Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1868-09-02
Mr.. Nasty Votes.

The Rev. Petroleum V. Nasty thus de
scribes the recent election in Kentucky
THE elecshun went off magnihcently. -
| Never did l see in all nv experience wict
hez bin very great, sich extensive prepa-
rations made. Bsscom's bar wuz made
free. Deekin Pogram, Kernel McPelter,
and myself, one Nv which holds q govern
ment offs, and the other two expects to,
he'd a bari Nv new elecKshun whisky, pur-
chast, witch Elder Pennibacker, notwitb-
standin his disaffscshun, furnisht at on st,
witch wuz % cents per gallon, ez no tax
hez ever bin psde in his districk.
1 opened the polls, usin for the purpus
a hat, and the votin cOmmenst lively. l
put in two, Bascom slipt in thre under
different names. and the other faithful
ones voted ez many times ez they thought
necessary. About 10 o'clock Pollock
came up to vote, at witch l wuz surprised
When I say surprised, l mean 1t. The
very presence Nv the man at such q time
and place wuz startlin, and it he'd 3 Ter
rible effeck on the populis. Watt" sand
Issaker Gavitt, Indignantly, "shell q Illi-
noy Ablishinst-s man not born in Ken
tucky-a man who holds views so entire
ly different from Ourn, persoom to vote at
these ere poles! never
And Issaker, bilin over with rage,
went for him, in witch he wuz assisted by
the entire balance Nv the Corners. The
wretched man pade q heavy penalty for
his insolence. He wuz carried OF by some
sympathisin niggers, a mere wreck Nv his
former self.
A little later the "Uoonyun men," ez
they call themselves up on Pike Run,
come down to vote. But Issaker and
McPeiter reasoned with en-. Kernal Nc
Peters remarks wuz petikerly impressive.
They asserted that ez Amerikin citizens
they he'd q rite to vote, and shOod do so at
all hazards.
The Ke-nal, in reply, ststid to I'm that
the Corners wuz a ftin for their liberties
that no matter wat their a5strack rites
mite be, the Corners Good not permit her
self to be contaminated With AblishIn
votes. ''Shood 700 attempt it," said he
impressively, 'the blood Nv the Corn ers
will up, and 1 won't be answerable for the
consekences. Beware!"
They proceeded fored, when from
among our people a single shot was
heard, and the one Nv EN-, a preacher,
fell within in the dust.
| pitied the poor wretch, but what
kin we do? Why will they come about
US, irritatin Dur people with i~nceDjsry
votes? That man he'd a family. Wat
reason will he give them, when he's
carried home dead, for his ontimely
decese2 Its eVer thus. The Ablish-
nists will never let US alone. And yet
| spose that q hirelin and subsidized
press in the North, in the face nv the
provocashen we received, will accuse
US Nv murderin this man.
Our ambishen wuz to hev the vote
clean DImekratic. But it Wuz not so;
At about l P. N, Joe Bigler, who he'd
heerd Nv the doins, came to the polls.
Issaker and McPelter wuz a goin to
prevent him from votin, but the william
drawd a revolver the mint they lookt
at him, and they paTtid, mskjn a lane
for him to the hat.
"Does any one challenge my vote ?"
sed he. cockin his weapon. 'Ef so, let
'em speak"
But no one interfered, and 1 took it.
When We eountid out there wuz barely
one Abiishn ballot in the hat. 1t wuz
DASiSI oAb NC NcfG npPt Sluu yOOudu-
linus, and We perpose 10 keep SO. Ths
process is simple. 1t co insists merely in
shootin all who differ with us. Thus we
hev peece at home.
Our politikle ~prospecks are mixed. The
redueksheR " the tax on whisky incli ned
msny Nv our voters toward Republican
ism, but 1 headed this OFF by swearing
that the Democrisy wuz pledged to take t
OFF all together. The Northern papers
sSsertin that Blare's letter don't mean rev.
olooshen is hurt!n Us some, but that Is
more than balanced by the ease with witch
We kin organize, Yesterday sq entire
regiment in the Contedrit servis reorgqn
lied as a Seymore and q BlRrs Club-re-
tainin their officers ez doorin the war,and
yOosin the identikle rolls, flags, and SIGH.
1t aids US wonderhy.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. NJ.
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