The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-06-19

Il and rsts On Q ksGzy dsgust-.a Lsefsrs
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po~r Ovy,s. CoSyrpsrr X RoAps,
fwieh l. in tho State nv kentucky,
May q. 1868. -. J
Iwuz q, Chicago ono day, and that one
day satisfied mo. Ny ears wuz stunned
with 'rors for Grant Whichever way ]
turned my eyes ] saw nu.hin lat Grant
badges and Grant motlah; tho bands wuz
all playin the Star spsns'ed Banner and
SIGH, and even the street organ grinders he'd
st,ooned their Tyres TO the same Ablishun
melodies. o. '...
On my arrival askt yishus boy twich
knowed WIZ Dcmerkrutic, from the fact
that his little shirt wood hev hung out Nv
his little pants ei he'd he'd any shiny, if he
Good show me where tho Abllshun Conven-
shun wus hoklin itself. ...,... ,......
"Cerainly KIN, my old hufIer. sed no.
"It's in that yer biidiu," pintin, G. be
spoke, to ruther goGus cdi6ce with y
sleeple to IL ..,...
leniercd and wuz surprised, not only nj
the fswnoss NV the delsgn,ss on tho floor,
but at Their pecoolyer appearance. They
didn't look like delegates 70 any conven'
shun I had ever attended. Their NOES
wuln't Nv tho cutler he'd ban accustomed
to. They wuz al solemn-lookin ehais
with gold specs, black coais, high torehest's
and white neckercherS els this" thor
to myself, athc uniform delegates wear o.
Republican convenshunsS
Al this mint, I turned to a man sittin be-
s;fie me. and in an underone askt wich
wuz ahed on the last ballot, Coliax OF
Wadcf
"Sir." sed he, 'nrc you johnson post.
masterl" m,
81 am" scd ! defantly. allow didst
determine that pint"
"f,y your BREATH" sod no. "Yoor mis-
taken in the place. my friend. This - u
Methodist conference"
That wicked and pcrverse boy he'd III
tcnsl,upally deserved mo.
On INV return We wuz a scttin in Bas-
CONS discussin the nominashens. Dec
kin Pogram wuz indignant. "Good heav.
ems I" sed he, with horrors in his saintcd
fi,cc. "Kin il 10 that men perisssin nashnel
views wood offer SIGH an insult to Ken.
lucky CT to nominate SIGH man ez Grant
who, sword in hand, devastated her fertile
fields and piled the bodies NV her nootral
sons who resisted his advance mountains
highf Kin il be that
EASY, Deekin," replied l, "stiddy Std
dy! Don't take posishen rnshly. IL ain'
improbable that we may hev TO nominate
Hancock or some other soler. In thai
cvent-but I've sed cnuff."
"well, nj all cvcncc," scd the Deckin
"its most hoomiliatin thing 10 hev thrown
in our faces q infamous proposishen To pay
debt injured in a infamous attempt "a
subioogu,e us-to pledge our labor to pay .
debt uncons,i,ooshpcliy injured, nnt
un-"
"Deekin." sed I, "yoor zeal do admire
but yoor RELY indiscrcet. II may DO fount
necessary in orlcr to carry Moo York Il
nominate Bclinont's man, who will IN
pledged to this very thing. Go httl'
slow"
aWcll, however that may he, it's burn
in shame TO throw into kentucky's lace ,
Ablshnis,-two Nv INN in iact-and-"
.Deekin," spoke this time severely
"yoor very indiscreet to-day. h'sPoss'ble
and may say probable, that the noble pa
triot, Cheef Jus,is Chase, who hez bin
fritefiil Ablishuist, and who, Of ho runs
will, for obvus reasons, make us swallcr nj
tho beginnin a porshup NV his harcsies,
may DO our candidate. Say nothin, Deo-
kin, that youll bev to take back"
Feclin that rite hero wux a splendid
chance for On improvin discourse on the
nacher, objcks, and aims NV democracy,
opened out onto EN-.
"Dimocrasy." I rcmarkt, "is distinguish.
cd checfly for its elasticity in aalaptin mcens
to ends. One would suppose that Post-Of.
flee is its chccf end. In one sense i Is
Dimocrasy is willin TO sacrifice anything
witch il bcz for Post Office. II mite rnIe
Dcekin Pogrnm's ire to sejcst the nomina-
sl,en NV Hancock, on akkount NV his slaw-
terms, or Belmout's candidate ON akkount
NV his insistin on payin oil tho Nashnei
Debt. or Chase who hez bin in his day sus-
pectcd NV bein tnintcd with Ablisl'nism.
hut. my brethren, let IL DO rnmemoered
that success is tho main obiick. Success Is
what Bascom wants, that ]. bein continued
in office, may hcv tho mccns TO pay Tor
the likkcr consoom. and to avoid tho nc
cessity NV bein continyooally rckested 10
chalk il down, witch practis he esieems
diss,istin, and one witch greatly increases
his lal,ors. Capt. NlcPel,er wants success
that he may continyoo to bev Assessors,
Collectors, and Reveno0 officers with wicl'
no kin divide the profits Nv the 81 tax on
the whisky no makes, and Dcekin Posrain
wants success that he may hev his niggcrs
agin, or ut least that he may hcv the privI-
lego NV hirin um for 81 per month, deduct
in IS cents per day for each days absence,
without no Buro Ofiiser or other military
satrap hangin about To modest or make
afraid. Success is the main pint, and ct
Hancock is tho way. walk ye in it-ef
Chase or Seymour is the way, walk yc ditto
for with either NV these men oil these
things wen hcv. When they cum to us
tina lceyc Their former selves behind.
Hut methinks hear one say, Hancock, Is
a soljcr, Seymour n anti-rcpudiator, and
Chase Abiishnist Wat nv thaif They
may DO wat they like when they 20 into Of
fis-assosiashcn with ms ietches EN- SOON
or or later. Kin you tech pitch and not be
deflcsl? Doolitilc, Cowan and Dixon WIZ
Ablishnists. When they split from Ablish-
nism-,he mini, they fell into our embrace
-thoy became en- satisfactory Democrats
ez Good wish. The road do wn Is easy
one TO travel. It's easier to slide than to
climb, wich is the reason why 90 many
more arc damned than saved. Democracy,
like Bascom's new likker, holds man
when IL gifts him. Johnson wus q good
enufi Ablishnist ill he called onto us for
help, and then no wuz lost. Let Chase
stay with Us week and he'd forgit all his
old ideas, 700 bet Shood 700 poke that
silver pitcher ut him the niggers give hun
Mt Cincinnati. for dslendin fugitive, and
he'd swear like Peter he never saw it
only differin from Peter in that he'd stick
TO IL. And there IL no Eoin back. for the
principal ones. Their remorse kind o
drives Gun deeper and deeper, ill they final
ly are worse than CT tho they originally
wuz Nv us. LstuS my brethrin, never 10
ject any help we kin git. Let il come in
any shape and from any source, it'll finally