Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-03-21
A COlOred Debating Society.

A COlOred Debating Society.
The "Colored Debating Society" OF
Mount Vernon, Ohio, must have had
some very interesting meetings this
winter. Your correspondent, happen
ing to pass through Mount V. about
time, was INVITED by q
friend to accompany him to one OF
the debates. Your correspondent
went. The object OF the argument
on that particular evening was the
settlement at once and forever of the
question, (which am dc mightiest,
de pen or de swoard."
Mr.. Larkins said about as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, what's de use OBJ a
swoard unless you's gwyne to WAR?
Who's hyar OATS gwyne to WAR? !
isn't, Mr.. Warehouse isn't. Mrs. More
house isn't, Mr. Newsome isn't; I'll
bet no Teller wot speaks on de swoari
side is any ideer OBJ gwyne to WAR.
Den what's dc use oh de sword? I
don't tink dere's much show for argu-
ment in de matter"
Mr.. Lewman said: whats de use
oh de pen less you knows how to
write? How's dat? OATS what /
wants 10 know. Look at de chillun
OBJ Isr'l-wasn't but one man in de
whole crowd gwyne up from Egyp' to
de Promis' Lam Good write, an he
didn't write much. A voice in the
audience, Wrote de ten comman'-
ments, anyhow, you bet" Cheers
from the pen side.l Wrote 'em?
wrote 'em? Not much; guess not;
not on stone, honey. Might, p'r'aps
cut 'em wild a chisel. Broke 'em all,
any how, fore he got down de hill.
Den when he cut new set, de chillun
oh Isr1 broke 'em all again. Say he
did write 'em, what good was it.? So
his pen no count nohow. No, saar.
De swoard's what fetched 'em into de
Promis' Land, saar. Why. saar, it's
ridiculous. Tink, saar, oh David
a-cuttin' off Gelian's head wild a pen.
saar! De ideer's altogedder too pos
ferrous, saar. De swoard, saar, de
swoard mus win dc argument, saar. "
DR.. Crane said: II tink Mr.. Lew
man q leetle too fas'. He's a-speakin
oh de times In de dim pas, when de
mind OBJ man was crude, an de han
oh man was in de ruff state, an not
tone down TO de refinement oh chill
lied times. Dey wasn't educated up
to de use oh de pen. DER hans was
only fit for de ruff use oh de swoard
Now, as de modern poet says, our
swoards rust in DER cubbaris, an
peas, sweet peas, covers de Ian. An
what has wrot all dis change? De
pen. Do 1 take swoard now to get
me peck oh sweet-taters. pair OF
chickens. pair oh shoes? No. saar
/ jess take my pen an write a order
for 'em. Do 1 want money? don'i
git it by de edge 90 de swoard;
writes q check. / want a suit OF
clothes, for instance-a stroke oh de
pen, de mighty pen, de clothes is or
de way. rs DONE"
Mr. Newsome said: "wid all due
'spect to de learned gemman dat's
JUS spoke. we mus all agree dat fol
smoovin' tings off an a-levellin' tings
down dere's noting equals dc
swoard."
Mr.. Hunnicut said: Il agree entire
Iy wild Mr.. Newsome; an in answer
to what DR.. Drane says, l would jess
ask what's de use ob DRAWN checb
unless you's got de money in de bank
or a-drawin' de order on de store un.
less de store truss you? 'Spose dc
store do truss. amt it easier to SEN 9
boy as TO write order. IL you got
no boy handy, telegraf. No use for &
pen--not bit. Who ebber heard oil
Mr.. Hills pen? Nobody, saar. But
his swoard, saar-de swoard OBJ ole
Bunker Hill, saar, WIZARD we niggers
be tonight. saar? whaar, saar? Not
hyar, saar. In Georgia, saar, or wuss
saar. No culled man, saar, should
ebber So back, saar, on de swoard
saar."
Mr.. Hunnicut's remarks seemed tC
carry q good deal of weight with the
audience. After speeches by mum.
Der OF others, the subject was handed
over to "the committee" who carried
it out and "sot on it." In due time
they returned with the following de-
cision:
"De committee decide dat dc
swoard has de most pints an dc
best backin', and dat de pen Is d.
most beneficial, an dat de whole ting
is about a STAN Editors Drarel
in Harper's Magazine for april.
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