Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-09-17
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Which /, in the State Of Kentucky,
Aug -. lN6o
The Nasbud Central Committee, hcsiu mott
tei me that ! cod either pay an a->,s-men; u,
so toward detrayin the expenses uv the cam
paign. or 90 South and organize colorei Sey.
mour and Blair Clubs, decided to io the latter
for obvu~ relsons, wich are
/. The entire community IN wich / reside aint
got $50. ceptu Bascom and Peuniiacker, wich
bein distllers and grocery keepers. hey naturally
absorbed an the capital uy the place
- | am fond uy travel, for cl,ewher hni uu-
cleaned fields and pls,ers fresh / ind men uy
wich | he, never borrcrel, and whose nIchers
hey never bin sourai hy uniortnit lendins
hey notist hey alluz done better wher | amt :,
well known. Ny zeal rather wears out my
friends
For these reasons l went. Ny frst stoppin
place wuz in Western Tennessee, and "a succes,
WIZ glorious. I made known my bizniS % tn,
leaiin pemokats. and they took hold Nv tn,
idea with alacrijy. Every man uy em put on hi.
gray uniform, As they alluz 30 when they embark
INTO politikle enterprise; that their Democri-y
may not he questioned. and sailed ont with me
10 eectioueer the uigcers wich were employed
onto their plantisheus. Their methoi wuz short
decisive and effective. The niggers w mildly
but firmly given the choice between iinin a See
more and Blarc club and attendin it 70 hear me
speak, or being discharged from ther employment
Ez the planters hev a iockeler way NV shootin al
site all nggers who heyu any employment, the
alternative mite be considered equivalent t,
deth, and with an alacrity wich | didn't expect
they all iiued and all come to the meetin in the
eyeuiu. One niger, when wuz half thro, goi
up and left, sayin ez be went that he wanted tC
work, had jiuel the club, and wuz willn to be a
conseryativ niger to hold his place, but ez fol
hcariu me clean thro he'd be-. They wood
hcy fnisht him on the spot, but | babe EN- for
bear. That nigger's yo Is shoor, and don Z
mind the insult he put onto me. Let him 20,
I set, 1--WE hev no votes 20 spare, and seuce Bu-
kann0u time We hev not bin able 70 vote dtr
men to any extent Let Horasho Secmore, II
he l. elected, remember this thotfuni> and self
sacritis Sich qualities wood shine AT the head
NV the Post Oils Department. ! merely throw
this hint out by the way.
The next pint ! struck wuz a cheerful village
Nv perhaps a thousand people. Here I found a
better sperit prevailin than ] Good hev hoped for
The druggists and gr0cers were all Democrats OF
the stmitest sect. heyin every one w EN- served
in the confeirit army They were delited at the
movement Not five miuits after | he'd male
known my biznis, a Niger came into a drug
store NV Wich the likker (wich wuz kept for
mcdissinel purposes only sootid me, askin for
some calomel and quniue, wich Is the standard
remedy among the niggers here for ague, the
whites yoos.n quinine and wh-key for the same
disease, wich they take, omittin the quinine
Shel VOC vote for Seemore and Blare -
quoth the patriotic druggist. 81 Ars You willin
10 become a conservative Niger and ine a con
seryative Niger Seemore and Blare club"
HI .u.s hi T7ft.s
e. Then, my buck, yoo can't hev no medicine
at this shop
- But my children must hev 1t, replied the
niger
..It makes no difference We can't furnish
medicines to Radikels. We can't furnish Mig
gers who amt willing to vote with Us who pro-
tected EN- in their infancy and workt EN- for
their own good in their matoorer years with
remedies ither vegetable or mineral. Jiue the
club or no quiniue.''
Ez a matter NV course the niger listened to
reason. lie wuz 10 wunst convinced that the
Radikels wuz opposed TO his interests in all re-
spex, and he jined They were thoro in ther
Democracy in that place They determined to
hev perfcck yoOanimity in their vote at the
pools. and the three or four nggers wich posi-
lively reiOozed to iine they hung together with
two white Ohio flrmers and one white Pennsyl-
vaney blacksmith, which persisted IN ther
"loyal,' ez they called it, principles. 1t he'd
an excellent persuasive eifeck upon the remain
ing ones They come in handsome and jined
without murmur.
The next place visited wuz a smaller village.
one which reely gladdened me to approach. In
this class Nv towns ther is less that cold for
mality wich characterizes more densely popula-
ted seckshuns. In sich places 700 find the
troo gushin child Of nacher. 1t is a splendid
corn-growin seekshun, wich soil is perkoolerly
favorably to the Democracy In fact, corn and
Democracy is inseperable, and our largest ma
orities is allus where there is the best and most
luxuriant corn. The distillers convert the corn
into whiskey and the whiskey converts original
men into Democrats, and then its plain saliin-
1t takes three generashuns at least to bring n
people out NV whisky, and the state Nv toelis
Shoes pants busted in the seat, and winders stuff
with old hat, wieh alluz marks n strickly Demo
cratic community 1t is a singler fact we never
forish in soil adapted TO wheat with ralerodes
thro it, Wheat will make whisky, but its too
fine favored, and the facilities for gettin it TO
market makes it too high in price. The man
who invented ralerodes struck n blow at the
heart Nv the party. For our purposes we want
a little Nv the fiery whisky which corn produces
and lwant that little strong. But this is di-
gression-