Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1863-09-23

From the Hancock JeffersOnian.
The DEM cratic Situation Explain
ed II a Long-Absent Member of
the Easby Family.


ed II a Long-Absent Member of
the Easby Family.
CHURCH w ST VALANDIGVM,
WiNGERT's CORNERS, Orgust 9.
he'd a brother who left his paternal
roof IN Is ferty-nine, for the perpus of
maxim fortin folleIin the briny depe.
lie did't make fortin, however, making
fortins bein thing fer which the Nasty
family is not sellibrated. He he'd bin alb
sent all NV the time, and he'd never aword
frum his naytive land. He went frum this
County, and when he landed at Moo York
he cum strate 2 this place. ! reserved
him with opun arms.
|. josef sez |, doc yoo still remain troo
tn the dimmeeratic faith?'
Petroleum. sez he, L do. Ez wuz re-
solved in our Konvenshun the yere afore
l started. l bleeve that Slaivry is a evil,
and that the Dimocrisy NV Ohio shood use
all constooshnel menes to mittygait and
finally eradcyeait it, and
Hold, sez |, times is changed. The
Dimocrisy now look upon slaivry ez a
blessin, but, go on"
4 bleeve,' resoomed he,' that the set
tim NV the question NV slaivry by the
Mlssory Compromise wuz rite, and
Hold on, sez 1, we repealed the Com
permise.
/ bleeve," retorted he feebly, that sla-
iyry is the creecher NV lokel lejislashen,
and should be exclooded from the terri
toris, and
'Stiddy,' sez |, the Dimocracy is in f;t-
yer Nv extendin it all over the territoris'
Well sez Josef, sez he, Pm fer the
Union wun and indivisable-that's Di-
mOcrisy aint it!'
Yes sez |, with sevral ifs and much
butts. We are jest now ez party ingaygd
in the deliteful work NV splittin up the
Union in2 / parts as per Yandaldigum.-
Josef, your behint the age. You see, Jo-
sef we wuz fer the Union wun and indi-
Yizible jest so long ez the Dimocrasy which
wuz mostly lakated Sowth, he'd control NV
sed Union. In them days Moo England
was under. Then things changed. Moo
England spred over the West and ther
was danger Nv losin the controle. To
check EN- we commenst legislatin; fustly
repeelin the Compromise so they might
take niggers ther if they Good git in fast
enutf. That was failyer, then we decid-
ed that Constitooshun perfected slavery,
and that it Good 90 there any how Still
Moo England beet us, electin an Abolish
President, and we bolted so that we Good
git shet NV Moo England. And that's
what's the wars about
Sez Josef, sez he, Petroleum, to me it
doth seem that all thet's left Nv the De-
mocrisy to which | wunst belonged Is the
naim.'
. which l sentenshusly replide, 1T air.
'Sez Josef, sez he, Petroleum, can't
git it thro me. Eff he'd strayed at home
perhaps / mite hev took these changis
down wun at a time, but at wun dose its
, much. Therefoar, Petroleum ", con-
slider ME owt. The old flags good enuf
fer me, thank you, and Androo Jxn wuz
abowt the style NV Dimecrat you mite
bet your bottom dollar on. ! repoodiate
the hull ont. | don't like egg shells, ner
nuthin wut amt got no meet into it, by
which stIikin mettyfOr | meen to say thet
a party that hez dispozed NV its prinsip-
Piles and lives on empty naim amt the
assosiashen fer any body but low graid of
iieots, and high graid NV skoundrels
sech ez would garrote the Goddis Nv Lib
erty for the white cotton mite gowned she
is piktorelly represented ez wearin.' Pc
troleum W adoo.
The next day he enlisted. | saw him
depart with blu kote on. Ez he had
dent dollar that | Good borrow, was re-
ioist to see him go.
Respectively,
PETROLEUM V. NASBY.