Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1866-08-04
Nasty Turns . Meetipg Called 20 Indorse
General Rosseau to Account.

Nasty Turns neetisg Called 90 Indorse
General Rosseau to Account.
CoxYxprsrf RoAps (wich is in the stait
Kentucky June z 1850
! There wuz joy at the Corners. when the ros.-
master (who takes the only paper wich comes lo
some demoralized niggers who hev learned 10
read and the officers the Freedmen s buro"
here, read to the crowd the news Nv the canin
witch Rosso. wich is Nv Kentucky. give Gnnneii.
1t sent thrill NV JOY through the Stat wien
| amt done thrillin yet. Dustin out into niue
harty cheers, we to-wonst organized a meetin LOT
the purpose nv expressin our feelins to the mo-
mentous occasion. The bell wuz rung, the peo-
pie gathered together and | wuz elected cna'r-
man (they alluz elect me to preside becoz 4 am
bald heded-they think bald beds and dignity Is
inseperable,) and Deekin Pogram Secretary
with SO Vice Presidents, one FOR each Stall
made short speech on takin the chair, congrat,
ulatin EN- on the suspicious event wich called
us together. Whereupon e committee on resoiu-
tons wuz appinted, wich after a short absence
reported ez follows:
Whereas, General Rosso, a native born ken-
tuckian, and, therefore, gentleman, hevln got
into argument with Iowa sheep breeder j
and
Whereas, Hevin got the worst NV the argu-
ment he dextrously turned it into backguara-
in and,
Whereas, Hevin got the worst Nv the oiack-
guardin, he remembered the ancient usages NV
the chvalrous sons Nv the South and caned MIN ,
therefore, be it
Resolved That we, the Democrisy Nv Con-
fedrit X Roads, witch is in the Stait Nv ken-
lucky, hereby thank General Rosso for his man
ly vndication NV The character nv Kentucky
Resolved, That we know not wich to admire
the most, the dashin Ginerals courage IN Drawn
the public sentiment Nv the North, or his pru-
dence in selectn the smallest and, physically
weakest man in the House to demonstrate onto
Resolved. That ez Thad. Stevens is 70 years
nv age and lame, and hardly recovered from his
fit Nv sickness, suggest that our beloved nero
commence n argument with him, feeln so far eZ
the argument and backguardin goes the result
will be the same, only so much more so ez to
give him a good excuse for KILN him. witch
would be doin the South servis, indeed
Resolved, That the Democrisy Nv Kentucky
hevent felt so good since the Memphis Riots.
Resolved, That this manly act Gineral
Rosso's makes up and compensates the South
for the the outrage he inflicted onto her when be
jined the vandal host witch devastated her soil,
and that hereafter he shell be received with just
the same cordaity as though he had gone into
the Confedrit instid NV the Federal servis.
Resolved, That the thanks Nv the Democrisy
are due the bold, brave men who accompanied
and stood by Gineral Rosso in this vindication
Of the Southern spirit.
put the affirmative ez is the custom here, it
being the rool, when the leaders want thing to
pass, never to call the nays, and it went through
all right. Then arose and stated he'd another
resolution, witch wished to offer, and I read it ::
Resolved, That in retainin in the Post oris
at the Corners, a Ablshnist. President Johnson
At this point Deekin Pogram interrupted me.
He spozed this meetin wuz called to congratulate
Gineral Rosso, and wat wuz the sense of mixin
up paltry Post orfs with matter Of so much
importance ez the canin NV a Ablishnist? 1t
was clearly out order.
I replied Wood you be glad or wood this
congregashun be glad to hev me in the Post
orfs, in the blaze that Ablishnist?"
The Deekin replied that personally he wood.
He had the highest respect for my massive tai
ents and my excellent qualities NV head and
heart, and besides he thought probable eft | got
the Post orfs, he wood stand a chance Nv gettin
the nine dollars and sixty-two cents borrowed
money I owed him, and.
| called him to order at once.
Bascom, who keeps the grocery, and who
furnishes me with likker (Which hev to take for
my hair on the strength remittances am to
receive, insisted on hearin the resolution eff 1t
wood further my gettin the Post orhs and SO did
the benevolent gentleman with whom board,
and resoomed:
- | GOOD reason lot lHCOTPOTatlH II
resolooshun demandin a change in the Post oris
into the proceedings Nv this meetn. There
wood be my friends" sed !, =" mo yoose NV send
ing him a naked resolution demanding this
change becoz he reserves hundreds and tens Nv
hundteds Nv applications for offices every day
in fact, they pile in at such rate that he never
opens the half NV them The Dimocrisy, my
brethren, are alive on this subject. Eff they are
to support the Pre-. ident they want, and will
hev, the postorfses-for of what use is it to
support a man and pay your own expenses? 1t
is plain that the proceedins NV post orfs meet
in wood never reach hm-but this, my brethren,
goes up to him from the PEOPLE, indorsin a sup
porter his policy, and ez it will be the only
one he heZ reserved or will reserve, he will read
it and read it through, and in the exultation he
will feel at bein endorsed by any body who
doubts the result? The Post or6s is mine"
Bascom, the grocery keeper, moved excitedly,
the adoption Nv the resolution. ] suggested
that he'd better read it, but he said it made no
difference-he knew it WIZ all rite. The new
client and confidin individooal board with sec
onded the motion, and Deekin Pogram supported
it in n short speech, Stain that he understood
that it was Brother Nasbys intention, eff he sue
ceeded in procurin the position, to devote the
first three and half years salary towards payin
off the small Indebtedness he he'd contracted
sence he he'd honored the town by residin in it.
To all of wich bandy smiled an assent, where
upon the resolution wuz adopted yoonanimously.
Hevin lived here a little risin year, the vote
perfectly yoonanimous.
Ny prosper is britenin
PETRoLEUM V. Massey.
Late Faster the Church NV the Moo Dspensashun.
THE DEATH PExALTY.-It is somewhat
prising that so few of our great journals venture
to advocate the abolition Of capital punishment.
So far MS we have seen, the Tribune alone takes
a bold and determined stand against it. If there
are other journals of the same mind they are