The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-06-17
Nasty.


Posi- OFFIs CONFEDRIT \, ROADS. |
State Nv Kentucky, May "a, 1868.
I wuz at Chicago one day, and that
one day satisfied me. My ears wuz
stunned with 'rors for Grant; wichev-
er way L turned my eyes l saw Moth
ing but Grant badges and medals /;
the bands wuz all playin the Star
Spangled Banner and sich, and even
the street organ grinders he'd attooned
their Tyres to the same Ablishun mel
odips 'ru' .r.. 'r.Gl lc1 EcIET i
Dn my arrival I'askt vishus bog
(wich / knowd wuz Dimerkretic, from
the fact thet his little shirt wood hev
hung out NV his little pants CT he'd
he'd any shirt, eff he kud show me
wher the Ablishun Convenshun wuz
II holdin itself. egnt1r .Ui .3 aU1pr
'"Certinly | kin my old BUFFER" sed
he. "It's in tibet yer bildin," pintin
cz he spoke, to ruther gorgus edits
with a steeple to it. s17 70 D'''n
L entered it, and wuz surprized, not
only at the fewncss Nv the delegates
on the floor, but at the pecoolyer ap-
pearance. They didn't look like any
Convcnshun / he'd ever attended,
Their nozes wuzll't NV the euler | he'd
bin accustomed to. They wuz all sol
emn lookin chaps with gold spectikles
black coats, high foreheds and white
neclscrchers. as this" thot l to my
self, "the uniform delegates wear at
Republican Conversions ?"rial" 20
AT this pint 1 turned to man set
tin beside me, and in an undertone
askt wich wuz ahed on the last ballot,
Colfax or Wade? "' '' '-.''''
"Sir," sed he, "are you johnson
postmaster9" 9"hjaIlm T.Aab laD
81 am" defently. elbow didst de-
termine thet pint 2" g-.e .-5.
"By yoor BREATH" sed he. "Yoor
mistaken in the place, my friend,
This isa Methodist conference"
Thet wikked and perversc boy he'd
intenshunelly deceived me. sHI
On my retun we lwuz a settin in
Bascom's discussin the nominashuns
Deekin Pogram wuz Indignant, "Good
Hevinsp' fscd he, with horrors in his
saintett f,co, "Kinit be thet men per-
fessin views wud offer sich an insult Ia
Kintuky ez to nominate sich a man ez
Grant, hu sord in hand, devastated her
crtilcfields and piled the bodies NV her
nootril sons who resistid his advance
mountains high. Kin itbe thet---Da
"a "Ezy deelSin,Di replied /, "stiddy
stiddy! Don't take posishen rashly
1t amt improbable thet we may hey
to nominate Hancock or some other
soljer. In thet event-but Pve sed
enuff. .!.i s1Hgs1 ,1o.gdoL j03hisTG ci
swell at all evence," 'sed the dee
kin, Sits a most hoomiliatin thing tc
heve thrown in our faces infamou.
proposishun. to pay a debt injured II
q infamous attempt to subjoogate us
To pledge our labor to pay debt uii-
constitushunelly inkurred,, and un--'
".Deekin,"' sed ] t"your zeal | do ad.
mire but yoor reely indiscreet. Itmay b,
found necessary IN order to carry Moo
York Ito nominate Belmont's man
who will be pledged to this very. thing
Go a little Slow" 7,3 ,;JoJ.bs,i4q
.s."Well, how thet may be, lisa burn.
in sham" to throw into Kintuky's
facoa nAblisliunesta 1.-two NV eirf in fac
and" .9moy9Y0
bdt'Deekin,p q spoke thistime severe.
lylnyoer very ipdiscreet Today, II
possible and L may say probable, the
thet noble patriot Cheef Justis Chase
Mo Hex bin 4 friteftif Ablishnist, ant
who eff he run, will, for obvus reasons
make us 'swallcr Int the1rbegipin ;
porshen NV his heresies, may be, oul
candidate, Say -nothin ,deekin, the
| yooI hey to take back" '''' - ''-.''N
aFeelin tlret rite here awvuz 4 splendit
chance for an improvin discourse on
the ndcltar; objieks, OandIaimsiuvf de
moGisy ! epened out onto sm. aans.y
s".Dimoerisy,Dy L remarkt "is dis
Itinguished chiefly for, its elasticity il
adaptiin means to ends. One wud sup
posonPostpOHs Hliia chesf endT Ii
otetssnse it. is. 80 Dimocrisy ia owilil
tuo sasrifee. enpythi9g; (which il he
for Post-Offis. 1t might raze Deekil
Pogram's ire to sejest the nominashui
Nv HancccIt, ON akkoantias liisislaw
terms, or Belmont's candidate on ak
kount NV his insistinsl, payin off N
Nashpsl Debts Or, Chase dYho he4 bi
! In his day SUSPECTED wv bei9 tainte
PWi}if KBiishiiiism. ~ But my bfethfin
let it be remembered tk@ saesessrd