The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-01-11
n-o,her Gardner, wisdom.

az should like TO hev de Seckretary read
de folIerin' letter In VERY loud voice, F" said
n. President as he handed over letter.
The Secretary read as fcliows:
G1rx Rnsr. Tx
Dr.H Bno GAHDSrr-There i n man down here
who says that coiored folks haven't got any Souls.
That only white folks turn TO angels when they
die he points with triumph 10 all the pictures OF
angels ever painted, in which not single colored
angel Is reen. he says be defes even old Brother
Gardner the greatest living oRician TO prove that
colored men have souls all samee as Mclean men.
Will you accept the challenge! Respectfully,
CoTToSsErD WHITE
There was deep silence in the hall for
long minute, during which the thermometer
went up 10 degrees. Then the President said
"Yes, 'cept the challenge. Let dat Texas
man prove to me dat white folks hev souls an
/ will prove dat black folks hev de same. 1t
am Jest as easy to prove one as de oddcr. As
to the piciers Of angels, de black faces am not
de only ones left out. Whar' ara de China
men, de Arabs, de Iniuns, de Laplanders, an
all de odder folks Nobody cher saw red
headed angel, an yet DO all our red-headed
citizens go TO de bad placer I'll defy dat
Texas white man to show me any face among
de angels cher painted resembling Texas
man. He can't show me de face Of Dutch
nan or Irishman, or Prenchman or SpaniaTd,
but docs dat prove dat Hesben was built fur
de use of few Americans We doan' take
our black skins to heaben any mo dan white
folks take DER mutton-chop wlriskers, glass
ewes an false teeth When we arTove at de
gate death has giben all de same color. an de
poo old black man who has shaved an hun
gered an suffered all his life SLAMS clus be-
side de white man who has had riches an
contentment. piece of white chalk kin-be
wrapped up in black velvet as we'll as in
bleached cotton.
al tell Won. nv frens, de road tn Heaben
am long an full Of pitfalls an quick sands an
steep hills an lonesome hollers, an de soul
which reaches de golden gates am So cleansed
an purified dat de poo ole body left behind
on airth would nebsr know ii 1t isn't de
money, de raimeni, de white skin or de fine
talk dat helps de pilgrim ober de qnick-sands
an pass de Iliickels filled Wild darkness an de 4
skeletons Of de lost II am de heart an It's
kind thoughts an good deeds. Let us now
purceed TO bizness.
THE CODE.
Trustee Pullback arose to secure informa-
ton He wanted to know if honor compelled |
colored man to accept challenge to fig a
duel Ifnot what would honor compel him /
10 do in case an enemy halted at his gate aud |
dared him to come out Of his house and get /
mashed.
Honor AM Gurus thing, Brudder Pull
back" replied the President. a. In case you
are a better shot dan ynnr iuemy it am honor
able To meet him de field an kill him. If
You think he will be sariiu TO kill you it am
honorable to excuse yourself On de ground of
havin' game Les. If made an inemy an he
Gums along 10 my cabin an splits OH his hands
an hops up an duun an calls fur me TO cum
out an be pulverized, lie gwine TO consider
befp' 60 out. II am purity sartin dat | kin
wollop him lie gwine to feel honor bound TO
rush out an break his nose If he looms up
like a sidelIill, an il he pears 10 hev lots of
science, I'ze gwinc to send nv ole woman out
dar to tell hun dat if he tloan' fly outer dat
she'll call de hull purleece force an put him
wllar' tie calves can't bite him ''-DearUH Free
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