Glad you were there to verify what the common man said.... Never said I was, wouldn't presume to.... http://www.lsjunction.com/olbooks/smithwic/otd26.htmSpeechmaking was the order of the day. Somebody, I don't remember who, was holding forth from the steps of the capitol. A big, rough looking fellow, a carpenter, I believe, stepped up among the crowd, and, after listening a few minutes, said to those in his vicinity:
"What the hell's it all about, anyway?"
"The n$gger," someone answered.
"The n$gger! H----l. I ain't got no n$gger. Give me a n$gger, some of you, and I'll fight for it as long as any of you. I ain't going to fight for somebody else's n$gger," And yet that was just the kind that had to do a large part of the fighting.Birdwatcher
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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