Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-07-24
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OUR JEsUR LETTER.

OUR JEsUP LETTER.
Seymour and Blair Ratifcotion-22
Democrats in COuncil-Roszetl, Tie
Prophet, Discourseth-IHf rants to
.rpedk-G Grant Club-Lidet Suit.
JEsuP, July 22, 1868.
Wednesday, July Is, 1868, will he mem
orAbe day in the annals Of the Jesup De-
mocracy, for on the evening of that day oc-
Cured their 8rst grand demonstration since
they had been elec,ri(stupe)fed with the
generally expected result Of the 22d ballot.
1t was evident during the day that our Dem.
ocratic friends meant Jusiness. The enthu-
siastic Puff lin politics) was sent to Inde-
pendence in search Of music and speakers,
and the diligens Dogberry delegated to cir
culate subscription paper to procure lit
tie Of the deLased currency they cry down SO
much, but which. they found WAS necessary
to have on hand in order to make their meet.
ing sufficiently interesting to induce the
Band to attend. p. and ID. were both sue.
cessful. In fact they both proved themsel>
yes worthy followers Of the great New York
Chariatan. Puff with that unerring instinct
which is proof positive Of his thorough con.
version to modern Democracy, nossd out the
man whose past political record is, Of all
others in this county, most in consonance
with the great Horatios, and infaming his
imagination with glowing account Of band,
banner, aad bonfire that we're to be, and
arousing his slumbering ambition by depict
ing the glorious cheers that would 60 up in
one united voice from the tro thousand en-
thusiastic Seymourites who would be assem-.
bled to greet him, Puff succeeded in over
coming the prudish objections 10 filling pub.
lie stations which the Prophet entertains in
common with the great Refuser, and in gain
ing his consent TO sacrifice his feelings for
the good of the party BY appearing 1t Jesup
and cxpounding the Tammany principles.
Puff next engaged the band and then came
the telegram to the expectant Dogberry,
arousing him to an activity in the subscrip>
ton business that WAS decidedly taking, and
whether he secured the gratitude Of his par
y with their stamps, or not, be certainly
proved himself well qualified for high po-
sition in the court Of king Petard.
Puff and Dogberry bad done their work.
The Band had arrived. The banner was
Tapping iu the evening breeze, and the bon
Gre was ready for the match. The speaker,
full Of his well committed speeches Of ga.
was impatiently awaiting the expected sig
nal-but
Where, o where are the Seymour children,
Where, o who're are the Seymour children,
the expected, the enthusiastic too thoGsasdf :
No answer at o'clock. None at $50. So
out in the dark, alone BY themselves, the
Band practiced awhile to keep from being
lonesome.
so'clock-but no answer. Discouraged
At last, the signals were finally given-the
bonfire blazed-the Band played-the speak.
er mounted the platform, and looking around
for the two thousand beheld Of men, women
and children about one hundred in number.
and, astounding though it may seem, in that
vast assemblage there were
~ Democrats.
cMISous.
The speaker had hardly time to glance at
his audience, ere down tumbled the bonfire,
the barrel and boxes composing it rolling
either way, where, after flaming up little
and smoldering good deal, they soon wext
out together. Ominous Of the fate Of the
Democratic party which must needs fall Of
its own weight, and only cling TO . feeble
and uncertain existence until November,
when it will receive its final quietus BY meet
ing with Just and overwhelming defeat.
Lighted by single lamp, The meeting
proceeded to business. The speaker was
introduced by the President Of the Jesup
Democratic Club--a fine old.fashioned geu-
tIeman, Democratic Peter Klaus, who now
clings to the party Of bis youth with the
blissfuIly ignorant belief that it is still ani>
mated by the spirit Of Andrew Jackson.
THE sPEEcH--srhxARy.
lst. He bad made up his mind not to de.
claim in public again--but he could not re-
sist the whe'ming tide.
ID. The New York Convention had se>
lected for their standard bearer that great
statesman, Horr.atio Seymour. tNot .
cheer.1
3D., Repeated No.. (Not sound.
4lh. He congratulated the audience on
the Immense eatausiasm manifested by them.
{" Sarkasm.''
9Th. o taxation. Under Radical rule
the people were ground 10 the dust-they
were oppressed-they we're slaves, (Oh
don't.)
9th. o, the bloa,ed bondAolder. (He for
90, to state whether Seymour is one or not
7th. "Ono currency for the rich man
and the poor man, the bondhoIder and the
plow.h holder"
(But be entirely neglected to state what
that " one currency" Is to be-whether gold
or demoralizsd greenhacks--n neither did he
see tit 10 refer his hearers to the greenback
platform, nor yet to the bondholdng candi>
date, for settlement Of the question.
9Th. The only argument Republicans bad
was 10 call man o "Copperhead, Copper.
head, CorPERHEAD."
(He said the word copperhead 90 furious>
ly that ono would naturally suppose that
sometime, he had hod the full significance
Of the term Impressed upon hh mind
9Th. Reconstruction is constitutional
Roszell. 1868. (Coercion y rsvolution--
Seymour, 1867
10Th. The army costs Us $500, 900, 900 .
year, and y kept up BY the Radicals to ena.
bls them TO control the elec:ioss. This, with
various other evils with which our county
is now afflicted be asserted he bad foretold
ssvsral pears ago, and thus having stated his
claims to be called Roszel the Prophet-he
proceeded 10 prophesy as iollows, TO- wit /;
There ID now no douh, but that Hor>r>atio
Seymour and +. p. Blair viii! be elected in