The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-02

STlTUTlON, ny THE ETERNAL GOD
WOULD EXECUTE THEM"-AvpREw JoHx-
soy, is the Unifed Ssutes Senate March I'd, 1851
From the Nipsntuck Raprouser.l
Charleston Correspondence.
To the Editor Of the Nipantuck Raprouser:
MY DEER FRIEND Il take my pen in hand
to rite you few lines to let you no about our
Mas kunvenshun, wich went augh in this
plais on Satterday last akordin to the call of
the behind-the-eurtin Dimmycratic Koperhed
grand fuegelers ov Nipantnck, Rosy Noun
Alni and Penitenshiaryvil. Yu no how, in the
meetin we had in yoor orfs, down in Nipan-
tuck. we had everythin arranged The onder-
standin was, that the cheef fngelers in this
moovment wus to sta in the shaid, fur feer that
THAR auntyseedents nit Spite the hole thing,
and defect our Offices. And we Captius and
korporals wus tn git as menny shaky sollers
and le-all sitizens intu the thing as we cud,
and we, nu hands. was to run the masheen
And SO we ondertuk the job; and you no that
it wos onderstud that us Captins and Korpor-
ais shud hev emmy orfis we mite want I'D tn
Deestrick Aturni or Sheriff. wenever the nu
organization, into which we hev gon, akord-
ing to ole Charley Mason's orders shud be
abel to elekt us. And, tn bring us Cap.ins
and Korporals owt, SO that the people shud
no hu we wus, we wus to go as delegaits to the
Stait Kunvenshun up tn Rakoon Forks Wei
on Toosday mite, as we wus likering at the Ole
Righ Saloon in Nipantuck, we heerd that the
rale bony fdee soljecrs, down in the hospittel.
aud number ov the sitizens that wus oppozd
to niger suffrage, but hu didn't like you ole
line Kopperhed Dimmycrats wus goin up tn
Charleston on Satterday mornn, and we wus
afraid we cudn't manige them fellurs, and
theigh wud talk our masheen owt ov our
hands, and Spite our hole Arrangement. So
we got up afore day, and got gud speedy hos
ses, and we started gud and airly, fur feer
that them sollers and Curnel hills, and them
anty Kopperhed- lyal-sitizens wud git up THAR
ahed ov us, and Spite our fun. And 1 tell
yu the way we rode wus sum. The gait keep
err, at the sekund gait, swear, as we KUN back.
that theigh jist saw streek passin THAR,
when we went thru, and woodent hev non
that emmy boldly had gon by ef it hadn't bin
fur our hkit, which jest landed, CARD by the
velosity oy the wind, rite inter the gait hous
door. Vel, We stopped along the weigh tn
n.
that we nu WAR yure old trends, and wun or
tn that wonted aughphis. that we wonted to
advise with up THAR; and we got THAR in gud
time, and we went round the town and drum
ed up our foxes, and got them intu the skool-
nous and THAR wus rs tn Captins. and tn
Sargens, and phour lie-all sitizens. and VIM
luther man that we kud depend on, koz he had
fault fur the Suthern kunfederasy and we
konsulted, and we konkluded, onder the stres
ov circumstances, and as we wus the Konven-
ton, that we had best aurganize; and theigh
elected Captin Bully Engineer, Cheerman.
and Mr.. Badcock and Sariint Mireus. Score
taries and the cheerman put augh his openin
speach, and declared the meeting aureanized
and reddy for biznes. Vel we went on and
appineted our kummitty on platform; aud we
he'd konsiderabel trubel about that, becoz
THAR was so few THAR, and we wus afraid tn
put evry boldly on that kummitty, for feer oy
sum mistaik, and so we had tn consult but
our ole friend, the Judg, from Penitenshiaryvil.
advised us, and We got it dun all o. k
Jist as we went at that bisness, in Gums
Kurnel hills, Curnel parut and Captin rene.s.
of Nipantuk ; and Curnel hills, he scanned
dredful mad and TUX on monstrusly. He
askt the cheerman why we did mt wairht fur
them soljurs and sitizens that was kumin up
tn Charleston, onder our call? Wei, he lest
told him that we didn't want to hev anythin tn
du with him and his co-niggerheds frum the
hospittels, fur theigh had no sympathy fur our
trends, and kud'n cum into our ring. The
cheerman had notion tn tel him theigh was
set Nv Linkun hirelins. and nd hev eff it
had mt bin fur sum persunel rehektons tibet
init hev arisen on account ov his hevin bin in
the army tn, and becaughs we wonted To how
soDer kunyenshun NV it emmy how, eff we
did mt hev no so6ers THAR Well. he wudent
hsen tn whot the cheerman sed. and went on
with his gass, and he stampt and rayd and
tore up orfuliy. But Captin Playhousa nv
the Qunine Brigaid Jest told him that ef hs
didn't stop he wud sho him and his trends
thundir. and this kworel wud be desded rioh
ct arrives. Jest then Captin renels jumpt un.
and shook his fist and stampt on the fore and
sed he," "Look hear, Captin Playhouse, wot
du yu mean by having 1t desided riqh ct ar.
Hsiess That means an appeal to artillery. And
! am used to working big guns; and by INN.
my, eff yu doont talk cair, I'll maik YOU smell
powder," Wei we wus afraid NV it getin up
disturbans rit in the konvenshen, and hin.
derm Qwr bisness, and we did Mt NO how
cloas them soIers from the hospittels mt he
either, or wat theigh NIT do il they understood
how mAttars wus raning. and the truths tho
l wudent lik tn tel il tn enyboddy but WI tibet
We f0t ak0neidderabel skaired, and SO Can
tan Playhouse, th was intirely demoralized,
tx y ~ back; and the cheerman sed he |
@Gnt mpA anything, and they should let it t
H. hills, be maid anuther speach, and ses
h6, kmOov thet the proceedings NV this Kun. /
venskup BE- delaid wun howr. Wei the cheer. !,
pan ssN whair that WIS goin to lead Ia and
- ~ haf jest got out or yum scraip without i
- ip0 of bl0d, he did'nt won't 70 ~ into
ela6tkss. And 10, - 10, asCurusl hsiln s. Il
t1nadsr, an cheerahah ~ this litetint.af