National Republican., 1878-12-21
NASBY.
His Ideas of the way TO Carry Elections
Without Violating the Constitution and the
Laws.
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Without Violating the Constitution and the
Laws.
Toledo Blade.
CosYKpRIT \ ROADS
(Which Is in the State Nv Kentucky.)
December l, 1878.
The Radikels NV the North are gittin ex-
cited over the 'solid south, and are agin
commencing to persekoot us NV the for
mer slave States, wich made a struggle for
our rites, but wuz crushed out by the iron
heel of despotism under the tirent Linkin.
Wat does the North want ? That's the
question-wat does 1t demand Nv usH
Suppose the South hez sent up solid
Demikratic congressional delegashun Sup
pose there amt mizable Radikel from
any NV the Southern States in Congris
Suppose-but watts the yoose Nv suppo-
sin? Does the North know how we are
fixed? Does the North know that that we
NV the South are livin amonga people wich
yoosed to furnish us with bread and butter
and summers at Saratogy? Does the North
know that the trent Linkin emancipated
them people, and put EN- out from under
our control, and that they are in condishin
to do ez they please? Nay, more Does
the North know that them people kin
vote, and hev jist ez much to say about
polisies and things ez we hev?
These Chings shoOd be considered. The
North shood remember that we NV the
South-I meen the white men-are sen-
sitive people, and we hev feelins. We can't
git down to the level Nv common man to
wunst. We hev bin Graded in the lap NV
luxury. We hev bin yoosed to hevin our
work done for us, and hev bin accustomed
to livin by the swet NV other peoples
brows. 1t is not to be supposed that we
kin accept so radikel change ez bein
compelled to go to work ourselves without
protest.
We make our protest in our own way.
By the result NV the war the Niger wuz
given the ballot. All rite. He hez the
ballot. We don't believe he ought to hev
1t, but eZ the fifteenth amendment gives 1t
to him, we acceede. We hate the amend
ment, but ez it is law we yecld. We are
law-abiden citizens. And SO we Civ to the
Afrikin his rites, and lay down quietly to
him. He kin vote ez much ez he pleeses,
and ez freely ez anybody. Kin the North
ask anything more?
Still we hev our way of regulatin wat
we consider evils. Here In the Cross
roads our method is very simple.
Joe Bigler and Pollock wuz off buyin a
carload NV mules. They wuz not here on
elecshun day, and consekently we wuz not
in terror Nv Bigler's revolver, or PollOck's
tongue. We knowd they Good not get
back in time to vote, or even to marshal
the five hundred niggers that hev the fran
chise at these poles. Therefore we perpos-
ed to send up a complete and eileen Dem
ocratic oifishary from this precinct, and at
the same time obey the law. We respect
the law.
The niger hez the rite to vote. We un-
derstand that and respect it. But there
must be limitashuns. He may vote-the
law sez that-but the law don't say how
he shell vote. That is for us. We deter
mine that. We are the roolin class, and
the inferior class must be guided by the
soopeeiOr intellect that don't like to work.
Eff we Good hev trusted the nigger we
wood hev done it, but we coodent. We
knowd he had predilecshun for radikel-
ism, and wuz, ez rool, opposed to appro-
priashuns. He Good not be trusted with the
ballot without gidanse.
What did we do? Joe Bigler and Pol
lock wuz away buyin mules, and the mig
gers were without their feeders. Then we
organized. We notified EN- that they
shood vote-that we didn't want to inter
fere with ther rites, but that they must
vote according to our noshens. We sed to
EN- ez follows:
"You are entitled to the ballot under the
laws. We don't approve NV the laws, but
they is laws and we shel respect en- Far
be 1t it from us to break laws, or in any
way interfere in ther proper execoOshen.
You shell vote. You shel exercise the rites
Nv citizens. Every one Nv you who wants
to vote step up. We will give 700 Dim
ocratic ticket and you shel vote it. Eff yoo
refooze to vote that ticket we shall imme-
diately perceed to blow the top Nv yoor he'd
off. We want the utmost freedom Nv opin-
yum, and the ballot-box shell be inviolate,
pervided yoo vote rite. We shell say wat
is rite. Now don't go and complane that
yoo hev bin refoosed the privileges NV an
Ameriken citizen"
The niggers come down and attempted
to vote. Wehed shotguns and navy revolv-
vers and stood at the poles. Ez they filed
we demanded site ov the tikkits they per.
posed to vote, and eff it was our tickket it
went in all rite. Eft wuz any other tikkit,
the presumpshus reich witch offered it he'd
the top NV his he'd blowd off immejitly ez
warnin to the others. We coodent stay
foolin about wen our rites wuz involved.
Wv course the result wuz clean Dino
cratic vote. There wuz no Radikel tikkits
in the box, wich shows that the South hez
but one sentiment. Watever our views is
they are yoonanimOus and that is all ther
is about it. Let the North look at our
poll-lists, and the north will get cleer
idee ez to wat the South RELY desires.
suppose there will be howl about the
fact that there wuz a yoonanimus Dime
cratic vote at the Cross Roads, when it is
well known that there are 500 niggers in
the precinct wich wood vote the Abolishn,
Radikel tikkit. | suppose that it will be
made the eXcoose for another raid and an
other demand for violent measures agin
the sufferin South. Let it be SO. Eff the
North snpPoses that we shel lay still and
let niggers offset our votes when we want
the Southern war debt paid, and a system
of Southern internal Improvements inog-
geratid, the North is mistaken. The
Southern Dimecrat knows how to perfect
himself. He obeys laws, pevided the laws
run his way.
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