The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-09-17
NASBY.
mr.. Nasby Goes to Coplah County, Miss,
on a Mission to the Peace Loving Citi-

August 1884.
Tn view Nv the fact that the Radikel Repub-
Hkin party (which may the devil gip Is maxi
ing howl over the unforchinit axidence
that hey happened in Copiah County, Miss. I,
and In DanyIlle, Va, resultln from misunders
standins Oh TO the rites nv the Radikels, black
and white, to vote at eieckshuns IL was
deemed advisable for me to visit Missh1ippk
and secure sich expreshns from the citizens
nv Coplah County or wood disarm the op-
ponenoe NV the Dimocrlsy, and satisfy the
minds NV the people of the North that life,
liberty and the pursoot Of happinis wuz Jist
e4 sekoor thor OF anywhere.
wus reseeyed with open arms By the Iced
ers Nv the Dimocrisy NV good Old Coplah
Cwioh 10 trooly the banner county Nv tne
6tatel and wuz most royalty entertained. 1
wus assined a room at the principle tavern,
she proprietor NV wich wuz wiilin 10 DO MS
al shel oontribbt my sheer toward carin for
yoo while you are here" sed he urbanely.
"Let us understand each other to begin
with" sod I. III amwillin the oommity she
pay 700 regler rates for my board, and yoor
oontribushen be wat little sustenance shel re-
quIro at yoor bar
The acoot landlord looked me over keerfully,
his eagle eye resting on my nose, Wich Is trooly
q beokun hto.
awe will reverse the arrangement Of It's oil
the same" sed no. "Instid Nv the commit
ty's payin yoor board and givin 200 .yoor
hkker, the commity shel pay for yoor liAker
anu ItN0 IOO yOOT bOhIu. DccI Auoo ohOa
j claw on tho lee shore Nv bankruptcy"
And he remarlKt that all he wood want In Or
der TO own the world In the course NV few
yeers, wood be about twenty sloh noses ez
mine TO Keep ILLUMINATED. pervidod theowners
thereof wuz well heeled In the matter Nv
money. "But" he contnyood. sadly, ITS
one NV the inscrootable DEGREES Nv Divine
Providence that men with sich volcanic races
never hev the money 10 keep up the erup,,
ahens. Is it becon it took ali they inberitd
and all they Good git hold Nv In their yooth 70
perdoose the blazer Mysterious are the ways
Of PruvidonoeP'
The first step wuz to call a meetin' Nv the
Dimocrisy and hev 'em resolve. The resoloo-
sbens wood 20 forth 70 the world or the OK.
preshn Nv tho people, and the thing wood be
settled. The meetln' wuz called, and statid
ita objix breefiy. sod TO 'em that the venM
Republikin press he'd spred 1t broadcast that
no Repubhkin Good vote In safety In Copiah
County. and that the effect nv sich statemence
wuz in joorin the COZ. wanted the Dimoorisy
NV Copah County 10 brand the statement OF
a falsehood, and authorize me to so publish
T. 10 the world.
Various citizens made statemenoe. One
citizen lated at the lee.
"why," aed he, ''all men, dooly qualified,
vote al our poles with fist eB much safety ez
they Good anywhere. The Dimocrisy Nv Co
piah County bleeve In ekal rltcs and ekal
privileges. We woodent eggsackly hire car
rioges 70 bring RepublikIns TO the poles, be-
COZ they are RepubiIkns; but they hey alluz
hin permitted % vote the same ez % tho they
principles on tho foeld In the ranks Nv the
Confederate armies"
After one or two he'd borne testimony to
the same deliteful state NV sentiment the
follerin resolooshens wuz yoonanimously
"WHEREAs, TIE press NV the Republican
party. wioh Is ali venal, jlst becoz, In on
pleasantness arisln from politikle discus
sion, Jedgo Matthews wus uncondishnelly
hot hay anIi1 Cnniah County nlnpp
wich IS intolerant to everybody not NV the
Dlmocratio faith; and,
WHEREAS, These lies hey bin spred broad.
cast over the land, TO the detriment NV the
county, and ez reason for not electln that
pure patriot Hendrix, Wioh we admire, and
wich should hev bin President instid Nv Vice
President ez he is nominated for; therefore,
be
his race, kulor or politikle creed may oe,
alluz hez he'd. and shel aluz hey, all the rites
enjoyed by enybody in this county.
