Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-04-18
Numuruns Repartmemt.
A COLORED DEBATING SOCIETY.

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- The "Colored Debating Society,"" of Mount
Vernon, Ohio, must have had some very in
teresting meetings last Winter. Your CORES
pondent, happening to pass Mount Vernon
about Christmas time, was invited by friend
to accompany him to one of the debates. :"
Your correspondent went. The object Of the
argument on that particular evening, was the
settlements at once and forever, of the question,
(Which am de mightiest, de pen or de
swoard ?"
Mr.. Laukins said about as follows: "Mr.
Chairman, what's de use of swoard unless
you's gwyne to waar? Who's hyar dat's
gwyne to WAR? isn't. Mr.. Moorehousei ism t,
Mrs. Morehouse isn't, Mr.. Newsome isn't. I'll
bet no fellsr wot speaks on de swoard side is
any ideer OBJ gwyne to waar. Den what's de
use of de swoard? I don't tink dere's much
show for argument in de matter"
Mr.. Lewman said whats de use oh de
pen less you know how to writes How's dat !!
OATS what I wants to know. Look at de
chillun OBJ Isr'l-wasn't but one man in de
hole crowd gwyne up from Egyp' to de Prom
is Lam Good write, and he didn't write much.
IA voice in the audience, "Wrote de ten COM
man'ments, any how, you bet." Cheers from
the pen side]. Wrote 'em ? wrote 'em? Not
much guess not not on stone, honey.
Might p'r'aps cut 'em wild chisel. Broke
'em all, any how, fore he got down de hill.
Den when he cut new set, de chillun Oh
IsrI broke 'em all again. Say he did write
'em, what good was iti So his pen no count
nohow. No, Saar. De swoard's what fotched
'em into de Promis' Lam, Saar. Why, Saar,
it's ridiculous. Tink, Saar, oh David cut
tin off Collars head wild pen, Saar! De
ideer's altogedder too 'posterous, Saar. De
swoard, Saar, de swoard mus win de argu-
ment, Saar."
Dr. Crane said: II tink Mr.. Lewman a
leetle too fas'. He's speakin' OBJ de times
in de dim pas, when the mind OBJ man was
crude, an de han ob man was in de ruff state
an not toned down to de refinement OBJ cibil-
lied times. Dey wasn't educated up to de
use ob de pen. DER hans were only tit for
de ruff use ob de swoard. Now, as de mod
ern poet says, our swoards rust in DER cub
bards, an peas, sweet peas, cover de Ian.
An what has wrot all this changes De pen.
Do I take swoard now to get me peck of
sweet-taters, pair OBJ chickens, pair Oh
shoes ? No, Saar. jess take my pen and
write an order for 'em. Do I want money !?
I don't git it by de edge of de eswoard {; write
a check I want a suit oh clothes for ill.,
stance-a stroke oh de pen, de mighty 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 agree dat for smoovin' things of an level
ing tings down, dere's noting equals the
swoard."
Mr.. Hunnicut said II agrees entirely wild
Mr.. Newsome an in answer to what DIR.
Crane says, I would jess ask what's de use Oh
drawing a check unless you's got de money in
de bank, or drawin' de order unless de store
truss you? 'Spose de store do truss, amt it
easier to send boy as to write order? If
you got no boy handy, telegraf. No use for
a pen-not bit. Who ever heard of Mr..
Hills pen? Nobody, Saar. But. his sroad,
Saar-de swoad OBJ ole Bunker Hill, Saar-
is known to ebbery chile in de lam If it
madden bin for de swoard OBJ ole Bunker Hill, J.,
Saar, WIZARD We niggsrs be to night, Saar ?
whaar Saar? Not hyar, Saar. In Georgia,
Saar, or wuss, Saar. No cullud person, Sarr,
should ebber 60 back, Sarr, on de swoard,
Saar."
Mr.. Hunnicut's remarks seemed to carry q
good deal of weight with the audience. AT:
ter speeches by number of others, the sub
ect was handed over to "the committee" who
carried it out and "sot on it," In 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 is de most beneficial an dat de whole
tinn is ahont q stan Hnrner'8 Mn1azine