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Show TilE AD VJ;.LY'I'URBS OP IIU('f{LEJLERR1- FI~~. .Y. . l jndcrccl [would saw out a1Hl lcnxr that night if p<1p got drunk enoncrh, anu I reckon('(l he wonld. I got . o full of it 1 didn t nolicc how long I was ,·taying, till the old 1nan holleretl and a ·ke(lln ~ wheLh ·r I " ·:.t.· a:lcep or <lrowncl )cl. IgoLth thing. alluptothecabin,andihen it, " ·n.· ahont dark. \\'.bile L was cooking supper the old man took a swig or two antl got sort of wannccl np, a1Hl went to ripping ng;tin. l[e had been clrnnk ov<.'r in town, and laid in the gutter all night, and he was a :ighL io look at. A body would a thougltL he wa · Ada1n, he wa · j n ·t. nil 1n ncl. \\'henever his liq nor begun ( o \York, he n1osL alway · went fur t h gov1nen t. This titne 1te ~ays: "Ca1l this a go\'Jn nt ! \vhy, j n ·t look aLit nncl .·r whaL it': like. J[erc'B the l;t\va- ·tnndingready to take a 1nan'· son aw~lY fro1n hin1- a 1nan \; own :on, whir 1t he l1as had a1l the trouble <llHl all tb anxiety Hnd all th<' 'Xpense of rai:inrr. l~c ,, ju~t ~~.· that 1nan ha · goL t haL son rai:ed at la : t, and r )ady to go to work and begin to do suthin' for hi rn an<l gi \ '0 hin1 a rest, the law up and goc for hin1. An<l th y call that gov1nent! TllilL ~1in't all, nuther. The hn\7 back · that old J uclg Thatcher up and 11elps hi1n to kcc'p 111e ouL o' 1ny property. l [ere's what tlw law do ·. 'l'he law take · a nwn \\·orth six: tlton. and <lollar · and npan.l , and jc.n11.. hin1 i11to an old trap of a cabin like this, and let: hirn go roun<l iu clothes that ain,t iltten for a hog. The'' <:all t h·tt o·ovn1cn4 ' A · 't 1 1 · · 1 · . . (. b L · 1nan Ct.lll grl, us ng 1ts 111 a govn1c1ll Ill~ ' tlus. ~ornetitncs l'vr a 111ighty noLi on to j nst. l axe tl1e ·ouut ry for good and all. 1· e~, and l tolcl 'eu1 : · I told old ]'lw.tdl<'l' . so to l1·1· .·.~. f'(q" cc · T. ~o t s o f'' <'ln ] 1eard me, an' <l can i (']I w] tat I sauL Says I f''>l' 4 , • 4 1' 1 1 1 < • , '" l 'o C<'lllS < 'HV' i1c hla1nc<l eouuiry an<l nPver corn' 'lll""l' 1't · ,· 111 ' 1 <. '--H ag1n. H'm B t 1c very \Yonl ·. I say~, look at 1ny hat--1fyo11 call1't · 1 L b i .jl l'l · l < a 1a - u , 1 t< nuses up m.H 1 he rc ·( of it croe l - t ·11 ·t' b · b < 0 " n l t : c·low 1ny chin, an<l then it ain't l'iglltly a hat at all, hui 111or' lik' n1y bca<l ·wa.· sho,·ed up POLITIC.lL L'CO.:Y. UJJr. 4.q ) through ajint c) tove-pip. Look at it .ay: I - such n. hat for n1r to wrar-ou of i he ·wealthic ·t 1nen in thi~ town , if 1 eoultl O'Lt 1ny ri!tht~. \:') ~ 1 'Olt, y< s, thi. is a won<l rful goYnH'ni, \ronderfnl. 'Yhy, Iooky hen'. Th r was a frc C' 11igg('r there, frmn Oltio; a nntlnttcr, n1o t as white a· a \vhit<' 1nan. J[' had th(' whitc:t shirt n yon e\' r ee, too, and tllr shinic L hat ; and i lwre ain't a 1nan in that to\vn that's got as fin' clothe~ a· \vlw.t ]H· had; an<l hP had a gold wai ch (l1Hl chain, <uHl a sih·cr-head<·tl cane- the awfull .-t old grcy-l1ra<l<'d nabob in th ' ~tat <'. Aud what cl you think? they ·aid h was a p: fe:~or in a co ll<'ge, ancl conl<l i alk all kinds of ]mlgnag<·:, a1Hl knowcd '\'('ryt lt i11g. And ihat aiu't the' wu. t. 'l'h "Y sai(l h<' coul<l vule, wl l<' ll hv \Yasatho1ne. \\re11,thatl i 1110 ouL Think I, \YhaL is tlH' cou11try a-co1ning to? It was '1 'ction (lily a1Hl I wHs ju ·j about t g and vote, 1nys ,lf, if I warn·t too drn n k to g )t t J 1 er<' ; but \rhcn thy t ltlnl~ t h r ·was a ~tate in this eo untrywh<'t'' t hcy'<l leL that nigger vot(', I dnnv<'d out. I ::.1ys I 11 nc,·cr Yoi e ao·in. 'rh 1n' the very \Yor<ls J :aid ; they a1l l }('an l 1nP ; b ancl the country may rot for all llH ·-fllH ever Yot c ilg·i n as long as I live. And io see the cool way of t hnt nigg<'r-wb., h' \\'Ouhln't a giv 1ne the roacl jf l badn'l ·ho,·ed hint ont o' tlH \Yay. 1 :~1y: to th people, \vhy ain't thi: ni()'gcr put up at auction and :ohl ?-that': whnL I wani t > kno\Y. Aud what do you r ckon th y sai(l? \Vby, tlH'.Y ·ai<l he <:ouldn·t b · sold till he'd been in the Stat six: Jnotd hs, and h ' 1 md n'l he 11 t.her that long y t. Ther , 11ow- thaL \.; a ~pe<:illH'll. They call that a govment that can,t ~ell a free nigger t illl~t',' b een in the Htnt ' six 1nonth . l[ rc' a gov1n 'l1l that C!lll: it:elf a govmcnt, n,n<l leis on 1 o be a goYJncuL, a1HL think · it is a gov-· 1\l('nt, and yet' got to srt tock-st ill for ix whol ' Jll<H~lh. be for' it can tak ~ a hold of a pr w] ing t h icving infernal wlntc- . ·l1 irt.e<l free ni crrrer and ., bb ' |
