Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1867-09-12

The Kentucky and Tennessee
Blections-The Hopes ofthe De
mocracy of the Former State
How They Expect to Hold 1t.

N@~J ~ HNfNN -
How They Expect to Hold 1t.
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q POsr OFFIs, CoNFFDRTT Y Roads, ,
(Wich is in the Stait uy Kentucky
... Auguet l6, 1867,
d 1t wuz q conjenycl party, The
wuz me, and Deekip Pogram, an
Bascom,. NV course, for it wuz a
Bascom's, and Capt. McPelter an,
Issakcr Gavitt, and Joe Biglcr; VIII,
wuz materially, mischeevously intox
icated, We he'd met torejoise owe
the result NV the Kentucky elecshul
and the removal NV Stanton an(
Sheridan and we rejoist. We heC
rejoist for several hours, when thu
Doekin, blessins on his frosty pow
perposed that we take one more
drink, to 'wich we ackseeded will
alacrity. Ez Bascom handed back
| the Deekin his change, the old mar
observed among it a most villainous
counterfeit ten cent postal currency
"Bascom," sed helm an injured tone
"really l can't take that--it's coun-
terfeit." "Certin It's, Dcekin," sed
George W., "ccrtin, but what's the
odds ? Ez a matter NV course, Dee
kin, I'll git it agin afore to-morrer.
It's evenchooaliy my loss, amt it,
cz l, git all the money that floats
here? Carry it till it comes around
to me, Deekin, in the material course
nv evence. Let us bear each others
burdens, Deekin2" And Bascom
smiled swectly onto him. ~.
I don't know when | felt so hap
py. Kentuck he'd spoken, Wehed
elected Helm by a majority Of forty
odd thousand, and he'd with him
elected a strate State ticket, mcleod
in all the Congressman, The Alb
lishnists he'd no show wateyer. The
candidates were strate Demokrats
every one NV EN-. Some NV EN- he'd
bin accoosed NY leanin towards the
Fedral side, but they he'd by afflda-
Wits proved themselves troo to the
Democrisy. One candidate he'd
bin charged, by a envious cuss, Nv
hevin furnisht the Federal forces
with hosses, but he Indignantly re-
PEELED the charge. His enemies
brought forrerd documents to show
that he he'd furnisht the Fedral for
ces with hosses, and I trembled for
him, But he smilingly cum to the
scratch. He he'd contracted to fur
nish 'em with hosses--he he'd taken
ther accurscd greenbacks, but where
fore !? Wuz it to benefit EN- I? Wuz
it to add to the resources Of the 60
rilla Linkin, or the reverse? Let
the facts answer. When wuz the
hosses delivered? Ha! ha! Did
the Fedral ofllser git 'em? He did.
Did he keep emp Alars! That mite
John Morgan, who seeled his devo-
shen to the Confederacy with his
blood, scooped 'em, and them hoss-
ns wich the Fedrals paid for did
5ervis in the Confedrit army He
wood ask his maligners whether it
wuz sinful for q troo Confedrit to
take money Nv the Fedrals for fur
nisllin supplies to the Confederacy
He'd these hosses remained in the
hands NV the farmers NV Kentucky,
John Morgan wood hcv felt 4 deli
,acy in takin en- eE the farmers
lad he'd valyoo received, he wuz
rec and he took en-. Sich reasomn
,ood not fail to convince, and the
wuz NV course elected
The shafts nv his enemies fell pint
ess.
Therefore | felt happy. The
waves NV Ablishnism rolled over all
he other States, but against Ken
ucky they struck harmless, Ken
ucky is a brite oasis in the desert.
Built onto Ham and Hagar, blecvin
IL the sooperiority NV the white
ace, and that same holdin in their
lands the privilege NV sayin who
jhood and who shood not vote, they
yuz safe. And we sot in silence,
,ontemplatin our happiness.
At last Deckin Pogram spoke.
lie sighed ez he spoke. He he'd
leard NV Tennessee. He he'd seen
he lection returns, and he wuz ez
much afiic.el cz we wuz rejoist.-
Wherefore" sed he, "shood we
eel good, while our brethren in
Tennessee are wailin over ther woes.
The nigger with us is in his normal
ipree. Sence this eleckshen they
,ow ther heads in silense, and dodge
~ ez ef they were afraid NV us,
vich is good sign. They hev lost
he air they assoOmed afore, and are
more like slaves and less like men,
hev twelve nv EN- sweatin on my {
arm, and four expatiatin the cuss
w Noer in my kitchen. a'. {
The men yield to thepower Of the ,
tronger race, and the females bow |
neekiy to their destiny, Tom, my {
,ldest son, is happy and stays at {
ome, and my other sons is as con {
ented ez they kin be. Bntit is not !
0 in Tennessee, There they are s
OF normal. There white men bow !
eneath a power they can't resist, I
her the nigger Folds up his head t
nd the confedrit white man sneaks, {
here the abnormel niger hez a |
ote, and the white man who fofer- |
d his State, is disfranchised. Mytt
Iod how kin man lie happy un- !