The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-01-16

But out NV regard to my fceilns, j
close these harrowin reilecshuns.
Shood / dwell onto en-, l shood -he
entirely unnamed. When | think
! of them three weeks without whisky
reason tottcrs onto her thrown, and
wonder that lam still alive. Trooly
l am spared monument.
1t would not be out NV place in
this conneckshun for me to dwell
for moment upon TIE SACRIFICES !
hev made and the torters to wich |
hcv bin SUBJECTED. l hev, I may say
it lruhhlv, suffered probably more
than any NV the glorious company
NV martyrs, for righteousnis' sakr
NV first tate nv Felral tyranny WIZ
in 1892 Well do I remember the
| day A draft WIZ impendin. The
The tyranical Linllin, revein in the
gorgus halls NV despotic power at
Washington. he'd isshood his OPP
pressive decree for three hundred
thousand more | went, conf
dently, to the eggsamIner oils for
my cggsampshen, bat in the face ny
the most positive aslloorelce on my
part that [ he'd hTonkeetiS anl liver
complaint at that he'd he'd at differ
ent times Ey my life delirum tremcns
| WIZ laf to skorn, and pernounst
cz sound ez brick / determined
not to imbrlc nv hands in the blood
uv nv bret;lern NV the South.
shuddered at two ijees. First. at
beng punctured myself, and, sec
ond, puncturin any NV my friends nv
the Confedracy. Therefore l made
my way cz best ez l mite to that ref
uge from the persekutor, Canady.
| Need | d;latc onto the terforS uy
that passage? Need [ state how II
Wake from my then place Nv r,si-
dencc to Detroit, and how | swan
across the river ut that pint on Il log
and how, when on stIiilin the sacred
soil, I struck q taboo and shook
my fist at the stars and stripes, wich
saw wavin on the totller side? No
For all uv yoo hey done it, CT not
in Canady, somewhere else. The
draft wuz over. and l returned sup
posin it wuz all right S!sarcely he'd
reached nv humble home, when l
WIZ arrested, and dragged to a mill
tary camp. l he'd bin draw,l, an |
wuZ taken ez 4 deseeter. / did not
serve tho. Rnther than to carry a
| FeIlral ntlskit | deserted in ernist.
AMI wat military lie did see, saw
in the Confetlrit ranks. BIT that
wuz short. The kurnel NV my reg
ment appraciatin my style, ordered
me to be discharged on the sIlore
that I Good do7the CQnfe,srasy more
good operatin wit!r the Dimocrisy
nv the n North than [ Good carry in
muskits in the ranks nv her brave
| fdefenlers. He WIZ pleased to say
that wlZnt worth ia e. Il 50 jel
ANYHOW!
My secon in'llrseras'lan wnz NY
a more trvin nacher / he'd bin cal
led to organize and drill Il county
wich he'd determined come veal
come wo, they never wood under
eny cirNnm stances. submit to be
dragged to fight in q coz wic,l they
,litlnt bcIeeve in They he'd resol-
we'd in their meetius to die in their
own door yards tlonsanI times
each. ruther than submit to the
drafts which WIZ impendin too often
Eor to tue onconstitOoshnel taxes
wich the III >nster ut the heal nv the
Government WIZ a levyin We WIZ
Iin camp, 500 strong, when Il compnr
Nv soGers WIZ sent agin lis. Wnn
by wun the defenders NV their rites
bathot themselves NV b,z1is whic;l
they he'd home. Wui's wife wuz
momentarily expected to be con!inel
another he'd forgotten to ten his cat
tie, and Il thirds oldest son the hire
NV his house, WIZ to be marrid that
mite. Eggsortin Nv rs to fte brave
IL for our rites, and die rite there be-
tore submitten. they left fust one at
a time, then five in a squad. then ten
then q hundred. ontil all wuz gone
but me and nineteen others | wuz
restrained by pride; the nineteen
others conldn't git away OWN to a
bari NV new whiskey wich he'd bin
rolled onto ground, and wiclr they
h ID monopolized atween EN- the
only tin cup we he'd in the camp.
They were, ez a reward for their he
roism aud the s,lfferins that ensood.
all elected.t) offs that fall.
l WIZ treated with frightful seve-
rity. 1 WIZ kept on the ordinary
rashcns Nv private soGer- I wuz
not allowed the pero ozel Nv the Ricl-
mond papars, and [ WIZ conn eiled
afore bein released, to take the oath
Nv allegiance to the Federal Govern
ment.
And wot have I got for it? Good
L ,rd, shudder when | think uv the
ongratt fulnis Nv man. The party
f,r wich | suffered all this never SO
much ez gave me 4 thing. l wuz
naver made the recipient nv notlin
ontil 4 reformed Aboiishnist WIZ
ma lie President. who he'd to have 8
party and who hel to take only sich
nate circnm stance | mite now be
forst to beg my bread. I spare VOC
m ore detales Suffice it to say, ap-
prove NV the meetin. 1t wont do me
ez much good ez it will Yoo; voor
ores aint' heeled. VOC hev bin snar;
enuff' to keep q irritatin Nv en- Yoo
her kept a pro ilin nv EN- with rust,
males. and tearin Nv EN- open with
voor fingers, afore aujences and in
the noosepapers, ontil they hcv rely
come to be q stencil in the nostrils
Let rs unwi'ap EN- agin. Let the
cold mind nv iigratitnde blow onto
IN IN il h y get 50 indemal that
t,lcv will attract attcnshen. Lei
Valiandigum onwind his handage-
and clLAt,. tlAn h1.in tln nn1.:.nr