"Swingin round the cirkle" : $b His ideas of men, politics, and things, as set forth in his letters to the public press, during the year 1866. — John Locke — John Shaqi
"Swingin round the cirkle" : $b His ideas of men, politics, and things, as set forth in his letters to the public press, during the year 1866.
John Locke · en
In akordance with yoor esteemed request, dated the 25th, and received
this morning, I to-wunst proceeded to make doo enquiry ez to the workin
uv the Freedmen's Burow, and the condishun uv the Afrikin citizens uv
Amerikin descent in this vicinity. The fact that a Ablishnist still
holds the Post Orifice at the Corners (wich place, by the way, I hev
been solicited to accept), interfered materially with the bizines I hed
in hand. I to-wunst tooted the horn, ez is the custom when we hev
religious servis, and called my congregashun together. They kum runnin
in from the different groceries; and here another difficulty ensood. The
grosery keepers wanted to know what we wuz a going to hev meetin on week
days for? They wuz willin to shut up doorin meetin time on Sundays, ez
they respected the church, and it give em time to sweep out the
terbacker, et settery; but they'd be d----d ef they wuz a goin to hev
the people pulled away from their nourishment on week days. I succeeded
in pacifyin em, and went in at wunst examinin the leadin citizens. Their
testimony is ez follows:--
CAPTIN SKELPER
Wuz a nigger owner afore the war, and durin the late fratrisidle
struggle wuz a captan in the confedrit servis. Wuz with Ginral Forest at
Fort Pillow. Hez hed much experence with niggers. Bleeves em to be
adapted to the climit uv Kentucky, and much more able to stand the hot
sun than the whites. When they wuz slaves, never knowd em to refooze to
work; know they alluz did work, becoz he generally stood over em with a
nigger whip. Since they hev bin free, hez notist a change; not much uv a
change, ontil the Nigger Burow wuz establisht. Before that they'd take
sich wages ez yoo chose to give em; since then the d----d heathen will
stand out bout ez the white men do, and won't work at all onless yoo
meet their views, wich made a heap up trouble, and materially retarded
the develment uv the country. The Burow hed corrupted the female
niggers; ez they hed all bin legally married by the Chaplins to the men
they'd lived with, and wuz so sot on livin with em, that there's no
yoose uv yoor tryin to get a house wench unless yoo took her husband
also. His wife wuz now doin degradin work at home for want uv help.
Strongly urged the abrogashen uv the Burow, and the removal uv the
Abolishun Postmaster at the Corners.
DEACON MCGRATH