Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-03-23

A CoLoREp DEBATISs SOCIETY
The "Colored Debating Society OF
Mount Vernon, Ohio. must have had
some very interesting meetings this win
ter. Your correspondent happening to
pass through Mount V. about Christ
mas-time, was invited by friend to ac-
company him TO one of the "debates
Your correspondent went. The object
OF the argument on that particular even
ing was the settlement at once and Tor
ever OF the question, (which am de
mightiest, de pen or de swoard!
Mr.. Laukius said about as follows:
"Mr. Chairman, what's de use ob
swoari unless you's gwyne to waar'
Who's hyar da.'s gwyne to waar' isn't,
Mr.. Morehouse isn't, Mrs. Morehouse
isn't, Mr.. Newsolne isn't; III oct no fel-
ler wot speaks on de swoard side is any
ideer OBJ gwyne to WAR. Den what's
de use OBJ de swoard, / don't tink deres
much show for argument in de matter
Mr.. Lewman said: "What's de use
oh de pen less you knows how to writei
How's da,i OATS what wants to
know. Look at de chillun OBJ Isr1-
wasn't but one man in de hole 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 commandments, anyhow,
you bet" Cheers from the pen side. !
Wrote EN- vroie EN-? Not much; guess
not; not on stone. honey. Might p'raps
cut EN- wild a chisel. Broke 'em all,
anyhow, fore he got down de hill. Den
when he cut a new set, de chillun OBJ
Isr1 broke 'em all again. Say he did
write 'em, what good was III So his
pen no 'connt nobow. No, Saar. De
swoords what fotched EN- into de
Promis' Ian, Saar. Why, Saar, its
ridiculous. Tink, Saar, OBJ David cut
tin off Golians head wild pen, Saar!
De ideer's altogedder too 'posterous,
Saar. De swoard, Saar, de sUoard mus
win de argument, Saar."
DR.. Crane said: Il tink Mr.. Lewman
a leetle TOO fas'. He's a-speakin ob de
times in de dim pas, when de mind oh
man was crude, an de han OBJ man was
in de ruff state, an not tone down TO
de refinement oh cibilized times. Dey
wasn't educated up TO de use OBJ de pen.
DER hans was only tit for de ruff use
oh de swoard. Now, as de modern
poet says, our swoards rust in der cub
bards, an peas, sweet peas, covers de
Ian. An what has wrot all dis change !
De pen. Dol take a swoarl now to
get me peck oh sweetlaters, par ob
chickens, pair oh shoes' No, Saar.
Jess take my pen an write order for
'em. Do l want money! / don't GIT it
by de edge ob de swoard; writes
check. / want a suit OBJ clothes, for
instance-a stroke OBJ de pen, de nigh
ty pen, de clothes is on de way. Is
done"
Mr.. Newsome said: "Wid all due
'spect to de learned gemman dat's JUS
spoke, we mus all sgree dat tor
sinoovin' tings off an a-levellin tings
down dere's noting equals de swoard. "
Mr.. Hunnicut said: 81 agrees entire
ly wild Mr.. Newsome; an in answer TO
what DR.. Crane SAYS, would jess ask
what's de use ob drawin' check unless
youis got de money in de baDk, or
a-drawin de order OF de store unless de
store truss you' S'pose de store do
truss, amt it easier TO sen boy as to
write orderi If you got no boy handy,
telegraf. No use for pen--not bit.
Who ebber heard OF MIR. Hills pen 7
Nobody, Saar. But his 'Wonrd, Saar-
de swoard Oh ole Bunker Hill, Saar-is
known to ebbery chile in de Ian. If it
madden bin for de swoard ob ole Bunk
er Hill, Saar, whaar'd We niggers be to-
night, Saari wbaar, Saarf Not hyar,
Saar. In Georgia, Saar, or wuss, sasr.
No cullud man, Saar, shonld eber 60
back, saar, on de swoard, Ssar."
Mr.. Hunnicuts remarks seemed to
carry good deal Of weight with the
audience. After speeches by number
OF others, the subject was handed over
10 "the committee" who carried it out
and "sot ON it." In due time they re-
turned with the following decision:
"De committee decide dat de swoard
has de most pints an de best backin,
and dat de pen is de most beneficial, an
dat de whole ting is about q stan u-of."
--EpIroRs DRAWER, il Harpers Nag
ozias for .7prik.