Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-08-29


It wuz copjenyel party. Their wuz
M, and Deekin Pogram, and Bascom, Nv
cou rse, for 1t wuZ at Bascom's, and Capt.
McPtlter, ami Issaker Gavitt, and Joe
Bigler, who WIZ, materially, mischeevusly
intox Gated. We he'd met TO rejoise over
the result Nv the Kentucky eleckshun
and the removal nv Stanton, and we
wuZ rejoisin. We he'd bin rejoisln
for several hours, when the Deekin,
blessins on his frosty brow, perposed
that we take one more drink, to witch we
ackseeded with alacrlty. Ez Bascom
handed back the Deekin his change, the
old man observed among it a most viii
famous counterfeit ten cent postal cur
rency. Bascom," sed he, in an ipjoored
tone, really / can't take that-it's coun.
terfeit." "Certin It's, Deekin," sed
George W., "certin, but what's the odds2
Ez matter nv course, Deekin, I'll git it
agin afore to-morrer. It's evenchooally
my loss, amt it, ez git all the money
that floats here? Carry it till 1t comes
around TO me, Deekin, in the material
course NV evence. Let US bear each
others burdens, Deekin ?'' And Bascom
smiled sweetly onto him.
l don't know when | felt so happy.
Kentucky he'd spoken. We he'd elected
Helm by q majority of forty odd thous.
and, and he'd with him elected strate
Stait ticket, incloodlng all the Congress.
men. The Ablishnists he'd no show
watever. The candidates were strate
Democrats every one Nv EN-. Sum Nv
EN- he'd bin accosed NV leanin towards
the Fedrel side, but they he'd by affidavits
proved themselves troo to the Democ-
risy. One candidate he'd bin charged,
by envisus cuss, Nv hevin furnisht the
Fedrel forces with bosses, but he indig-
nently repealed the charge. His enemies
brought forrerd the documents shown
that he he'd furnisht the Fedrel forces
with bosses, and | trembled for him.
But he smilingly cum to the scratch.
He he'd contracted 10 furnish EN- with
hosses-he he'd taken their accused
greenbacks, but whereforeG Wuz 1t to
benefit 'em2 WIZ it to add to the re-
sources of the gorilla Linkin, or the re-
verse 2 Let the facts answer. When
wuz the bosses delivered ? Ha ha Did
the Fedrel officer git 'em He did. Did
he keep em? Alars That mite John
Morgan, who syeled his devoshen to the
Confedracy with his blood, scooped 'em,
and them bosses which the Fedrels paid
for did servis in the Confedrit army, He
wood ask his maligners whether it wuz
sinful for troo Confedrlt to take money
Nv the Fedrels for furnishiL supplies to
the Confedracv He'd these HOSES re-
manned in the hands Nv the farmers Nv
Kentucky, John Morgan would hev felt
a delicacy in takin EN- ez the farmers
had valyoo received he wuz free and he
took EN-. Sich reasonin Good not fail to
convince, and the candidate wuz Nv
course, electid. The shafts Nv his enc
mics fell pintless.
Therefore I felt happy. The waves
Nv Ablishnism rolled over all the other
States, but against Kentucky they
struck harmless. Kentucky is brite
oasis in the desert. Built upon Ham
and Hagar, bleevin In the sooperiority
of the white race, and that same race
holdin in their hands the privilege Nv
sayin who shood and who shood not
vote, they wuz safe. And we sot in 81
lence, contemplatin our happiness.
At last Deekin Pogram spoke. He
sighed az he spoke. He had heard Nv
Tennessee He he'd seen the lection re
turns, and he wuz ez much afflicted "a
We wuz ri DIST. Wherefore sed he
shood we trtl good, while our brethren
in Tennessee are wailin over ther woes
The niger with US is in his norma
speer | n.v twelve swetin on my
farm, and four expatiatin the cuss u,
Noer in my kitchen. The men yield tc
the power Nv the stronger race, and thu
the females bow meekly to Their destiny
Tom, my Oldest son, is happy ant
stays at home, aud my other sons is ei
eontented ez they kin be. But it is no
30 in Tennessee. There they are not nor.
mai There white men bow beneath
power they can't resist There thu mig
ger hez q vote, and the white man, wht
foileled his State is DISTINGUISHED. M,
God how kin man be happy undo
SIGH circumstances How kin Dino
KRAFT rejoice when jist across the line b
sets liberty weepin, PROSTATE, and tn
white man, who struck for his liberty
pun DtCoA NV HIS uepliFdoueH NV Ill
rite of suffrsge2" He Good feel goo
over Kentucky, but he wept over Ten
Dessee.
Bascom remarked that he too, felt 70
Tennessee, but he was consoled. Ker
lucky he'd proved true, and johnson on
worthy son nv Tennessee, had remove
Stanton Wat more Good we want
Kentucky he'd gone Dimocratlc an
Johnson had removed Stanton.
"And Tennessee had elected Brown
low, and Johnson has appinted Grant,
whispered Joe Bigler.
This hit US. This griped us. This
wuss nor cathartic to us. Ef Ker
lucky is oil, Tennessee is aquafortis. i
Stanton is soothin, Grant is pizel
Wherein are we better with the one tha
With the other lis question witch "
askt ourselves over and over agin.
But we ielt good after all. The Demo
cracy NV Tennessee may suffer, and 1t
probable that they will suffer. Thel
the Ethiopian votes by State law, b,
Kentucky is herself alone. Kentuck
will never be so afflicted. Kentucky b,
yet the maxim Nv her own laws. 81
will let them vote ez she sees fit at