There wuz joy at the Corners when the Postmaster (who takes the only
paper wich comes to the office, ceptin a few wich comes to some
demoralized niggers who hev learned to read, and the officers uv the
Freedmen's Burow here) read to the crowd the news uv the canin wich
Rosso, wich is uv Kentucky, give Grinnell. It sent a thrill uv joy
through the State, wich ain't done thrillin yet. Bustin out into nine
harty cheers, we to-wunst organized a meetin for the purpose uv expressin
our feelins on the momentous occasion. The bell wuz rung, the people
gathered together, and I wuz elected Chairman (they alluz elect me to
preside becoz I'm bald-hedded; they think bald heads and dignity is
inseparable), and Deekin Pogram Secretary, with 36 Vice-Presidents--one
for each State. I made a short speech on takin the chair, congratulatin
em on the auspicious event wich called us together. Whereupon a
Committee on Resolutions wuz appinted, wich, after a short absense,
reported ez follows:--
Whereas, Genral Rosso, a native-born Kentuckian, and therefore a
gentleman, hevin got into a argument with a Iowa sheep-breeder;
and,
Whereas, hevin got the wust uv the argument, he dextrously
turned it into blackguardin; and,
Whereas, hevin got the wust uv the blackguardin, he remembered
the ancient usages uv the chivalrous sons uv the South, and
caned him; therefore, be it
_Resolved_, That we, the Dimocrisy uv Confedrit x Roads, wich is
in the State uv Kentucky, hereby thank General Rosso for his
manly vindication uv the character uv Kentucky.
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