Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-12-22
Brick Pumeroy on John Mogrissey and
other NOtabies.

York poliicians, i, is supplied by the
election OF Juhn MoIrissey, the ex-pusI-
list, and veBI,by faro dealer, TO Congress Z
from the Commercial Metropolis Of the
Wes,ren world. Whs! he has ever done
to he lhus chosen is more thsn we knnw
Of. As prize.fghter lie won world
wide ro'itiety. AS gambler he has
ganed fortunes aud lives 10 enjoy them,
and Why his lIieads should now seek TO
disgrace hm hy an election 10 RuMp
Congress is mere thsu we can Tell.
The Ra,Ncsl papers are making sres,
ado over lis election by majority OF
thousands. lie, US see little.
Who and whal is MOrrissey
H. is stout. gooG locking lrshman,
Of sbou. forty FIVE. He weighs about one
hundred and eighty five pounds He has
good head. clear brain. deep, earn
est, fearless brown black eye he speaks
slow and earnestly he is about hVe leet
eleven inches high, broad shoudered,
deep chesied, strong OF muscle; h's hs''
is beau,ful glossy black. slightly waVy,
worn reasonably long, and ilecked With
! few gieY seullneis; his beard anu mus
..che IRE wori full he dresses in tanl.
less black troadcloth, wears a single o'a'
mond bosom pm worth five thousand dol
lars. d large sQnet ring. and large sleeve
buttons, studded wiih di4monds; he Is
wealthy he is LIBERAL 10 lie poor, CIV
my thoussnd. Of dollar. yearly TO objects
of charity he pays hundred cents Oh
the dollar for al he owes be champions
,he poor and deienceless lie moves IN
he best society OF New York /; he is
clear headed business man, with broad,
liberal, national views.
He was poor, ignorant boy brought
up much as are preachers sons. 10 sII
manner of devilment. and a credit 10 no.
BODY. He has risen from the Lowest
rouads-he came up from The lowest
walks OF life. through ignorance anu BAD
edu uca,lon, 10 the position he occupies
He is no, bras ler- no, saloon 'hset-
not dunk ard-nUt a robber-noi thici
no, murderer-uot hypocr'te-no'
a Union hster--not dcspiser oi The peo
ple and an obsequious snob, who bends
Ihe knee to III. Puritan bondacracy 0i
\. " EnLlsud and lis morbid Chrs'Ianl
y.
John Morrissey is gentleman who
mind, his own business, and thousand
lln.es more Iespefiahle. than some Radi-
cal ministers Of ,he Gospel OF this coon
Il NV or ,neif rsniih : followers.
ils was poor man--so "as Aoe L'n'
coin. Morrissey WAS mechanlc-lhn-
cola was Fail splitter. Morrssey talks.
scls, appears like a gentleman OF sense.
) Lincoln told s,SBt,, stories. siiiched hogs
eyelids together 10 blind ksm so he c""Id
Griva Unemployed his knuekles into oeo'
pls'. ribs, and gufawed al his own smart
uees
Morrisssg owns faro banks and sts be.
hind The table TO deal the cards for others
10 be, IN. We do no, see that II IS w"rse
% 81, behind his ,obie than for Thad. Ste.
yens, Dick Yates. Tin. o. Howe, nnd
ntler leatng Republicans TO 81, before n
snd BET on The cards as Morrissey deals
hem out.
He had prize match with Heensn
nee, but " hen ihe c0niss! was over, he
hook hand, Win bis opponent, and each
oreo. The bloody past and became friends.
nd The two united now make strong
cam. The example OF Morrissey would
)e good one (or Radicals 10 follow.
lie never stole spoons. Watches and
liamond je oeIry for his wife as Ben But
erhas. When he fought with Heensn
re did no, pick ais pockets, or insult his
lister or molher as the brute Butler insult
ID the women of The South who were
robbed by bis orders and tsvlshed ty
,roes and drunken whites with bis csfs1
sent in retaliation for their expressing
heir disgust al his vensliues.
He never stole cotton as did Banks,
and Others Of The God and Mors'l'y
heyes.
He never allowed men TO be murdered.
Slaughtered aud captured as Banks oid
Northern men on Red River, IN his cru
.ade for co,on and niegers.
He is not rotten with the most ioul,
,as,y. sinking. and body.desToyIns di-
,ease which is The penalty for indule,ne
y licentiousness, as is Morton, OF lndi-
ma.
lie eisnos gutter drunksrd, as Ys'es'
{ illinois.
He is moi a ran,ing. eanling. blssPhe. /
IONS, hell.deserving tenement OF hate,
.norsnce. seIhshness and hypocrisy, as
Brownlow. of Tennessee.
When 10 6gh, he never went out oil
back door. like peas from lin scoop
with his shir, futtering in The breeze,
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