The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-10-31
A Letter from Afemus Ward, Jr.--
Interview with DOugias--Grand
Fusion Show.
CLsvEEASp, Sept. %. 1860.

4 SAOhN'
CLsvEtAsD, Sept. %. 1850.
Mister Eirter:--I SEED mi quill to inform the
publick, through the m.deum Of your kolumns
of the grand addishun have jist maid to mi
CRATE me.ropolitic,an bisness, and DARN slak
rope and gimnastic Surkus. Last mite had
an interyue with Steven A. Duglss. the renoun-
ed politikal ambidexter and proprietor and
chief cloun in the popular suverenty sho. Mis-
ter Duglas is kailed the little giant. from his
haven performed the crate feet Of wslkin the
whole length of Mason and Dixon's close line,
with the Dred Skot decishun in one hand, and
his whole popular suverenty sho in the utheri
and also pulled up the inamoth tree kalled the
Missoury Compromise, which was Aust planted
in 1887 by Tomas Jefferson and uthers, and
sot out agin in 1890 Mister Dugas pulled up
this tree, and the constitution with it, and
plaist them under his teet
But was goin to say that he has bin travlin
thru the estern and sathern states, performin
his trix and speakin hia pece. The way he
takes Tim in with his popular suverenty game
isn't slo. He holds out big bill to the people
and sez, "there's popular suverenty--there
the CRATE principul." AT first tha think this
see it, but when tha look little sharper il
vanishes like du on the korn blades; it kant be
iound nowhere. The folks sumtines git mad
and korner him in tite place, but he's tarnal
smaul, and kan krawl thru mitv little hole
But tina say he did one CRATE trick-at one
place he ate an OK and 10000 kams. ,
| As soon as herd oi his arrival in town
went to pay hima visit found him in his
tsho room, speakin his pece. l tho't wudn
be very formal, and ses !,
"Haven't yu got that pece larnt yetT"
eyes," seq he, "but there's sum of the doc.
trim that the people ddht believe, and have tc
alter It occashunly to suite the plase."
Seq I, "Steven, how du you like the sho biz.
ness?" ~
Sez he, at don't paw
Sez I, "Mi sho is DOOM good bznes.'
| He groned, and teer started in his eye; and
sez he, s--.-..t. sa..... ..... ......f
II tho't shood make good deal out o.
poplar suverenty-but it has SPLIT the hullisho
the people begin to Sc thru it and tina saG it's a
humbug" a. t.l ..
Sez |, "What yu goin 10 du with it?"
"Tbrow it overborde," seq he, '.jist as soon
as have used up mi posters and adVartis.
ments." ...--..,.,
sez |, "Steve, whatll yu take for yure popu.
lar suverenty7'' 4l.se
AT that he jumped mp and looked nifty wei
plesed. Sez he "I'Il sell out cheep."
| told elm ddent kno how 10 manage his
trix; but wood go into partnership with him
in the sho bizness.
Sez he, 'It's bargain"
then axt him what ne tho't Of takin along
sum darkeys to sing songs and dams hornripes?
lie shook his he'd kind of mournful, and sez
he, II won't hay emmy thing to du with the
nigger bixness agin--it don't pay. went in
to that bizness in 1854, and hav bin go,h down
hill ever sins. 1t has merely rooined me.'
The Littel Client then purfor'red on the slak
rope, and klmed up greezed pole and spoke
his pece on the top. One of Abe Linkn's rales
was nezt bro't, and Dlglas was sot od and rode
out thru the back dofe.
Duglas and have completed our programm
Tor our nu sho and W II soon be reddy to start
We call it the "Nu Union sho, and Greezed
Pole Surkus together with uther Alarmin and
DARN Fee,s."
Steven will purform the grand dubbel and
singeI handed game Of popular suverenty. This
game kan be seen best with the eyes shet.
P. s. No kwestions to be perpounded to
the purfortner. as they will not be ansered.
But must kloze this Letter. We are goin
westward ho' in fu dazs. d na .
Yures III hast,
-.... .... ARTEMUs WARD, Jr.
NIB. Duglas sez to Civ popular suverenty d
good bio in yure paper.