The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-27
Malachi Moss.

We met Malaki Moss" on the street Tues
day evening. He had come in town to hear the
speaking, and was feeling good. The old man
has always been very anxious that we should
preserve his incognito and not "give him away
10 de boys" as he expresses it; but We have a
faint suspicion that he has not been 80 particular
about il Is we have, for friend who dropped in
TO look over the exchanges few days ago,
remarked that he had seen the old man, and that
be. (AAlAchi,) had called his attention 10 dat
piece he had wrote for de paper" Good, simple
soul that he is, he cannot help enjoying the
rEther lively manner in which he has been stir
ring up the animals"
We asked the old man if the negroes in his
pan Of the county took much interest in poll
tics
Don you kHOr dey is Boss" said he impress
siTely. Wy femme tell yer, dey goes it ebry
night in de week, an den dey don git 'nuff but
de preachers preach bout it all day Sundy. Out
on de plantashun whar 1 wuks dey has all sorts
CT clubs an s'ieties an SIGH like, an dey dom
think bout nufhn else"
Well, but whe tells them what to do? was our
next question.
Well, boss, can't jest rightly say who it is
Dare was one white man cum out dar one night
an went roun' from cabin 70 cabin ialkin' very
yernesly wild enc alter nudder, but ! amt seed
him sence Den dar was Wallace an Misto
Williams, (him dsy calls Cheap Bob Williams"
an B1ckdus' Williams, y dey was out dar to
sorter barbecue, (but Ididen see no barbercue0
an dey talked . heap but dey all spected me,
k&se / had dun tole 'em was goin' 10 vote fur
BlOxhAm, an diden git chance to hear much
what deg said LeAstEays. next day deg quits
de cAp anIgees 70 town, Ieaviu' de cotton Dustin
wide open, en- dnnno what dey dun here fur
wuksd q ~ crap dat day, you Sss did Dey
don' keteh me IN no sich foOlishness no mo-.
Well, alter while il gun to git sorter hot fur me;
all de hAns got Ter lnlkin' bout how was dom.
an hime By heerd dat dey had made il up fur
Ter take my crap often my hans an give me
noeis 10 elar out Well now Boss, ib tell you
dat made de ole man speW, an mp an tole EN-
dat had 'nuf Of dat foolishness an diden want
ser hear no mo on it dat twas my emp. an my
mule. an dat Misto Saxon was . runnin' me,
a dat he was de only man, white or black, DAT
bad ennything ter say bout my crap 'ceptin' my
o~n eli. an II dey boddered me any mo. AL
goa ieF do wns ter 10 IN town an tell de sheriff
oS4A H. 0oAESB ~ 1atS1AA - Aa~~W~%A 49,
daddy afore him, an knows he amt agwine ter
see ne posed pom. Well you il bet dey femme
lone a'ter dat an now gits long fus' nate wid
en- an, an makes fnn or DER candidate. an dos
js boat = plsaseA DAT huahed em kase deg
Snows dAt when De ole man gifts biz mad up
sa1kn gWins o. break loose.'
We aaked The old man what be fhnught a ths
speakinx
Wei. Z &c H. said be, " / wanted tocnm
an Asar niaio Davidson what's Tunnin' gin dat
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Bat ten ne Boz. who VS. dr. litsis jsller daa
jump ~ ~ dswn, fms On ons isg m On O
totAss. an tole 20 many e dem good sioriesf
wac va kep
That nnss have been Colonel Gihls, We -
plied.
Dakt him, dat's him. Well now / tell yer
ns ooa ne den big words lIks de udders did. bui
tPs - lifle fellsr ahoe.s sIR Ii npuf.
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