The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1878-03-22
4 Colored Debaaing socIesy.


The 'sColored Debating Society" of
Mount Vernon, Ohio, must have had
some very interesting meetings This
winter. Your correspondent happen
ing to pass through Mount v. about
Christmas time, was invited by friend
10 accompany him TO one of the de
bates.' Your correspondent went. The
object of the argument on that particu-
lar evening was the settlement at once
and forever o! the question, (which
am de- mightiest, de pen or de swoard ?"
Nj, Laukius said about as follows:
Mr.. Charm what's de use OBJ de
swoard unless you's gwyne to WAR
Who's hyar OATS gOin 20 waar! | isn't,
Mr.. Warehouse isn't, Mrs. MorehOuse
tsn't. Mr., NeWsome isn't; I'll bet NO
teller wot speaks on de swOard side Is
emmy idear Oh gwyne To WAR. DIN
what's de use of de swoard ? l don't
tink dere's much use Of de swoard? l
don't tink dere's much show tor argy-
menE in de matter
Mr.. Lewman said: 'What's de use Oh
d. pen less you knows how to write?
Hnw's dat? OATS wat 1 wants To
know. Look at de cbillun OBJ Isr'l-
wasn't but one man in de hole crowd
gwyne up from Egyp' to de Pr0mis'
much A voice in the audience, 'Wrote
de ten commandments, any how, ynu
bet Cheers from the pen side. j
Wrote 'en? t1r0te 'em? Not much !;
guess not; not ON stone, honey. Might
D'r'aps cut 'em wild a chisel- Broke
'em all, anyhow, 'fore he got down de
hill. Den when he cut new set, dc
chillun OBJ Isr'l broke 'em all again
Say he did write 'em, what good was
it? So his pen no count no how. No,
saar. De swoard's what fetched 'em
into de Promis' Lam, saar. Why, saar.
it's ridiculous. Tink, saar, OBJ David
cuttin' off Golia's head wild pen,
saarI De ideer's altogether too pros
ferrous, saar. De swOard, saar, de
s.oOdrd mus win de argument, saar.'
DIR. Crane said: Il tink Mr.. LewmaR
a leetle too fas'. He's a-speakin' ob de
times in de dim pas, when de mind OBJ
man was crude, an de ham OBJ man
was in de ruff state, an not tone down
to de refinement OBJ cibilized times.
Dey wasn't educated up to de use OBJ
de pen. DER hans was only fit for
de ruff use OBJ de swoard. Now, as de
modern poet says, our swOard rust in
deir cuobards, an peas, sweet peas,
covers de lam An what has wrot all
dis change? De pen. Do take a
swoard now to get me peck OF sweet
Eaters. a pair OBJ chickens, pair OBJ
shoes? No, saar. jess take my pen
an write order for 'em. Do 1 want
money! don't git it by de edge ob
de swoard 1 writes check. l want
a suit oh clothes, for instance stroke
OBJ de pen, de mighty pen, de clothes is
on de way Is DONE
Mr.. Newsome said: FWid ali due
'specJ to de learner gemman OATS jus
spoke, we mus all agree dat for smOvin'
tings off an a-leVelin' tings down
dere's noting equals de swoard.'
Mr.. Hunnicut said: Il agrees entire
iy wild Mr.. Newsome. an in answer to
what DIR. Crane says, 1 would jess ask
what's de use OBJ drawing de check un-
less you's got de money in de bank, or
DRAWN de order on de store unless
de store truss you? S'pose de store do
truss, amt it easier to send boy as t
write order? IfyOu GOT no boy ham
dy telegraf. No use for pen-noG a
bit. VINO ebber heard OBJ Mr.. Hill's
pen? Nobody, saar. But his SsCodrd,
saar-de swoard ob ole Bunker Hill,
saar-is known to cherry chile in de-
land. If iC madden Din for de swoard
ri ole Bunker Hill saar, WIZARD we
niggers be tonight, saar ? whaar, saar
Not hyar, saar. La Georgia, saar, OF
wuss, sar. 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
audience. Alter speeches by mum
Der of others, the SUBJECT was handed
over TO 'Che commitUee,' who carried il
out and 'sot on it , In due time they
returned with the following decision:
DE cOmAittee decides dat de swoard
has de most pints an de best backin',
and dat de pen is de most benetishul,
an dat de whole ting is about stan'-
off Editors Drawer, in Harper's for
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