A Pike County View of Special Providence
I DON’T go much on religion,
I never ain’t had no show;
But I ’ve got a middlin’ tight grip, sir,
On the handful o’ things I know.
I don’t pan out on the prophets
And free-will, and that sort o’ thing,—
But believe in God and the angels,
Ever sence one night last spring.
I...
[Remarks of Sergeant Tilmon Joy to the White Man’s Committee of Spunky Point, Illinois]
I RECKON I git your drift, gents—
You ’low the boy sha’n’t stay;
This is a white man’s country:
You ’re Dimocrats, you say:
And whereas, and seein’, and wherefore,
The times bein’ all out o’ jint,
The nigger has got to mosey
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