Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-09-25
he Democratic Situation Explained to q long
Absent Member Of the Nashby family.
CFrom the Hancock Ohio JefersOnian.)
CHURCH w ST VALLANDIGHAM.
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| WINGETs CORNRAs, Orgust 9.
Lad brother who left his PARENTAL rool
in 18forty-nine, for the perpus Of maxim for
tin iollering the briny depe He didn't
make fortin, however, maxim fortins being a
thing for which the Nashby family is not sell
brated He had ben absent all Nv the time,
and he'd never word from his natyv land
He went from this country, and when he land
ed at Moo York he cum strate too this place.
reseaved him with opun arms.
I" josef" sez I, " doc you still remain troo
| to the dimecratic faith ?'
| Petroleum" sez be" do. Ez wuz resolv-
ed in our Kunvenshun the year afore started
believe that slavery is an evil, and that the
Dimocrisy Nv Ohio shud use all cs1stitooshnel
meens to mitigate and finally eradicate it.
and"
Hold, sez I, " times is changd. The Dim,
ocrisy now look upon slaivry ez a blessin, but,
go on"
{" 1 believe" resoomed he, that the setlin
Nv the question Nv slaivry by the Misery
Compermize wuz rite, and
Hold on" sez L, 4" we repeled the Comper-
mise
81 believe" retorted he feebly, that slaiv-
shud be exclooded from the territories,
| and"
"Stiddy," sez l, d" the Dimocrisy is in favor
Nv extendin it all over the territories
WE'LL" sez josef, sez be, " I'm for the
| Union wun and indivizible-that's Dimocrisy
amt it p"
Yes sez I, -" with several IFS and much
butts. We are just now ez party ingaygd ir
the deliteful work Nv splttin up the Union in
2 parts as per Valandgham. We wuz for
the Union wun and indivizible jest so long ez
the Dimocrisy which wuz mostly lokated
Sowth, he'd cantrol of sed Union. In them
days Moo England was under. Then things
changed. Moo England spred over the West
and ther wuz danger Nv losin the controle. To
check em we commenst legislatin; fnstly repeel-
en- the Compermise so they might take niggers
ther if they Good get in fast enuff. That wuz
failyure, then we desided thet the constitoo-
shn perfected slaivry, and thet it Good go ther
enyhow. Still Moo England beet US, electia
AbOlshn President, and we bolted so thet
we Good get shet of Moo England. And thet's
watts the wars about"
Sez josef, sez he, Petroleum, to me it
doth seem thet all thet's left Nv the dimocraic
party to which l wun's belonged is the naim.'
which senteushusly replied, sit air."
Sez Josef, sez he, C Petroleum, can't get
it thro me. IF he'd stayd at hum, perhaps
mite hev took these changes down wun at
time, but at wuu dose it's much. Therfoar
Petroleum. v, consider me owt. The old flag
is good enuf Sor me, I thank you; and An
drew Jxn was about the stile Nv dimmekrat
you mite bet your bottom dollar on. repoo-
diate the whole ont. don't like eggs shells,
nor nuthin wut anti got no meet into it, by
which strikin' mettyfor I mean TO say thet
party thet hez dispozed Nv its priusiples and
lives on an empty naim, amt the assosiashun
fer enybody but low graid Nv ijeots and
high graid Nv scoundres, such as wUd garrote
the GOdiss of librty fer the whitecoiton nitegown
she is pictorially represented ez wearin. Petro-
leum v, adoo."
x X
The next day he enlistid. 1 saw him de-
part with bloc koat on. Ez he haddent a
dollar thet Good borrer, I wuz reioiced too