Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-31
From the Toledo Blade.


[ Mr.. -N'ds5y Returns from .Ner York before The
.fdjOuTHmeut or the COnreRtiOH-HOiC the
I Nominations ircre Receired at the Corners.
Posr OFFIs, CoNFEDRIT X RoNDs,l
(Which is in the State Nv kentucky,)
July Is, 1865
didn't stay in Moo Yorkitill the Convenshun
/ adjourned, for a most exsellent reeson, to wit,
/ viz: nv money ran out The Milesian female
with whom wuz forst TO board required pay
/ ment in advance, and Nv cOOrse under sich an
arrangement there wuz nothing left fur me but
to succum. The length Nv my stay redoost it.
self to mere matter Nv money. | tried the
borrowin dodge and the cheekin dodge, but good
Lord what could | do with an entire Conven-
shun all NV em more or less tryin to live in the
same way? left and come home while Good,
and before it wuz eyerlastinly too late
When left | spozed there wuz no doubt NV
the nominashen NV Pendleton. The ." young
eagle Nv the West" hei received 155 votes, and
wuz a gainin. and Seymore he'd declined so often
and 50 persistently that gong back on my yousual
disbelief in these fellers, hevin declined a great
many offices myself that | wanted, | reey be-
eeved the cuss wuz in earnst and saw nothn
that Good stand between Pendleton and success
On arriyin at the Corners | found that intense
anxiety was manifested by the citizens thereof
They were all gathered at Bascoms, discussn
the matter when ! hove in site on a mule wich
| he'd borrered at Secessionville 10 ride over
onto.
"Who Is it, asks Deekn Pogram. ketchin
the mule by the bride .' Who is it, and
wat principles hev We got to support this
hllg''
Pendleton and greenbax, - shouted !. Pen
dleton, the young eagle NV the West, who Is op
posed to the boated aristocratic bond holders,
wich wool crush Us labrin men into the dust.
Pendleton. who believes that ct grecnbax Is
good enuf for us honest labrin men, they are
good enuf for the aristocrat, who, like the King
in the nursery rhyme sits IN his parlor countin
his money Pendle-'
Enutf 80 sed Bascom, "euuf Save that
speech Parsou, till we hev our ratifcasheu. In
the meantime, get of and take ,uthin. 81 good
10 feel over the result that am willin 10 stand
treet for the crowd. Come one, come all
The next mite il was desidel To hev "A ratifca-
shen, that the Corner, mite coutribbit her mite
towards sweln the enthoosia-w on the buzzum
NV wich Pendleton wuz To sweep 20 glory We
met in the open air, in front NV Blscoms, and
the impashent crowd called upon me 90 give an
account Nv my stewardship
l opened hy -tat.n that | went 20 Moo York
under pekoolyerly embarrassing circumstances.
The whole money power Nv the eist wuz arlyei
agin US
The ari-tosrIti, Belmont, wich is the agent
uy the Ro,nschiid-. the money-king- NV the
world. wuz determined 10 foist onto the Democ-
racy either Chase, the cursed aholitioni>t, or
Seymour, the pekoolyer pet NV Wall street, wich
street is may sling in here for the benefit uv
my hearers, where the money hizui>- is mostly
done. and where they sleep ON government
bonds and spend the heft If their time % clippin
.Wat IL coopon- ' askci Deesin Pa-Iln
explained 90 the blessed Oh saint wlt c.o-
pouS wuz, and went oH-
This Wall street influence, wood, my bryth-
reu, hey corrupted the Dimocri~, Wall street
came into Tammauy Hall and wantei 20 control
our ack.heu But we wum't to be purchi-t
The more Wall street offered o. cu-lave the Di-
mocri-v. the more voor representative. gloryiu
In their manhood. >nuued their pr0terei
triie-. Wcwcut there determined 20 euanci-
pate the yeamanrv as the country from the