Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-01-09
CHR NICLE.
"a Few Last Words' From
Petroleum v. Nasty.

IN my recOtIekSAuu WuZ the party
SIGH q state Nv a5ject cussitoOd. The
Northern States htv slipi from our
grasp one by one, unit; none remains
we fordly called ouru. The Dor
der States are losin Their Damocrisy
and rallyin under the lack banner NV
Ablishinism and the ten States wich
kin control onfortinIIly amt got
voice in the Government. From
the moutaiu tops of IIaine sid thc
level pararies Nv I|liiaoy, the remnants
NV The D,mocrisY hoiler 10 us Nv the
BE firm a! well stsnd by yoa!'
and from the itch cotton fields NV The
the Dimocrisy heller to hem NV
the North, Keep up yoOr srvIi,si We
are troo TO yoo!" all wich-is very cheer
in, when them Nv the North Is in sich
q hopelis minority q 10 De unable %
electR township constable, and them
81 the South hain't no voice II all,
| appeal, however, with the rest Nv
the leaders, to the DimOcrisy 10 rennisu
firm. Suthin will come ia time-wHat.
| can't, with any degree NV c~ertsinty.
nov state hut sutnin will COM" THs
The Ablishinis!s cannot always looi.-
The : Nv the old Wing party wuz
that the respective individual members
thereof Good read and write, and he'd :
knacl NV dOin their own thinkin, and
therefore it Good not lie brought into
4 state uy GIscipiin necessary 10 success
CT a party. That same cuss Is haDgin
onto the Ablisninist party. They hung
together from 1856 TO 1860 coz there
Buz what they called principle at
stake and On that principle they elect
ed Linkin. They wood hey fallen to
pieces then, but cur Southern breiE-
rem decided TO commence operashens
for the new government it had SO long
desired land the oVerWhelmin pressuI
NV the wal smothered all minor ishOos
and all indiyidooal @feelin, and they
hung together long enough to see that
throo. Now, still for the prinsiple wien
welded EN- dooriDg the war, they are
holdin together yet, and probably viii
ontil they think this question they are
disposin Of, is disposed of. Then they
will split up and our openin IS made.
We hev a solid phalanx, wich they
can't win over or detach from US. We
hev them old veterans who voted for
Jaxon, and no are still votin for him.
We hev them sturdy old yeomanry
who will swear that Bloc Lite Federal
ism ought TO be put down, and can't
be tolerated in o Republican Govern
ment, and who, bless their old souls
don't know no more what Bloc Lite
Federalism WIZ than an unborn baby
does Nv Guy Fawkes. We iev that
solid army Nv voters whose knees yawn
hidiusly, and whose coats is out at the
elbows, and whose children go barefoot
in winter, while their dads IS = drinkin
cheap whisky, and 6amnin the Gov
eminent for impOsin q income tax
We hev patriotic citizens whose noses
blossom like the lobster, and who live
in mortal dread Nv niger eksli.y /: and
we hev John Morr;ssey' S constituents.
''These classes arguments won't
move, and reasoning won't fszs. They
like TO sbooze the Government, for
levyin taxes, hopin to deceeV somebody
into the idea that they pay income
taxes, and that it bears hard onto 'em
and they oppose Niger ekality becoz
it soothes them like laudanum, to
think that there is somebody in the
country lower down than themselves.
The Dimocrisy allnz he'd these, and al
luz will.
"Ez / remarked, the Ablishinists,
when relieved NV the pressure now
bearing onto en-, will grow ~faeetious,
and split, and these classes viii hey no
trouble TO git into a majority, and then
cur time comes.
The discouraged DImocrHt may say
that preachers, and noosepapers, Sun
DIV skCols, and SIGH, are undermine
their party. In time they will, but not
yet. There is still whiskey in the land,
and the Niger is not yet extinct. Nv
wat danger is preachers to these men,
when you coodent git one nv EN- with
in gun shot Nv Onel and OF what
harm is newspapers to EN-, when they
can't read7 Besides, we are not at the
end of our resources yet. When the
wust, comes 10 tue wust, there Is the
niger left US. When he is no longer
NV use to US ez he IS nOw-when the
prejudis is so far-removed ez 10 invest
hirl with the suflrage-then WE'LL give
him the ballot-WE'LL lead him up out
Nv Egypt, and we'll make him vote
with Us. The Dimocricy eve yet
failed to control all Nv the lower orders
NV sosiety. They hev he lowest grade
NV the fuTriners; they hev Delaware
and Maryland; they hev Moo York
city and Southern I~llinOv; and eff the
niger gets the BALLOT afore he does
the spell book, he's our beyond perad-
vencher."
Let US hold onto our faith, and COZ
tinyoo to run, hopin eventooally to be
glorifed. Let US remember that all
the msjorities agin US don't change the
the fact that NOAH Gust Ham, and that
Uagar was sent back to her mistress.
Let Us re member that Paul, or some
one Nv them po.sels, remarked. .SefY.
ance obey yoor masters,' and that, un-
der Abl;sLn rool, we are exposed TO
the danger NV msIIyin niggers. Let
us still cherish the faith that even
chooally, when reason returns, the
AmerikiD people viii not throw away
the boon We offer en- NV tiIen the Isl
Nv labor imposed 10y the Almity for
disobedieLce in tine garden, ez the
D mocrisy served in the army, by sub
~stitoot, and persevere even into the
perfect end. When this good time is
come, then will the ansent Dimocrisy.
Nv which / hev bin to-Yunst a piller
and 5 ornament for thirty years, tri-
umph, and the position on which |
now hold, which is rather too Temporal
~ to be agreeable. be continyOod unto
me for keeps, and layin off the armor
Nv actool warfare, ! shell rest in that
haven Nv WORKOUT patriots-a perpet-
GOAL Post Offs. May the day be hast
eDed! Farewell!
PETRcLEUH V. Massey, p. N,
(which Is Postmaster. J"
The dedication runs thus:
DEDIKAsLCS UY THIS BOOK
ITO Andrew johnson. the Pride and Hope Nv
DinocTisy, who hez bin Aldermsn NV his native
village, GuYner Nv his Sta'e. member ofthe low
err house Of u ngTess and likewise NV the SENT.
Vice-president and President and might hev
bin Diktater. but who Is neverthe css. a Hum
bic IndividOOal: who has sW ung around the en-
tive circle Nv ofishl honor without feelin his
Oats much; the first public man who considered
my services worth payin for; and to Alex W.
Randall. Postmaster General. his most devoted
servant. whose autograph adOrns my cOmmi is
sen ez POstmasters this Volume Is respectively
dedikated."
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