The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-06-17

" HcB seeo D UAa EN- on TIE
mourner's bench. sub, den it was ny
time 1 drawed myself up two or
three foot higher, buttoned Ip my ole
King Aifrud cote anudder link, an
sed.
AN now xemmen oh de jury, sense
dis Newnighted States government
dun seen fit to 'raign me, | wauter
'raign hit. I've been heh before ye'
homer I've bin heah to listen to de
Creates lawyer de State of oh Tennes-
see eber raised, my ole Marster, de
'Onerbul Felix Grundy, an time an
ergin I've seed i'm stand rat heah. in
dis very cote dat I've got on, an' in
very room, an shake de roof wild de
thunder OBJ his larnin' an de lightin'
oh his wit. Alters on de side OBJ de
po,' alters on de eide OBJ jestus. An
ef he wus erlive to-day, he'd git up
heah an say to you all: Let dis ole
nigger go!'-and you kno' you'd do it.
"In de good ole days gemmen. he
tort me menny things. He tort me to
be true, to tell de truf an to raise
horses. Men LAX him an yore fathers.
gemmen, tuck my ancesturs out OF de
iungIes oh barbarity an led us into de
blessed temple oh religun an light.
Dey made slaves Oh us TO DO II, gem
men, bat .hang God | was erlowed
to be er slave in dis wurl fur de sake
Ob bein' etunally free In de naixt.
Menny an, menny er time, gemmen,
I've drive my ole Marsterin his cheerful
an fo', an he'd tell you hissef eff he
WAS heah to-day, I'm de onlies' nigger
Ief' in de state of Tennessee dat kin
drive er thurrerbred f0'-in-han', hold
in de ribbins wild de fo'- fingers 90 my
lef ham an playin' on de tender moufs
es gently es er lady touches de strings
oh de light gittar. He made me er
Christun.. an er gentlemun, aigucated
my po' cannaibal pallit to de glory oh
Tennessee mutten an de sweetness OBJ
Tennessee beef. An it was frum his
side-board fus' got de taste OBJ dat
licker you jes' tasted-dat Ticker
dat makes kings oh ns allan all
wanted in dis wurl wus to stay wild
i'm twell die.
But in my ole aige, heah Gums dis
Newnighted States guvermen' an sots
me free. An o, Marsters, dey sOt mt
free indeed-free frum de friends
dubbed, free frum de cOmperny OBJ gem
men, frum de good things OBJ dis wurl
an wus CD all, free from de sight bu
not de appetite Ob dat ticker dat makes
kings OBJ us all! Std OBJ drivin' el
cheerit OBJ fO' down de pike OBJ de val
} ley ob plenty, | mus plOw er leetI'
} tOw-haided muel on de flinty hillside
Ob poverty. Std OBJ soshatin' wit
larned men who sOt in de cOunsils Gl
dis country an de cOtes OBJ de kings
| mus be cussed an Knocked by d.
: hiil-billy, an de pO' white, or force'
to 'soshate wild lOwlived and low man
: nered niggers an fiel'-han's. An
'stid OBJ dripkin' de lixer OBJ life frun
de decanter OBJ de gHrds, in my OF
aige, Pm forced to drink de brancl
| water OBJ poverty frum de gourd da
! grows in de barn ob toll. Aigucate
6 er gemmen, turned out wild tutfs
:, Raised on roast beef an mutton, nov
halter hustle ter git bacon an green's
Z, Used to de Ticker of civerliZashun
, now halter drink de branch water o
4 barbarerty. An eff | chance to remem
, Der de things of my youth an yield t
!, de temptashun Oh er higher aigucas
, hun, be fotch up .heah in myole age to b
saunt to Jail fur tryin' to lib lax e
;, gentleman an er Christun, Gentleme
I kin you do it? Marsters, will yo
SEM de ole man up?
r said er nice ]ookin' gemmen dat WI
t set.in' on de jury, an den dey all n
9 an say: Jedge not gilty! Not gilty
+ An dey crowd round me so de jed9
~ has to 'journ cote, an dey shook m
= ham " i'd de glory OBJ dat ticker still i
. dey eyes shinin' lax cherubins in d
j. lakes Oh lub. An es de jedge pass OF
Q he tech my arm an say:
IS Washington, de jury found yo
a not gilty, but heah am fifty dollars
i, pay de tax on de naixt run OBJ de sti
h at Indian Camp Springs; an eff
ls happens ter be er good deal too muc
- - to pay de river-new, jes' make er leet
: : mo- an send it to yore friend de jeds
l. OBJ de Suddern Deestrick of de Ne1
D; nighted States.'"
le JOHN TROTwOoD MOORE.