Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1878-05-02

A Colored Debating Society.

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Mount Vernon, OHIO, must have some
very interesting meetings this Winter.
Your correspondent happening TO
pass through Mount v. about Christ
mas-time, was invited by a friend to
accompany him TO one of the ssde-
bates" Your correspondent went.
The object of the argument on that
particular evening was the settlement
at once and forever Of the question,
(which am de mightiest, de pen or
de sword ?"
Mr.. Larkins said about as follows !:
"Mr. Chairman, what's de use OBJ a
swoard unless you's gwyne to WAR !?
Who's hyar dat's gwyne to WAR? /
isn't, Mr.. Morehouse isn't, Mrs. More
house isn't, Mr.. Newsome isn't; I'll
bet no Teller wot speaks on de swoard
side is any ideer OBJ gwyne to WAR.
Den what's de use OBJ de swoard? I
don't tink dare's much show for an
argument in de NATTER
Mr.. Lewman said "What's de use
oh de pen less You knows how to
write ?-How's dat? OATS what I
wants to know. Look at de- chillun
OBJ Is'rl-wasn't but one man in de
whole crowd gwyne up from Egypt
to de Promis' Land Good write, an
he didn't write much" IA voice in
the audience, "Who wrote the com.
man'-ments, ANY how, You bet" Cheers
from the pen side "Wrote 'em? Not
much ; guess not not on stone, honey.
Might p'r'aps cut 'em wild chisel. -
Broke 'em all, anyhow fore he got
down de hill. Den when he cut new
set, de chillun OBJ Is'rl broke 'em all
again. Say he did write 'em, what
good vas it? So he did no count no.
how. No Ssar. De sUoard's what
fetched 'em into de Promis' Lam,
Saar. Why, Saar, its ridiculous. -
Tink, Saar, OBJ David a-cuttin' off Co.
liah's head wild a pen, Saar! De
ideer's altogedder too 'posterous, Saar.
De s,ooard, Saar, de S,oodrd mus win
de Argument, Saar."
DR. Crane said: 81 tink Mr.. Lew
man leetle too fas'. He's speakin'
oh de dim pas, when de mind oh
man was crude, an de han OBJ mar
was in de ruff state, an not tone
down de refinement OBJ cibilized times.
Dey wasn't educated up to de use oh
de pen. DER hams was only fit for de
ruff use OBJ de swoard. Now, as de
modern poet says, our swords rus in
DER cubbards, an peas, sweet peas,
covers de LAM. An what rot ali dis
change? De pen. Do / carry sword
now to get me peck OBJ sweet taters,
a pair oh chickens, a pair oh shoes
No, Saar. jess take my pen an
write order for 'em. Do / want
money? 1 don't get it by de edge
OBJ de sword l writes check. ]
want suit OBJ clothes, for instance
a stroke OBJ de pen, de mighty pen, de
clothes is on de way. Is DONE"
MIR. Newsome said: "Wid all due
'spect to de learned gemmen OATS JUS
spoke, we mus all agree dat fol
smoovin' tings off an a settlin' tings
down dere's noting equals de sword. y
Mr.. Hunnicut said: "I agree en-
tirely wild Mr.. Newsom an in an.
swer to what DR.. Crane says, l would
jess ask what's de use OBJ drawin' q
check unless you's got de bank, or q
DRAWN de order on de store unless
de store truss you S'pose de store
do truss, amt it easier to SEN boy
as to write an order? If you got nc
boy handy, telegraph. No use for a
pen-not a bit. Who ebber heard oh
Mr.. Hills pen? Nobody, Saar. Blu,
his swoard, Saar-de swoard OBJ ole
Bunker Hill, Saar-is known to eb
berry chile in de lam. If it hadn't
been for de swoard of Bunker Hill
Saah, WIZARD we niggers be tonight
Saar whar, Saar ? Not hyar. Saar
In Georgia, Saar, or wuss, Saar. NJ
cullud man, Saar, should ebber &C
back, Saar, on de swoard, Saar.
Mr.. Hunnlout's remarks seemed t.
carry a 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
| ode committee decide dat d.
swoard has de most pints an de bes
backin', an dat de pen is de mos
beneficial, an dat de whole ting il
about stan'-off. "-Harper's Maya
zine for April.