The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1867-08-21
solIloquy Of a Radical, No. 4.

guess / will have to vote against the
amendment. But then there's the ticket,
what shall l do about thatl ~
Oh, yes I suppose I must vote the
ticket.
Let me see, to vote the ticket and re.
ject the platform. That looks like kick
ing Sambo and embracing Dinah.4 If I
can't stomach Sambo, do wonder If l
can Dinah2
I wonder what Sambo will think Of his
Radical friend2 And DiDah. I can't
do that, consistently. But let me see
why want to vote the ticket. Do I
like Taxes2 Well, I guess not much
better than l do Sambo. Now, these
Democrats have always been fault finding
and suggesting remedies; and I have al
ways refused to listen to them; but this
way Of paying Twenty Millions year to
the Banks for nothing stares me in the
face. Somehow or other they have got
hold Of very feasible story this time,
and whenever l see a Radical it reminds
me of Bonds and Taxes, and when |
meet Democrat I'm sure to call him
GreenbAcks.
submitted this proposition to the
Grand Army last night, and all the salts.
faction got was that the Northern sym.
pathizers had said so and so about Green
backs, and it really looks to me that if
something is not done, Greenbacks will
be about so and so sure enough.
Our Radical friends over in Jersey the
other day said, "We have restored the
Union" Now, IL that is true, I suppose
Sheridan & Go will come home and that
will save few millions,
But the restored Union looks to me q
good deal like q job old Tom did for me
once in mending my wagon. We broke
down a wheel; but he assured me he
could fix it. I told him at the time it
would be nigger fix he would make OF
it. But he said na. l will "restore the
wagon" and drove off with the three
wheeled vehicle to the barn, as sup.
posed, to attach another wheel. In an
hour or so l heard Tom driving the team,
and came out 10 see the result of his 10.
genuity, when, to my surprise, found
instead Of repairing the wheel he had
taken of the other whesl, aud had strap
ped the balance Of the wagon on the log
sled, and was dragging it off in the d.
rection Of the field.
1t looks a good deal 10 me that our
Union has been restored in about the
same style. l know ought not to think
so, because it is Democratic and l am q
Radical.
There comes the Assessor now. Old
Jennings. He used to drive team for
neigbbor Brown at one dollar per day,
and was thankful for the job But he
gets FIVE dollars day now, when al home,
and six when he travels aud, according
10 his tell is losing money at that.
wonder why the Government didn't
hire him at the old wages. See he has
gold mounted cane and a superb pair Of
spectacles of the same material, and will
look me out Of fifty dollars in good deal
lsss than minute
Six dollars for himself, two dollars for
the Collector and leaving forty.two dol.
Jars to divide between the banks and the
Military Commanders. This looks to me
a littls like being heather in land Of
Bibles. But, then, I'm a Radical, and
if | make fuss about these things they
will call me copperhead. II tho Gov.
ernment goes on at its present rate of eK.
penditure, l am satisfied all of us tax
payers will come to head but l guess
there will not bo much copper about uS.
As came to town last Saturday, in my
plain buggy, with my daughter, and was
reading about the charge against Sickles
riding with his coach and four, and bis
reply admitting the fact, but Boosting
that it didn't cost US anything, I could
not help but think Of the good old day.
of our Fathers and their example.
Sickles is wrong. He's Radical, and
I suppose ought to like him; but to
see him riding in such princely style 10
tho midst Of starving and conquered
people, looks good deal to me like he
borrowed his principles from the history
of Irelar d, Hungary or Poland.
His p eseDt forms striking contrast
with his past. But then l must not pur.
sue my reflections further, or will blum.
der into Democratic arguments.
These Democrats have succeeded in
hedging us into q very small enclosure
and I feel good deal like jumping out,
As all Radicals are inside, il I should
jump out, would be Democrat, aud
don't want to be that.
Here comes old Tom. Old Black Tom
The old scape. grace is annoying the lift
out Of me with bis "Brudder Jones
what's de prospec Of de quality law 7"
The old scamp attended the Radical
meeting the other day, aud when We in.
vited a very old. gentleman upon thu
stand, not a word was said but when old
Tom mounted the stand without an invi
tation, the speaker stopped to oopgratu
late him, and the audience cheered lusti
ly, whilst old Tom stood there with hi
hat on, grinning, Goraping and bowinp
and feeling as good as Dan Siokles dit
when he received his appointment a
| Commander Of the District.
II grinds but then I'm Radical, ant
1 suppose must grin and bear IL.
have got the grin ; but for the life Of m,
l can't sec where I am to got the pluol
to bear Il.
The text Of our minister last Sabbatl
n naturallv led him Ia n consideration n