The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-08-30
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Hold il.
PosT OFFIs, CoNFEDRrr X Roads,
(Which is in the Stait of Ky.)
August l6, 1867.
1t wuz a conienyul party. Their
wuz me, and Deekin Pogram. and
Bascom, Nv course, for it wuz at Bss-
CONS, and Capt. McPelter, and Issa-
ker Gavitt. and Joe Bigler who wuz.
materially, mischeevously intoxicated
We he'd met to rejoise over the result
NV the Kentucky eleckshen and thu
removal nv Stanton, and We wuz {:
rejoisin. We he'd been reioisin 70
several hours, when the Deekin
olessins on his frosty pow, perposed
that we take one more drink, to wict
We akseeded with alacrity. Ez Bas-
com handed back the Deekin his
change, the oldman observed among
1t most villainous counterfeit ten
cent postal currency, "Bascom,"
sed he in an injured tone, "really ]
can't take that-it's counterfeit. -
Certain tits, Deekin." sed George
W., certain, but watts the oddsi
Ez a matter Nv course, Deekin, I'll
it it agin afore tomorrer. It's even.
chooally my loss. aint it, ez git all
the money that floats here? Carry
1t till it comes around to me, Deekin,
in the material course NV evence
Let us bear each others burdens,
Deekin?' And Bascom smiled sweet
ly onto him.
l don't know when l felt so happy.
Kentucky he'd spoken. We he'd cleo
ted Helm by majority OF forty odd
thousand. and, he'd with him elected
a strate State ticket, includin all the
Congressman. The Ablishnists he'd
no show watever. The candidates
were strate Democrats every one Nv
EN-. Sum NV EN- he'd bin accOOsed
Nv leanin towards the Fedrel side,
but they he'd by affidavits proved
theirselved 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 repelled the charge. His
enemies brought forrerd the docu
ments shown that he he'd furnishi
the Fcdral forces with hosses, aud
tremblod for him. But he smilingly
cum to the scratch. He he'd cen
tracted to furnish 'em with hosses-
he he'd taken their accursed green
backs, but wherefore Wuz it To
add to the resources Of the gor.
rilla Linkin, or the reverse? LIE,
the facts answer When wuz the
hosses delivered Ha! ha! DID
the Federal ofilser git 'em He did
Did he keep 'em {? Alars That mite
John Morgan, who seeled his devo
shen to the Confederacy with his
blood, scooped 'em, and them horses
which the Federals paid for did ser
Wis in the Confedrit army. He WOOD
ask his maligners whether it was sin
full for troo Confedrit to take II on
ey NV the Fedrals for furnishin sup
plies to the Confedracy1 He'd these
hosses remained In the hsnds NV tn,
farmers nv Kentucky, John Morgan
wood hev felt delicacy in takin en-
ez the farmers he'd he'd valyoo re
ceeved he wuz free and he took EN-
Sich reasonin Good not fail to con
vince, and the candidate wuz u,
course, electid. The shafts NV hi.
eaemies fell pintless
Therefore I felt happy. Th,
waves Nv Ablishinism rolled over al
the other states, bat against Ken
tucky they struck harmless. Ken
tucky is q brite oasis in the desert
Built unto Ham and Hager, bleevir
in the sooperiority NV the white race
and that same race holdin in theiI
'liands the privilege NV sayin mnC
shood and who shoOd not vote, they
wuz safe. And We sot in silence,
contemplatin our happiness.
Atlast Deakin Pogram spoke He
sighed ez he spoke. He he'd heard
NV Tennessee. He he'd seen the
lection returns, and he wuz ez much
afflicted ez we wuz rejoist. "Where.
fore" sed he, "shood we feel good,
while our brethren in Tennessee are
wailin over ther woes. The niggeI
with us is in his normal speer.
hev twelve a sweatin on my farm,
and four expatiatin the cuss NV NoeI
in my kitchen. The men yield to the
power Nv the stronger race, and the
females bow meekly to ther destiny
Tom, my oldest son, Is happy and
stays at home, and my other sons il
ez contentid ez they kin be. But il
is not SO in Tennessee. There they
are not normal. There white mel
bow beneath power they can't re
sist. There the niger hez a vote
and the white man, who tOllered hi:
State. is disfranchIsed. My God
how kin man be happy under sict
circumstances ? How kin q Dino
krat rejoice when jist across the linz
he sees liberty weepin. n.prostrate, and
the white man, who struck for his
rites pinen becoz NV his deprivasher
NV the right NV suffrage 2" He coco
feel good over Kentucky, but he wep
over Tennessee.
Bascom remarkt that he too, fell
for Tennessee, but he wuz consoled
Kentucky he'd proved troo, and John
son, one worthy son NV Tennessee
he'd removed Stanton! Wat NOR,
Good we want Kentucky he'd gon'
DimOcratic and johnson he'd remov
ed Stanton
"And Tennessee he'd elected
Brownlow, and johnson hez appint
ed Grant," whispered Joe Bigler.
This bit US. This griped US. Thi.
is wuss nor cathartic to us. E
Kentucky is oil, Tennessee is aqua
fortis Eff Stanton is soothin, G ram
is pizen. Wherein are we better
with the one than with the other p
is a question which we askt ourselve:
over and over agin.
But we felt good after all. The
Democracy Nv Tennessee may suffer
and it is probable that they will suf
fer. There the Ethiopian votes by
State law. but Kentucky is herself
alone. Kentucky will never be &c
.f}1ictad Kpntuckv hos vet tho m, a |,