Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-08-08
From the Toledo Blade.
NASBY,

nv -fHscy ItetuTHS yFOW -fGU IOFH OfJOfG me
AGOarRment Of tile C0ncention-How tie
N0minoti4hs ,cerr Receiced at tile Corners.
Posi- OFFls, CeNFEDRTr y ROADS, !
Wich is i'll the State of Kentucky,
rrf July II, 1868. J
I didn't stay in New York until the
Convenshun adjourned, for the most ex-
cellcnt reason, to wit, viz: my money
run out. The Milesian female with whom
II WIZ forst to board, required payment
in advance, ard NV coorse under Sich
an arrangement thers wuz nothin left
for me but to succum. The length NV my
stay rcdoOst itself to Il mere matter nv
mo, cy. / tried the borrowin dodge,
and the cheekin dodge, but good Lord |!
wat Good do with an entire Conven-
shun, all NY 'em more or less tryin to
live i'll the same way? / left and come
home while / coed, and before it wuz
everlastingly TO late.
VIII [ left spozed thcr wuz no doubt
NV the nominashun of Pendlct, H. III e
"young eagle of the West" he'd received
l55 votes, and WIZ ganin, and Seymour
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 | wanted, | rec
iy bleeved the cuss wuZ in earllist, and
saw nothin that Good stand between
Pendleton and success. Ez l left the
Ohio river, | got out NV the the reach
NV railroads and tclegraphs, and told
the people all along that Pendleton had
been nominated on the 16 ballot, and
that the country wuz all ablaze with
enthoosiasm for him and greenbax, so
certin WIZ of his success. =
On arrivin at the Corners found that
intense anxiety wiz manifested by the
citizens thereof. They were all gathered
at Bascom's discussin the matter when |
hove in site OH mule witch l borrowed
at Secessionville to ride over onto.
"Who is it =" asked Deekin Pogram,
ketchin the mule by the bride. "Who
is it ?' and what principles have we got
to support this fall?
''Pendleton and greenbax," shouted I.
"Pendlctoh, the young eagle of the
west, VINO is opposed to the bloted aris-
tocratic bondholders, wich wood crush
us. labrin men unto dust. Pendleton who
bleeves that eff greenbax is good enuff for
us honest laborin men, they are good
enough for the aristocrat, who like the
King of the nursery rhyme, sits in his
parlor, countin his money. Pendle-'
"Enutf!'' sed Bascom, "enuff. Save
that speech, Parson, till we hcv our rati-
tication. In the meantime, git off and
take suthin. So good do feel over the
result, that l am willin TO stand treat
for the crowd. Come one, come all %
These few remarks NY Bascom's wuz
hailed with satisfacshun. Ez wun man
tie 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 a
happy poishen is hizzen!
The next mite wuz decided to hev the
ratificashen, that the Corners mite con-
tribbit hermite toward swellin the en-
thoosiam on the bozzum NV wich Pendle-
ton wuz to sweep to glory. We met in
the open air, in front NV Bascum's, and
the impatient crowd called upon me to
give an account NV my stewardship.
opened by Stain that went to Moo
1ork uGder pekoolyerly embarrasin cir
cumstances. The whole money power
NV the east was arrayed against u.s. The
arlstocratlc Belmont, wich is the agent
NV the Rothchilds, the monev-kings NV
the world, wuz determined to foist onto
the Democracy either Chase, the accus-
sed Abolitionist, or Seymour the pekool-
er pet NV Wall street, wich street is. r
may sling in here for the benefit NV nv
hearers, where the money bizniss is most
ly done, where they sleep on Govern
ment bonds and spend the halft Nv ther
time i'll clippin off the coopons.