The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-10-04
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NASBY.
Mr.. Nasby details his Adven.
lures in a Strong Democratic
County in Southern Ohio
The Suffrage Question In that
part of the Democratic Herit-
age.
PosT OFFIs, CoNFEDRir Y RoADs,)
(Which is in the Stait Nv Ky.,)
September 20, 1867.
Last week / wuz invited to 90 into
Ohio to assist my brethren NV that
State. The Massedonian cry reached
me, "Come and help u.s. and ez the
cry wuz coupled with the asshoor-
ance that I shood be pervided for, ]
needed it. Couple MassedOnian cries
with whiskey, and can't resist em
l never try. knowed there wuzn !
much diffrence atween the Dimocris,
~ OhIv and Kentucky, but l wuz
onprepared for the strikin resem
blance l found. Twins is not more
similar. My lst appintment wuz in
purely Dimekratic County. 1twuz
settlement after my own heart, and
the mint my practist eye restid onto
it, my soul leaped for joy. 1t ~uz a
town wich he'd bin some day the seat
NV biznes, but a ralerode runnin
some nine miles to one side NV it he'd
cut off its trade, and the inhabitants
hevin nothin to do, the better part
NV EN- went with the trade.-Nacher
abhors vacuum, and there rushed
in sich as found difiikult to live else
where. The whole population hevin
much leisure fell to pitchln coppers.
wieh, to make the game excitin, they
pitched for drinks. Pitchin for
drinks soon rendered EN- incapable
Nv more violent exercise; and in a
year from the time the trade left EN-
it was the strongest and most intense
Democratic town in the State. Ez
they must eat suthin, and ez the gro
series coodent run perpetooally with
out money, they he'd occasional
spasms NV labor. Then wood their
fealins be lasseratid. Their wood
they look over to the Kentucky shore
and see thousands Nv jest sich men
ez themselves a spendin their lives
in one unendin round NV copper
pitchin, hoss racin, and poker playin,
the nigger meanwhile, a sweatin to
furnish the means, and they wood
break out into murmurin at the cruel
fate wich cast their lot where every
man wuz forst to sweat for hisself,
and the cuss of labor coodn't be filed
by proxy. Their proximity to Ken
tucky tantslized EN-. They wood
hev all gone there Good they hev rails
ed enuff to buy niger apeece, but
they coodn't. There wuz most de-
liteful look NV serene repose about
the place wich charmed me.-Nothin
stood uprite. The sign,post Nv the
tavern he'd bin leaned agin so much
that it he'd contracted the same hab-
it; the hosses, from a too rigid econ
omy In the matter Nv oats, wuz lean.
in agin the side Nv the barns, the
shutters on the groseries hung corn
erin across the winders In conscience
ny the lower hinges bein broke, tie
clap boards on the houses all hangin
by o single nail at one end, present
ed any but reglar appearance, and
the men were all either sittin on store
boxes. or leanin agin watever pos
sessed sufishent strength to keep EN-
up.
wuz enthusiastically reserved.
The town wuz excited on two 'ques-
tions. ]. Taxation. 2. Niger
Equality. The cheerman NV the
deputation wuz the most cheerin
style NV Demokrat I he'd seen for
years His Independent hair he'd
pushed its way thro the top Nv his
hat and bristled in all directions,
biddin defiance to the world; his toes
protroodin from his shoes and his
trowsers hangin lop- sided by one
suspender indicated sovereign o0n-
tempt for appearances. He begged
me, with tears streemin down his
~y-~-. s~---ssa~ 49, s.aaeIa aa.n tho
dangers wich threaten EN-. "Think'
sed he, "qv the hundreds NV thous-
ands Nv millions, wioh we, the peo-
pie, are forced to pay in taxes to the
General Government, and rouse EN-
to the necessity NV ackshen!"
~ WILL" sed /, 81 will. State to
me the amount Nv taxes paid the ty
ranikle government in this Arcajen
spot. that may hev the data from
wich to speek."
Taxes" returned this patriot,
with an amazed look onto his coun-
tenanee, stakes" We don't pay any
taxes here. The Assessor came here
two years ago, and flndin nothin to
assess, heZn't considered it worth
while to come since. But, good
Lord, our hearts bleed for these un-
fortinit victims Nv Ablishn policy,
wich hev suthin, and is forced to pay
onto it The people is bein ground
into dust by taxashen." And the
old man Yept bitter tears at the mis-
cries Nv the sitooashen NY the peo-
pie. What techin benevolencei
On tia question Nv niger ekuality.
I found em at most deliteful heat