The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1868-09-17
JChnsscwn Letter.
WRITTEN BIZ PETROLEUM v. NAsBr. JR.

MR. EDIToR-The political champagne is
progressing and so is Grant tchtskey. Judgln>
from our meetin' on last Saturday mite. We
sancti6ed the new town hall that mite for
the fust time and there was great deal of
spirit manifested. The copperheads had
tremenius mass Ineetin' the same mite on the
Public Square addressed by Mr. Boyer, a
Congressman from Norristown, and that
made Us fairly bile over with rage. AS
am head centre here, (the same that Mr..
Mcguire is at Washington City and Mr.
Mcdonald at Ebensburg) they was all a
runnin' to me to know what to do. So
ses, "Boys, git out your lights and let's have
a hurra! !" One mulatto boy sed he was tew
tired. Ses I. ''your paid for it, SO pitch in.''
and then they all pitched in. We got up a
meetin' and declared our principles and then
put forth our plans. Our principles are
these: we want every man to think as he
darn'd pleases on all political questions,
pr0Uided he thinks as we do. If he don't,
he's cussed coppethead, and we have no
mercy on them. l heard one of our women
say s0hen she seed a copperhead she could
hardly keep her hands off Of 1t, she got so
ercited. Our second principle is that an
Injin is better thar one of our own race, and
a niger is better than an Injin. Our third
plank in the platform is tew pay the rich
bondholder in gold and the poor soldier in
greenbacks. Our fourth principls is to run
the printin' machines at Washington City,
and print greenbacks to spend in carrin'
this election, and to cheat all we can every
way possible. Them's our principles Our
plans is to have the General Conference to
grant US privilege to hold a large number
of camp meetin's all through the county.
This we call ''swingin' round the circle"
Consequently we picked three hundred men
and boys, which we call the foatin' pOpu-
lashun, to 90 round to these meetin's. When
we take them to Richland we call them the
''loil Richlanders," ;" "The bone and sinew Of
Yoder township" and SO on. Now if we
hold nine of these meetin'S it will appear
like twenty-seven hundred voters, all red or
black Republicans. We know it don't
make a single vote more, but we like noise
and parade, "fuss and feathers" We won't
take the "mulatto Boys'' to Backlick,
though they are weak in the knees and can't
stand fatig. But we will take the ''young
Diggers,' who can live on roots, and, with
q keg of Grant whiskey along, we can keep
up the spirit, ''away out in the wilderness" :"
We have lots Of money, and if we run out,
all we have tew do is tew rite to the head
center at Washington City and start the
machine, You may ask "where on earth did
you fix up these principles and plans 90
Now, If you 90 along Clinton street you will
see above the door at Suppe's Hall pine
box, with muslin skin on, and these words
printed onto it Head and Quarters Of the
Grant ard Rellafar Club" l am the head,
the FIVE Lieutenanss are the fore Quarters.
The Rump IS at Washington. We meet
here every mite. We was a goin' to adopt
a coustitushun, but told them if the Gen
q IL a
constituShun, 1 thought we could. So the
5th Lieutenant moved "Hat ace dispense
10Th all constit1tShuns, la1Us and order, ,"
which was carried unanimously without a
disseutin' voice but two. We called them
cussed copperheads for not thinkin' as we
did, and we run 'em out of the wigwam. 1t
was in this hall that we planned these rell-
gious revival meetin's up north, which we
will carry out, if the copperheads don't
make it tew hot for US up there. These
rneetin's will be addressed by a ac7lite and a
black man. We couldn't get an Injin too go
| along. The plaguy Digger's are too sassy
tew mix with the black niggcrs. We hired
a school-nI&ster from Wilmore, tew come
down tew make speech on Saturday mite,
when we sanctfied the new Hall, and he was
brirn full, but the cars bein' late, he explo-
ded near the Company's store, and the re-
her! but there was a scatterment of abo-
lishun ideas. black, red, white and blue. If
the angels ''desired to look into' politics,
they would see many loathsome sight of
which poor human natur ought tew be a
shamed too, but you know what political
excitement will do. When the niggers was
expelled from the Georgia Legislator, the
man that opens our meetins with prayer
swore most desperately, till / got ashamed
aud told him that he ought to mind what
the bibel said that 'out of the same mouth
shouldn't proceed blessin' and cursin'." He
sed that was id true, but it was a id
shame t. expel them niggers. We got him
| coaxed up to close the meetin' with prayer.
when we adiourc ed. The reason we got him
tew pray is because he's the best man among
Us. Our meetins has demolalized US greatly
Yours in the Wool,
Massey, JR.