The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-07-31

him f,st and risht out Nv the crowd to in
tcrcept him. The boy he'd noospapcr in
his hand wich Josef took from him and
r,isht to where ! wuz standing on the he'd
NV bari.
aHere's the last Louisville paper" scd
Josef unfolding It. "Sliel reed III"
Creed! Reed :" yelled the crowd. "Giv
us the moose Nv the downfall Nv the blout.
ed bondholders "
"Beforc rced," sed Josef, who he'd
glanced At the headins Nv the telegraphe,l
collum, "give three more cheers for Pen.
dleton and grcenbax. Hip, hip"
"Rah :" cheered tho crowd.
"Now three groans, and let them he good
ones, for Seemore and his cussed doctrine
wich will grind US into the dust under the
heels Nv Belmont, and aid the iilrrin cap.
talists by paying the bonds in gold !"
And they groaned ez hewtily ez they
cheered.
ave ez Dimocrats." continued Josef,
"hev sworn by our altars aud our fires.
never to support for any offs. any man who
wood paw debt incurred by unconsti.
tooshenel government In unconstiloo.
shenel war in anything but the debased
currency wich that unconstitutional gov
ernmspt ishood."
"Never! never ! we swarew -
avery good" said Josef "This paper
wich hold in my hands conveys The al.
fiicting intelligence that on the twenty.
seckond ballot Governor Iorasho Seymore
NV New York wuz nomenaie,l, and that
Frank Blair wuz nomenaicd President
by acclamalion. Ez Seymorc is opposed
bitterly to Pendleton's greenback policy,
spose, NV coarse, the Corners will repoodi.
ate the ackshen NV the Convanshnn
And with laff wich WIZ deviish in the
extreme Josef leit the stand.
The meetin broke up in arow. The Cor
ners felt that they he'd lin imposed upon
md he'd not got out NV the way I mite hev
bin personally injured.
The Deekin, Bascum, Kernel McPelter,
lssaker Gavitt and met in the Postoffis nj.
ter tho excited crowd he'd dispersed aud
consulted. We was in tight place. Relyin
on the strength NV Our candidate. we had
gone too Far in denouncin the others, tho
for that matter wat cood we do 7 The two
policies is SO cussed opposit that We cant
support the one without denounsn the 9th.
er. Il was decided that we support tho
ticket. We felt il wuz safe. Saymorr, if he
is elected, cant discriminate between his
supporters in the distribooshen NV the POST
offises, and after all that is the reel question
at ishoo. After givin the subjick more
matoor considerashen, we come TO the con.
clooshen that the credit and standing NV
the Government demanded the payment Nv
the Nashnel Indebtedness in gold, aud that
anything short Nv that would be repood-
iashin.
NJ wonder, sed I, "that any honest man
ANY man who believes in maintaining
unimpaired the credit Nv the government,
should think for a moment NV payin the
debt in anything but wot wuz contemplate.
ed-honest hard gold" At meetin the
next mite to ratiiy Seymours nominoshen,
sail this over agn, and asked 'em OF eny
democrat who remembered the glorious fiie
Jackson made for harl money, wood con-
sen, for moment to multiply II irredeem-
able paper currency? No! Lot us ez our
glorious standard bearer Seymour hez 50
boldly perclainie,l, let us pay our debt IN
demokratic money-gold-hard, shinin, yal'
Ter gold Three cheers for Seymour"
PErRoLEuM v. NAsBy, =. NJ.
(Wich iz Pos,mastcr)