The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1879-05-10
NASBY.
Mr.. Nasty Details the Troubles His
Friends Are Having with the
EverIastingIy RofheFsome Negro.

From the To1edg Biads
ConfedIt \ Roads, wieh is in the State uv
kentucky. April I2. 1s7a.-wc are havlu
troul,le with the niggcrs here, wich will end
the Lord above only knows where. The
bother kin be statid IN few words
sich nv the niggers in the vicinity w the
Corners e. don't own their own land ttoo
msny Nv en- dol hev to lecsc land uv the
white citizens which is the natcial citizens
NV the soil. Every Kentuckian hez a con-
somin desire FOR the welfare uy the Higger !;
and, that the nigger lesser may ie happy
and e1ntented, be lets him her .taei for, say,
$40 an akre year, the SAID land IN wuth
about thai in fec simple
This may be considered exorbitant by the
unthinSing, but ii will I've readily. seen list
gentleraen can't i've, and plsy draw poker,
and bef on races, or anything less. And il
must bc taken into account that the nigg1r
wuz the susteneaee nv The proud Cawcashun
afore tilts war, and We see no reSon why he
sl,ood not he tine sarAe new
And 10 the end thei he sbei Bot git too
rich, it is alIus inelOodid IN the ircse tllet
tie Oigger shel buy everything thet he cats
drinks and wears, Nv the ownes ADD tibet
his crops shei be held Is him til asl these
advances are paid.
Il u tToo tina, She nigger generally 6eGles
cut iD debt to the proprietor seversl hNR-
dred dollars but We bev never in hard
onto EN-. We hey alluz give c;n the Privig-
eye Nv w0rixin OUT what they owed, ~ cur.
tin -esgtAAsssi or gITtn out ralero,le ties ln
the lTiafeF, wichs considering We Good De
mand cash, i eansesaua.
TAey are an osgFatefal people. DeekiH
PogrAn let ons ny en- hey twenty skers uSs
his farm, and the nigger woEkesI IL we'll. He
made good crops uvcorn and potatoes and
slch, and congratulated hisseIf on the pros
peek uy livin coaifortaGIe 'ioorin tlie winter
When the fine for settlement cone, ii the
fall. the DcekIa took the entire crop, ard
demonstrated to the ougr4teiui man that he
wuz in debt n him eggsaekly 5000 Tho
nigger eoodent understand it, hslt renewed
the leese another yser, payin off 800 nv his
deb, gittin out ralsrode tres in the winter.
This second yeer wux tna onea on tie
Deekin. ez he lost pdwcr nv money on the
Louisville races, Hnti consekently ia the fall
the niggcr wuz brat in aebt 800. sIirandy
Pogram kept tho accounts
Now, what Dies this cussesl onsrateTul
nigger dos Remarkin tsset ii struck him
that ef he kept 90 Norkia the DeekinS lantl~
and worked hard ard faithfully eDaif, nc
wood ia time oSe uAore than>sr1e national
debt. Ne undertook to Iseve for Kaasas.
TAa wuz 90 sssempt III fepadiashsn; and
while s1afe State may properly repooiiase
i,sisdebseslnis, : nigger indiyijile kin never
he permitted 10 do Ii We nipt this al.
tempt a, swindlin the efDcekIn in the Bud.
That nigger wbs notiHed that we must hev
his labor, TO The end nv devtlolin Tire re-
soaFces Nv his kentry end ths. Ne mast stay
and labor, e. he alluz he'd dun, and bs con.
tent, rs heshood be-
Despite this warnin be did get away 10
the river, and wuz waitin for down.bound
Lest, when he wua Inysteriously shot Who
did the richeous act will never be known;
but Il wnk scd that Issaker Gayitt wuz IN