The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-11-16
NAsBY ASSISTS IN TIE OHIO ELE0
TI0H.

Petroleum v. thus describes. In the To.
iedo Blade, some Of the incidents and ef:
fects Of the Ohio election:
never raw sich enthoosiasm NJ more
chcerin indications Nv tho pride Nv race.
Ez evidence Nv the deep feeling that per.
vaded that community, state that nine
paupen in tho poor.houso demanded TO be
taken TO the polls that they mite enter their
protest sgin bringin the nigser up to an
ekality with them, wich WIZ nino gain
with no offsets, ez there wuznt on Abl,sh.
mist in the institooshun. Two men In tho
county jail, for petty larceny, wux. at their
own rekest. taken out Nv doorance vile by
the sheriff Nv the county, that they mite.
by the ballot, protest agin bein degraded
by bein compelled, when their time wuI
! out, 10 ucknollidge the nigeer their ekal.
One enthusiastic Dimeknt who cost 10
IS, he'd to be kerried to the polls. He he'd
commenced cnrly st one Nv tho groceries,
and he'd siccunb afore votin. We found
him sleep,n peesefnlIy in barn. We lih.
ed the patriotic man, and in pcrseshun
marched to the polls. We stood him on
his feet, two mon supportin him-one on
either side. put straight ticket into his
fingers, and takin his wrist with one hand.
held his fingers together with tother. and
guided his hand to the box. Ez Il neared
the winder, no started CT ef shock he'd
struck him, and, stratenin up, asked: "ls
II the shtrate iicketf Is Constooshnel
Amindment No! onto III" Ashoorin him
that Il wuz oil rite, he sufFere,l mo to bold
his hand out to the Judge OF Elecshun, who
took The bslIot and deposited Il In The boz.
"Tbank Hivin :" sed he, ~the nagur 10 not
yi my syquil." anil dublin up at the thigh
and knee joints, he sank limber.like and
gently onto tha ground. Ex he he'd die.
charged the duiy Nv On Amerikin freeman,
we rolled him out to one side Nv tho house,
wher the hrippin Nv the r.in frum the roof
wood do suthin toward sobesin him. off, and
we LETT him alone In bis glory.
The Amendment got but q very few
votes in that locality. Tho Republicans
jined us In rep,diatin u, mostly upon eth.
nologikle grounds. One asserted that he
he'd bin IN favor Nv einancipssl,un In time
NV war, becoz the Afykin Good thereby be
indoos, to fte agin their Suthem masters,
and Il wood hev The effect NV maxim the
drafts cum liter In his township He wuz
humanitarian likewise. Hs opposed
crooel,y toward EN-. he wept when he
heerd Nv the massaker at Fon Piller. becoz
in the army the niggcr wuz % much . man
q anybody. and sich Wholesale slsuehiers
tendid to make calls Tor 100000 more"
more fekent. But when Il cum to givin
Nv mn the privilege Nv votin beside him, Il
cOodent be tl,ot ov. lie Good never con.
sent that a race whose heels wuz longer
than hizzen shood rool Ameriky. MY
Cod" scd this arient Republican, 1ef you
give um the ballot, wat kin prevent uin
frum l,ein Congrismun. Senators, Vice Prcs.
idunts. and even Presidun,s3 I shudder
when think Nv it," and no hurried in bis
vote,
] didn't quite soc The force Nv his objcc.
shun, for II never occurred to me that bein
sent TO Congfis wuz the nateml konsekensc
Nv votin. ] hev voth for thirty years, st
many rlecshuns four OF fvs times, but ]
hev never bin to Congris. Wher 10 the
constituency wich wood elect me3 Bat
II wuznt my bizniss 10 controver his 20
sishuu. Il made no difficnce to mo wst
his reason wuz Tor votin, cs desired him
to vote.
The nigger.loveB heat up one man to
vote for the Amendment, wich, ] saw by
his dissatisfied look he'd bin over.per.
swade,i. .'Sir :" sed !, ''do 700 consider
q Afrykin sufficiently intelligent to be
tristid with 30 potent weapon ez the bal.
lot?"
Dustin swny frnm them wicb he'd him
In charge, ho exclaimed, mo, I don't !
can't vots for II. They amt intelligent
enufF. Sir, scratch Off tho YES frum my
balloi, aud put onto Il No."
.Here is a pens;L" sed ].
DO il ycnolG" sed he, II can't write"
And I did il. Sich II the efieck Nv .
word in season. Words fiIly spoken is ap.
pies Nv gold, set In picturs Nv silver
Ono man wOOdcnt listen 10 mo, but vo,id
The Amendment lie he'd bin soljer, and
Tor eleven months IartUOk Nv the bOspitnli.
" Nv tho ConSedriu, at AnslersonvilIe. F..
capin, he WIZ belpc,i TO the Fedral lines by
a niggcr who wux fogged almost to death,
in his site, for not beirsyin wbe' he w,is
hid. mite ez we'll l,cv talked 10 lamp
post. Ea no showed In HE bslIos, 10 70
marii siihin about he d niiher See . mig.
ssr vote than I'D rebel any time. Frln,
the dirrckshun Nv his aye site, I Penoom
he referred to ne.
leo for homo es soon ex the votes wus
eouni,d, and tho result wux made known, |
only wuitin ill tho poll bookS wus nssds
out, and the judges Nv slecshun he'd 20!
ihcr namcs written by the clerks, and he'd
matte their marks to urn. On my way
home wuz srstI6od to - how Tho nstrsl
sntipsshy to tho niesrr bed revived ~
Cincinnati the mite Nv tho eIecsh'u they /
wuz bangin, uv um about. the patriotic Dc.
,pocrisy g,in for nm wherever they Good
find un, and The next day o. ] saw uuI a.
tho nlerode s,ashenA they he'd, genully
spcehia, ther beds handascd. u wux
cheer;a 10 ma. sn,l E'ostid ovos h
Full Nv gladnis. entered kentucky,
and joyfiiiiy ! wendh my way to tho Cor.
ners. I wins the bearer w tidms Nv great
10y, and my feet WI, pleasant onto the
molintinx Ex walked mto Bascom's they
m saw In my lace suihin Nv importance.
sWM is hl' sed leekin Pognm, "s