The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-19

Account Thereof
PosT OFFIs CoNFEDRrr x ROADS,
(Which is in the Stait nv Kentucky,
August 6, 1858.
Efthe American Eagle is in the hab-
it of screemin at Democrat victories,
she kin now test her capacity to the
fullest extent.
The election in Kentucky resulted
more glorIouslY than ever we had an
licipated. Eighty thousand majority
is a big thing, and we knowd it, but we
felt that the eye of the Dimocrisy wUz
onto us, and we did our level best. We
wanted to inspire the Dimocrisy nv the
North to set an example, in fact, wlch
wood awaken in EN- emulashen. The
election at the Corners wuz the same
ez the others in the State, SO in writiu
the history NV this wun am wriLin the
history NV all.
we had held a series nv meetins, all
witch, with the exception Nv Elder PEN
nibacker's obsinacy, wuz harmonious
wuz a great help to US. 1 had been
afraid that he might say suthin in 1t
wich would bother US, but when got
1t exclaimed halleloogy He hednt
sed a thing! He hedn't teched any Nv
the questions at ishOo, and konsekent-
IL coodn'L give no offence to nobody.
Bascom took it and swore that he wuz
with his Cooper Institoot speech, that
he wuz in favor NV pRyin the bonds in
gold, while Pennibacker was quite as
well satisfied from reRdin it in cOnneck-
shun with the platform and Peudle-
TOMS speeches, that lie wuZ in favor nv
paytn the bonds in green6ax. Ihey got
to dispootin over 1t, and referred the
matter to me. 1mitatin Seymore, l
never sed wurd about bonds and
greenbax, but went orr into. most elo-
kent denunsiashun Nv Joodis Iskariot.
It's always safe to abooZe Judis, ez Their
amt nobody nowhere to defend him.
"But," sed they in korus, docs he
perpose to pay the bonds in gold or
greenbax ?"
Smiling benignatly QUITO EN-. ez Sey-
mour did at the Convention, L replied
in these words: "My friends-for you
are my friends, let US confine ourselves
to Twin ishoos. Let me ask you eZ pa
triots, and men who hev the best inter-
ers nv the the country at heart, DO YOU
WANT YOUR DAUGHTERS To MARRY MO
GERS ?"
"Neverp sed they, strikin tablos,
"never!n and they rushed out in the
street hollerin "Rah for Seymour"
SIGH portions Nv the letter, however,
ez fitted our case read TO EN-. That
paragraph into witch he bewails the con-
dition NV men like us at the Corners,
witch he styles the intelligence of the
South, Kernel McPelter and 1 red to
every one at the Corners, we bein all
witch kin reed; and the paragraf in
WITCH he deuounces the men who assert
that Union men amt permitted to live
in peace in the South L red the first
time to twenty or thirty Nv our people
wich bed just returned from raid onto
the settlement of Abolitionists over on
the Pike Run. Young 1ssaker Gavitt
| wuz so Affected that he shed tears, wipln
L ,feI, k,n V.ntN l.,
from the body of a Yoonyun man witch
he had just shot in the presence Nv his
family, which refoosed to leave the set
tie nent.
The elecshun went off magnificently.
Never did see in all my experience,
wich hez bin very great, SIGH extensive
preparations made. Bascom's bar wuZ
made free. Deekin Pogram, Kernel
McPelter and myself, one witch holds a
Government ofhs, and the other two
expects to, he'd bari Nv new elecshun
whisky purchist, witch Elder Penni-
hacker, notwithstandin his disatteck;
shun, furnisht at cost, witch wuz y
cents per gallon, ez no tax hez bin pade
| in this districk.
Iopened the polls, usin for the pur-
| pAs a hat, and the votin commenst
lively. 1 put in two, Bascom slipt in
three under different names, and the
! the other faithful ones voted eZ many
10 o'clock Pollock came up to vote, at
| witch l wuz surprised. When 1 say
surprised mean it. The very pres
ence of the man at SIGH a time and
place wuz startlin, and it he'd terrible
effeck on the populis. "WatW sed
Issaker Gavitt, Indignantly, "shel a
| Illinoy Ablishnist-a man not born in
Kentucky-a man who holds views SO
totally different from ourn, persoom to
| vote at these ere poles7 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 paid heavy penal
ty for his insolence. He wuZ carried
of by some sympathisin niggers, Il
mere wreck Nv his former self.
A little later the "YoonyUn men," ez
they call themselves, upon Pike Run,
come down to vote. But Issaker and
McPelter reasoned with EN-. Kernel
McPelter's remarks were partikelerly
impressive. They asserted that e7
Amerikin citizens they he'd rite to
vote, and shood do go at all hazards
The Kernel in reply statid to EN- that
the Corners wuz fghtin for her nber-
ties-that no matter what their abstrack
permit herself to be contaminated with
| AbIishin votes. "Should 700 attempt
it," sed he impressively, "the blood NV
the Corners will be up, and won't be
answerable for the consekences. Be-
ware"
They pressed forerd. when from
among our people single shot wu7
heard, and the head NV one Nv EN-, u
preacher, fell within in the dust.
pitied the poor wretch, but wat kir
we do? Why will they come about us
irritatin our people with their inceDjary
votes? That man he'd a family. Wal
reason will he give them, when he's
carried home dead, for his ontimely de
cease? Its ever thus. The Ablishnistt
will never let us alone. And yet
spose that a hirelin and subsidized
press in the North, in the face Nv the
proVocashen we received, will accuse
US of murdrin this man,
Our ambiShen wuz to hev the vote
clean DimecratIc. But it was not SO
At about one P. NJ, Joe Bigler, who he'd
heerd NV the doins, come to the polls,
Issaker and McPelter wuz goIn tc
prevent him votiDs but the yillatC
drawed revolver the mint they look
at him, and they partid, making lanG
for him to the hat.
Does any one challenge my vote ~
sed he, ccckin his weapon. 'Ef SO
i let EN- speek."
But no one interfered, and took 1t
When we countid out there wuz barely
one Abiishn ballot in the hat. 1t wuz
\ Bigler's. But we were neer enuf 700
nanimus, and we perpose to keep so
The process is simple. 1t consists
merely in shootin all who differ with
US. Thus we have peece at home.
Our politikle prospects are mixed
The reduckshen nv the tax on whisky
inclined many NV our voters toward
I Republickinism, but headed this or
by swearin that the Democrisy wuz
pledged to take 1t orr all together. The
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