Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-05-09
NIISCELLANY-
Nasty on Building up Dimocraoy,
CoNFEDEIT Y ROADS, J
(Which is in the Stait Nv Ky.

April u, 1866. J
] hev diskiy1rcd the cause NV the
dekIine Nv the Dimocrasy. | seed it
Yesterday. | WIZ wundcrin on the
neighborin hills, a musin onto the de-
prayity Nv humanity cz eXcmplificd in
the person ov the grocery keeper at
the Ca"ners, who unanimously rcf0os-
ed to give l2e further credit for corn
whisky, wich is the artaclc theg 5,oose
in this country to p;zen themselves
with. He assoorcd me that he had the
utmost regard for my many virtues,
but he.diskivcrcd that the one he priced
the most | hcdn't so many uv, to wit:
that NV paying for my ticker. There
tore the account mite be considered
closed. Then for the first time in my
life, ! believed in total depravity.
While moosin in melankoly mood
on this dark cloud wich fell across the
Dimocratic party. | came onto a party
nv men borin for ilc Then the trooth
flashed ever mc--their operations
showed ne the way to success-the
shoor path to triumph.
'Wfen, said | to myself, when men
seek to gain lie they bore for il. Tha
20 dOwn-neveriUp Even SO with the
Dimocrasy. We dug downward :. down
ward through all the strata Nv sooie-
ty. We went through all the grocer
ies-the stratum was the most ignorant
Nv furiners, then we struk the poor
whites Nv the South, then below them
the left NV the poor whites Nv Moo
| Gersey-thcn Southern Illinois and
Indiana, thon Pike county, Missouri,
and so on! We never went upwards
for converts because 'twant no use
had to come down. We got lots Of
converts.
There was regular sliding scale
with the heft uv Dimecrats who wasn't
born in the party and hey slid down,
to wit:
Quarter dollar smiles
ID cent nipS.
10 cent drinks.
! 6 cent sucks.
y fiat flask concealed.
/ A bottle openly.
Dimocracy.
We lost our hold for two reasons
First the poor Ticker We have now,
kills off our voters too fast, and the
ta& on whisky forced ,tGo-thirds Of or
people to quit sEcl,lin, and ez soon ez
they begin to git on their feet jired
the AbiIitionists. Secondly, our lead
ers supposed there wuz no other stra-
tum to dig into, and they gave up Ii.
disgust.
But | have diskivcred the lower stra-
tum-L have found it, and when the
idea flashed over my Websterian intel
lect | shouted HalIeloogy! The mig
ger is the lower stratum, and eff We
bore down to it, and work it thorough
ly, we hev at least twenty years lease
Nv power
We must cultivate the nigger. II,
mast hev the Sutruge. 1t is a burning
shame that in this Nineteenth Sentry
the full blaze NV intelligence, livin un
der a Deklarashun wich declares all
men free and ekal,' that Il large body
Of men sbood DO denied the glorious
privilege Nv being taken up to the poles
and voted Is not the Atrikin man!
Is he not taxed cz we are and as much
as most Nv the Dim0crasy, for many OF
them own property; is he not amena'
bic to all the laws even as we Is! Then
why, l triumphantIy ask, is he not
entitled to vote? An why not IN
deed
But this is Abolition? mcthinks
hear an obtuse Dlmocrasy observe il
horror-'and why give them votes
who will use them against u.s.?
My gentle friond will they use thei
hauots acin Us IF kno'r mvself