Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-10-03


TON IN THAT PART OF THE DHMoCRA.
Tic HsRITAGR,
Posr OFFICE, CoSFgDRRIT X ROADS,
(Which is in the Staff Nv Kentucky1}
September 20, 1867.
Last week wuz invited TO go into
Ohio TO assist my brethren Nv that State.
The Massedonian cry reached me, "come
and help us !" and ez the .cry wuz cou-
pied with the asshooran0e that | shood
be pervided for, needed it, Couple
Massedonian cries with whiskey, and /
can't resist EN-. never try. | knowd
there wuzn't much diffrence atween the
Dlmocrisy nv Ohio and Kentucky, but
wuz onprepared for the strikin resem.
blance l found. Twins is not more sim.
liar. My 1st appointment wuz in q
purely Dimekrstic county. 1t wuz 8
settlement after my own heart, and the
mint my practist eye restid onto it, my
sole leaped for joy. 1t wuz town witch
he'd bin some day the seat nv bizuis, but
ralerode runnin some nine miles to one
side Nv 1t he'd cut off its trade, and the
Inhabitants hevin nothin to do, the bet.
ter part NV EN- went with the trade
Nacher abhors a vacuum, and there rush.
ed in SIGH as found it difflkult to live
elsewhere. The whole population hevin
much leisure fell to pitchin coppers,
wich, to tmake the game excitin, they
pitched for drinks-pitchin for drinks
soon rendered EN- incapable Nv more vio-
lent exercise; and In year from the time
the trade left EN- it was the strongest
and most intense Democratic town in
the State. Ez they must eat suthin, and
ez the groceries coodent run perpetooal-
ly without money, they he'd occasional
spasms NV labor. Then wood their fee
Inns be lasseratid. Then wood they look
over TO the Kentucky shore, and see
thousands Nv jest SIGH men ez their
selves spendin their lives in one unendin
round Nv copper pitchin, boss, racin, and
poker playin, the niger meanwhile
sweatin to furnish the means, and they
wood break out into murmurin at the
crooel fate witch cast their lot where
every man wuz forst to sweat for him
self, and the cuss of labor cOoden't be
filled by proxy. Their proximity to
Kentucky tantalized en- They wood
hev all gone ther Good they hav raised
enuff to boy a Niger apeece, but they
eoodnt. There wuz most deliteful look
nv serene,repose about the place WITCH
charmed me-nothin stood uprite. The
sign post Nv the tavern he'd bin leaned
agin so much that it he'd contracted the
same habit, the bosses, from too rigid
economy in the matter Nv oats, wuz
leanin agin the sides Nv the barns, the
shutters on the groceries hung cornerin
across the winders In conscience Nv the
lower hinges bein broke, the clap boards
on the houses all hangin by single
nail at one end, presented any but re-
glar appearance, and the men were all
either sittin on store boxes, or leanin
agin watever possessed suitlshent
strength to keep EN- up,
wuZ enthusiastically reserved. The
town wuz excited on two questions. l..
Taxation. 2. Niger Equality. The
cheerman Nv the deputashun wuz the
most cheerin style Nv Demkrat | he'd
seen for years. His independent hair
he'd pushed its way thro the top Nv his
hat and bristled in all directions, biddin
defiance to the world his toes pro-
troodin from his shoes and his trowsers
hangin lop.sided by one suspender in
dictated a sovereign contempt for appear
ances. He begged me, with teers streemin
down his eyes, to rouse the people agin
the dangers wich threaten EN-. Think,
sed he, 'uv the hundreds of thousands
NV millions, witch we, the people, are
forced TO pay in taxes to the General
Government, and rouse EN- to the ne
cessity Nv ackshenr
/ will, sed |, l will State to me
the amount nv taxes paid the tyranikle
government in this Arcajen spot, that l
may hev the data from witch to speek'
Taxes ! returned this patriot, with
an amazed look onto his countenance,
taxes We don't pay any taxes here.
The Assessor came here two years ago,
and findin nothin to assess, heZn't con-
sidered it worth while to come since.
But, good Lord, our hearts bleed for
these unfortinit victims NV Ablishn
policy, witch hev sathin, and is forced to
pay onto it The people is bein ground
into dust by taxashen.' And the old
man wept bitter tears at the miseries Nv
the sitooashen Nv the people. What
teChin benevolence
On the question uv niger ekality |
found EN- at most deliteiul heat. They
he'd seen the terrors Nv it, and know'd
whereof they spoke. Niggers he'd come
from Kentucky across the river to EN-,
and insHd Nv acceptin their normal
speer, and yieldin quietly to the irresst.
able DEGREES Nv Heaven, witch made EN-
the interiors Nv the white, they he'd, the
moment they accumulated suthin tie live
on, assomed the airs Nv ekaiity. They
refoosed to keep their places. The
cheerman remarkt, ez shown the stub
born cussedness Nv the race, that one Nv
EN- lived some months next to him. He
| (the Cheerman) borrored pork on sevra
occashens nv him, twict a bakin ny
-four, and, on one occashen, nine dollar:
Nv the miserable rags which we are forst
by tyranikle Government, to accept e.
money. That niger he'd the soopremt
impotence to insist on being pade! anC
even talked Nv sooin for 1t, But on con
sultin lawyer, he didn't, OWN to TIT
uncertainty ez to who wood hev to pay
the costs. Another instance A niger