The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-02-28
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February II, 1868.

February II. 1868.
There is located at the Corners
about l2 or Is sons NV the Green Isle
NV Erin, wich is called the green isle,
l spOse becoz NV the ease with wich
the great majority Nv EN- are man.
aged by the Democrisy. To fasten
these voters and hold EN- to rs, il
wuz considerd advisable that some
akshen be taken by the Democrisy NV
the Corners, in the matter NV Irish
liberty and English oppreshun. The
ijee originated with Oeekin Pogram,
and Bascom, Capt. McPelter and /,
consented. We met at the church.
and l made, ez is the custom, tho
leadin speech. 1t wuz subjick tina,
is easy to speek upon, and | flatter
myself / did it justis. It's easy to
talk NV liberty, tor ther's suthin in
spirin in the word. That's the reason
why the Ablishnists hev alluz he'd
the advantage Nv us in the matter Nv
speakers. They hev all the advan-
tage NV sentiment; but, halleloogy! Nv
wat avail is sentiment when 700 hurl
it at a lazy man !? pv wat good is ii
to talk NV liberty to a man who don't
like to work; who hez a taste for
draw poker and mint gooleps, and
who kin force fifty or a hundred
niggers to work for him !? Yoo mite
ez well fire paper wads at q iron clad.
That's wher the DemOcrisy hev EN-
in Kentucky. Everybody here hez a
dislike for work, and likin for mint
gooleps. but nobody haint got no
sentiment.
Still, We hev no objeckshun to talk
in NV liberty, at long range. We hev
no objeckskun to it in Ireland. In
fact, we are willin to admit that in
ireland, 1t Is pretty good thing.
! spoke elokently on the subjick.
/ held up sich nv the wrongs endoor.
ed by the Irish ez I Good convenient
ly remember, spoke feellnly NV wal
they he'd suffered, wuz a suffrin. and
probably he'd yet to suffer, and de-
mandid that the Corners unite in q
expression nv sympathy with em, ez
those most certinly entitled to it. j
wuz applaudid to the EXC, and Bas-
com riz. He he'd q series Nv resolu-
shens, wich he begged to submit, ez
follows:
WAREAs, We hev red in the moose
papers or hev he'd red to us, wich is
the came thing, sole-moyin accounts
NV the horrors now affiictin Ireland
on account Nv the oppreshup and
tyranny practiced upon EN- by the
blOated aristocrats and pampered
sons Nv luxury nv England, and
WAREAs, The Corners feels for the
victims NV oppreshun, and weeps at
their woes, therefore be it
ResOlued, That the holdin Nv the
Irish in bondage in Ireland by the
English, is a reproach onto the civ
ilizashen of the 10Th century.
Resolped, That the taxin Nv the
Irish without givin Nv EN- q voice in
the government, the fOrsin NV EN- to
support government in the runnin
NV wich they hev no voice, and the
other outrages too tejus to menshun,
wich is bein cOntinooally inflicted
onto EN-, stirs our blood with indig-
nashen, and we hereby extend OuI
sympathy 10 EN-.
Resolued, That we demand Nv the
Government NV the United States,
that steps be immejitly taken to re
leese the Ameriken citizens NV Irish
descent, now languishin in English
prizens, and that, if needs be, to as
sert the dignity Nv the Republic, we
60 to war in this coz.
The resolOoshens wuz about bein
yoonanimously adopted when that
miserable cuss. Joe Biglsr, riz- He
sed lie he'd q remark to make. He
approved NV them resolooshens. He
believed in EN-. Taxashen without
representation wuz ojus-it wuz
tyranny-it Good never be endoored,
and he cared not wher it wuz practist,
it wuz abhOrrent to every lover Nv
liberty. He shood cheerfully vote
for them resolooshens, but he desired
to make little addishen to em.
l remarkt that amendments wuz in
order.
"Very good" sed josef. 81 move
to add these:
"ReSolUed. Also, that ez taxashen
without representation is unjust in
l Ireland, it is in Kentucky, and that
while this Convenshun haz her pocket
hankercher out weepin over the
woes NV the Irish, it slings a teer or
two over the unforchnit black citizens
of this State, who are bein taxed like
thunder, but who aint permitted to
vote at all.
"Resolred, likewise, That while
moistenin up over the Amerikin cit
izens NV Irish descent now in prizen
in England, we give down a trifie
over the four Amerikin citizens Nv
descent now in Jail in this
county, who wuz imprizened for no
coz watever, ceptin knockin down
white men who aboozed
their wives.
"ResolDed, moreover, That while
we condemn England for imprizenin
Amerikin citizens NV Irish descent
without coz. and for tyranizin over
em generally, we shell take sich steps
ez shell prevent the same thing been
done to an alarmin extent to Amerikin
NV Atrikin descent at home
"These resolooshens," sed Josef,
II move ez a amendment. Nv coarse
no one will object, for the principle
is the same here ez there"
l replied breeHy. There wuz
/ feered Mr.. Bigler did
not understand the matter. There
wuz q distinkshen, and it wuZ not
altogether on akkount NV the Afri-
kin's bein a black man either. Ef
there wuz strong emigrashen from
Afrika to Amerika, and the Afrikin
emigrant Good git a vote after he he'd
been here five yeers, the Democrisy