The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-20
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GUS Dsms sr.sis v:rtory-M.. :nasby's
Account Thereof.
From the Toledo Blade.
Posr OFYIs, CoSTEDERIr < ROADS, !
witch is in the State Nv Kentucky,
August 8, 1858. J
Eff the American Eagle is in the habit Nv
screemin ct Democrat victories she kin nov
test Der capacity to the fullest extent.
The election IL Kentucky resulted more
glorouser than ever We he'd anticipated.
and We knowd it, but We felt that the eye Of
the Dimocrisy was onto 4us, and Ne did our
level best. Wewatid to inspire the Dimocri.
cy Of the North to set en- m example, in
fact, vich would anaken in em emulashun.
The election at the Corners WIZ the same %
the others in the State, so in writin the his
tory Nv this wun | an whiting the history nv
ALL
We he'd held series Nv meetins, all wich,
with the exception Nv Elder Pennibacker's
obstipacy, wuz harmonious and effective.
Gov. Seymour's letter WIZ great help to NJ.
| he'd been afraid that ho mite say suthin in
it wich wood bother Us, but when got it
exclaimed halleloogy He hedn't ssd thing!
He hedn't fetched any Of the questions at
ishoo, and consekently couldn's give no Of
tense to nobody. Bascom took it, and swore
that he wuz satisfied from readin it, in con-
nection with his Cooper Instoot speech, he
wss in favor Nv psyiu the bonds in gold, while
Pennibacker wuz quite q wslf usEsded from
readin it, IN connecahun with Ne platform
and Pendleton's speeches, that he Wux in To-
vor Nv payin the bonds in gresnhax. They
| got to dispootin over it. and rsfesSe1 the mat
ter to me- Imitatin 8e5more, never sed .
word about bond and rsenbkx, but went
OFF into most eloquent denupsioahen nv
Joodis Iskariot. It's always safe to abooze
Judis, ez there amt nobody nowhere to
/ defend him.
'.Bu,r' sed they IN korue. "does he per-
pose to pay the bonds IN gold or greenbax r
Smiln benigrsntly on 20 em, ez Seymore
| did at the convenshun. | replied ID these
| words my frieDds-for yol are my friends,
| let US confde ourselves TO Twin ishoos. Let
! me ask 700 ez patriots, aud men who hev the
best interests Nv the country at heart, do you
want your daughters to marry niegers?'
.Never'' sed they ,strikin tables, never !"
and they rushed out in the street hollern.
Rah for Seymour
Sich porshens nv the letter. however, ez
fitted our cause red to EN-. That parsgraff
| into which he bewails the condishen Nv men
like US at the Corners, which he styles the
| intelligence Nv the South, Kernel McPelter
and read TO every one 1t the Corners, we
bein all which kin read and the paragraph in
which be denounces the men who assert that
| Union men aipt permitted to live in peace
in the South read the FIRST time to twenty
or thirty Nv our people wich had jest returned
| from . raid onto tho settlement Nv Abolition
lists over on the Pike Run. Young Issaker
i Gavitt was 90 Affected that he shed tears,
wipin his eyes with q Handkerchief be took
from the body Off Younvun man wich he
he'd jest shot in the presence Nv his family,
wich refoossd to leave the settlement.
The elecshun went off maRni6cently.
Never did | see in I'll my experiences, which
hez been very great, sich extensive preparas
tons made. Bascoms bar was made free.
Deekin Pogram, kurnel McPelter and my
self, one Nv wich holds . government offs,
and the other two expects to, he'd bari nv
-s elecshun whisky purchist, wich Elder
Pennibacker, Notwithstanding his dissffec
shun, fnrnisht at cost, WICK wuz 70 cents per
gallon, ez no tax has been pade in this dis
trick. | opened the polls using for the pur-
pose a hat, and the votin commenced lively
put in two, Bascom split in three, under
different names, and the other faithful ones
ez many times ez they thot necessary. About
10 o'clock Pollock came up to vote, at wich
wuz surprised. When say surprised mean
it. The very presence TT the man q,
SIGH time and place vuz startlin, and i,
he'd terrible effeck on the populia "Wat?n
sed lssaker Gsvitt, Indignantly, ''shel Hi
"a man who holds views 20 t0tslly different
from ourn .persoom to vote ct these ere poles I
Neverln
j And Issaker bilin over with rage, went
for him, in wich he wux assisted BY tho en-
tire balance of the Corners. The wretched
man paid heavy penalty for his insolence.
He WIZ carried Of BY some sympathisin mig
i gers. mere wreck w his former self.
i little later the " Yoonyun msn,n as they
call themselves, upon Pike Run, come down
TO vote. But Issaker and McPelter reasoned
with EN-. Kernel Mcpelter's remarks wuz
partickerly impressive. They asserted that ez
American citizens thev he'd rite to vote
J and shood do % 1t al hazards. The Kernel
IN reply stated to them that the Corners wuz
fitin for her liberties no matter vat
their abstract rites mite BE- the Cornsrs Good
not permit herself to be contaminated with
Ablishn votes, '.shouid you attempt ii, sed
he impressly, "the blood nv the Corners will
be up, and won be answ erAhle for The con
sciences. BewareIn
They pressed forerd, when from among our
people single shot was heard, and the 1 cad
one Nv en-, preacher fell wrashin 10 the
dust.
pitied the poor wretch, but ~. hin W
dol Why viii hey come about ~, irri,as;n
our people with sher inceniasy votea7 Tha,
man he'd fsmilys. Whskrsaspn viii h ~
them. when As'sssaxsidi hons dsd, fer n ~
timely decsesey : it'setef JAas. Tho A.
] lishnisu will never lot al xlun6. And VI /
spose : hirelin and luhsid{ssd PRESS Is tho
North. IN the lace of the. pyotocashsa Ne