Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1880-10-08
chill Arp" on the Situation.

had an idea of circulating little among
the people--making little tour for the sake
ofmy health; the doctor said was over
worked and needed little change knew
needed change, for change is good
thing, but I've been wondering if it was safe
| for man to leave home in these times of
excitement, when everybody seems mad with
everybody. l wanted to talk to my friends
about Dixie as she used to be in the good
old times and Dixie as she is now, but she is
cutting up so, and quarreling and fussing
| all over the State, that am afraid it's bad
| time to show her up. | haven't seen her
behave so badly in twenty-five years. It's
all peaceful and quiet and lovely out here in
the woods and fields. The locusts and katy
dds sing happily their evening song. The
first fires of approaching winter cheer up
the family hearth, and iftwas not for an o.
casional visit to town or the perusa of the
daily papers all nature would seem at peace
and our people dwelling together in harmo-
ny. The farmers in this region don't seem
to know much about the general disturbance
and stick to the cotton fields pretty close.
don't think there was q dozen at the speak
ing Tuesday. It's the people of the towns
and cities who haven't got nothing much to
do who are kicking up most of the political
dust. CODE had to go to the blacksmith shop
and went to the Court House to hear DIR.
Miller speak, saw he was troubled in his
mind that evening, and asked him what was
the matter.
"Pm little bothered" said he, "about all
them things the doctor told on our Governor
and l didn't exactly understand whether
they was gwine to send him 10 the asylum
or the penitentiary. reckon though it's the
asylum, for the penitentiary is turned into
the chain-gang and General Woford is OPP
posed to that. | don't think the General
will let EN- put the Governor in the chain
gang" Iheard a man talking LUMINOSITY to
Squire Pritchett about General Colquitt's
war record and he said he didn't believe,
there was any fight ut Olustoe or anybody
killed. There was battle there" said the
Squire, land my brother was killed" Con-
siderable silence seemed TO prevail about
that time, and the individual retired asked
an old darkey who was u sort Of lead horse
among EN-, what they were going to do
about voting, and says he: "Gwine to do
nothing gwine TO stay at home, White
folks all quarreling, and niggers, too-never
hearn such fuss in my life. Been down TO
the convention, and dar war Pedger and
Belcher and Bryant, and Long jeff and
Henry McJackson, all fussing and a fuss
ing and Il fighting. Some was for Colquitt
and some for Garwood, and they never set
tied down on nothing; and | is done quit
politics. is Been trying TO make sum
thin out of it for ten years, and General
Grant is dc same us dead and nuthn' in sight
as yit. White folks git all dc offices and sci
on de juries at two dollars day and drive
fine HOSES, but dc niggers is jos de same dey
always was-dey work dc roads and cook
and wash and clean out de stables and picks
cotton in dc day time and shucks dc white
folks corn at night, and when dey wants TO
go anywhar dey rides bareback mule.
OATS all so, bless dc Lord, and it's gwine TO
be SOL dun gin il up"
But he hasn't gin il up, and he is not goin'
to, for there will be somebody to fool him
fora long time to come, | reckon. The Rad
cals have been using him for fifteen years,
and promised everything and paid nothing
and now the Democrats Of Georgia are do
ing the very same thing. Joel Brannan says
that some development is going 10 come
from all this busness-that the niger will
get something for his vote Us soon as tho
Democrats split up and begin 10 bid for il
and the first thing we know the Legislature
will be full Of EN-, and the jury boxes, too
Ben Butler says the Radicals have betrayed
the colored man, and he has joined Tho
, Democrats because he knows that party will
do him justice. Old father Cox had dream
the other night lie dreamt that he died anC
was sent down 10 the bad place and he saw
some Democrats there and lots Of Repubi
cans, and about as many niggers, and TN
Democrats looked pretty hot and was fan
ming around, but every cussed Radical had
grip on Niger and was hodin' him be
twixt himself and the fire. That's fact
dream or no dream. That's all the use the,
have got for 'em, and It's the strongest thin(
In the world 10 me that the niggers don
see IT, They are the easiest people % satisf,
upon the face Of the earth. They will pu
up with any sort oiexcuse or apology Tn,
convention complained the other day thai
white folks wasn't giving them any offices
but when Hargroyc got up and stated that q
darkey at Rome liked to have got little
place in the post-ofllce, IL satisfied en-. Hen.
ry MacJackson actually apologlzed 10 Mr.
IIargrove for entertaining any suspicious
But there is one thing that will settle all
this and that il the election Of General Han.
cock. After that niggers will be niggers
and white folks will be white folks, and
there won't be but two sorts Of people down
here in Dixie. The native Radicals will
come over 10 the Democrats and the furrn-
ers will take up their tents like the Arabs
and silently steal away.
BILL Arr
There was a curiously dramatic sccne in
Delmonico's the other day. A slight young
fellow with a rcd moustachc, sat In the cafe
with couple of friends. An elderly man