Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-08-08

country. Don't think "Cuffy' trod
the wine press alone, for he had some
true brothers in black, who worked
with him increasingly the whole day,
and will do it again.
Hence the school trouble.
As to ''insulting decent people;p the
town attest that, that has been John
T. Riley's principal occupation ever
since he has been here. Nor does he
confne his insult to the people of
Martinsburg; for even during the
meeting Of the w. Va, Press Asscia-
ton, he insulted Mr.: White. one Of
our brightest editors, whom to know
is to love, Had Riley been outside,
the probability is, he would have
been minus a tooth or so. But !
think Mr.. White hit him hard enough
when he said that --Gculden took
the brains ofthe Herald Nth him
Well that was precious little. John
7. Riley's organ is the 'dirty" mouth
piece of that contemplate class that
has no use for colored man when he
cease to be their tool or mud-sill, up
on which they glory to stand. II the
Herald were compared to respectable
newspapers (Which of course includes
the Pioneer Press it would be like
the harpies at the feast. Riley is at
home, among the fellows who blow SO
much about fighting to free you and
then curse at you for using your liber-
ty. I am free man and allow no
lean visaged political weather cock;
nor a dough-faced editor, nor the
scheerman; nor indeed the "old sol
dier'' to whose business is it, if l
choose to vote for o good Democrat
in preference to one wrapped up in
the mantle OF republican, This
ghost OF pride and poverty, SO naus
Gated the loyal stomach of Berkeley,
that she most cheerfully spewed him
up last fall and will never swallow him
again. The collarless editor, wants
to know "who opposed Rohrbaugh ?"
Now you see where the school trou
BILE begins. Pride and Poverty, the
brainless editor, and the ''cheermam"
are tricksters behind the curtain and
their "Cuffies" dance to the music.
But "who opposed Rohrbaugh 2" well
as to that, ''Cufy" was hog. He
had rooted assiduously for months,
and on that memorable October day,
ate from sunrise to sunset And /
tell you "Cuffy," wasn't the only per-
son who assidulously worked on that
election day for scores ofintelligent
white and colored voters, seemed as
eager to accomplish the work as Cuf
was. It was one of the proudest acts
of "Cufy's" political life.
Hence the school trouble
We elected pride and poverty, and
tried to assimilate him with the good
habits of Berkeley's people; buf, like
the old mountain hog, he could not
stand prosperity. 1t seems to me,
that such bargain between these
two men corners was made. viz "Now
we are both strangers, and if we will
only play the thing fine, we will soon
run everything" SCOOP, good! tell
me howl "Well, you know, or will
know, that I am great speaker, and
I intend to speak, and speak. and
speak, until 1 am known (and he did)
and all you will have to do, will be to
publish them, and then / am writer
too, and don't you forget it. So you
see l can help edit 700 paper.D
"Umph-humph!7 said the 'sbrain-
less" editor. 81 see clearly to the end
of our glory but the dark day has
come and they have no candle He
says, sis it not a ridiculous farce to
have white people to certify to a col
ored man." etc. Undoubtedly in
your estimate: for this reason-The
whites who signed my petition are
gentlemen of the highest rank, whose
intelligence and capability of knowing
mans worth regardless of his color)
tower SO far above your comprehen-
sion, that to you it naturally seems
ridiculous. They did not shave to
sign it They did it from a sense of
duty to one whose character was in
the hand of human vultures without
o cause, and I live to honor them, as
I do to avenge your insults and false
accusations.
Cuify by the Herald gang
j r, CLlFFoRD BY GENTLEMEN.