National Republican., 1880-02-24
RETURNS FROM THE NEGRo ExoD US.
Indiana as Found by One OF tho Einigrnnts.

mummy to cum yeah, an bring de ole woman,
an de chillun, fU' dar's no bcttah Ian dan dis
yer to be foun' OF you sarch fU'obbcr-whar
dc wages am fair, an' dc catn' am plentiful.
Now you Pete-wa alus berry kline til me-
an 1t almos break my hawt til lcab you an
dem chilun til cum cxodnsin' way out yeah.
but us tolc YOU bcfo', we foun' good frcn's an
has ebbery ius'ness show'd til us dat dey
white pussuns hab
An Pctc--you done gone an been lis'n til
wha dat niggah Rubin an Syphax, wild a
pascal Oh oder fools wild do lamp black phiz
mahognys hab ill toe bout Ingcanny, an it's
nll lies dat dey got paid TO- I'll swore ter. An
you done git sccart, an wautd I'll spen' dat
yer monny ye hab fo' trdbhlin' wild. Oh no
yer know yorself, Pete, dat dey war alus lazy,
goodfo'nuiln' niggahs, an yer know too dat
all lazy niggabs will lie an' steal eben, of dey
cotch dc chance, widout any pay or compinsa-
shun--but desc yer am paid well an am work.
in fO' Mars Voohrces, an dc Demicratts wha'
am so feard dey isn't gwine ter hab emmy show
lo' mex President ef de cullud people am
'lOwd ter cum til lujrana or Texas an liv one
yeah befo' do mex lection, dats fac now.
What yer 'spose dot Mars Voorhees, an all
dem oder Democrat gemneu cares Of all dc
black cum ter Injiana. Stay South, or go til
do debil, as long rs de can't cas- dcy vote on de
Republican side.
Ef dcy can hab us same as in slabery, den
dey is all rite.
Erdcy can make us cas- de vote fo' n Dem.
crat President, who will put us all back same
us befo' de war-don dey is all ritc-but, brcss
de LOr, we is free from dat chain now, an we
don't cackiate til let dem ole Democrats put it
on us agim-no, stree. What was we befo'
dey Ropublicks got dat Godblcst man, "Ab.
ram Lincum," fo' President? Yer min how
dcy set dat ole Wilkes Booth on-an dough
dey lies bout 1t like do debil--don' we ies
know dc Dcmcrat party paid dat crazy fool TO-
l. A,.g h.,,, u
sence de war? dough mostly ob us am de
same fnfcrs). Now, don ye forgt, honey
wat dcy's workin' fo'? An takin' such in-
trus' In yer condishun, when ye cum yeah
sccin' eff yer git good housen an big wages
an plnty grub-did dey 'xzibit inny anxiety
bout our people bcio' VIC exodus. ch Why
did VIC exodus2 Kase We was no bcltah of
den whom In slavery, an in some ways not SO
well at dc Souf.
Min ye {! dcy nebber done gone gin us free
trips up ter Washington, an dinnahs at hotel.
Nor paid us I'll tell, befo' a committee, how
pore we was off in Souf and suffin, Lor knows,
wild dem-noT deed, desc West'u Democrat
gemmen ncbber trubbiled deyseffs bout
'quiren cf we git wages ter buy our grub, or ef
we hab ter steal it-but de all mighty hard on
us Wen da cotch us. An dat yer know am
why miny pore cullud pussons am driven off
from Soui-iIs steal or starbe.
Why don dis yer Mars Voorhees, an Vance
exercise deseas bout de Irish in Injeana dey
git no bettah hire dan we? Kase, honey,
when 'leXshun time cum, and Mara Voorhees,
git on spree wild dem Irish (oh. yes, lie like
whisky an alus stam's treat til lexshuns um
oher. Oh Goly, he's de gcmman kin 70 da
Irish whisky, and dc ole kentuck, too an
dat am de berry bcstest way til warm up de
Irish hawt. Ef dey keep 'cm well filled wild
bad lickcr couple o. days fo' lex5huns da will
cas- der vote TO- de dcbil, oh da wants dem to,
an swore da am nater'l born Democrat citi.
