Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-02-28
Nasty.

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NASBY.
THE CORNERS SYMPATHIZING WITH THE
IRISH AN INTERRUPTION FROM JOE
BIGLER-HE MAKES A DIVERSION.
Posi- OFFS, CoNFEDRIr ROADS.
| (Which Is in the State Nv Kentucky,
| February II, 1868. }
There is located at the Corners about ~
or 10 sons NV the Green Isle Nv Erin, witch
is called the green isle, spose, becoz Nv
the ease with witch the great majority Nv
EN- are managed by the Democrlsy. To
| fasten these voters and hold EN-. to us, it
wuz considered advisable that some akshen
| be taken by the Democrisy Nv the Cor
ners. in the matter Nv Irish liberty and
English oppreshun. The ice originated
with Deacon Pogram, and Bascom, Capt.
! McPelter and consentid We met at the
church, and | made, ez is the custom, the
leadin speech. 1t wuz subjick that is
easy to speak upon, and l fatter myself
that | did it justis It's easy to talk Nv
liberty, for theirs suthin inspirin in the
word. That's the reason why the Ablish-
nists hev alluz he'd the advantage Nv us in
the matter Nv speakers. They hey all the
advantage Nv sentiment; but, hallel0Ogy |!
Nv wat avail is sentiment when 700 hurl
it at q lazy man? Nv wat good is it to
talk Nv liberty to man, who don't like to
work who hez taste for draw poker and
mint gooleps, and who kin force fifty or
hundred niggers to work fur him? 700
mite as well fire paper wads at iron-clad.
That's wher the Democrisy hev EN- in
Kentucky. Every body here hez dislike
tor work, and likin for mint-gooieps, but
| n0h DIV hAint DOT no sentiment
Still, we hev no objeckshun to talkin Nv
liberty, at lopg range. We hev no objeck-
shun To it in Ireland. In fact, wei are Willin
| to admit that in Ireland, it is pretty good
thing.
spoke elokently on the subjick. held
up sch of the wrongs endOOTed by the
Irish ez | Good conveniently remember,
spoke teeliniy NV what they he'd suffered,
was 8 sutferln, and probably he'd yet to
suffer, and demanded that the Corners
unite in an expression Of sympathy with
EN-, ez those most certain y entitled to it.
wuz applaudid to the exc, and Bascom
riz. He he'd series NV resolushens, Wich
he begged to submit.sez follows:
"WAREAs, We hev red in the noosepa-
pers, or hev he'd red TO u.s. witch is the same
thing, sole-movin accounts Nv the hOr-
rors now sfflictin Ireland On account Nv
the oppreshun and tyranny practiced upon
EN- by the bloated arlstocrats and PAM
pered sons NV luxury Nv England, and
"WAREAs The Corners # els for the vic
tins Nv oppreshun, and Weeps at their
woes. therefor be it
Rts0lDed, That the. holdin Nv the Irish
in bondage in Ireland by the English, is a
reproach onto the ciVlliZAshen of the 10 h
century.
"Res0g0ed. That the taxin Nv the Irish
without givin Nv EN- voice in the Gov
| ernmeDt, the tOrsin Nv EN- to support q
Government in the runiu Nv witch they
hev no voice, and the other Outrages too
teJus to menshun, witch is bein contingoo-
ally inflicted onto EN-, stirs our blood with
indignashen, and we hereby extend our
sympathy to EN-.
" Resotged, That we demand Nv the Gov
eminent Nv the Yoonited States, that steps
be immejity taken TO releese the Ameriken
sitizens Nv Irish descent, now languishin
in English prjzens. and that, if needs be-,
to assert the dignity NV the Republic, we
go to war in this coz"
The resOloOshens wuz about bein yoo-
unanimously adopted when that miserable
cuss, Joe Bigler, riz He said he he'd re-
mark to make; He approved Nv them res
olooshens. He believed in en- Tax
| OohCh w Aebcop WOH
it wuZ tyranny-It could never be en-
doored, and he cared not wher it wuz
practist, it wuz abhorent TO every lover NV
liberty. He shood cheerfully vote for
them Tesolooshens, but he desired to make
q little addishen to en-.
l Temarkt that amendments Wuz in
order.
VERY good" sed Josef. az move to
add these
| "Resozued, Also that ez taxashen without
representation is Unjust in Ireland, it is
in Kentucky, and that while this Conven-
shun haz her pocket hankercher out a
weepin over the woes Nv the Irish, it sings
a teer Or two over the unforchnit black
citizens of this State, who are bein taxed
like thunder, but who amt permitted to
vote at all
"Resol0ed, likewise, That while moisten-
in up over the Amerikin citizens Nv Irish
descent now in prizen in England. we give
down a trif1e over the four Amerikin Gill
zens of Afrikin descent now in Jail in this
county, who wuz impIizened tor no. COZ
watever, ceptin knockin down impudent
white men who aboozsd their wives.
"ResoIeed moreover, That while we
condemn England for imprizenin Ameri-
kin citizens, NV Irish descent without c. 2,
aud for tyrsnizin over EN- generally, we
shell take SIGH steps e. shell prevent the
same thing bein done to an alarmin ex-
tent to AmeIikin citizens Nv Afrikin de-
scent at home"
These resolooshens," sed Josef, ~
move ez a amendment. Wv coOrse no one
will object, for the principle is the same
here ez there"
Ireplied briefly. There wuz distink-
shen. feered MIR. Bigler did not under
stand the matter "Ehere wuz distipk-
shen, and it wuz not altogether on akkOunt
Nv the Atkins bein black man either.
Eff there wuz strong emigrashen from
Afrika to America, and the Afrikin emf
grant Good git a vote after he he'd been
mere five yters, the Democrisy wood hev
no ditiikilty in gittin up sympathy for EN-,
But it ANT so, and hence See no practical
good in the amendment l mildly, but
firmly, objek to addin these resolooshens
to the regler ones reported by Mr.. Bascom.
The Niger is"
Bigler sed he expected that it wood be
objected to- But he wuz so well satisfied
that it ought TO pass, that he felt be must
take extraordinary measures. He Wantlo
every one to vote on the amendment ez he
peesed-he wantid every man to exercise
his judgment; but he shood take the llber.
ty NV putin the moshen, and shood feel
called upon to burst the head NV every
man who votes against it.
Nv coorse that settled it. We all he7
regard for Josef, for he does alluz ez be
| saws Everv man in the room voted for it.