The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-10-03
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From the Toledo Blade -,
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Mr.. Nasty "details his .Adven-
Ttures in a Strong Democratic
10 County y im1Southern Ohi0-The
suffrage Question in that part
of the Democratic Heaitage.

Ia CountyfimSonthern Ohio-The
i, suffrage Question i'm that part
of the Democratic Heaitage.
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! -(Wioh is in the Stdit;uv keptuckY9 &
+ = }t4} se4ssi c4tt .S't' September 20, 1861,
Last week / wuz invited to go In
! to Ohio to assist my brethren ,uy
that State. s.. The Massedonian. cry
reached me, ''Come and help us ~
and ez the. cry wuz coupled with
the asshoorance ! that I shood be
lperyided for, I needed it,; Couple
Massedonian cries with whiskey,
and | emit resist EN-. I never try.
knowd there wuzn't much differ
ence atweem the Dimocrisy Nv Ohio
and kentucky, but | wuz .onpre-
pared for the strikin resemblance |
found. Twins is not more similar,
My 1st appintment was purely
Dimekratic County. 1t wuz a set
[tlement after my own heart, and the
mint my practist eye restid onto it,
my sole leaped. for joy 1t wuz a
town wich he'd bin some day the
seat Nv biznis, but ralerode run
ming some nine miles to one side
Nv it he'd cut off its trade, and the
inhabitants hevin nothing to do, the
better part NV EN- went with the
trade. Nacher abhors a vacuum,
and there rushed in sich as found ii
diffikult to live elsewhere. The
whole population hevin much leis-
ure fell to pitchin coppers, wich, 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 trade left EN- il wuz the
strongest and most intense Demo-
cratic town in. the State. Ez they
must eat suthin and ez the groose-
ries coodnt run pereetooally with
out, muney, they he'd occasional
spasms Nv labor. Then wood their
| lfeelins. be lasserated. Then wood
they look oyer to the Kentucky shore
and see thousands Nv jest sich men
as themselves q spending their lives
IN. IN one uneuding round NY copper
pitchin, racing, and poker play
ING, g,the niger meanwhile, asWeatin
to furnish the means, and they wood
break out into .murmuring at the
crooel fate Wich cast their lot where
every man wuz forst to sweat for his.
self, and the cuss Of lador cooden't
be filed by proxy. Their proximi-
tE to Kentucky talatalized EN-. They
wood hev all gone ther Good they
-hev raised enuff to, buy nigger
apeece, but they eoodn't. There wuz
most deliteful look NV serene re-
pose abeut.the place which charmed
. me. Nothin stood uprite The
sign7post NV the tavern he'd bin
leened agin SO much that it had con
tracted the same habit, the hosses,
from a too rigid economy in the
matter of oats, wuz leanin agin the
side ny the. barns. the shutters on
the grooseries hung cornerin across
the winders in conscience of the
lower hinges bein broke, the clap
boards on the houses all hnngin by
a single nail at one end, presented
any but a regular appearance. and
the men were all either sittin on
5 ote loxes, or leanin agin whatever
possessed suf1is b ent strength to keep
em up. 9..<> 4. -
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Z wuz enthusiastically reeceeved,
The town was excited on two cues
tions. 1. Taxation. 2. Niger
Equality. The cheerman NV the
deputashun wuz the most cheerin
style Nv Demekrat I had seen for
years. His independent hair he'd
pushed its way thro the top NV his
hat snl bristled in all directions,
biddin defiance to the world his
toes protroodin from his shoes and
his trowsers hangin lop sided by
oae suspender indicated a sovereign
contempt for appearances He
begged me.with tears streemin down
his eyes, to rouse the people agin
the dangers wich threaten en-
+. Think, sed he, - NV the hundreds
NV thousands Nv millions, wich we,
the peoble, are forced to pay in taxes
+ to the General Government, and
rouse EN- to the necessity NV ack-
shen n'-=sa i a5estesfr .1
II WILL" sed I, 81 will State to
me the amount Nv taxes paid the
tyranikle government in this Area
fn spot, that I may hev the. data
from wichto speek'' ''t.: ,ag...
"Taxes p returned this patrio t,
with amazed look onto his counte-
nance, "taxes We don't pay any
taxes here The Assessor came
here two4years ago, and findinnoth
in to- asses, heznt .Iconsidered il
| worth while to come since.i7 But.
| good Lord, our hearts bleed fol
theselunfortunit victims A blishn
fpolicy, wich 9hev suthing, and is
forced to <payonto it The people
is. being ground into dust by taxa
shun." J" And1the old man wept bitter
ears at the miseries NV the situa
shen NV the people. What techin
benevolencet - a8ss
| On the question Nv niger ekality
[ found EN- at a most deliteful heat.
They had seen the terrors Of it, and
knowd whereof they spoke Mig
gers he'd come across the river to
EN-, and insted NV acceptin their
normal speer, and yieldin quietly to
the irresistible DEGREES NV Heaven
wich made EN- the interiors NV
the whites, they he'd, the moment
they accumulated suthin to live on
assoomed the airs Nv ekality. They
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