Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-12-25
Petroleum v. Nasty to the Prest-

Petroleum v. Nasty to the Presi-
dent.
To His Eggsleney the President;
1 beg yer attenshun to the follerin
fax. l am at present ~incarcerated in a
Basteel at the Corners fur having at
tempted to enforce my rites my pitchin
the niger witch now holds the Post
Office here out onto his nose onto the
sidewalk. 700 will understand that |
am a applicant fur the Post Office at
this place, witch posishen Iadorned I'M
der the late lsmented johnson, wich
wuz succeeded by the brootal Grant,
wiCh histed me.
1t hez bin generally sposed that l
am a offensive partisan, but l make
haste to deny it. l voted fur 700 fur
President last fall, LIST, becoz l admired
yoor sterlin integrity, yoor firmnis and
power Nv will, and yoOr gineral fitness
fur the exalted posishen, and I'd, becoz
l fully conceded with 700 in yoor no.
shuns Nv civil servis reform, and de-
sired to do wat l Good to purify and
bring about necessary reforms in
Amerikin pollytix.
While l did all that a honest man
Good do to bring about your eleckshun,
and to block the unhallowed ambishn
Nv that politikle skeemer, Blame, l want
it understood that l did not do it as a
partisan. l hev allus bin a Dimocrat,
in a general way, tho NV a very mild
type. hey been hankerin fur yeers
fur a opportoonity to git rid wen IVA
semblance nv Dimocrisy, and to that
end, that l mite be a reformer and no
Dimocrat, the very mornin that /
heerd the loose Nv ycor nominashen l
borrered a eileen shirt, washed my feet,
and otherwise disguised myself.
The only regret that 1 he'd in votin'
the tikkit witch 700 headid wuz that
Hendrix, Nv Injeany, a man witch
bleeved in the etrOshus maxim, ITO
the victors b'long the spoils," wuz on
the tikket with you. However, l he'd
to swaller him in order to votefur 700.
fur witch l entertane an esteem witch l
hewitt words to eggspress. The on
timely death Nv Hendrix leeVes 700
free to do ez voc please, onembarast by
spoilsmen, onto which, while regreLtin'
his deth, l congratyoolate 700 in the
interest Nv our common kentry.
In the Unrest Nv civil servis reform
l rekest the removle Nv the gentleman
now okkepyin the post oils at this
place, and my appointment in his sted.
MIR. Lubbock hez held the place fur "a
years, and, e. a matter Nv course, in
that time must hev become corrupt.
1t amt in the nacher NV things that
he Good be otherwise. He hez never
bin uv any yoose to the Corners, ez the
entire emolyooments Nv the offs he
hez selHshly put into a house into
which he lives, instid Nv spending it
ez the rest Nv the citizens do in Bas-
CONS which is the headquarters
Nv the civil servis reform ele-
ment. He is also an offensive parti-
san. Niger ez he is, and KNOWN he's
a niger, he he'd the audassidy and
temerity to come to the poles and offer
to vote fur Blame, and wood hev vot.d
he'd we not sen him away wild a
broken he'd. He refoosel to give a
dollar to assist in sendin a lot of US
Kentuckians over into Injeanny to
vote for 700, and hez conducted him
self in all respecks in a way that de-
mands his immejit removle. Nv cours
we can't hev offensive partisans in
oils so long ez we are the administra-
ton.