The Evansville journal., 1868-07-24

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Convenshun adjourned, for a most
excellent reason to wit, VIZ; my
Iaonev run out. The Milesian female
with whom | wuz forst to board,
reouired payment in advance, and NV
course under. such an arrangement
there wuz nothing left for me but to
suecum. The length of my stay
redoOst itself to a mere matter NV
money / tried the borrowin dodge,
aud the cheekin dodge, but good
Lord wat Good / do with an entire
Convenshun, all NV 'em, more or less,
tryin to live in the same way? / left
and cum home while [ Good, and
before it wuz everlastinly too late.
When | left / spOsed ther waZ no
doubt nv the nomination nv Pendle-
ton. The "yung eagleuV the West
he'd received l55 votes, and wuz a
gainin, aud Seymore he'd declined so
often and persisteptly that goin back
On INV usual disbelief In these fellers,
having declined great many offices
myself that ] wanted, L reely be-
1eeved the cuss wuz IN earnest, and
saw nothin that Good stand between
PendletOn and success. Ez L left the
Ohio River, / got out NV the reach nv
railroads and tellegraphs, and i told
the people all along that Pendieton
he'd bin nominated on the 10th ball
lot, aud that the country wuZ all
ablaze with enthusiasm for him and
greenbax, so certin wuz | NV his sue
cess. t as
On arriving at the Corners I found
that intense anxiety wuz manifested
by the citizens thereof. They were
all gathered at Bascom's discussin
the matter when | hove in site on a
mule wich / he'd borrered at Seces-
siOnviile to ride over onto.
Who is it?" asks Dekin Pegram,
ketchin the mule by the bride. Who
Is it, ard wat principles have we got
to support this Fall2" -
"Pendleton and greenbax," shout
ed l." Pendleton, the young eagle NV
the West, who is opposed to the
bloated aristocratic bondholders, wich
wood crush us laborin men intu the
dust. PendletOn, who bleeves that
eff greenbax is good enuf for the
aristoerat, who like the King In the
nursery rhyme, sits in his parlor count
ing his money. Pendle-" .Blo
Enuffp sed Baseom, enuff
Save that speech, Parson, till we hev
our rati6cashen. In the meantime,
get off and take suthin. SO good do
| feel over the result, that | am
willin to stand treet for the crowd
Come one, come all.
These few remarks nv Bascom's
Wuz hailed with satisfaction. Ez one
man the entire crowd moved into his
place and ez one man they all asswaged
their thirst. Bascom kin move the
Corners quicker than any man in it.
Wat a happy posishen is hizzinl
The next mite 1t wuz desided to hev
a ratifcashen, that the Corners mite
contribbit her mite towards swellin
the enthoosiasm on the buZzum Wv
wich Pendleton wuz to-sweepto glory
We met in the open air, in front uN
Bascom's, and the impashent crowC
called upon me to give an account uN
my stewardship. e.
l opened by ystatin that / went K
Moo York under pekoolyerly embar
Tassin circumstances. The whole
money power NV the East wuz arrayeC
agin us. The aristocratie Belmont
which is agent Nv the Rothchilds, the
money kings Nv the world, wuz deter
mined TO fOist onto the DlmOcrac.
either Chase, the accursed Abolition
ist, or Seymour. the pekoolyer pet a
w al RbACCtY W ulSAl -oN4GCg lol.
sling in here for the benefit Nv m
hearers, where the money bizniss i
mostly done, aud where they sleep Oh
Government bonds, and spend th
hefr NV their time clipping off tn
coOpons.
''Wat is coopons2" asked DeekiI
Pogram.
l explained to the blessed old sain
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This Wall Street infooence woot
my brethren, hey corrupted the Din
ocrasy. Wall Street came into Tan
many dali aud wanted TO control OF
ackshen. But we wuZent to be pul
chist. The more Wall Street offere
to enslave the Dimocrasy, the mol
yoor Representatives. gloryin' in tn,
manhood. spurned ther proffere
bribes We went there determine
to emancipate the y0manry nv Il
country from the bondige NV Il
bloated bondholder went tn
pledged to PendletOn, the young Gag
NV the West-pledged to tender q
bloated bOndholder the same dir
rags wich he pade for his bonds
pledged to pay the bloated bon
holder, If we pade them anythir
greenbaeks for his bloated bonds
nothin' We went ther determin
TO annihilate this yer Seemore al
his bIoated supporters"
"'Rah for Pendletonl" sung o
the crowd. sa
Three groans for Seemore, I
bloated bOndholders' agent"
Both cheers and groans were Civ
with Will and / proceeded.
NV trends. YOU never'll know y
we, the peoples defenders, he'd to &C
tend with. The bloated bondhold'
he'd money-we he'd none. They we
determined to fasten the yoke on yC
necks-We we're determined to hist
off. They wuz determined to h
Seymour with all Wall Street at
back fastened on to you to grind y
into dust, but teelIn that eft he sho
be nominated we Good never supp
him, we riZ In our mite and MANU-
compelled em to withdraw this N
and give US the peoples chol
George III. Pendleton, the eagle
the ="
At this pint Deekin Pogram's $
GamalIel, was seen putin down
hill ez fast ez his mule Good git.
Bigler notist him fust and rusht
NV the crowd to intercept him.
boy he'd a noospaper In his ha
which Josef took from him
rushed to where wuz standin on
he'd NV q barl.
Here's the last Loosville papt
sed josef, unfolding it. "Shef l +
it?"
" Reedl reed p yelled the Gro
"Giv us the nooze Nv the downfall
tbe bIoated bOndhOldersp