The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-01-23

. thing he'd never happened here before
and all wondered vat it meant.
"Uv course this can't be permitted y
sed tho Deekin.
"Not any," sez /. "lt's a:in nacher
and must be prevented"
And 80 on the mite Nv tho mectin
lssaker, Capt. McPel,cr. and the rect ny
the faithful went tn the hall over Pol
locks store, when The ni.sers wuz in
session, and, pu'iin our revolver, advised
en- 10 gIt. The nigger, didn't git, TO,
up sprung P-t,u- aud about - dozen uy
his friends aud made sun few remarks
"rbese gentlemen" said Peltus, is cit
liens Of the Yoohiied States, and, "a
sich, hev rite to meet and consult ex
to the c0ndishen Nv our common coun.
try. They are q goin to do it, or voc
hev me TO tite ez we'll cz them. This
thing is played out"
wuz struck dun with establishment
"why, this is revolooshen This il
anarky! This is . upturnin and an up
heevle! The idee nv white man and
. Dimekrst sidin with niggers and
Radikels! Pettus, what do 700 mean
Set down, sir ! The Dimocratic party
holds you to your allegiance"
'D-n the Dimekrntic party" wu,
the reply nv this middle. IL want to be
Justis and I'm goin to be! perpos<
to beet that Old sucker"
The niggers held their meetin and 70
solved to cast their ballots for Abslum
Pettus. Esq.
"Wili they be allowed to vots!" ask,
the DeekIn, hrs voice quiverin with emo
shun.
"Nsver" said 1. OFF they vote then
chaos Gomez ag'n."
The elerkshun wuz held lsst Monday
Early in the morning, Pettus. and Z
dozen or two nv renegade Dimocrats
with Pollock and that Infamous Joe Big
Ter, all nv em with revolvers, wui on
hand whom the polls wuz opened, with
more than hundred niggers. lnstid
nv hevin Pogram, Bascom, and McPeltel
for the Board, which hez bin the custom
for yeers, they insisted upon bein repre-
sented themselves. and ex they wuz
largely in the majority they put . mig
ger on the Board.
= The Dirnocrisy rallied, but it wuz ev
ident they wuz demoralixed. Pettus
talked all day about the rites NV all citi
zens to vote, and ez the niggers he'd bin
made citizens he swore they shoOd vote
or he'd know the reason why, espesh.
sely ez they wuz all v0tin for him.
And Pollock and Bigler backed him up,
and the nigge's took heart, hevin sup
port from ~ many white men, and they
come in in droves, ana votid ez material.
ly ez tho they he'd BIN allux yooscd to it.
And ex we he'd no chance to do the
countin by oui selves, OWN to that mig
gers bein on the Board, with Pettus and
Bigler standin right behind him, the or.
nary cuss wuz declared elcctid, and Dee
kin Pogram defeetid by . large ma.
jority.
This is the end Nv all things. Pet.
tus hez declared for tho administrashen
NV the yooserper Hayes, and hex chan
ged bis headquarters to Bascom's store,
aud there he and his minyuns meet ~.
cry mite, and exult over his triumph.
But it doesn't end here. Issaker Ga.
witt kicked q niger yesterday, and the
niger bsuld lin up sfore Squire Pet
tus. and that onfeelin man fined Issakcr
and when lssaker rofoosed to pay the
fine on the ground that . court elected
by niggers coodent possibly 10 con.
stitooshnel, no how, he chuckled him in
the calaboose, where he is now anguish
in, marter to prinsIple and . want oil
four dollars and q half!-Nasbv.