Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-04
Nasty.
TIE October Elections-Mr. Nas6y Dis
cuSses the Propriety Of Sa1appi'lg Horses.
Posi- OFFIs, CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
(Wich is in the Stait wv Kentucky,
October l9. 1865 J


October l9. 1865.
The recent eleckshuns hev not resulted
ez ioyfully ez we could hev wished, but
ther hev bin enutf Dimocratic votes polled
to prove that the old party is alive, and
not dead ez its enemies wood hev Us be-
lieve. We didn't quite carry Injeany
Ohio Is not hardly ourn, and notwith-
, standing all the money We spent IN Phila-
delphia on repeaters and naturalization
papers, that State is just out Nv our reach.
We hev come just near enuff to victory to
miss it. | feel ez | did wunst two years
ago went into Bascoms to get my reg
Ter half-past nip when | wuz Mortified at
being informed by e. w. that ther wuznt
plcted on nv face he did manage 10
squeeze one reasonable assuager out Nv a
bari, but jest ez | wuz putting 1t to my
lips Joe Bigler, either by accident or de-
sign, stumbled agln me, and the precious
fiooid waz wastid on the floor. The Re-
publikin Joe Bigler hez stumbled agin us
Jest ez we he'd the goblit Nv success to our
lips and mourn ez | did then.
/ Several causes hev operated to bring
about this result, none Nv wich ar Nv a
uacher TO be discourasin TO the Dimocrisy,
however.
l. We shood hev succeeded he'd the Re-
publikins nominated man who wuz con-
slderably less popler than Gen. Grant, and
! who woodut hev been able to hold so
many votes. Their amt no doubt NV this
He'd they nominated man less in favor
with the people we shood hev he'd an easier
time Nv Ii.
> He'd the Dimocrisy nominated more
popler men-them IN whom the people he'd
more CONFERENCE.-THE result wood hev bin
/ far better Gov. Seemore is an admirable
candidate, but somehow he didn't strike
the popler heart He did all he Good TO
SCOT the masses, but the masses went back
on him. He made speech agiDst repu-
diashun and in favor OF payin the bonds in
gold and then, that there shood be no
complaint from anybody, he accepted
nomInashun at the hands NV repoodiaters
and papers in greenbax. But his genrou>
nacher hez bin misunderstood. Wat wuz
really desire TO satisfy all styles wv peo-
pie wuz branded ez weaknis and vacillashen
and 20 he went down.
>. Ginral Blare hurt us. 1t is troo we
bleeve In the sentiments enunshated III the
Brodhead letter, and my admlrashen for
him on other accounts Is uaboundid. |
hev alluz loved him sence one memorable
night. when | seed him take l 5 drinks in
30 minits, and walk off under il. " Here"
thot /, a il my sooperior-to him | bow
| tried to surpass 1t. but | caved al the
11th. He Is entirely acceptable to the
South. His Brodhead letter reflex our
view, presisely. Deekin Pogram's brother,
who lives in Alabama, knows where his
niggers Il liyin, and he ardently desires
the abolish NV the carpet-bag govern
ments. that he may seeze and redoose EN-
to their normal speer. Capt. McPelter's
cavalry kin be rallied at a minit's notice,
and he asks to lead US again among the
rich farmers Nv Southern Ohio and In
jeany and we all desire that the North
ern men who hev come down among US
like locuSts with their shops and factries
and stores, and mowin-machines and skool-
houses and sich, a trying to elevate the
niger above us, shel be hung or sent
packln out oY the country, leavin Us to
manage things our own way. But Blare
shooden't hev sed So He shoodn't hev
alarmed the week Dimocracy NV them
states which desire peece, and who are
timid on the subjick Nv revolooshen. Blare
hurt Us. His letter wuz correct but in
considerit.
t. Our platform wuz agin Us. He'd it
bin different in all partiklers we shood hev
polled more votes, provided, Nv course,
that We he'd he'd different men a standing.
onto it. This is cleer.
D. The Republican platform wuz agin
US. He'd they made different platform,
and put other men onto it-their platfrom
and men bein more Objectionable to the
people, and our platform and men bein
less objectionable to the people-the result
wood hev been far different. This is cleer
\ careful axaminashen Nv these reasons
for defeat shows how neer we come to
success, and how little stood in the way.
Wnt shell be done ? That's the question
wlch perpose to answer.
We must hev change Nv candidates.
Let US remember that the Post Offisis are
at stake, and that when it's all billed down
Post Ofiisis is wat We are goin for. Eff
Seemore stands between us and Post
Ofhsls, Seemore must be put out Nv the
way, and eft Blare prevents US from
reachin Nv EN-, Blare must be immolatid.
The recent elections show that both these
men are IN the way, and both must there
fore go TO the wall. This is my candid
judgment.
!, therefore, urge the droppin of See
more and Blare and the nominashen Nv
that stanch patriot whose name l brought
out originally, Jethry l.. Kippins Nv
lllinoy for President. and Capt Abslum
kltt Nv Moo Jersey for Vice These gen
tlemen wood be entirely acceptable to all
factions NV the party. Kippins hez no
opinions and never he'd. and ez Capt. Kilt
can't write, he will not compromise US by
any indiscreet letters. l suggest these
names to save expense to our committees
1he transparencles and banners yoozed
thus far needn't be changed. Kippins
looks very like Seemore and Blare's por-
trate wood do jest ez well for Kilt. The
Dimmocrosy Nv the North never saw any,
thing Nv military except wat they mite
hev observed In the vicinity Nv the Brit
lsh garrisons in Canada, and they woodent
know the difference between a Captin's
uniform and Major-Generars. In Ken
lucky and the Southern States no change
wood be required. The confedrit flag un-
der which We march will do ez well for
kippins and Kilt ez for Seemore and
Blare
Let this be done to wunst, or all will be
lost. Let US hev men on the track who
hev no record to pint at. Eff we had one
man who he'd good record, we wood do
well TO take him, but ez that amt the case
the next best thing is to take one who hez4