Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-10-12


l OhiO-The Suffrage Question in that Par
of the Democratic Heritage.
PosT Offs, CoNFEDR1r ROADS,
i H Stait NV Kentucky y
| September %, 1861.
Last week I wuz invited to 90 into
Ohio to assist my brethren NV that Stait.
The Massedonian cry reached me, "Come
and help us p and ez the cry wuz coupl-
ed with the asshoorance that I sho od be
pervides fur, | needed it. Couple Mas
sedonian cries with whisky, and can't
resist EN-. l never try. l knowd there
wuzn't much difference atween the Dim
ocracy NV Ohio and Kentucky, but
wuz onprepared for the strikin resem-
blance found. Twins is not more SINH
lar My lst appointment wuz in pure
ly Dlmekratic county. 1t WIZ settle
ment after my own heart, and the mint
my practist eye restid onto it, my sole
leaped for joy. 1t wuz town wich he'd
bin some day the seat NV bizness, but a
ralerode running 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 a vacuum, and there
rushed in such as found it diffikult to
live elsewhere. The whole population
hevin much leisure fell to pitchin pen
nies, which, to make the game excltin,
they pitched for the drinks. Pitchin for
the drinks soon rendered EN- incapable
NV more violent exercise; and i'll Il year
from the time the trade left EN- it was
the strongest and most intens Dimkratic
town III the Stait. Ez they must eat
suthin, and ez the groserles coodent run
perpetootally without money, they he'd
Oco asional spasms Nv labor. Then wood
their feelins be lasserated. Then wood
they look over to the Kentucky shore
and see thousands NV Jest sich men ez
themselves spendin their lives in one
unendin round NV copper pitchin, hoss
racin, and poker playin, the nigger
meanwhile n sweatin to furnish the
means, and they wood break ont in:o
murmurin at the crooal fate. which cast
their lot where every man wuz forst to
sweat for hisself, and the crlss labor
coodent be filled by proxy. Their prox-
unity tantalized EN-. They wood hev all
gone ther coold they hev raised enuff to
buy a nigger apeece, but they coodnt.
There was a most delightful look of Sc
rene 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 habit, the hosses, from too rigid
economy i'll the matter Of oats, wuz lean
in agin the sides of the barns, the shut
tiers on the groseries hung cornerin
across the windows in conscience NV the
lower hinge bein broken, the clap-boards
on the house all hangin by single nail
at one enc, presented any but Il regular
appearance, and the men were all either
sittin on store boxes, or leanin agin
whatever possessed suffishent strength to
keep EN- up. +.
l wuz enthusiastically received. The
town wuz excitid on two questions. /,
Taxation. ., Niger Equality. The
cheerman nv the deputashun wuz the
most cheerin kind NV Dimokrat l had
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 work his toes protrud-
in from his shoes, and trouses hanging
lOp-sdedly, one suspender indicated Il
sovereign contempt tor appearances He
begged me, with tears streamin down
his eyes, to rouse the people agin the
dangers wich threatin EN-. ''Think," sed
he, "uv the hundreds NV thousands NV
millions, wich we, the people, are forced
to pay in taxes to the General Govern
ment, and rouse EN- to the necessity Nv
ackshen p h.. .'... '~...tH
II WILL" said l, 81 will. State to me
the amount NV taxes paid the tyranikle
government in this Area jen spot, that
may have the data from which to speak"
n "Taxes !" returned this patriot, with
an amazed look onto his icountenance,
'taxes! We don't pay any taxes here.
The Assessor came here two years ago,
and fndin nothin to assess, hez'nt con-
sidered worth while to come since But,
COED Lord, our hearts bleed for those
unfortinite victims NV, Ablishin policy,
wich hey suthin, and is forced to pay
onto. it, The people is bein ground into
dust by taxashen." And the old man
wept, bitter tears at the miseries NY the
sitooashen Nv the people. What teclhn
benevolence .,,.r,- ... ,~.,.
On the question NV niger ekallty,
found EN- at most delitetul heat. They |
he'd seen the terrors NV it, and knowd |
whereof they spoke: Niggers he'd come
from Kentucky across the river to EN-,
and instid NV acceptin their normal
spheer, and yieldin quietly to the irre-
sistable DEGREES Nv Heaven wich made
EN- the, interiors NV the white, they he'd
the moment they accumulated suthln to
live on, assoomed the airs NV ekality. |
The cheerman remarkt, ez shown the |
stubborn cussedness NV the race, that
one Nv them lived some months next OF
him. He (the cheerman) borrowed pork
on several occashens Nv him, twict a ba-
kin Nv -four, and on one occashen, nine
dollors NV the miserable rags wich we
are forst, bya tyranikle government, to
accept ez money. That niger he'd the
soopreme impudence to insist on bein !
pade,! and even talked of sooin for it.
But on consultin q lawyer, he didn't,
OWN to the uncertainty to who wood
hev to pay the costs. Another instance
A nigger ,wich wuz nearly white, settled |
in the vicinity. He he'd not only a daugh- |
ter, but farm. My son sores. Labor
he dispises ez occupashen only fit for
serfs. He proposes to WOO this nigger's
daughter. 1t wuz a struggle with me.
My son marryin a, female wichl he'd the