Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-06-04
NASBY.

May 81, 1868.
WIZ at Chicago one day, and that one
day satisfied me. My ears wuz stunned
with rOars for Grant; whichever way
turned my eyes saw nothin but Grant
badges and Grant medals; the bands WIZ
all playin the Star Spangled Banner and
SIGH, ana even the street organ-grinders
he'd attoOned their Tyres TO the same
Ablishun melodies.
On my arrival askt a yishus boy, witch
/ knowd was Dimekratic, from the fact
that his little shirt wood hev hung out NV
his little pants eff he'd he'd any shirt, eft he
Good show me where the Ablishun Con-
yenshun wuZ a holdin itself
Certainly kin, my old buffer" sed he.
ats in that yer bildin," pintin ez he
spoke to a ruther gorgus edifice, with a
steeple to it.
/ entered it, and wuz surprised, not only
ut the fewness of the delegates on the floor,
but at their pecoolyer appearance. They
wuZ all solemn lOOkin chaps with gold
spectacles, black coats, high foreheads, and
white neckercrers. rs this, thot L to
myself, "the uniform delegates wear at
Republican convenshuns.
At this pint turned TO man sittin be-
side me, and in an under tone askt witch
wuz ahed on the last ballot, Colfax or
Wade?
"Sir, rsed he, fare youaJohnson post.
master."
LAM" sed 1 defiantly. allow didst
determine that pint:"
"By yoor breath" sed he "Yoor mis-
taken in the place, ny friend. This is a
Methodist Conference" n -
That wicked and perverse boy he'd in
tenshnelly deceived me.
Unable to obtane admission into the
Opers House, Iwhiled away the rosy hours
a visitin the delegashen rooms. The In
geany delegashen offered me water when
| intimated wuz athirst. The Ohio dele
gashen knew me on site and rekested me
To dust, and the Californy delegashen, NV
witch expected better things, he'd the inn
pudence to offer me wine, Winei Wine !
To feed SIGH nose ez carry about. Wine
to satisfy the cravins Nv SIGH a stumick ez
minel Faughl And the man who did it
he'd bin in Californy twenty years
Disguised at the thinness of the bever-
ages. retired into friendly hosteriy kept
by Dennis O'Shaughnessy, and at his hos
pitable bar solaced myself with three
fingers NV Kentucky suster ance.
There wuz no enthoosiasm among the
citizens Nv Chicago witch materially fell
among. The sloon keepers, witch in re-
menbrance NV the Demokratic Conven-
shun nv 1864 had made extra prepare
shuns, wuz gloomy, sad, and disappointed.
These places garnisht for the occasion,
wuz sad and lonely. There wuz an entire
absence Nv that gentle gurgle witch to me
is so pleasin, there WIZ none Nv the gener-
Gus noses and faces lighted up with the
radiance born Nv the bari witch l am so ac-
customed to. No, Chicago wuz no. place
FOR me. .... lu.i..s.
Its the last Republican Convenshun /
shell ever attend The idea NV a conference
s.ttin in the same city with convenshenl
The idea Nv minglin politics with religion
Will there be conferences in Moo York in
Jooly? Methinks not, oziless indeed my
church shOOd decide to hold one.
On my return we wuz a settin in Das-
CONS discussin the nominashens- Dekin
POgram wuz indignant GOOD Heayensr =
sed he with horror in his sainted face.
a. kin it be that men perfessin nashunel
views wood offer such an insult to Ken
lucky eZ TO nominate SIGH man ez Grant,
who, sword in hand, devastated her fertile
fields and piled the bodies Nv her nootral
sons who resisted his advance mountins
highg Kin it be that" ,r.
Easy, Deekin, replied /, "stiddy
stiddyl Don't take posishen rashly. II
amt improbable that We may hev to n0mi
nate Hancock or some other soljer. In
that event-but I've said enuff" .s1.
well at all evence,". sed the Deeken
its q most hoomiliatin thing to hey
thrown in our faces infamous proposish.
en- to pay a debt injured in n infamous
attempt TO SURROGATE us-to pledge oul
labor to pay debt unconstit0otionally In
kurred, and un-1~-s .-.srss eofsflr
"Deekin," sed /, "yoor zeel do admire
but yoor RELY indiscreet. 1t may be foun(
necessary in order to carry Moo York Il
nominate Belmont's man, who will b
pledged to this very thing. Go it'll
slow" .f .... 80
"WeI, however that may be, its burnil
shame to throw TITO Kcntucky's face
Ablishnist-two " EN- in fact-and-"
"Deekin," q. spoke this time severely
"yoor very fntiscreet to-day. It's pos
sible, and may say probable, that tina
noble patriot, Cheef Justice Chase, VIII
hez bin friteful Ablishnist, and who, g
he runs, will for obvus reasons, make q
swaller at the beginin, o porshen nv N
heresies, may be our candidate %.
nothin, Deekin, that yoOl. heT to tax
back 49, ~ ,sa - 81. ,.'... ?. e >.
IL
chance for an improvin discourse on tn
nacher, objicks and aims nv Dimocrisy,
opened out onto en- 49, -.
~Dimocrisy," / remarkt, is distin
guished cheefiy for its elasticity in adaptil
means to ends. One would suppose tina
Post Offs il its chief ends In one sens
il Is Dimocrisy is willing to sacrifice any
thing witch it hez for Post-Of1x 1t NIT
raise Deekin Pogram's ire to sejest tn
nominashen Nv Hancock, on akkount u
his slawterins, or Belmont's candidate, OF
akkonnt NV his insistin on payin OIL tn
Nachnel debt, OK Chase, who hez been Il
mis- day suspected nv bein tainted wit
Ablishinism. But, my brethring, let It D
Remembered that success Is the main objict
Success is wat Bascom wants, that i, bel
eontinyood in oils, may hey the means
pay for the likker consoom, and avos
the necessity Nv bein continyooally n
Qested to chalk it down, wich practis b
<osteems digtlstin, and one witch greatly in
creases his labors. Captain McPelte
wants success that he smay continyoo't
hev Assessors, Collectors, and Reveno
oNoefswithwich bs kin>divide the profit
NV the $s00tax on whisky he makes, an
Deekin Pogram. wants success that b
may hey his niggersagin, or at least that p
may flev the privilege NV him ernf0 u
per month, deductin 25 cents q day 70
each days absence, without no Bufrov
ofiiser or other military satrap h1ngr
about to modest or make afraid. Success
is the main pint, and eff Hancock is tn
way, walk We in it-ef Chase or Seymou