The citizen., 1899-04-21
THE NIGGER TRUST.
Uncle Tom Writes of 'Publikin
Tactics in Hawii, Cuba,
Porto Rico and the
Philippines.

You say you kaint understan'
dis war? Fo' de Lawd, chile, its
as plain as daylight. You see
Mars. Kinley an de 'publikin
party, seein' de big money dat was
bein' made by desc here truss,
sided dey'd make a truss in mig
gers. Dey own all de niggers in
dis country any way, bofe black
and white niggers. Dey lubs a
niger so dey wanted mo-. De
fus thing dey did was to knock
out Miss Lick Yo- Mamme in High
way, take de mix breed Ob mig
gers and de island, too. Dey
done it in a mighty quiet way so
as not to 'cite 'spicion as to what
der real game was. De mex
thing desc 'publikins did was to
tell de niggers in Cube to pitch
in an lick de Spaniels. De pub
likins KEEP still It'll de Cubin mig
gers and de SpanielS had fit each
other It'll dey couldn't fite no mo-,
den desc 'publikins, seein' de
game would be easy, raised de
cry dat de niggers was starvin'
in Cube, and dat fo' de sake of
''humanity"-what ever dat is
dis gOv'ment mus be expandin'
itself; if it didn't it'ud bust. MY
own notion is dat if it 'spands
much mo-, it can't STAN de strain
an will bust any how. Well,
when Mars. Kinley come out wild
de ''humanity" craze, good
many ob de church people tuck
it up as dey so often takes up
things what amt none Oh der
bisness an de cry was raised fo'
war. De 'publikins in Congress
cussed de Spaniels, but dey
couldn't make de Spaniels cuss
back, so Mr. Long, or Short or
whateber de ship mans name is.
said he could fix 'em an he sent
de Maine down dere as much as
to say, "Knock dis chip off my
hat" DE chip was knocked off.
We amt yet been told who did
de knockin'. De 'publikins how
som'ever got what dey wanted.
Dey got war and wild it de chance
to fill der pockets an de pockets
ob der frens an relations. After
de 'publikins got all de niggers
dere was to git in Cube an Port
er Kicker dey foun' dcy hadn't
niggers huff to control de market
an make truss, so dey bought
all de niggers i'll de Fillepines at
two dollars a head, wild de islands
trow'd III. Den, dey foun' dey
had mo- niggers den dey knowed
what to do wild. So we soon read
in de papers dat de soldiers in de
Philippines was a ssr0astin'" de
niggers dere. 1t has never been
tole why dis was done, but nv
idea is dat all desc ssroastedn
niggers will be canned and pack
ed way in Washin'ton to sicken
de soldiers in de nex' war. By
dis ''process" de 'publikins will
make big money.
10 show you how pleased de
'publikins was wild Alger am de
way his man, Eagan, did dere
work, dey said to Eagan: "Well
done thou good an faithful ser.
want, you can take holiday fo' de
res oh yo' life am we will con
tinue to pay You yo' regular wages
as long as you live, in token OBJ
our 'preciation oh de success OBJ
yo' ''process." Dey say Mr..
Eagan is now in Highway and
Mr.. Alger is in Cube an Porter
Kicker pickin' out samples OBJ de
different kines oh niggers fo' de
great compartment store de pub.
iikins is bout to open. Dey's
gwlne to take samples ob our com.
mon niggers here, too. Derell
Dc big niggers an little niggers.
lean niggers an fat niggers, ole
nlggers an pickaninnies, virtu-
GUS niggers (dey's lookin' fo' one
now IN Hagerstown fo' a school
teacher), an niggers what ain,t !
virtuous (dem's easy 'nough to
glt), white, yaller, spotted, brown |
an black niggers, also the vari.
gated variety. 'Ligous niggers
am chicken snatchers, bofe desc
ias' klnes is bout de same. Can
ned nlggers, roasted niggers an
emoalmed niggers, but bless yo,
neart, honey, dey don't git dis
chile. Use black myself. but T I
amt stuck on no nigger.
1t strikes me as strange dat dat
ole vitrol Wellington didn't tell
you bout dis here truss bisness
ID uat few remark dat he made
ae g uder day when he give 'way
uo secrets ob de 'publikin party
am proved dat "Bal de.moo,
WASN'T white mans city.n He'll
earn better in May. He amt SO
warm. He better sstake his
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