The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-05-08
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feck yoonanlmlty NV senuhen.' an'
to bring about that onenis Nv idees-'
that dellteful concord wlch wuz 81
desirable-we were in the habit u
shootin or hangin the most stubborn
NV those wich didn't agree with tn
majority, and tarrin and featherl
those who were yet accessible =
Kentucky reason. By viggerusl..
persooin this course the minoritie
in this vicinity wuz kept tollobl.
small and controllable. Why thes
cusses hevent bin so treated passe
my comprehension.
Our Conyenshun to nominate can
didates for county offices wuz hell
yesterday. wuz cheerman u
course, for l now okkupy tha
posishen (since it wnz discovered tha
Capt. McPelter hln rite he hez BIZ
Secretary, and l felt sinkln sensa
shen when saw that cuss Bigler ant
that other cuss Pollock enter tn
door.
Deekin Pogram, ez he saw EN-
billed over. Rising to his feet, tn
venerable old patriark inquired il
q voice tremulous with emoshun, wa
in thunder he wuz there for.
"Josef, hev 700 rite to set in
Dimocratic convenshun, holdin, e.
yoo do, opinyuns the reverse ~
Dimocratic p
"Deekin," returned this Bigler, &c.
carry in my body Fedral lead-I WI
under the Confedrit flag in sixty bat
ties, skirmisbes and skedaddlcs.
hev a certifikit to that effeck from tn
late lamented John Morgan. Tha
certifikit wood admit me to a sect il
any Dimocratic Convenshun in tn
North-shel it not be sufficient her
in Kentucky A.ars, the Profit i
not without honor save in his owl
Cross Roads"
And Josef let on he wept, whel
Pollock ostentashusly handed him
pocket handkerchief.
"Ef held any hetrodox views
hev repented NV em, me and Pollock
and we perpose to vote for all ye
resolooshens, like frisky lambs wa
is glad to get back to the troo fold
Don't we Pollock !?
"Certin, we do. The COnvenshul
may go on and count US in ez tro
converts from Ablishism wich, il
view Nv the fact that my store hez BIZ
set on fire twict becoz Nv my awfu
opinions, may be sed to be litrall.
q brand pluckt from the burnin. O.
on"
Findin they wuz bound to stay, W
went on. The first thing in orde
wuz the adopshen Nv resolooshens
ez follows -
l. We resolved we he'd the utmos
confidence in Androo johnson, Pres
ident NV the Yoonited States, pervid
ed he wuzn't impeeched-ef he wuz
then we shood hev the privilege u
considrin him worthy Nv coniidenc
or not, ez the circumstances Nv tn
case shood warrant
2. That the Congris NV the Yoo
nited States wuz q unconstitooshne
body, wich wuz persistently endeav
rim to break up the Government "
the Yoonited States. wich we wuz e
persistently strivin to save.
8. That the only hope NV Yoonul
lay in the displacement NV sich trait
ors ez Grant, Sumner and Stevens
and the putin in their places sic
gileless patriots ez Breckinridgc
Brite, Vallandygum, ct al.
4. That the thanks NV the Demo
cracy is due the people NV the Sout
for their forbearance in not risin t
sweep the radical faction from tn
face NV the earth.
At this pint Bigler arose. Fl
wanted to know ef this convensher
stylin itself Democratic, wuz agoi
to be satisfied with them resolOo
shens? He called for the readin u
the regler one without wich no Dem
ocratic platform wuz complete. II
referred to the one dedicatin this Gov
ernment forever to white men,
"Here it is," he sed-
Resolued, That this Governmen
wuz established by white men, AM
that white men will keep it intact 70
white men and their pOsterity forev
er.
81 demand, ez white man" se'
this Bigler, "that this resolooshun b
added. Let every white man; ever.
proud Caucashen, who believes il
race, say saye,' and with emphasis"
And every one NV EN- hollered ou
"aye" with all their mite.
"Good r' sed Bigler, "good.-
White men and their postarity wa
a noble sentiment. Say aye to m,
resolooshun agin."
And they yelled "aye" agin.
"Now Pollock, brother in the tro'
faith, newly baptized, will yoo opel
the door? Its better to be a door
keeper in the house NV Democrac,
than to dwell in the tents of Ablish
nism. Open the door,"
Wicb Pollock did and then entered
wat! Good Heavens!
A HUNDRED MULATrO, QUADRooN AMI
oCrOROoN NIGGERs-TwO BY TWO.
swat does this mean?" shrieked /
"Who are them 2" gasped Deekin
Pogram.
"Hell" sed Isssker Gavitt profane.
ly.
"They are the posterity referred
to i'm my resolOoshen. This Gov.
ernment wuz established by white
men and shel be preserved for white
men and their posterity,' / think 1t
read. These are the posterity. There
may be q few here who wood be bar
red out on the score nv bein the pos
terity of white women, but these are
excepshuns. ] shood hev inclooded
white women in my resolooshun. The
nv those here, ez 700 kin
easily determine by their color, are
the posterity Nv white men. They
are not pure black Here is every
shade from the subdood yaller Nv the
mulatto up to :he almost white NV