The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-09-13

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Taylor and Cuth Bnllitt, and there
WIZ the Nelson's and Yeadons and the
representatives Nv the first families NV
the South, and. in Phitadelphia aL q
! Contention. with all the leadin Dem.
ocrats NV the North, ceplin Vallan-
digbam, and Wood, and they wuz
skulkin around within call. with their
wa!chful eyes on the perceedins. Here
is a prospek ! Here is fatnis! The
President into our confidence! The
postmastcrs runnin the Convention !
The bands a playin Dixie and the
Siar Spangled Banner aItcrnitly, so
that no body Good complain Nv par.
TALLY, or tell RELY which side the
Convention wuz on, or w1i6h side it
had been on in the past. All! my too
susceptible sole filed mp again, the
teers started, but that vent wuznt
enuff, and fell faintin onto the floor.
Twenty or thirty Northern delegates.
seed the fallin, and ketchin sile NV the
gray coat with the brass star onto IL.
rushed to ketch me and they bore me
out nv the wigwam. Sci one: wat
a ;echln scene-overpOwrred by his
leeIins = Yes sed another he dc
serves an appintmentn
! didn't 20 back to the Convensbun
COZ | knowd il want no vo9se, and be.
sides, after all the tecrs thut bed been
shed, the members wringin their han.
kerchers onto the floor. i wnz sloppy
under foot Cancellation and tender.
ness gnshed out Nv en- kn0wd it
wool be all right-IL cun,tnt be 9th
'rwisc. There wdz bombs wieh held
the members together and prevented
the possibility Nv trouble, johnson hev-
in ambition to head a pary must hcv
a party to head. The Northern dele.
gashun, wich he'd formerly actid with.
the Ablishnists couldn't DO nothin
without the Democracy North, and
both on em combiuin couldn't do
nothin without the Democracy South.
The President Good depend on the
Democracy North, cnz he holds the
offices; the Democracy North Good de-
pend on the Presiden1 coz he must hev
ther votes the President could depend
on the, Democracy South coz they
want him to make fight asin a Abb
oIishen Congress, which is uncon-
slooshenIy keepin Nv en- out and pre-.
ventin EN- from whollopin their Mig
gers, the Democracy South Good de-
pend on the President coz he must hev
their Representatives in their seats to
beat the Ablishnists in Cnngris,-all
Good depend on all, each caod depend
on the other, ccz each faction or ruth
er each stripe he'd its IjllIe private axe
to grind wich it coodent 10 without
the others to turn the grind stone,
The Southern delegates some on EN-
wuznt so well pleased. "Nnat in thun-
der" sed one w em, "dil Lhey mean
by pilin on the agony OVER the Yanks
we kllled?-by pIedgin US TO give up
the ice Nv seceshen, AMI by pledgin
on us to pay the Nashentl Yankee
debt p
Sh + sed |, "easy over the rough
places. Ny friend they didn't mean
it, or cf they did zee didn't Is oath
so hard to break? Wood it trouble
that eminent patriot Breckenridge af
ter all the times be swore to support
the Constitution, to sware to il wunst
more? And wood it trouble him tc
break it any more'n it did in 81? Nay
verify, Dismiss them gloomy thots
Valandigham wuz kicked out, but ;
thousand mules, and all Nv en- ole
and experienced, cooden't kick hin
out nv our service. DoOlittle talked
Northern talk coz its a habit he 90
into doorin the war, but he'll git ovel
it. Raymond will be on our side thi
, year, certain, for last year he wuz agiI
us, and by the time he is ready to turr
agin hell be worn to so small u pin
that he woI be worth hevin, and The
Dimocricy NV the North wuz allui
ourn, and ef they wuzzent, the Office,
Johnson hez in reserve will draw Ell
, like lode stun.
My deer sir, wunst knowd a Irish
, man, who wuz sence killed in n Fen
ian raid, employed as a artist in we'll
diggin. 1t wuz his lot TO 90 to tht
bottom Nv the excavation and load th,
bucket with earth. The dinner horr
! sounded and he, with the alacrity
characteristic Nv the race, sprang int
, the bucket and told EN- TO hist away
and they histed, but ez they histet
they amoozed themselves droppiI
+ earth onto him. "Shtop!" seG he, bu
they didn't. 'Shtop!" scd he, ''or bt
gorra I'll cut the rope" My dear sir
{ Randall, and Doolittle, and Seward
and Johnson are histin us'out Nv th
+ pit we fell into in 1860 Their it'll
r talk about debts and slavery and slct
/ is the earth theyr droppin onto us 70
n iun, but shel we like Teots cut th
rope2 Naryl Let EN- hist, and whe
A we're safe ont and on solid ground, W
kin, eff we desire, turn aud chuck el
2 into tho hole.
All went off satisfed-the North El
d men, tor they carried home with e'
G their commishuns-I, feolin that m
n Post Office wuz sekoor for ef, with tn
show we've got, we can't re elect OH
1t son, the glory NY the Democrlcy he
o departed indeed.
i PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, ?. Nj.
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