The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1864-06-17
Volume ll-No. 4

YOU ever seed, and the prhnust whea
you ever set eyes on. | want YOU tt
look at EN-. You shant go-what a
talk it'll make. Wen argerty aud
keep cool
SO things quieted down. The wo.
men were happy as crickcts, and An.
1v went through the story of the fights
he hal been in at Belmont, at Fort
Henry aud Fort DoneIson, where Lo.
g N was wounded at Shiloh. at the
Bag Black and Champion Hill. anil
finally at Vicksburg. But even then
he was not done There was not
line that evening to tell all. In list.
ening, the Squire was so proud Of his
son aud or the success Of the North
ern Army, that he almost forgot he
was Democrat.
Next morning before they started.
Susan hal to show her husband her
piece, and how she could weave. He
left her weaving with all her might.
A woman needs strong ankles to
work the treadles, and, in weaving,
she gets them.
I They went ont to look at the wheat
and clover.
The women saw them walking
around and at last stop by n pair of
bars. The old man held down his
heal a COOL deal,a If listening. while
Andy made gestures ~ If engaged in
telling something. When they came
to dinner, OF greens aud plenty of
other things, the squire said:
"Old. woman, If what Andy's been
tellen' mes true, there's some mis-
take about this Golden Circular bust
uess, AMI I've got to look into to it,
and If it's 50, and it seems to be so,
then them lawyers to town has been
lyin' to me the cusse1est."
When Audv's furlough expired,
and he hal started TO return to the
army. his father gave him his best
wishes and hoped his safe return -
He hoped too that he might be vic.
torious over the rebels in every bat.
tie. Susan held up her b,hy aB high
as sle could that he might see it to
the last. II would be hrrl to IN.
dertaIe to tell how much encouraged
Andy felt.
Soon after that, IL was talked about
among the Copperhead7, that the fur.
orghe1 soldiers had been convert
ing the people Of Rose Prairie to Un-
ionism, and compile oflawyers came
down TO see about it,
Mr. CT ford being the most influential
man, they called on him first. After
going through u considerable long,
smooth AMI slippery Introduction,
they told him their business He
eonfesse he had changed his mind,
ant ne UlDugiL uici~ ~ ic5t,lIit;-
orght to know better than 10 be de.
cniving plain farmers who coal I'm
he expected to know all aholt poll
tics. All how colll they know
whom they never hal Glich schN1'iig
anl this wa becllse the bllsta | OH
slrvehOl ler3 were they clm1 from
diln't want no schools Oje Ot thnm,
who il figuring to get to the Legisll
tire. let ont. in qrite speech lillel
with genuine Copper Democracy, tel
ling about Lincoln's tyranny, the
overthrow Of the Constitution, high
taxaa. the ruin Of the country, and
concluded by saying we onglt to
let the South go.
"I'r tell von.' said the Old mtn,
what they'd say of Won down in the
army If YOU talked that way TO EN-,
thpv'd say Won WA n dan1el traitor
AMI irvou had no fust-hest friend with
yo1 they'd string Won up; and if
was with EN- woulln't care much to
ho,p 'cn. Theii's my sentiments
fair and sqrare.'
"This /, very strange, Squire Cliff
ford. very strange in Iced Why, sir,
Won hclong to the Knights Of the GDl
den Circle, and yon cannot have for.
gotten tho solemn oath yon have tn,
ken, nor the dreadful pcnattv wh'c''
attaches to the violation of tn It oath.
This made the Squire mad,
"Git ont Of my ho1se, von Internal
scorndrel-vou traitor to your Go
an1 vorr country Gon lied To me o.
git mo into it. Git ont Of nv hon3e
All if any Of Won Golden Circnlar'
tech n hair of me or mine. Iii send
for Andy IN | the rest Of the BOYS,
AMI. bv tie JcholSp, thoy won't leave
. grease spot Of your whole gang.
Git OFT OF my house, III have moth
in IN do with a traitor tO my country
an the old lar, the star, an stripes.
The LAWYER went-they both west.
When he WAS getting on his horse,
he said:
"Gool bv, Mr.. Clifford. You've
got to he Yankee Niger, see.
1t mist he Won want a nigger wench. v
Eyes. I 10; want thousand OF
'em. l amt afaard OF niggcrs as
much as was. Tn ashamed, thongh,
| ever was traitor like you is. Yes,
I was a traitor, and | helped to fight
agin Andy and Susan and Susan AMI
her baby there. But thank God, in
his marcy I'm traitor no longer
1t would have done you good had
you seen how pleased the women
were to hear the Squire give the law
yer his mind.
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IN reference to the Cleveland Con-
venton, the lhany Journal says
This Cleveland Convention will 10