Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-05-12
Correspondence of the Portland Transcript.
The People in Convention


old country Of aourn has been onct on
the very vargc Of eternal smash sencc
7 fust wore trowsis, it has Dln IN that
o,ornin sitoovashun at least fifty times.
An toe the intent and eend that honor
NAV be DIN where honor IS dcW-l
want it kept afore the people as ever
Iastin neutrality-suspicious. SuYen-
or an }5a03yacy1t,ts D1o&cs-that III All ca
srs where the union has been gin over
when pcrlitical doctors clscWhar have
nronounced it III cg,trelujS85Ort0. and
not likely to live aforc m0rnln-Ilorn-
Nv has oilers kim toe the gcsNu, anncV-
er failed toe put the crittef on It's legs
agin.
ard an Garrison had committed res
mrrcction in Virgjnny All killed old Jon
Brown. an that the OssaWattinleS an
niouers had TUX I[arper's ferry boto,
We was considerably struck j "IIao",
Int we didn't loose aour presents OF
mind It don't take longer to rae tAo
spirit Of '7G in our peoples buzuma than
II does to get up steam in your new IRE
nn,eine. Thar's only one peskY nig%er
tL2t lives in aour town. Let a'aon his
bcein a nigger, | do suppose hos about
rs clever an old clitter IS ever IlFed,
but then he's postcrity Of Game and
Abel who slew aour tust parents with
the law boan Of al Ass, and c0nsec-
auently is agin both scripture and the
ConstitOoshun. AtaoIc Oh haour had
rolled away among the things as never
was. we'd tore his haouse all to smith
crs, an the black kuss hisselF only os-
capcd by leaving part Of his skulp and
wool cnutf for pare Of matterns, IN
the hand Of Ioorababcl Peabody. NJ
ter we had thus acted IN accordance
with the provisions an compromises OF
thc Constitootion, we adiaourncd toe
meet aoin the next mite into the meet'n
hons, Whar q mectin on the state OF the
Union was appintcd.
EFT live till dye Gan | umbly trust
that Providence will continue ne to
that timcl, / shall never forglt the I'M
posin appearance Of aour meetlns OH
This mOmentuS occasion. !s'9ht over
the nulpit hung one OF ant kycr'3 best
linnin sheets, wife rs It's owners mead,
an darnl site more spoticsacr th2n
her character, on Wich, III characters
Of imperishable lampblacll, was the pa
triotic sentiment Of the immortal Nc
Duffe, of South Carolina:
."TuE CoNSTTTOCTIOE-W IS II But
DAREED OLD RAG y
Underneath was pictcr Of that med
dlesllm old fcllcr-Iloar, who went out
to Charleston to steal nlggerS, streak
in it for hum, his cote tales descrlotn q
horizontal line Of 81 degrees in IS min
1tes. and one Of Shiyalry's butes Jest
under en-. On one side was : likeness
of ssaour Southern brethron,, pro
clainin his onaiiena0ie rites 10 c20unt
his nioncrs under the shaoder Of Bun
ker Hill. On the left, another Of the
same sort telIin Of the Northern Sen
atoys If they should lzum to Nississippy,
his constituents would hang en- higher
than Judas Icccarrot hung N0rdilly.-
Chock up to the Deacon's seat WAS a
board, on which aour talented fellow
townsman, Perturbation Plllsbry, had
drawn in charcoal, 4 Cratic seen i'll the
GREAT Nirginnv resurrection. The art
ist had, with characteristic eye to the
effect. selected that awful pint where
fifteen hundred Of Nirginny's braves
stood firm for twenty hours, surroundln
the milne haouse, jest aout Of guEshot
waitin for the Morocns to kim an take
old Pottawattcmy Seward and his iii,
fi,f,.s+I-
When this scene bust upon my eyes
together with the selectmen settln rite
into the pulpit lookin jest as solemn As
,houoh it was sabbcrday, | felt as re
learcd IS l did onct arter eatin doz
en- hard billed eggs, and the last taoul
not settin we'll, | took a cream-a-tartel
so]ootion OF arb-drink wich brought en-
up hull. For days felt poorly-I wa:
devisin ways and means by day IN b!
night. | was dreamin Of dissolutet
unions and upset perlaydiums. Blu
when I entered the meetins | thunk
hearn suthin drop, and a lode twice a
heavy as Pilgrims Progress knapsacl
rolled rite off my mind. thout L wa
lite as fether, but want. For whel
arter cheers for the Union | ondertool
to jump clean over q pew, lodged OIL
top, then pitched head fust rite ont Mis-
Deacon Isril Tuttil, who sot in the mex
pew, an she's bin laid up with the rhls
mats ever since.
ssDarn an blast yer everlastin picter,
saws Miss Deacon lsril, says she. whel
we'd picked ourselves up.
eW oman," says l, ''what do you n,
-bout Pollvticks ?" "This are cri