The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-07-10
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Pcsr Oryis, CoSrEpRir X RoAps,
witch Is In the State OF kentuckyD Z
June 10, lsfS.

witch is in the State OF KsntuekyJS
June 10. 1855.
The selectinuv delegates to the Moo York Con-
venshun hez bin botherin'us In sevral ways for
seyral weeks past. No one wantid to 80, and II
wuz yoonanimusly decided by all that ef the
Corners wuI representa- ut all. must be the
nan. objectid. for ther amt no profit in SIGH
trips. Oriinsrislly, Good cheek my expenses.
Hotel keepers are but human, and never yet
f,ilel to stick EN-, but with Demoerstic con-
venshen in full blast il would be hopeless en-
terprise. With ten thousand hungry, thirsty.
empty.pcckitei soles wat Good do! Therefore
felt Good not go. wrote TO A. j. to know ef
he wOoi allow per diam. transportashen and
mileage TO delegates, to which he anserei:
"Sir-For wich candidates do yoor delegates
perpose 10 vote.
This chcol cristle settled me. l eooint 20
there pledged to him, bccoz ef he shoodent be
nominated wat wood become Nv my Post Otis
Wood his successor continyoo me In place, who
hal bin active in support Nv anoth eri
Finally theday f1r our convenshun came, and
we assembled. Basoom wux nominated. but he
declined. Dcekin Posram wus offered the hon
or, and he dccline', and No did McPelter, Ixss-
ker Gavitt, Podhammer. and the rest nv en-.
We Pased all the hrst day In tryin to get one
who wood stick, but oil in vsne.-Nite came
We Adjourned till nine the next mornin, when
We reasoned our uncuccessfal endesvors 20 per-
susde each to 60 TO Moo York. Another day
wui thus fruitfully spent. and still another and
hnother-the last leavin US no nearer our haven
than the hrst. And 30 week passed.. We met
every mornin, ooaxed, begl-ci. and swore at
each other till mite, only 10 meet and ~ through
the same formula the next day. felt that, on
less suthin wuz done, the Corners wood 90 un-
represeneei.
On the eighth day, at about ten In the morn
in. Dcekin Pogram's youngest boy. q fair-hsirea
lai OF fourteen summers, who resembles the Dee
kin to degree quite complementary to his mo-
Their, camein with the Moo York Day Book wich
the Deekin takes. but never reads. The Deekin
tost II over To Baseom. who opened II, and rvl o
mint, when his face changed instantly. "IIell"
eel he 10 himself. and then no arosel
"Mr. Chairman" sei he, "to end this I'M
profitable session. wood say that hev recon-
stlerei my determinashcn. will 20 to Noo
York;
The conycnshen wux thunderstruck.-wat
dill il mean. The Dcekin seized the paper, and
glancin over Its columns, read painfully mint,
and sed that he Was surprised at Mr.. Blscom's
ashoorenee. IL shel be . delegate myself" sci
he.
by this time Mr.. McPeltcr read il. and got
up and read this paragraph:
''Lst the Western Dimocrisy beware. They
mus, come, on the Fourth, prepared TO encoun-
ter bribery AMI corruption. Belmont AMI the
Wall street clique hev RAISED al goo 900 To be
yoosed in the purchase nv delegates to defeat
Pendlcton.
The Deekin pcrtested agin Bascom's goin.
"Yoo can't be spared" shrieked he. "who
will run the bizness in yoor absencei Is there q
man in the Corners, 700 dare trust inside yoor
bar mint, No, I viii CO..
"Not So" shrieked MePelter, al will 20 CT
delegate. | hev horne the heat and burden NV
the day wur with FORREST and now that
Their is chance to make mthin-that is, now
that Their Il posishen NV prof-whch Is to say,
honor, want it,"
lssaker Gavitt, with face pale with disap-
pointment, that he hadn't taken il when 1t wuz
offered him, wore that ef the Gavitt family wuz
to be overlooked, why the sooner democrisy wuz
buried the better.
