The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-08-13
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A Meeting at the Corners---El-
/ der P0nnloaclcer goes back
on the Nomination Sid ,gss
Posr orrinE CoNrEDRIr x RoADs, j
(which is ii The Staitu Nv Kentncky)
July q, 1868.
We he'd a meetin lat the Corners
mite afore last for the pnrpus nv or
ganizin q Seymour 81 and Blair,
Club. Their wux ruther q spectacle
show Of enthoosiasm at the begin,
nins Deekin Pogram, who ,hex an
ambishun NV becomin the collector
NV the Deestrik, wuz reely affected
ez be spokeiuv the many good quali
ties NV our noble standard bearer,
Seymour; and Kernal Mel Pelter, who
hez his beamin eye onto tho Assessor
ship wuE similarly bold and 0ptsp0-,
ken in his admirsshpn NV their great
qualities. The, Kernal iwuz iespeshlys
elokent, ez he spoke nv the gratenis
NV Gineral Frank Rlare, wich he felt
that ho he'd : rite to admire. Ther
wux ssutbin about him 90 noble, SO
grand, so lpatritic, and 90 troo, that
he felt that he mustg weave one. little.
oratoricle chapleti for his oclassikle
brow. EE soljer, he shood ohecrfy
support soljer. aW Ri iia 5s
\ Uvcoorse made the reglar speech
which isi allus expected NV me. !
slung sliiely into the biography ny
our chieftains. / tribootid meeklyi
to thor good qualities Nv head and
heart, discussed tho platform, and
commended it, and wound up, with
an impressive appeal tolthe Dimoc-s
risy 70 rallyto her support without
division or hesitancy' 9Th a.yT
wuz about gittin fairly Launched
into my perorashen, when Elder,
Pinnibacker arose. He remarkt he
he'd . word which he must say.
& aCertainly, Elder sed I,g"say
your say. We want all the faithful
to ospeak. Free your mind. Gush
onto u.s. 81 lsaa aitifss ei53,si
HIlshel,' sed the Elder, "trust me
for that To beginlwith / pronounce
this entire biznis most onmlt,g gated
swindle. "a may possibly vote the
Seymour ticket, bdttI don'tilike it.
A amaninwhoset "a crow wunst. re-
n, arkt that while he Good cat crow,
he coodent rohsclenshusly say he
hankered arter it. Even 30 with tho
ominashun.3nI wuz and am Pen--
dletonian; am believer in the doc-
trin Nv greenback payments NV the
bonds. Lhaint no bonds myself but
| hate the bloated. bcndholders. Ez
l don't pay no taxes myself, |, in COM
mon with the helt OF the Democrisy,
hate and lothe the party which is
grindin us into dust with taxashen
tor The payment Nv the uncoDstoosh
mel debt. / WIZ Pendletonian, fur
it wuz tho fust step toward repoodia-
Eshen. and repoodlsshen is q balm for
all Dimocratic wounds. l a3t u
"Now, wat dad tho delegates wich
assembled ut Moo York mean when
they put sich man. ez Seymour on
the track? Wat did they mean when
they throwed overheard the Young
Eagle Nv the West and put in charge
NV our banner the hooked beaked
vulcher, Seymour, IT, prey onto our
vitals? | don't fancy the style NV
Dimocrisy we are havin nowadays,
During the war opposed war wish.
usly. wuz furnenst bein dragged
| into the servis nv . government wich
| detested, and to fitin for coz wich
| hated. he'd my rife put in order
and I shot Federal pickits at mite
reglerly for months, and jined John
Morgan's excursion into Ohio
| Our convenshun at Shicage
!, declared the war failvoor and ths
Ilimocrisy opposed it, but wat foller
cd? Why, they nominated towuns'
| q solger whose sword wuz drippir
| in gore, and who wuz ez fierce fol
continyooin the war ON us ez the ole
Gorrillcr Linkin hisself. LIZ this Di
mocrisy? ! askt myself. IF 80
count me out.
aWat different is the sitooashel
now /? We declare agin the non-pay
ment Nv ths bonds in anything bu
greenbax, wich isiequivalent to payil
: Nv 'em at all, and forthwith went Il
Moo York, whore I, yoor speeker wa
enticed by strange woman, and los
my watch and q black satin vest, m,
boots and eight dollars and sixtcel
!. cents, all the money | he'd wich
> would hev bin the same he'd it beel
!. more similarly, and put in nomina
shen o man wich sleeps onto bond
and spends the heft of his time o cut
tin offcoopons! Brethren, if | hev t
}, pay the debt wat difference does
4 make to me who levies tho tax?
/ kin stand it ez long under Grant ez
!, kin under Seymore. II amt the per
!, son wich a levies the tax wich Iobjec
to, is much ez it is levyin Nv the ta,
\ If l hcv TO pay gold, why not ez we
b under Grant ez Seymore?
{ sLikewisc is my sole vexed at al
i other thing, wich cant or won't g
{ over. On my way to Moo Yorl
where | wuz SO vilely yoosed, 4 WI
J, compelled for 20 miles either 70 stan
Q up or set down in the same seat wit
a q dirty nigger, Joe Williams, q del
gate to the convenshun, whose mott
Al or wunst owned. That he is mu
alto don't help the matter. That de-
egates on the train fancied they ga
in his face my teachers reflected dol
= makeit any better. He is q nigge
and my politikle faith is based upc
i the endurin rock that . rigger ali
= ez good cz . white man. This ID Din
!, ocratic doctrine. took it in with m
- mothers milk and L can't associa
~ with this niger on terms Nv ekali,
\ all the way down to Moo York, VIII,
il | lost my vest, et-settry, and his se'
: in the sconvenshun wuz next to min
stood this, but ut our boardin houl
7 only two squares from where i 10
IT. my boots, &C., with American I'll
4 tauting over our heads l wux col
i. PEELED, in conscience NV the hou
II bein crowded to sIecp with him! Al
I tn" Infamous stlnkln Digger absolot
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