zens, dats bin in Inieana tivo yeals, when da
haint bin out OBJ Ireland five mouths-but, Ob
course, no one mus question dem, or da will
git dere heds smash Now dat de niggah kin
20 whar dey likes, and aftqh he lib yeah
dar kin vote fo' who dey likes, dey's Eittin'
berry anxious bout he's not gittin' treated
bettah, as da Irish. WOndah how da feel TO-
dem when dey find how de people of Ineana
war only gnin dem, ftiah rcckompcnce fo'
'oniss labor whlcs dur hopes war blasted In
not labin homes ready TO dem ter walk inter
wild velvet carplts, cushon'd chairs and curl
hair mattrissis. 'Spect dose kline hawt'd
SOufcrn democrats gcmmon will vesligate de
dis'pointments oh dc pore Irish aftah da lex
shun, an yite en- down ter dcrc homes ter nuss
der giieis by de ole bayou. thinks, Pete, after
all yer suf7d yer Orta hab mo- sence then til
lesn ter dem. IIeah yer can cas- yer vote TO
DC God blest ranks oh dc Lincum men, or fo'
any one yer likes. Can yer do dat at the
SoufP No, Pete, yer knows yer cant. Ye hab
ter vote TO yer mars or yer git no work, chen
| at so cts. II day, an grub yer own setfs. Heab
eff black man is 'cuscd OBJ stealin or murder
he hab dc same chance TO- pleadin fo' de courts
fo' he's liberty or life dat white Inau does.
Yer know yorseff how dat is Wba' we cum
from, Peter Ehp
Eff yer chile is pcart and smart hoah yer
kin edicate him TO- any ting dat white mans
chile kin larn.
How dat am at dc Souf? Ehl You knows
dat berry we'll, Pete
De Souf gemmen say-sencc dab am no
more slavery dey am fab bettah oil. So dey
am in mo- ways den one. Pete, see, now dey
hab no miggahs ter clOv, foed or p'rvdo fo', or
ter care fo' In sickness or ter bury, but da kin
hire dem iO' little or muffin when da wants
'em an compel dem ter cas- der vote TO dem
if doy let's 'em vote at all--or let 'em die oil
want an stress. Oh course dcy am bettah of?
Oh course dey amp
Den, Pete, we's know too miny Oh us dat
freedom only mean dat We kin not be sold like
cattle IN dc market any mo-, but dat we kin
starve fo want Ob employment, cf we only
dare speak in praise de lrcstest leetle word
TO- dose dat fought TO us an meant MS ter he
oniss an truly free, An, Pete, dis am not de
Ian whar de gray moss swings on de- ole oak
trCo or the pecan an dc water million grows
do large's. But is tell yer de tro0f Pete
fruit grows In plentilulness, AN OOkin' inter
der iNces oh Oniss men makes yer hawt grow
white, eben cG yer skin am black. lIcnh de
mars kin not only drive de plow but kin
hold 1t, an workin' alongside of dem yer make
| yo' feel as ef dc cussed mark oh Cain an do
| gallin' chain oh slavery wa yer's no longer.
| When dc fustist exodus cum heah da Soul say
dey am glad ter git rid ob dc lazy niggnh
Didn't tink cullud people kin liv one place, rs
wen oder, whin da git used ter II? No 1;
taught, oh coars, dat we mus die. But, tank
| God. our he'lth hab mostly bin good, an none
hab died oh de yallow fever or ob s9rrowin
| lo leabin our mussas, or any respeck We done
| git from dem seuco we war der equals in der
| law til vote or hole otis
Now Pete, git yer tugs reddy TO de tlabil,
au' cum rite aloug 1t nm not SO cole rs twas
las winter, an heah is plenty of wood iii
warm yer Bettah prices in do summer TO-
labor den now, but dc do hes da kin lO rs
now, an We Is treated well even by dem DEM
Gratis dat don want us 70 ieah da State oh
| Iujoana will 60 Republic nox lexshun, kase
wo hab dc law nm is potoctid by ics sech hon'
orabe gemmon as Mars Baxter or Mars Over
man, AN menuy oder jos like dom, So don
stUp ter lis'n ter poly-tick -lirs, TO dc mos ob
do vans, yO' know, ar Democrats; an yer
know, TO- sho', Pete, dat dey ar like do sicoters
dat lOu'lsh dc plCntifulist in hot CllmQtC-da