Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1866-03-02

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I see lite / II beams o,'io me! Il pcnc
trutes mo II fills me Coy to the world
! hey diskiyered The eusls Of the deeln,
Of tho Din,ocrixy. / sred Il yizierdss -
wuz wondcrin on lbe eehboring hills
4 nlusin on 70 tho dc of hnmnuis,
er saempliaed IN the I'ske grocer, roc
kcepefat the Corners 49, unanimously y
reioozed 10 give me iur,hercrcdit for corn
whisky. wich is tho srtioIo lhey nse in|thi.
country to pizcn themnIro| with. lie as.
scored me that he had The utmost regard
for, f. %S <. sss me, d''Sssssa t.sss
so many NV, to wit: thatu NV payin for my
likkcr Therefore the account mite be
considered closed. Then, for the first time
in my life, blceved in total depraviiy.
While musin 10 melankoly mood on
the darx cloud wich fell across my path
way, aud the fall Nv the Dimocratic party,
! came onic a party Nv men born for lie.
Then the trooth flashed over me--their
operations showed me the way to success,
the shoor path TO triumph.
"When,' said to myself "when men
seek gain, they bore for IL. They 20 down
never up Even so with the Dimocrisy
We dug downward, downward, downward,
through all the strata Nv society. We went
through the groceries--thc next stratum
was the most Ignorant Nv the furriners-
then We struck the poor whites Nv the
South then below them the heft NV the
people NV Moo Gersy--then So ithcrn Il
I..I. L.. h..
Missouri-and SO ON. We never went up
wards Tor converts, cause twant no USE
when man wanted 10 jine us. he alluz
he'd to come down. We got lots Nv con.
yerts. ~ elf ~
There was regular sliding scale which
the heft Nv Dimocrats who wuznt born in
the party hev slid down, to wit:
Quarter dollar smiles.
Is cent nps.
10 cent drinks.
cent sucks.
A fat flask concealed.
A bottle openly.
Dimocrisy.
We lost our hold for two reasons. First
the poor likker We bcv now kills off our
votes too fast, aud the tax on whisky
forced two thirds NV our people to quit
suckin, aud ez soou cz they begun to git
on their icet they jipej the Ablshnisis.-
Secondly, our leaders rpozed ther wuz no
lower stratum to dig irio, aud Civ up in
disgust
But bcv diskiyered that lower stratum
hev found II. aud 'vhon the idee flashed
over ny Wcbderian iniellcek shouted
liaileIoogy. The uirser is the lower sira-
tum, aud II We bore down to IL, aud work
II thoroughly. We hey at least twenty
years lease Nv power.
We must cultivate The niyger. lie must
hoy tho sufiragel Ii iss burnip shame
that this Nineteenth sentry. in the full
blaze Nv intelligence, liyin under Dekla.
rashn which declares all men "lrec and
ekal," ihut large body nv men shood be
denied the glorious privilege Nv bein taken
up TO the poles aud voted. Is not the
AirkIn nung Is he not taxed cz We are,
aud more lhun most Nv The Democri,y, for
many NV EN- own property; is he not amen
able 10 all tho laws even ez We areg Then
why, tTumphantly ask is he not entitled
10 yoteY All why? indeed!
"But this is AbIishni,m - mcthinks |
hear an obioosc Dimocrat observe IN hor.
ror-"und Why give them votes, who will
use EN- aRin ur?'
My gentle friend will they use their bal.
lot agin Us? Ef | know myself think
not, Kin they read? Kin they write?--
Aint the bulk NV EN- rather degraded and
ls.xu fH... L.. Int hat
the kind Nv stock we want, and the kind
wich hez altuz set us up? Reudin hcz ulluz
bin agin us-eyery skool master is en-.
gine Nv Ablishnism--e,ery noospaper is
cuss. Gineral Wise Nv Virginia. when
he thanked God there wuzn't a poospapcr
in his deestrick, he'd reuson to, for do 800
sposc rcudin constituency wood hev ever
kept sich blathcrskite ez him IN Congress,
year after year?
Then agin, the Constooshnal Amend
ment will pass. givin iepresentashen to
TO ", ters alone. The Democratic States
will he more members NV Congress aud
more electoral votes than afore the war; aud
them States W. kin depend on.
But my skcem is still more comprchen-
South. Wen send em North. a few
Thousand will oyerbalanee the Ablishn
majority in Moo Gersey; fifty thousand
will bring Ohio back 20 tho fold, the same
number will do for Moo York and Penn
sylyany, aud the country is savcd--wc will
be able 10 elect the President. Thus the
nit the Ablishnist dug for us he fall iuto
iisself-tbc club bc cut for Ms will brcnk
his own head.
Honey hcz kun out nv the carcass, good
hez perccdcd from Nazaroth. The nirger
smclls swcc,cr 10 me now than Mite bloom
in Seriou.; he is more preshus 10 me than.
gold or silver or pleshus stones. lie in the
way. aud shell walk IN il. lie shcl lifl
mo into a Post orh-. We must give our
Ahikin brother--fo for is he not man aud
broihcr?- not only the suffrage, but he
must hev land, aud the Democracy n1s,
give IL 10 him. I want Gauit Dayis 10
iuzian,ly interdoose bill into the SENT
giving each iami quarter section up
land, . pair Nv mules aud o conk stovo,
and each female African sister two farin
calicc dresses aud red bonnet want
him 20 advocate the bill In a speech Nv
not moro than two hours, 40 that il will
Stand some chance ny passin. On second
thought guess rome other man had better
inierdooso tho bill. as the SENT bez got into
sich a haLit Nv votip down everything he
proposes that thoy'd sla,hcr this without
considering II, on jinernl principles.
Thon we've eai EN- Work ez hard 81