nv the woundid may hev died SERGE, but am
not certn.
There wuznt 500 druv away from the poles;
the exact number was 491.
1t is by sich falsehoods that the sufrin South
is bein prejoodist 1t is by meens Nv sich
lies that Congris will be infooenced agin givin
US sica sppropriashuns ez we desire, and payin
the Southern war debt, and penshunin South
ern sojers. 1t is by sich stupenjas lies that the
Rsdikies hope to elect President in 1880.
Neither will the subsidized Radikel press
give the troo reasons, or ruther the philosphy
nv our ackshen in this matter.
The fact ts, we did not deny the right nv the
nigger to vote. No sich thought ever entered
our heads. We desired em to vote. We went
into their settlements and implored em ez they
loved Kentuck to come and deposit ther ballots
like freemen. We reminded EN- that many NV
EN- he'd the best blood NV Kentucky in ther
vanes, that ther wuz those among em who
could proudly point to the Bascoms, Gavitts
and Pograms ez ther ancestors. We askt EN-
to jiIe us in an effort to save the South from
hoomiliasheD, by sendin up clean Dimecratic
delegashun, and by sich maiorities ez wood
teech the Vsndal North that the State wuz Q
yoonit agin ther unholy skeems nv subjoogs-
shen.
= We remideed EN- that they he'd an eksl in
terest with us in prokoorin appropriations.
"It is troo," We sed to EN-, "that you will not
have the contrax on the ship canal or on the
Custom House at the Corners, nor will you be
penshund for servis in the Confedrit army, but
the money will come here, and ez 700 furnish
al tne perVlsnuD5, We NOT Dein IOnQ Nv laDOr,
1t will git around TO 700 in time.
And we reminded EN- Nv great many more
things.
They come to the polls on our invitation, 49i,
wich wuz a majority. They come unarmed,
save with that weapon wich is frmer set and
stronger than the bayonet, the ballot. To our
horror we diskivered that every last one NV the
black cusses he'd Republican tickets and per-
posed to vote EN-!
Nv course this woodent do. We wanted en-
to exercise the rite nv suffrage, but they must
exercise 1t ez we wantid em Co.