Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1868-08-12

PoSTOFFIs tONFEDRrT Y ROADS,
iWch l. in the State NV Kentucky
July l3, 1868.
didn' stag in Moo York till the Conven-
shun adjourned for most excellent reason,
to wit. viz: my money run out. The Mile
sian female with whom l wus forst to bord
required payment in advans, and Nv coorse
under >ich an arrangement there wuz uuth-
ing left for lie but to succum. The length
w my stay redoozt it-elf to a mere matter
Nv money. tried the torrowin dodge, and
the cheekin dodge but good Lord wat Good
DO with an entire conveushun all NV em
more or less tryin' to live in the same way ?
left and cum home when I Good, and he
fore it was evevlaStinly too late.
When ieft | sposed there wuz no doubt
w the mamma sl.rIs az p-....ll--.-...- H.
young eagle Nv the West had received I55
votes, and wuz a gaiuen, and Seymore had
declined 50 often and peT>istently that goin
back on my yoosual disbelief in these fellers,
heyin declined great many Offices myself
that | wanted RELY believed that the Gus
wuz in earnist, and saw nothing that Good
stand between Pendleton and success. EZ
lett the Ohio river. | got out NV the reech
w railroads and teIegraphs, and | told the
people all along that Peudleton he'd bin
nominated on the 10th ballot, and that the
country wuz all ablaze with enthoosiasm for
him and sreenbax, so certin wuz | Nv his
success
On arriving at the Corners | found that
intens anxiety wuz manifested by the citizen:
thereof They were all gathered at Bascom'
dkcussin the matter when hove in site or
mule wich | borrcred at Sccessionyille tC
ride over onto.
WHO'S it?" asks Deekin Pogram, ketch
in the mule by the bride Who is it. anC
what principles hey we got to support thi'
tal2r
Penlleton and greenbax,' shouted |
Pendleton, the young eagle Nv the West
who Is opposed to the bloated arIstocrati
bonlhoiers wich wood crush Us labrin mel
into the dust Pendleton, who blceves tha
et greentax Is good enuf for Us honest Ia
brin men ,hey are good enuf for the aristo
crat, who, like the king in the nursery Tym
sits in The parlor eountin his money. Pen
de"
Enuf, sed Blscom, ''enuff. Save tha
speech, Parson, till we hev oar ratidcasheu
In the meantime, get off and take suthiu
50 good DO feel over the result that | al
viIiu to stand treet for the crowd Com
one. come all "
These few remarks Nv Bascom wuz hal
81 With satisiac, hun. Ez one man the Ell
tire crowd moved into his piece, aud ez or
man they all asswaged their thirst. Ba
CON kin mcve the Corners quicker than ell
nan 10 it Wat happy posishen is hizeI
The next mite it wuz decided to hev ra
lica,hun. that the Corners mite contrib
her mite towards swellin the enthoosiasm,
Tie uuzzum w wich Pendleton wuz to swet
10 glory. We met in the open air, in fro
Nv Bascom :. and the impashent crowd ca
ei upon me TO give an account Nv my ste'
sri,hip.
l opened by Stain that | went TO NJ
iorN under pekoolyerIy embarrissin' circun
stances. The whole money power Nv Il
Fast WIZ arrayed agin US. The aristocrat
belmont wich Is the agent W the Rot
th'.d>, the money kings NV the world, vi
determined to foist onto the Dimocracy {
Iher Chase, the accurSei AbOlitionist,
Seymore, the pekoolyer pet Nv Wall stree
Hlch street Is, ! nay sling in here for Il
Ceneht uT Ey hearers, where the money b
Shes i mostly done. and where they sic,
'u ToTerumenJ bonds and spend the he
w then time clippin of the coOpOus-'
Watts cooPous?' asked Deekin PograI
explained to the blessed old saint "
eoopons wuz, and went on.
This Wall street inaooence, my bret
ieh' hez corrupted the Dimocrisy w
street came into Tammany Hall, and want
% control our ackshen But we wasn't
De purchased The more Wall street off
Cd to enslave the Dimocrisy, the more 20
fepresentatives-gloryin in their manho
sPurned their proffered brides. We we