The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-09-19
For the Pioneer.
Old TymOchtee Alive.
Mr. EDITOR !: -

Mr. EDITOR
Saturday, September 14th 1867 is
a day long to be remembered in
"Old Tymock The day was love |
ly, and the Copperhead Picnic was
to be a great affair.
"Moses,' the chosen leader of the
"Know Nothings and now Copper
head candidate for Prosecutiong At
toreny was billed to speak his piece ;
and Old Jack was billed to speak his
South American" piece and Poole
{ said by some not to be the whitest
man in the world) was billed to
speak against negro Suffrage, and
the whole thing was we'll circulated
for big crowd. Well the crowd
did come--not less than 200! ofthe
unwashed, including the washed were
there. The majority were women
and children, who could not vote
One fourth were black, republicans
called out by curiosity, and the rest
were Moses and Jack "a good deal
| of Jack but not much Moses!
How strange was the sight to US
old sTymock" boys, who used to
know Moses as the leader Of the
know Nothings,' and who used to
hear him so earnestly declare that
Americans mast rule America" and
that the .sdutcA and Irish must not
be allowed to hold office-no never
how strange to us, we say, was the
was the sight Of the wandering "Mo-
ses" now trying to lead the hosts
Of Pharoah up to the flesh pots of
Egypt, by making Copperhead
speeches in the year Of our Lord
1867 We asked, as we remembered
Of hearing of the bravery Of Gen.
Kirby, sis that Gen. Kirby's father
), he who stood true during the war
for the country and against rebels
North and south p and the reply
was, "Yes p again we asked "wbat is
he here for p and the reply was
Backing mp Johnson and en7fght
ening The Knos0 NotAings!' Bully
, for Moses, thought we, for he is the
old leader of Know Nothingsl
We listened to his song--lt was
not very long--and what do YOU
suppose it's burdens were? Why
r high taxes and negro suffrage! Wei
now, Mr. Editor, it is hard to be
poor. and the more SO when old
yet it is no disgrrcc, But must il
not he harder for man who favor
: ed the war, spoke for it, worked tc
a crush rebellion who did all he couit
TO save the country in its darker
days by advocating the justice ofth,
u war, through and by which those
y heavy burdens of taxation were will
it ingly incurred, and when the wa
. has been successfully brought to
:, close to join hands with the enemie
= of the government during that strug
'e gle, and, forgetting all principles 0
- political honor, rise up as one o
= their 'spouters' and complain O
d high taxes, high taxes F! high taxes
:, taxes which his own vote. mos
~ reghteously too, helped malse2
81 And all this, toe. is done by
man, who, land with no disrespee
on account Of his finances do we sa
- it ),if report be true, has never pai
= one dollar of tax into the Count
e Treasury, but has drawn out hul
,f dreds! 1t is high time thai be joil
ed the Cops.
II How true it is ! don't know. but it
y said that there Is an old '.darkie"
- Upper Sandusky who, yearly, pays
heavy tax. ard is an honored an
o. unobtrusive citizen of your plac
and in every way an honest man, an
'e yet, after getting through with hig
.. taxes the balance Of the speech
tie the recent convert and now adv,
he cate of Copperheadism, was brougl
,te to bear against. such men. becau
~ God made his exterior black. 9
~ though he canboast of as true
le- heart as any Moses over could.
he We say this much Of the speed
are of this Apostle Of Andy Johnse
.,e and copperhea dism because
en is asking us to follow him into Il
camp ofthe enemy, and to stain o