The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1862-06-18
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A Capital Satire sn { the Pfo-s

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From the,Holmes County Farmer, hlv.1s.
L ETTER FROM JoSATHANse.
SMITH TO JOSHUA r. GIDDrSSs.
COLUMBUS, O., May ii, 1862.
My DEAR OLD JOSHUA II talk nv
pen in had to rite yona few shssty hacs.
The Legislature has got dun with its pom
derus rlabers: e. dug ste Of
good for the time we was at it. Nj deer
old feller it shen-what. a sta Of
lprozslayery cussese thare- ia-in. the State,
About sixty thousand 1petitionel sus' 10
pass law for to keep our deer csIlsrs1
bruthers and sisters from climin into this
State, but our Republican friends, the
members of the legislator, cum .upsmaps
fully and, recorded their votes fsrninst
sech infamous law. The good time .fsr
which me and you and other sound ReI
publicans have praid and labered, anslfot
which our patron saint, John Brown,
poured out his last life's drop on the. God
accused sile of Virginny is fast approach
in. Hundreds and thousands of our -cutr
lerd bruthers and sisters is rushin to-thc
State of Ohio to enjoy the blessensitte
Republican party has so long strovc 10
fgain for EN- and so freely offereed en-
Thare is agrate menny men diem of and
kitten killed IN the army, and I am happy
to say that for every one lost in that way
our popelashun will rcseaYe at least three
beluved Africans = -
We have districted the State so that the
locofocos will cum up shorten Congress
men at the next election. It-was :veFy
necessary to do this for if we hadent the
locofocos might get a majority in, Con
gress, and then tha wood stopped abolish
fiaslavery, and levied no tax for to boy
slaves from masters what was wiliensto
set EN- free. Besides dom that tina wuvsl
bring the war at a close, (thare HI on
fxen up fusscs,) and then all our rich
army contracts and government specu1a-
tions would be gone forever. "A locofoco
Congress would ruin the prospects of our
I beluved cullered brothers, throw thou
sands of good Republicans out Of offes,
and bring the country to peace by com
mitten the government TO, the esdcefsded
nigger- r-driyen policy of WashiTtoh ,Jef-
ferson, Madison, Monroe, jackson, =, and
them other fellers. That is what We will
never submit to; this country must be all
free or BURST 90 . asJ +Ea ,l4Ta SD
\ The locofoco members tried to Get as
on hook by passen.a law to-. allaW the
solgers to vote in camp the same as .tha
/ do in Pensilvany, New Jersey, Illinois,
, &C., but we beat EN- on this. : In the
States / have named, the soldiers nearly
8 all voted the locofoco ticket, and from
what Lean find out -the-solgers from this
State wood do the same thing if ,tha had
! a chance to vote, Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Hills
5 and several other good Republicans made
Il gloriousIspeeehes against allowen the rag
tged solgers to vote, and for this tina shood
t be sent to Congress.
Congress is doin the thing up brown,
and -beleave that if we ken secure a ma
jority of jist sich men in the next Con-
gress we ken keep up the war until every
; isiaye in Ameriky rs free, and all distinc-
] tien on account Of cnller banished. from
our country. On that the ysaT Of Jubiee
! ma quickly cum when the whites and
II blacks will fondly embrace and kiss each
3 other and lay down together head to tail
and tail to head like litter Of pigs.
t Farmers and ether people growl about
(, EoIgress assessor taxes fos keep tkS1n bsg
r government officers. buy slaves and sicl
o ike. We'll, a .man what will growi ahou,
! THAT hainf got no sense. Why, If you ri,
IL all the slaves free 1t Will make iaborers %
II plenty that you can hire EN- for tom cent.
I. ada instead1o 1ofs spsyen en- from seyenty
FIVE cents to dollar as you now do. aBu
n If thare was no gain IN 1t every man whai
0 luvs his felfcrs and is sound on The COOS
It shood be willen to- give all. he.s-gots 4,
], bind the devil and establish q heaven upor
r earth, as thare viii be when humans o
II various culfers associate together ike II,
# various cullerdasheeps hogs, horses, 'eovs
s. dogs, &c. vs rel. Gao
II Sum stingy cusses complain about payer
taxes to purchase our African hruther
% and sisters, hut any man what wood com
,s plane at that hasenti "A pro 0per srerefenc
ID for his. God to emmy alarming EXTENT u
1t sides getting our cullered bruthers. 81
re sisters free it viii mail the slave hoide,
q so mad that tha will keep on ifiten and \
IN will have the fun. of. shooten em.1lss 81
e. No Christian will care for the kost
st We only git to kill the Seceshers. Wha
d if our men, ,duz. get killed, tha wood hav
y, to die sum time ennyhow. The taxes ain
te nothen; for the people kin work q iittl
in harder and eat less, and make up III
ir amount as easy as lie.
ut In konklushen, dear Joshua, WOO
le advise you to run for Congress. w
! must have the next Congress composed Q
" a majoritysof sich chsubstansheband hbers
l. loven men as yourself. We ma havst
s* drop the naim of Republican and call oa
m party the Union party or sum sich nain
but African lady smells as sweet by on
naim as she duz by another. You kiI
l. talk a hint from this and govern yourscl
Z accordingly. Yours forever,
ve - u. .JONATHAN.Q @. SMITH.
:. p8 The Abolition Republicans arc <
4 hausting their billingsgate upon the Den
7 ocratici party sbecauseit is in favor of re
= storing the Union as it was, and maintain
:" ing the Constitution as it is. This is nei