Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-07-31

OuiJ tdt lono.
didn't stay In Moo York till the Con.
venshun adjourned, for most excellent
reason, 70 wit viz; my money run out.
The Milesian female with whom l wuz
forst to board, required payment in ad-
vance, and NV coorse under sich an ar.
rangement there wuz nothing left for me
but to succum. The length NV my stay re-
doost itself TO mere matter NV money. /
tried the borrowin dodge, and 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 wayS left
and come homo while Good, and beforeit
was everlastinly too late,
When / LEFT spozed ther wuz no doubt
NV the nominashen NV Pendleton. The
"young eagle NV the West" p" he'd received
155 votes, and wuz gainin, and Seymore
he'd declined so often and so persistently
that goin back on my yoosual disbelief in
these fellers, hevin declined great many
offices myself that l wanted, ! RELY be-
leeved the cuss wuZ in earnist, and saw
nothin that Good stand between pendloton
and success. Ez lofl the Ohio river, / got
out the Teech NV railrodes and telegraphs,
and told the people all along that Pen
dleton he'd bin nominated on the 10Th bal
lot, and that the country wuz all ablaze
with enthoos'asm for him and greenbax,
so certin wuz nv his success. On arrivin
at the Corners found that intense anxiety
wuz manifested by the citizens thereof.
They were all gathered at Bascoms, dis
cussin the matter, when hove in site on
mule wich l he'd borrowed at Secession
vile to ride over onto
"Who is it9" asks Dcckin Pogram,
ketchn the mule by the bride. "Who is
1t and wat principles hev we got to sup
port this fall 2"
"Pendleton and greenbax," shouted l.
" "Pendleton, the young eagle Nv the West,
who is opposed to the bloated aristocratlc
bondhoiders, wica wood crush rs labrin
men into the dust. Pendleton, who
bleeves that ef greenbax is good enuff for
us honest laboTin men, they are good
enuif for the aristocrat, who like the King
in the nursery rhyme, sits in his parlor,
conntin his money. Pendle--"
"Enuff !" sed Bascom, "enuE. Save that
speech, Parson, till we hev our ratificashen.
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 oil"
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 happy posi-
shen Is hizzin
The next mite IL wuz desided to hev n
ratiiicashen, that the Corners mite con-
tribbit her mite towards swellin the
enthoosiasm on the buzzum NV wich
Pendleton wuz to sweep to glory We
met in the open air, in front Nv Bascom's,
and the impashent crowd called upon me
to give an account NV my stewardship.
opened by Stain that went TO Moo
York under pekoolyerly embarassin cir
| cumstances. The whole money power NV
| the East wuz arrayed agin us. The aristo-
cratic Belmont, which Is the agent Nv the
| Rothchilds, the money kings NV the world,
| wuz determined to foist onto the Demo
cracy either Chase the accurst Abolishnist
or Seymour the pekoolyer pet NV Wall
street, wich street is, may sling in here
for the benefit NV my hearers, where the
money bizniss is mostly done, and where
they sleep on Government bonds and
spend the heft NV their time clippin of
the coopons."
Wat is coopons ?" asked Deekin Po-
gram. s'q+i-- .t..
explained to the blessid old saint wat
coopons wuz, and went on.
"This Wall street lnfiooence wood, my
brethren, hev corrupted the Dimocrisy.
Wall street came into Tammany Hall and
wanted to control our ackshen. But we
wuzent to be purchist. The more Wall
street offered 10 enslaye the Dimocrisy,
the more yoor representatives, gloryin in
ther manhood, spurned ther proffered
bribes. We went there determined TO
emancipate the yomanry NV the bloated
bondholder-we went ther pledged to Pen
dleton, the young eagle Nv the West
pledged to tender the bloated bondholder
the same dirty rags wich he pade for his
bonds--pledged to pay the bl0ated bond
holder, If we pade them anything. green
backs for his bloated bonds or nothin. We
went ther determined to annibilate this yer
Seemore and his 6loated supporters"
"Rah for Pendleton!" sung out the
crowd.
"Three groans for Seymour, the bloated
bondholders' agent"
Both cheers and groans were given
with will and perceeded.
"My friends, you nev'll know wat we,
the peoples defenders, he'd to contend
with The bloated bondholders he'd
money-we he'd none. They were deter
mined to fasten the yoke on yoor necks--
we were determined to hist il of. They
wuz determined TO hev Seymour with all
Wall street at his back fastened on TO you
to grind you into dust but feelin that eff
he shood be nomenated we Good never
support him, We riz in our mite and man
fully compelled em to withdraw this man
and give US the peoples choice, Geo. Ii.
Pendleton, the eagle Of the"
At this pint Deekin Pograms son CANA
llel wuz seen putin down the hill ez fast
ez his mule Good git. Joe Bigler notist
him fust, and rusht out Nv the crowd to in
tercept him. The boy he'd a noospaper in
his hand wich Josef took from him and
rushed to where wuz standin on the
he'd Nv barl
Heres the last Louisville paper" sed
Josef, unfolding it. "Sbcl reed it -"
"Reed Reed |" yelled the crowd. "Giv
us the nOOze NV the downfall NV the
bloated bondholders |"
"Bcfore ! reed" sed Josef, who he'd
glanced at the headins Nv the telgraft col
lum, give three more cheers for Pendle-
ton and greenbax. Hip, hip"
Rail-" cheered the crowd.
"Now three groans, and let them be
good ones, for Seymour and his cussid
doctrine which will grind us into the dust
under the heels NV Belmont and aid the
furrin capitalists by payin the bonds in
gold u
And they groaned ez heartily ez they
cheered. frt
ave es Dimocrats," continued Joseph,
"hev sworn by our altars and our fires,
never to support for any otis, any man
who wood ply a debt injured by a un-
constitooshenel government in unconsti,
tooshnel war in anything but the dehased
currency wieh that uncomitOoshenel gov
ernment ishOod."
"Novcri neverl we swarep.
"VerY good, said josef "This paper
wich hold IN my hands conveys the af-
ilictin intelligence that ON the twenty
seckond ballot Governor HorashO Sey-
more, uv New York, wuz nOmenated, and
that Frank Blair wuz nomenated Vice
President by acclamation. Ez Seymore is
opposed bitterly TO Pendleton's greenbaek
policy, spose, NV coarse, the Corners will
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