Received, That we onhesitatlnly o. ert
that IN NO county In the yoonyun Is lite moe
secoor, nor nowhere Is the rite TO speek or
print ones yews more sakredly respected.
Resolved, That depending entirely on
argument for success, we hereby proclame
abeloot freedom NV speech and politik!e ack.
shen In this county, and that Republicans an
Dmoorats may be ashoored NV llvin together
in harmony eh Cuiet eB Sunday-skoo aad
that no violence ever wuz permitted or eveI
will be.
|" hesOiued, That the rite TO meet here for
the purpos Nv dlsoushn Nv politikle ques
tions is sacred. and the Dimocrlsy Nv Copiah
County will alluz manetane II.
Rseoiued, That ez--
At this pint IN the readin Nv the resolooshen
Appointment Dimokrat rushed into the meet
in'-hOuse In very much egRs0itid state.
Wat Is upi" asked the Cheerman Nv the
moetln', his face shown considerable alarm,
"wat ie upg replied the eggsted citizen;
Ia A ,.tFth hat Ma hau
wich we laid out last y1cr Is hack here, and be
hez organized the niggcrs and dozen or two
NV Radikels. wlch hey etnrtd tho sawmill
down on the Run; and they are this mint
holdin q meetin at old Phalkin's house 10
nominate Republikin tlkklt for this fall, and
= 10 beside whether they shel sond u delegate 10
q Republlkin State Convenshun TO nominate a
Electrel tikkitS"
"You don't say sor' eIakilated the Cheer
man. This Is serious. This will never do.
Gentlemen, this meetin' Is to-wunst adorned
for an hour, and the brethren present will
immeJItly load their shotguns and revolvers,
and report here to-wunst."
But" / sed. in agony, remember the reso-
"Remember the resolooshensl Ny friend
thom resolooshens wuz all well enun when we
sposcd the fell sperit NV RadikeHsm wuz en-
trely squelched; but now that we find Il rear
In It's hydra head, IL must be stepped onto
wuust more, and this time eiiectooaly. Roso-
looshens arc all wei enuf. and we are perfeck.
~ willin' 20 go on when we get back and adopt
'em. and 700 mag cirkelate en- North; but
the blZnis In hand Jist now Is 10 squelch this
proposed risln' Nv the niggers. We are for
peecc with 'em. but we kin only hev peece by
the complete submission Nv the Radikel ele-
ment 70 the powers that be. We are wllln'
the Radikels shel yote-et they vote with us
-niRgers and white. We will even drop tho
color line ef the nlggers vote with us. White
men 10 the reskooV
And thoy piled out NV the house, and sch ez
didn't hev their weepons with ON went and
got 'em.
They returned in about a hour, and the
meetin' reorganized 10 hear the report Ker-
mel Slogger spoke:
"It is." sez he. the same old story Nv at
temptid coershun NV the inofensive citizens
Nv the county by the bloodthirsty and brootel
niggers incitid thereto by selfish disorganL
1ers wien won't act with the Dimocrlsy, but
persist in bein radikel frebrands. Some
thirty Nv 'em assembled TO concoot skeems
sgln the naberhood when we surprised 'em.
Wat hapoened1 myself shot the devil Solo
mon Gabnll, Niger long suspected NV dis
organiEin and dlstuTbin tendencies, thro the
vinder. and on he fell the rest NV en- imme.
TUX 10 the woods The runnin' wuz proof
positive that they wuz assembled for an on.
lawful purpose. i spose the papers In the
North wood denounce the shootin NV Grabill,
sad the subsekent KILN Of halfdozen more,
ez they run, ca politlkle murders; but 70 such
we shood anser that ther runnin was proof
positive, conclusive proof, proof, entirely
satlsfaktry 70 the average Copiah County
Dimocrat that them niggers and radikei
white men wuz assembled on an onlaw.
ful purpose. II they vuz not 80 assembled
wat did they run for ez soon ez they
heered the pleasant sound Nv my shotgun,
and the shreek NV GrIbill shot through the
ddneys2 Ef passel NV niggers should cum
upon this meetin', wood we run fur the woodsi
Not any. Then why did they rum IL wuz be
coz they knowed they wuz assembled ca dis