The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1866-09-20
JOHNNIES IN COUNCIL!
A Pop-Gun VOlley "A most Mag
nificent Fizzle

The leading Johnnies of this county de-
termined a couple of weeks since to have
a grand rally of the niger fearing clan
in this place on last Saturday. According
ly, posters announcing in flaming black
letters the names of such men as Geo. III.
Pendleton and Judge Thurman, were dis
tributed all over this and adjoining coun-
ties, and all, even loyal men, supposed
that our quiet little city would be jam
med with the traitor-loving, negrohating
Johnniecrats on the occasion.
Well. the great day came, and most
beautiful autumnal day it was. with the
roads in splendid condition; but the mana
gers looked in vain for the expected mass
es-they did not come, and to add to the
modification of the poor gray backs. the
two Chief Rebs whom they had announc-
ed. failed to make their appearance. Hence
in consequence Of the absence of the crowd
and the failure to procure speakers of even
medium respectability, it was evident by
noon of that day that the great demonstra-
ton was the most miserable failure that
ever occurred in this place, when the mag
nitude of the preparations was taken into
consideration. When the thing simmered
down it was discovered to be just re-
spectacle sized tow nship meeting, and one
half of those present were true blue Union
men who had been attracted by the great
noise made by the Johnnies in drumming
up recruits for the occasion. The poor
fellows who seemed to have charge of the
combined Copperhead and johnson show
looked blue indeed, and we could not but
pity them, for they must have felt bad over
their failure, when they reflected that they
had intended this to be such an oucr,chelm
ing demonstration as to entirely throw into
the shade the meeting of the loyal hosts a
week previous. on which occasion. not
withstanding the almost impossible con-
dition of the roads, more than twice as
many people assembled to take council as
to the best means of again saving the gov
ernment from destruction at the hands Of
traitors and their sympathizers.
But we have neither time nor space to
do justice to this magnificent fizzle; suf-
flee it to say that in the absence of the big
guns number ofpop-guns of very small
caliber were used to throw filth into the
eyes of "themasses The tamest effort
was that Of pop-gun number one, who. we
believe, halls from Columbus, and is call
ed Bingham. He seemed to be ashamed
to ''speak out in meetin'," and indulged in
a good deal of whispering, from which an
attentive listener might occasionally catch
scraps of sentences. such as 'white mans
government" "negro Suffrage 'national
debit etc. etc. After whispering and
gesticulating for some time, this individu-
al subsided amidst the most intense
silence.
The next speaker was a fellow named
Patrick, from Norwalk, who intimated that
he was there to do little blowing and
striking for the other very eminent pop
guns, and he did the blowing pretty well
but as to the striking we can't say so much,
unless it was the striking manner IN which
he demonstrated how much of an ass a
man can make of himself when he tries
He beloved awhile during which he call
ed the loyal men of this county many
pet names, such as scoundrels, black
guards, hounds, etc, and, presuming upon
his euphonious name, he endeavored tC
make the Fenians believe that he was an
Irishman, when the truth is, his parents
were born in New England and he him
self is degenerate Yankee, who has been
disowned by his kinsmen. After quoting
Il long string of poetry to satisfy his hear
ers that he had a fine memory and was a
very smart fellow, he retired in the direc-
ton of 7etreshment establishment, follow
ed by number of thirsty individuals
who at least understand one of the signs Of
the mysterious Sons of Malta.
Pop-gun number three was labelled
Eshelman, and was imported from the
State Capitol for the occasion. The dis
charges from this little piece were simply
a rehash of the stale falsehoods of the
Ohio Statesman, all of which was treated witt
the most severe silence by the motley lit
tie crowd.
Pop-gun number four was no less per
sonage than ''Fiddling Bill" who is nov
engaged in trying to fiddle himself int
Congress; but this little squirt-gul
wouldn't shoot-the manufacturer, OLE
dame Nature. disgusted with her failure
had spiked it when she turned it off of he
hands, and it has never been worth a cen
as sshootin' iron'' since. William mad
several futile attempts to get his littl
battery opened up. and despairing of sue
cess, he called upon the ''heavenly tone
Shack" of Bucyrus, to relieve him, land re
tired from the field, the German Ban
coming to his aid by playing a nationa
air, thus breaking the death-like stillnes
which prevailed in the midst of the un
terrified
''Shack," as usual, overloaded his POP
gun and it exploded on the first trial. scat
tering its contents in every direction
throwing the star spangled banner her
our pilgrim fathers and the Constitutio
there, and the radicals, negro equalit.
our prosecuted Southern brethren, etc
etc., in the most bewildering confusion a
over the immediate neighborhood.
This laughable farce wound up the PEI
formance, and the few Johnnies who wei
present went to their homes a sadder, bl
not much wiser set of fellows than whe
: they came to town.
Take it altogether this was the tame
= political demonstration the people Of VI
per Sandusky have ever witnessed, and "
Il will probably never look upon its lii
again. The old fashioned Democratic el
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