Somewhere in the course Nv my readn,
cum across an account Nv the trouble that wur
perloost in q NEUROLOGICAL heaven by some
cuss who tost in q golden apple, labeled "to
the fairest," or WORKS TO that edeck. The an
nouncement that Belmont he'd million and u
half to invest in delegates WI the golden apple
convcpsbun wantid TO be delegate Immediate
ly, and the result wux. the entire bilin come TO
blows. hed tho modification NV seein Basco.n
with his fingers clutchin In the neckte Nv the
venerable Pogram, Issaker Gavitt AID McPelter
wuz similarly engaged, while wul n doin my
level best to restrain Pod hammer from masSs-
crcenin me- Had not Joe Bigler and Pollock
arrived apportoony, the entire democracy nv
the Corners wood hev been wiped out on the
SPOT.
II wuI finally settled by THROWN dice for Il.
wich rool. ought, by the way. to be adopted by
all Democratic bodies everywhere. Randall and
McCulloch hev prsetist Il with distinguished
success in uaking their appointments. Say
Their are twenty applicants, or to get nearer the
trooth, thrvc hundred, for any given place.
Very good. The hsad Nv the department as
ssrtains first ef they are all dimercrsts. Then
thrce hundred clerks are detailed, each clerk
reprcsentin applicant, and they throw dice.
the lowest retirin every throw. ontil one victo-
rious. anil the man represented by him gifts the
place. II saves vast amount nv labor in the
esysaminashun NV certificates NV csrakter and
finis. &c.; AMI besides. its impartial. All the
appointments are now made in that way at
Washington.
We adopted this device, and I wuI made dele
cato AMI POsram alternate, the agreement beiD
that whatever We got over expenses wuz to be
divided ekslly.
Thena holy calm succeeded the storm nv
pashen wich bel ragged. We 20, Nv coorsc, uu-
instructed, for obyus reasons. Ef we wuf in
structol wher wood be the objct nv our goin
IL 10 not SIGH that Belmont viii 20 fur.
The uncertainty NV the result nv the conven-
shun u say uncertainty, for who kin tell witch
candidate he. the moneyf) hes occssionei me
vast amount NV truble. | hev bin hborin as
sidyusiy tn git cur people into q frame NV mind
to be enthusiastic over the nominee, no matter |
who Il is, or wat platform he Is put onto. To
bring this about hey he'll en- in front Nv Bas- /
CONS every thy for week training Nv en-. l /
ranged EN- in a row and takin my posishen in |
front, give the worl like melishey officer.
"Attcnticn !" ser I. "'Ror for Chase and |
MOrrisey Together 80
Ror for Cha" but Their they broke down. /
"Parson - sol Dcekin Pogram, 81 can't. |
Tive me week or two IN practs alone by my
self, AMI possibly kin make il. The spirit is
w',lin but the flesh is week"
issaker Ga'itt pertested. IL KIM" sell he,
possibly ~ Chase but sporen they put sun
ner on the ticket with LiIa' Sumner won't
CO."
at won't do" sci I. stcrnly. "'Ror for
Chase AMI AmCriky for white men -
"'I,or 80
"'Ror for Chase. Brick POmeroy and ekal
suingc.''
"'for :" shouted they commercially.
"'Ror for Chase, A. johnson, and Mayor
Monrcev'
'Ror :"
''Ror for Chase AMI Repudisshcn !"
evil that b. the slogan If Chase is nominate
ei! asked the Deckin.
ut will--down here. 'Ror -
'Ror - yelled they oil.
'Ror Cor Chase. Fernando Wool, AMI death
10 nisgersw
"'Rorr'
'Ror Tor Chase AMI Fred Douglass -
'Ror 80
"'Ror for Chase. Pcnilcton, and no taxashen
for unconstooshnel debt 80
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