Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1880-08-25
A Greenbacker In the South.


Hon he rds Treated in .4iabama-His
Own Story, as Told in the National
Tiew, Grsen60ck Paper Published
at Washington, d. C..
Citizens of Mifiintown remem Der that
a couple of Greenbackers held forth in
speech and song in the Court House
twn years ago. They were called the
Moody and Sankey Greenbsckefs Well,
they went south, TO Alabama, this cam
paign. Randall tells of their reception
there as follows:
Mr. Randall found that the Demo
Gratis every where insisted upon dividing
time, and raising the south side "bloody
Shirt" and appealing to Southern preju-
diccs. The Democrats finally began to
disturb the Greenback meetings. At
last, at a place with the remarkable
name of Shubuds, the Democrats de-
cided that they could tolerate free
speech no longer. At the closing meet
ing Randall reports one of the Demo-
Gratis as saying this "The confederacy
still exists, my friends, and JEFF Davis,
the best friend We ever had, is yet our
President snd devoted to our interests,
and if Hancock is elected, snd We have
no doubt be will be, you will be paid
paid for all the property you have lost
through radical rule, and you must stand
by the great Democratic party, for q
solid South will now give US entire con-
troll of the General Government, and
we can redress all our wrongs" Mr..
Randall had not proceeded far IN reply
to this speaker when he heard, " We
don't want no damn Yankee to come
here and talk to US; we had better shut
him up" " But" says MIR. Randall,
she was pacifed and quieted BY the
disciplinary conduct of our friends.
We had been talking about twenty min
utes, when the Shubuda band, about
one hundred and fifty feet from the
speaking stand. began to play, knowing
that we could not be heard while it was
kept up. We
APPEALED TO THE AUDIENCE
that we were at the mercy of ;be Dem
ocratic managers of the meeting, and
we're to speak at their invitation, but
we would not 60 on. If they couldn't
stand our kind of talk we would wait
until the Democrats got done, and then
hold a meeting under the management
of the Greenbackers. But irterrup-
tions continued, SO that the speech
could not be heard
Mr.. Randall thus describes the sub
'sequent proceedings: ave walked into
the business part of the village to find
some water, and on our hunt passed
through group of young men, several
of whom we at once recognized as
players in the band We had particularly
noticed that started the disturbance at
the time of our speaking at Kizer Hill,
and they at once recognized us and
commenced with. sJhere's the Green
backer, now, damn him > Three cheers
for Hancock Damn the Yankee
Greenbacker, be ought to be killed >
Let's give him hell,' and some other
phrases of a like character. We quiet
ly passed on, said nothing, got our
drink, returned back through the group
to the team, being followed part of the
way BY these young men, yelling at us
as we halted about fifty yards from the
team. In about teu minutes young
man, well dressed and perfectly sober,
separated from the group, came up 70
me, and we had, as near as We can re-
member,
THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION
NJ b. d. (which means Mississippi
Bull -dozer) )--"Is your name Randall %
"Yss' SIR"
NJ. B. D.-"Are you Randall, the
great Greenback speaker 2"
81 expect am"
NJ. b. D.-ssI have note / was re-
quested to give you; read it and give
me your answer"
"Very well, sir"
awe took the note, written on q leaf
torn from . pocket memorandum, and
read as follows:
AUG l, 1SS0.-DEAa SIR: We will
give you and your party thirty Eve min
utes to pick up your duds and git out
of the towb. Yours to death.
The BOYs OF SHUBUDA.
Mr.. Randall-"Do you mean to tell
me that an American, law-abiding citi-
zen, on the way to attend to his busi-
ness, cannot stay in this town to take
the frst train of cars going south -
VI. b. D.-"We know you, and you
can't stay ; you must go to the next
station"
Mr.. R.-"Who gives this order %
NJ. b. D.-The Boys of Shubuda.
Your time lie passing you'd better get
right along or you'll catch hell"
Mr.. R.-"You don't mean that they
will lay rough hands on me, peaceable
citizen7 You citizens would not ap-
prove of any such conduct toward a
a peaceful, lav-abidiDg citizen. Be-
sides, see what reflection it would cast
upon your town"
NJ. B. r. tgoing off," You better
60 out of here while you have chance. T"
IN SEARCH OF HELP.
eve started directly for the group
of bull-dozers, making inquiry Of peg