The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-04-02
a CnIIed nehniinr Society.

Prom ths Editou Drawer Of the April Hirper's,
The aColored Debating Society" Of
Mount Vernon, o, must have some very
interesting meetings this winter. Your
correspondent, happening TO pass
through Mount v. about Chr istmas.
time, was invited by a friend 10 accom-.
pany 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 de mightiest, de pen
or de swoardl'
M. Laukips said about as follows:
q Mr.. Chairman, whats de use OBJ q
swoard unless you's gwyne to WAR!
Who's hyar dat's gwyne 10 waatl l isn't
Mr.. Morehouse isn't, Mrs. Morehouse
isn't, Mr.. Newsome isn't; I'll bet no fel.
Ter wot speaks on de swoard side Is any
ideer OBJ gWYne to WAR. Den what's de
use OBJ de swoard? Idon't tink dere's
much show for argument In de matter.
Mr.. Lewman said: " What's de use OBJ
de pen less you knows how 10 writer
How's dat? Datis what ! wants to know.
Look ut de chillum OBJ Isrl-wasn't but
one mani in do 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 pei
side.1 Wrote 'em? wrote 'emi Not
much; guess not, not on stone, honey.
Might praps cut 'em wild a chisel. Broke
'em all, anyhow, lore he got down de hill.
Den when he cut u new set, de chillun OBJ
Isrl broke 'em all again. Say he did
write 'em, what good was it2 So his pen
mo- count nohow. No, saar. De swoard's
what fotcied 'em into de promiS Ian,
saar. Why, sssr, its ridiculous. Tink,
saar, OBJ David %a.cuttin of Golians head
wild a pen, saarl De ideer's altogedder
too 'posterous, saar. De swoard, saar.
de swoard mus mus win de argument,
aaar."
Dr.. Crane said II tink Mr.. Lswmln
a leetle too fas,. Hes a~speakin' OBJ de
times in de dim pas when de mind OBJ
man was crude, an de han OBJ man was in
de ruff state, an not tone down to de re.
fnement OBJ cibilized times. Dey wasn't
educated up to de use Oh de pen. DER
hans was only 1T for de ruff use OBJ de-
swoard. Now, rs de modern poet says,
our swoards rust in DER cubbards, an
peas, sweet peas, cover de Ian. An what
has wrot ali dis change? De pen: Do !
take q swoard now TO get me asspeck Of
sweet-tatera, a pair OBJ chickens, q pair
OF shoes? No, saar. 1 Jess take my pen
an writea order for 'em. Do | want
money! I dom get It by De edge OBJ de
sWoard; / writes q check. / want a suit
OBJ clothes, for instance-a stroke OBJ de
pen, de mighty pen, de clothes is on de
way. Is done.h
Mr.. Newsome said: aWid all due 'spect
to de learned gemman OATS JUS spoke, we
mus all agree dat for smooyin' tings off
an ~a.levelin' things down dere's noting
equels de swoard.n
Mr.. Hnnnicut said: ~ agrees entirely
wild Mr.. Newsome, an in answer to what
DR.. Crane says, T would jess ask what's
de use OBJ DRAWN q check unless you's
got de money in de bank, or a.drawin' de
order on de- store unless de store truss
your S'pose de store do truss, amt ii
easier to sem q boy as TO write a order /?
II you got no boy handy, telegraf. No
use for q pen-not a bit. Who ebber heard
OF Mr.. Hills pen? Nobody, But
his swoard' saar-ds swosrd Of ole Bun
ker Hill, aaar-is known 10 ebbery chile
in de lam. Hit madden bin for de swoard
OBJ ole Bunker Hill, saar, wizard We mig.
gers be tonight, saar :? whaar, saar? Not
hyar, saar. In Georgia, saar, or wuss,
saar. No cullud man, saar, should ebber
go back, saar, on de swoard, saar:"
Mr.. Hunnicut's remarks seemed to
carry a good deal Of weight with the au.
dience. After speeches by a number OF
others, the subject was handed over to
"the committee who carried 1t out and
.sot on It" 10 due time they returned
with the following decision =
@De committee decide dat de swoard
has de most pints an de best backin', and
dat de pen Ia de most beneficial, an dat
de whole ting Is about a stan off"