The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-08-03
The Reign &c Benjamin.

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ton In The year 1867 l-Frederleksbulg Star.
1t came to pcss in the fourth
year Of the reign Of Grover that
certain men of belial met to !
gether and said one to another:
It will not do to have this man
to rule over the people. For
behold he loveth justice and
hateth iniquity, and nath hark-
ened unto the voice of the peo-
pie and turned the rascals
OUT and moreover he hath
dealt with the men of the South
as he hath done with the men
Of the North, making no differ
ence between them. Wherefore
we have great tears that these
men will no longer be hewers
of wood and drawers Of water
for us as aforetime. Likewise
this same Grover hath shut up
the doors Of the treasure house,
and set q guard over the same,
and he hath vetoed the bills
which our brethren have passed
giving us access thereto so that
we cannot lay our hands upon
the spoil. Come now, there.
fore, let us overthrow him so
that we may spoil the gold and
the silver which he hath gath
cred into the public chest. So
they took counsel together and
said, we will take little Benja-
min, whose grandfather was
named William Henry, and we
will put the hat of William
Henry upon the head of Renja-
min to deceive the people, and
we will make him to be king
over the land. So they blew
with the trumpet and made a
great noise, crying, benjamin
shall be king, instead of
Grover. And they took one
Matthew Of the house of Quay,
who was Of the princes of the
Quayites, a robber chief of
great renown, and made him
captain Of the hosts of Benia-
min. Now this same Matthew
was a man Of guile, and he did
corrupt many with bribes and
with smooth words he deceived
the people, and he pressed, with
great yehemence, the craftsmen
of the nation, who were anxious
to be protected by a high tariff,
and out Of them did he fry
much fat. And he joined to
him one Dudley, of the land OF
Benjamin, who delivered the
needy of the land into the
hands Of Matthew Gin blocks of
five So that by craft they
did prevail, insomuch as Grover
was overthrown and banished
to Buzzard's Bay, and Benjamin,
the grandson of William Henry,
did reign in his stead.
But he did that which was
evil in the sight of the people,
and walked not in the ways of
William Henry, his grandfath-
er, and he departed from fol-.
lowing in the footsteps of Grow
or to do justice to all the people
and to execute judgement. For
he opened the doors of the
treasure house of the nation to
the men who followed him and
did waste all the substance
which had been gathered in the
days Of the reign of Grover.
he made captains and
Judges OF the vilest of the peo-
pie, and tried to have enacted a
law called the force bill by
which he hoped to place the
necks Of the white men of the
South under the feet Of the sons
Of Ham, and in many ways did he
much evil and caused the ma
tion to mourn. So that there
arose a great cry for reform, and
oil the people cried and said, we
will send and call Grover 10 be
king over us once more and the
land shall have rest, and peace
and plenty prevail. As for this
Benjamin, although he weareth
his grandfather's hat, his head
Is too small to fill up the meas
ure thereof.
And Benjamin became odious,
so that his chief counsellor re-
signed, and Matthew refused
to be captain of the host and
Clarksvn could no longer find
men 70 deliver in blocks Of five.
Nevertheless the sons of the
children Of Ham did stand by
Benjamin. But the righteous
people rose up 10 stand against
him and the battle waxed sore,
and il came 90 pass that after
Benjamin had reigned four
years he was slain In the house
Of his fiends and buried beneath
4 shower Of ballots, aud no man
knoweth his sepulchre unto this
lac