Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-09-19

er with two white Ohio farmers, and on,
white Pennsylvany blacksmith, wich per
sisted in ther ''loyal,' ez they called it
principles. 1t he'd an excellent persua
sive effeck upon the remaining Ones.-
They come in handsome and jined with
out murmur. t
The next place / visited wuz smaller
village, one witch RELY gladdeued me to
approach. In this class NV towns there
is less NV that Geld formality wich carac
terize more densely populated seckshuns
In sich places 700 find the troo gushin
child of nacher 1t is splendid corn.
CROWN seckshun, wich soil is perkoolyer.
" favorable to democracy. In fact, corn
and Democracy is inseparable, and our
largest majorities is allus where there is
the best and most luxuriant corn. The
distillers convert the corn into whisky
and the whisky converts original men
into Democrats, and then its plane saiin.
1t takes three generashuns at least to
bring people out NV whisky, and the
state of toelis shoes, pants busted in the
seat, winders stuff with old hat, wich
alluz marks strickly Democratic COM
munity. 1t is singular fact VIZ never
flourish in soil adapted to wheat with
ralerodes thro it. Wheat will make whis-
XIV, but its too fine favored, and the IA
cilities for gettin it to market makes it
too high. in price. The man who inven-
It'd ralerodes struck blow at the heart
NV the party. For our purposes we want
little of the fiery whisky wich corn pro.
duces and want that little strong. But
this is digression. -a. -..
At this pint the enthoosiasm wuz un-
bounded. The democracy WIZ all alive,
but thor wuzn't that docility among the
niggers that, Iexpeetid. These casses,
ez soon ez they saw me, and learned my
bizness, took to the woods, and We he'd
to 90 after EN- to electioneer em, whit h
the dimocrisy did, takin their dorgs with
en-. 1t was checrin site to see EN- fol
lerin the black ctisses throo the swamps,
the moosic NV the yelpin NV the dorgs
cheerin us on to our work. Two or three
refoosed to be talk ed to, and their bodies,
like John Browns was left dangIin IN
the air, while ther soles went marchin on.
We believe in every man choosin for
hisself, and in the greatest freedom NV
speech and opinion, providin alluz ther
aint nothin incenjary in it. Ez every
thin that's sed agin us we count incen-
jary, it simplities matters wonderfy.
got one good meetin NV en-, how
ever, to wich wuz indebted to New
York dry goods merchant, who is here
maxim q strenuous effort to re-establish
his trade wickedly and crooellyi broken
up by the wicked onpleasntnis wich Lin
ken inaugeratid by resistin the South in
1861. lie is a conservative who is after
trade, and Consistently is willin to do
anything. He told me NV funeral to
take place in the afternoon, and sugges-
It'd that score NV us arm ourselves
surround EN-, and keep EN- in whether
or no, ontil | he'd made my speech. $50
ankshus am |, sed he to a retailer Nv dry
goods, tit wuz dry goods he wuz sellin
by singler coincidence) "for the success
Nv correct principles, that l will guard
one NV the doors myself And he did
it, swearin at Yankees all the time, and
pernouncin cow-"caow," the while. l no
tist it, but it mattered not to me. Why
shood we be pertikler ez to the tools
we use? When we shake hands with
slch can't We put on gluvs?
We surrounded the church and noti-
fled EN- that they cood'nt pass till we
WIZ thro, and | commenced my speech
and spoke it thro.. insisted that ther
lay with ther kind, good mas
ters--that they he'd bin grevonsly de-
ceeved i'll sposen that there wuz any
antagonism between the races. Who, |
askt, gave the kulerd man the rite to
stay in Ohio2 The Democrisy.liW Wat
Vice President he'd nig-or rather a
kolered woman, for his wife, wich wood
hey bin mistriss NV the White House,
he'd he bin arepublikin, and consistently |
worth our while to assassinate him
Richard NJ. johnson, Demokrat. Who
hev bin
At this pint pert mullatto remarked
that he he'd aword to say, and l gave
place to him. He wuz hizself conser-
vatiYe nigger Wv the most conservative
kind. He shood vote with his white
brothers cheerfully, but not for the rea-
sons witch the speeker (meanin me- he'd
given. He shood do it tor higher and
holier motive than any advanced. He
he'd alluz bin a humbul niger, bleevin
himself to be one NV an interior race, but |
sence he he'd bin free he he'd bin search
in his pedigree. He he'd bin agreeably |
He found he he'd the best
blood NV Virginny coursin through his
veins. The Confedrit candidate for Con-
yress wuz his half brother, halleloogy,
and he WIZ clossly related to two-thirds
Of all said candidates supporters, bless
lie Lord, and of course he'd vote for him,
for de man that woodn't take care Of
MS own blood is wuss nor an infdel.
He felt grateful to the conservative can
1idate's family. Troo he wuz half mig
ger, but he prided hisself on the tother
lalt. He felt all the pride Nv race NV
wich he he'd heerd SO much. His ances-
sors ION his ladders sidel he'd been pro-
oably the comrades NV Washington, and
ne woodeht degrade hisself by mixen
With men NY no family from the North.
lie wuz poor, but his projenitors ION his
adder's side wuz gentlemen, bress de
Lord, and he stood on blood. s.'t
And tho =, ,;o,ro,e Lnsf;, with leffar 1t