Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-03-07
Always Crisis.


cry TO home, long before l saw England, and
yet we 60 ahead, and England goes ahead in
spite of such critters we cant help prosper
ing. The only difference between the two
countries is, as / have said, people in England
think they are going to the bad all the time; we
only think so once in four years. shall never
forget what Uncle Peleg said to me once: 'Neph,'
said be, Il used to take great interest in poll
tics once, but have given it up now. 1t don't
matter a cent, as can see, who is up or who is
down. There aint much to choose among our
political partes-Pelf, pickings and patronage,
salaries aud offices, is all either of them care
for. When Jefferson was elected, said to my
self, the country is ruinated; here is free.
thinker, q stakeholder and a Southelner, who
has beat John Adams, the New England candi-
date. He will spread infidelity through the
land, he will sap the morals of our youth, he'll
Join in European wars, he will involve US with
France, the Britith will slip in, conquer US
again, and enSlaYo US once more as cOlonists.
We are done for, We are up trse, our republic
can flint is fixed, we she'll be strangled in the
cradle as an infant nation, and the crOwneT will
find verdict, died by the hands Of Thomas
Jefferson
II sat up late that night at Springfield, with
some patriots and heroes of Bunker's Hill and
the battle of Mud Greek, TO hear the result of
the election for President, for we were all for
John Adams. Itwas eleven O'Clock at night
when the word came. We were all excited,
drinking success to Adams and confusion to JEFF.
fsrson, glory to the nation, prosperity to reli>
gion, perditiOn to free thinkers, infdels and
southern candidates, with other patriotic tOasts
when in rushed Deacon PrOperjohn, his eyes
staring six ways for Sunday, his hair blowin'
Eiro haa IF -.
Almost gone. HALO said /, Deacon, what is
the matter with youl' why sais he, striking
the table with his fist blow that made all the
glasses jingle again, IN be dsrned if that old
unbelieVin sinner, Jefferson, haint beat Adams
by 6 majority of onel" and he burst into tears
" Our great nation 3 unsted, sWamped, foun-
dered, and done for forever" There WASH a
word spoken for the matter of two minutes,
we were so dumfoundered. AT last we all gave
lip together. "Oh, gracious !" sais one " bet-
ter we had never fought and bled.'' Better"
said another, "if we had never resisted the
British. Only think of that unprincipled man
being elected over such true patriot as Ad>
ans p and then we all agreed tho country was
undone forever. Then we eonsoled ourselves
with drinking Perdition to Jefferson, and set
up howl, in chorus, over the Old Bay State,
that took the lead, and bore the brunt of the
Revolution, being chiselled out of its President
this way At last / fsinted, as if had been
knocked down, and was carried home by four
men, and put to bed.
" Are you sure you wasn't drunk, uncle" :"
sails 1.
"Quite certain" said he, at might have
been overtaken-I won't say wasn't overcome
like, for q very little will do that, you know,
when you are excited-but l am sure l wasn't
sewed up, for l remember everything that hap
pened When they brought me home, sais
your Aunt Nabby to me, 'Peleg,' sais She
what on airth is the matter Have you been
ruined over = No. sails l. Have you had
fall, dear 7 No, it amt that Then what's
it loveP The natiOn is ruinated-Jeff-JefF-
ferson is elected, and the Tep-rep-republic
| has gone to the dev-iln '0h, see,' said she,
you are in fair way to go to him yourself,
acting in that Propostulous manner. Who
cares whether Jefferson is elected or not = she
continued, i am sure don'tcare. What is 1t
to the like of usP Its only grief, Nabby,
sails 1, my heart is broke is that all, you
scamp sails she, its lucky your precious neck
INIT broke > and she called the niger helps,
AMI hauled me of to bed, and the way she
tumCIed me in wasn't the way she put up her
heat cbineY tea set, can tell you. Oh, l
couldn't Rave been drunk, for recollect every
word that passed"
"Well, next morningIT woke up-none of the
earliest, can tell yOu-with thunderin' head
ache, and my heart cen Almost broke. called,
aud called ever so lond, before could make
any one hear me. At last up came your aunt,
! lookin' as fierce as q est faein' dog. What's
all that noise 2 said, l. The girls st their spin
MIN Wheels said she. Stop them, sais ], its
no use now Jefferson is elected, and the eoun.
| try is ruinated' Gracious, how her eyes flashed
at that; she stopped down, seized the bed clothes
just under my chin, dragged them otf,and threw
them all into the corner of the loom. NOW gel
up this instant minute, and go and look al
ter the spring work, OF we will be ruined IN
earnest 'It's no use,' said /, if Adams had
got in, the country would have been saved
| He was the father Of the country; but Jetfer
sonl Or, dear, the jig IsuP now. You thought
| was orunE last night, but wasn't; and you
ace am not tipsy now. / tell you we are
done for Well, she altered her course, and
| sat down on the bed SlOpg side Of me, AMI said
sDear Peleg, ifyou love me don't talk nonsense
Let US reason it out (And this, think, Pea
BODY, YOU must have found out, that women
though they like to sail before the wind, know
I how 10 tack too, when it's ahead Now san
! sSe, fPeleg, dear, suppose John Adams, th'
mesu, stinPv, elose-6Sted, cunning old lawyer
had p,,t in-you know you pay him fifteen cent
l A ton for the granite you take to Boston out o.
| his quarry, at Quincy; suppose you went to hin
| and said, President, did my possible at you
election for yoN, will you let me have # fol
twelve csntsi' no, / don't think he would,
said I, We'll, you owe peighbor BuIford two
hundred dollars, sposin you went to Adams snC
told him YOUR claims, and asked him to lend you
that amount to prevent Burford suing you
would he lend it to youl' NO, don't think
he would. unless gave him q mortgage, and
paid ever so much expense We'll, then, you
see, he would do you no good. Now, Jefferson
I Is in, and won't gsinsay you about his char
| acte,: for though he talks liberal about slaves,
| it's vel, known that he has sold some of his
own balE-casi,a children. Captain Card, Of Red
Bank, who goes . very year to Charleston r-
oinia. with a cargo of oSions, hams, and eofinsr
sais it's the common talk there Amt that
enough to ruin the risin' generation, says l.
| NO saws she, 'but to ruin his own character.
] Well, now that he is in, what harm Is he going
| To hurt youi Won't the corn ripen as usuall'
well, suppose it will, if the airly fIOst don't
catch it, Won't the COWS give milk, and the
sheep wool for shearing, as they used to did!'
well. I can't deny that And won't the colts
grow up ht LOT maiAet' d OeIOIe' lOL every
wear we get more and more for our young
horses' We'll, / won't contradict you.-
Wont cur children grow up as fsstp 'Ah,
there / sad, lis the nub; they grow up too
fas, now; nine children in twelve years, as we
lhsve-
al couldn't finish the sentence. She gayeii
~. ut on one cheek, and then on the other
I;Es yrink md then she went to the wash stand
-ot boId If the yer, swashed the whole OF thC
S,o,o- -; INTO INV face snn cut out OF the room