The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-11-17
A1armin Progress Nv Radikleism
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Fallin in2 q convenient hole along
side Nv the track, swoonded. While
in that stait saw on the fence near
me, the form NV Satan himself.
"Avant!" cried l. "Comest thou
to torment me afore my time p
"Don't skeer," retortid he, 81 amt
after 700 yit. Didst never read the
remark NV The wise old man to the
boys? MY sons,' said he, why club
orf the apples from the trees when
If yoo let EN- alone they will fall to
VOC uv their own accord No! no
I'd never take the trouble to cum al
ter 700 and sich cz 700"
"Why art thou here, then p sed |
"For various reasons" scd he
I'm amoosin myself Moo Gersey
is a favorit place tor me, for pleasur-
in purposis. I've more trends, in
proportion to the population, here
than in any ther locality"
Re. assured, asked His Majesty
some questions, as to what kind Nv
bizness he wuz doin, &c.
"Bully!" sez he, bully! When the
South rebelled my sole expandid
with COY. / he'd dcd wood on them
localities o, 1t did mo good to SOC
the clergy nv the South fling orr the
sackerdotal robes and grid on the
sword and 90 for slawter. They
never he'd much religion, and that lit
tie they dispensed with immejitly.--
flattered myself that l he'd Il good
thing Nv it. / knowd that ef it wul
a success that the poor whites would
be made poorer, and the rich richer
which is stait Nv things to be de.
sired, as Piety don't flourish mucl
under $4,000, and not a bit over
100000. 1t is between these sums
that you find pious men. Well, SC
long az Mcclellan and Booel wuz il
command everything worked vel
and 1 gushed. But, alas, wei Grant
Il Sherman a. Thomas & Sheridan
got holt, nay visiens WIZ blastid, and
az the Coniedracy went down my sole
went with it. Finally the Ceniedra
cy collapst and l shrekt, satisfied
that that the Almighty had conclad
id to take that section NV country
out nv my hands. after lettin me
rool it so long. o! it wuz crooel |!
"Why then do 700 feel so wei
nowP" sed I.
"Becoz, / alluZ feel we'll in Noe
Gersey, and becoz things amt work
in so bad after all. The South ain,
disposed to give up their idees at all
l notice they speak uv the Unior
men NV the North ez "Radikle Re
publilfins," wlch shows they mean tc
make he'd agin the only ones in tn,
Yoonitid Staits l ever feared. Also
Slavery is nominally ded, but no
really. If it he'd been killed in ear
nest, planters woodent hev he'd the
means to drive fast hosses, and gam
BILE, and buy fancy octoroons and
per consequence, sum NV the Com
mandments wood hev ben better OBJ
served. The South perpose to give
the nigger S5 per month, wich won
keep him in terbacker. The North
ern Legislachers will all pass law,
ferbiddin him to cum North so Cut
is atwcen the upper and neither mill
stun, after all Then follers steelins
and robberi,s, and murders, and ar
sons and insurrections,- here hi
rubbed his hands and more sici
doins than 700 ever dreemed w.
The niger never'll larn tn read, anG
will, in conscience, cum tn my hanC
materially; his master will grow fa
on his lober, and git corrupt, and ul
coarse I'll git him.
i'Then, agin: the indications az,
hunky, in the North. When sicl
men ez Beecher gifts in2 the parduI
mood, I'm safe. Why, tother day |
red, in the Herald, Ga paper allu;
took, sermon, in wich he spok'
highly Nv Ginral Lee, the same in
divijooel who wuz in command. will
Belle Isle and Castle, Thunder stink
in under his nose, and I eoodent re
press smile.
"'Hunky for Beecherv sed il
extasy. Long live Henry Ward
ekkoed all my principal fallen angels
'for 10! he's gittin to be mercifu
toard them ez serve u.s. and my pal
is re.ekkoed with three jubilan
shouts. There amt no yoose NV try
in to keep me down so long ez th
DimoVisy hev pluck, and the Sout
amt all killed orr. They'll deman
and yoo'll give, and their demand