The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-07-08
Nasty.
A Letter Thirteen Years Old, but Fresh
as Daisy-How Louisiana and Texas
Rebels Received the Hancock Order
1t Gave "Genral Satisfakshun"
Moo ORLEANS, December 16. 1867.

To His Egglency Il. johnson, President 40
the YOOnited States:
found Moo Orleans in a tremer NV ioy.
The principal biznis citizens is agoin about the
streets clappin their hands and hollerin
"Hallelujier.'' The order NV the CRATE and
good Hancock hez restored confidenz in the
bussms nv our frens and consteanashun in the
brests Nv our enemies. Juries, thank God,
are no more polluted with niggers onto EN-.
They are now drawd from the old citizens
many Nv wich served under Boregard in the
late onpleasantness. Biznis Therefore goes on
without delay. Ez sample of how much biz
mis- is fasillitated 1 may menshun that in one
court there wuz "A cases in which niggers wuz
planetifs and As in wich niggers wuz defend
ants. The tryin Nv all these cases okepied 8
hours and 10 minutes. The verdicts in the A
cases being invariably fur the defendants and
in the 45 other cases being invariably fur the
planetifs. Nv the time spessiied hours and
% minutes wuz consumed by the niggers in
payin the costs. 1t is a singlar thing how
wrong the niger alluz IL.
In addishun to this boon the citizens NV Loo
isiany he'd, am happy to state, got back their
habis copuses. Genral Hancock, with cour-
age wich cant too highly commend, ashoored
the people that, so long ez he he'd power here
they should never agin be deprived NV EN-.
In Texas affairs are goin on ez well ez Good
be expected. The Ginrals order fur holdin'
eleckshuns gives genral satisfaGkshun to our
frends The eleckshuns are to be held only at
county seats, wich, OWN to the size Nv the
counties, will probably prevent CRATE menny
NV the niggers from attendin. Then, whar a
judge Nv eleckshun cant sit, the civil authori-
ties appint anuther in his sted, insted Nv the
military commander, witch our trends think
will give us majority on the eleekshun bords,
and finally, that witch pertickarly binds Ginral
Hancock to us IL that part NV hiz order wich
prohibits the military from bein at the polls
1t is eggstremely probable that the Etheopeans
Nv American descent will be genrally persuaded
not to vote at ALL The citizens NV Texas hey
a way NV perswadin the niggers wen they aint
unconstitooshunally interfered with, that will
/ think, enshoor the triumph NV correct princi-
Piles in that State. A native Texan, gentle
man who is now in Moo Orleans a purchasin
cartridges fur Finch revolvers, to be used in
reconstructin the State, gave me such informa-
shun az preclooded the necessity Nv my goin
personally to inspeck.
The landowners NV Texas, with an ardent
desire to avoid distress in that State mex Win
ter both fur themselves and the cullard poou-
lashun, hev wisely determined thet the niggers
she'll work wether or no, and in sich q way az
to make their labor profitable. They are goln
to form labor leagues, the objec of wich is to
extrack from the Niger the labor that is layin
dormant into him at about $12 month. They
hev mootooally pledged each uther to pay no
more than S12 month fur able bodied niggers
durin the workin Seeson, deductin board and
so forth for their families; and further, that no
one will employ nigger from anuther naber-
hood onless he kin show permisshun from his
last employer. They hev uther roofs for the
proper regulashun nv this perverse people
wich is hardly worth menshunin, but probably
it would be ez well.
One IL thet ef the wages NV the niger is
more than ct up by the family expenses the mig
ger she'll work it out the mex seeson, and thet
the supplies upon wich they liv she'll be fur
nisht by the employers upon sich terms as a
committy nv employers in each deestrick shell
agree.
To prevent mismanagement NV the soil bv
these undeveloped intelecks, and to enshoor
their acceptance NV these laws, it is olso part
NV the league that no land be leesed or sold to
any one nv Afrikan blood, and thet ez much
NV the wages ez the employer considers proper
be retained in his hands.
They accep the situation and acknowledge
the bindin force Nv emansipashun, but they
must regulate labor themselves 1t is thot thet
by livin faithfully to these regulashuns cheep
cotton kin agin be perdoosed in Texas. Ef
this Legislator IL electid ez we hope IL will be.
this code will be made law, and thank the
Lord emansipashun wont meen nothn In Tex
as cept a change NV name.
/ wood suggest that you to wunst take the
last orders nv Gen. Hancock and make 1t the
subleck Nv messige to Congriss. Detale in
full the generals talk here and add to 1t ez
only yoo kin. Tell Congriss the general is
agoin to make the law the rool nv his conduck
and that he proposes to uphold the corts and
civil authorities, and will only yoos his mill
tary to these ends agin the niggers Sling in
here suthin to the effect that American liberty
(wich in this country, is pekulyer variety of
the artikle) is still an inheritance NV the white
people, and shall alluz be. Tell em that when
a soljer hez Unlimited power in his hands, and
refooses to yoos 1t for the purpos of satisfyin
selfish ambishun, he presents hefty sample
NV virtoo under difficulties. 1t wood be well
at this pint to compare Hancock with Wash
ington maxim the difference atween UNI mere
ly nominal Say that there may be officers in
the army besides Hancock who initiates Wash
ington, but 700 hewitt sot eyes onto EN- ez yit
Assert that Hancock is the first officer in COM
mand sence the close Nv the late onplesantness
wat hez given utteruns to sich sentimence in
his orders, and demand that Congriss she'll
vote him gold medil.
1 sejest that this be done to wunst, for rea-
sons witch are obvus. We desire Hancock to
continyoo in well doin, but ez that we'll doin
in our behalf mite lead to his nominashen for
lne freSlueuCy, III IL well enuu TO XIII MIN OIL
in that direckshen so soon ez he is committed
Hence write. Don't let Seward diloot 1t, or
Randall pclifox it. Put in my naked idees,
clothed in yoor terse and vigrus languidge,
and yoo viii hev done good thing.
l repeated them to the leadin officers NV the
Lost Cos Club" and the idee wuz rapcber-
ously received. Wun member sejested it
want BEST ez RELY the thing wuz toe absurd,
but he voted ay on the proposishun, compro-
mizin with himself by sayin that of it wuz re-
ceeved ez he spozed it wood be it wuz eazy
enuff to sware that hiz Eggslency wuz drunk
when he wrote it, wich woodent hurt him
with hiz party at all.
Anuther who is trooly friend Nv yoors OBJ
jected on the score that such settin up wood
give Hancock the nominashen, but ne wuz
laft to skorn. "Wat," sed an old gray hedded
member, "hez A. johnson ever commended
thet he haint killed"
1t wuz yoonanimously resolved thet yoo do
it. In more heart than have been for months
1 subscribe myself,
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, P. NJ
(Which is Post Mastery