The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-22

in this county.
Resolved, That we onhesitatingly
assert that in no county in the yoonyun
is life III IRE secoor, nor nowhere is the
rite to speek or print ones views more
sakredly respected
Resolved, That dependin entirely
on argument for success, we hereby
proclame abslooU freedom NV speech
and politikle ackshen in this county,
and that Republicans and Democrats
may be ashoorcd nv Twin together in
harmony, cz quiet ez a Sunday skool,
and that no violence ever wua permit.
ted or ever will be.
Resolved, That the rite to meet for
the purpos nv discushn NV politikle
questions is sacred, and the Dimocrisy
nv Copiah county will alluz manetane
it.
Resolved, That ez-
At this pint in the readin NV the reso-
looshen prominent Dimoerat rushed
into the meetin house in a much eggs
cited state, "What is up asked the
cheerman NV the meetin,' his face
shown considerable alarm. "What is
up" replied the eggsted citizen;
"evcrything is up. A cousin nv
that ID Matthews, witch we laid
out last yeer, is back here, and he
he2 organized the niggers and a dozen
or two nv rauikels wich hev startid the
saw mill down on the Run, and they
are this mint holdin meetin at old
| Philkin's house. 10 nominate Repub-
likin tikkit, for this fall, and to beside
whether they shell send delegate to a
Republican State convenshun to NOM
mate clectrel tikkit!"
"The HI VOC say" eiakilated the
cheerman. "This is serious. This will
never do. Gentlemen, this meetin is
towunst adorned for an hour, and the
brethren present will immejitly load
their guns and revolvers and report
here towunst."
"But,' sed, in agony, remember
the resolooshuns !"
"Remember the resolooshuns NV
friend, them resolooshuns wuz all well
enuH when we sposed the fell spert nv
radikelism wuz entirely squelched, but
now that we find il rarin its hydra head
it must be stepped onto wunst more
and this time eflectooally. Resoloosh-
uns are all well cnutl, and we are per-
feCkly willin to go on when we get
back and adopt them, and 700 may
cirkelate EN- North, but the bizuis in
hand ist now is to squelch this pro-
posed rsin NV the niggcrs. We are for
peece with EN-, but we kin only hev
peecc by the complete submission NV
the radikel element to the powers that
be. We are willin the radikels shell
vote EFF they vote with us -niggers and
white. We will even drop the color
line, eff the niggers vote with us.
White men to the reskoow
And they piled ont NV the house, and
sich ez didn't have Their weapons with
EN- went and got EN-.
They returned in about an hour and
the meetin reOrganized to hear the re-
port. Kernel Slogger spoke:
at isl seq he, "the same old story
Nv attempted coershun NV the molten
sive citizens Nv the county, by blood
thirsty and brootal niggers, melted
hereto by selfish disorganiZers witch
wunt act with the Dimocrisy, but per-
sist in bein radikel tire-brards. sum
thirty nv EN- assembled to concoct a
Skeem agin the naborhood when we
surprised EN-. Wat happened? ] my
self shot the devil Solomon Graybill, a
Niger long suspected nv disorganizin
and disturbin tendencies, thro the win
der, and ez he fell the rest NV EN- i'm
mejitly run like deer out NV the back
door and tux to the woods. The run
min wuz proof positive that they wuZ
assembled for an unlawful purpus.
spose the papers in the North would
denounce the shootin NV Gray bill, and
the subs ekent KILN nv half dozen
more cI they run, eZ politikle murders,
but to SIGH he shood anser that Their
runnin was proof positive, conclusive
proof, proof entirely satisfaktry TO the
average Copiah county Democrat, that
them niggers and radikle white men
WuZ assembled for an unlawful pur-
: pose. TT they WIZ not so assembled
: wat did they run for eZ soon eZ they
heerd the pleasant sound NV my shot
gun and the shreek NV Graybill shot
thro the kidneys? Ef pascal nv Mig
gers shood come upon this meetin,
wood we run for the woods? Not any.
Then why did they run? 1t wuZ becoZ
they knowd they WIZ assembled as
disturbers, and that the avengers nv
blood WIZ onto EN-. That's wat they
run for"
Majer Pilkins said that cz they APP
preached the house he heard Graybill
say that the time had come for ackshen
eff they perposed to hev Republican
organization in the county. lie didn';
perceed with his remarks, for at the
instant the unerring shotgun nv Kernel
Slogger, witch has done good servis
! afore this, brot his impious lite to an
end. Then the evidences NV gilt Snow.
ed themselves. The niggers turned
I pale and dustid out the back door like
evil sperils, and we persood EN-, shot.
, gun in hand, like avengin angels.
myself peppered one nv EN- en- he wul
. climbin fence in Vane effort to gel
away from the scenes nv his crime
= against order, and the other friend.
\ wich stand guard over the peece NV the
e county tollered SCOT. Probably ten nv
l the miscreants met their Just award
G lie wood move the follerin resoloo
: shuns:
Y Resolved, That while the Dmocrisy