Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1868-05-16

NV the fact that my store hez bin set OF
fire twice becuz NV my awful opinions,
may be sed to be litrally brand pluckt
from the burnin. Go on.'
Fndin they wuz bound to stay, W,
went on. The first thing in order WI.
the adoptshen NV resolooshens, ez tol
lows:
L. We resolved we he'd the utmost
confidence in Androo johnson, Presi
dent Nv the Yoonited States, pervided
he wuzn't impeachcd EFF be wuz, ther
we shood hev the privilege Nv considrir
him worthy nv confidence or not, ez the
circumstances Nv the case shood war
rant
2 That the Congris NV the Yoonited
States wuz unconstitooshnel body,
wich wuz presistently endeavrin to break
up the Government NV the Yoonited
States, wich we wuz ez persistently stri-
vim to save.
That the only hope NV Yoonun lay
in the displacement NV sich traitors ez
Grant, Sumner and Stevens, and the put
tin in their places sich gleless patriots ez
Breckinr.dge, Brite, i Vallandygum, ct. aA
That the thanks Nv the Democracy
is due the people Nv the. South for their
forbearance in not risin to sweep the
radical faction from the face NV the
earth.
At this pint Bigler arose. He wan
ted to know eff this conrenshen, stylin
itself Democratic, WIZ agoin to lie sat
lsfied with them resolooshens ? He call
ed for the readin NV the regular one
without which no Democratic platform
wuz complete. He referred to the one
dedioatin this Government forever to
white men. "Here it is" he sed:
Resolced, That this Government wuz
established by white men, and that white
men will keep it intact for white men
and their posterity forever.
81 demand, as white man." sed this
Bigler, 'that this resolooshen be added.
Let every W hite man, every proud eau
cashen, who believes in race, say aye
and with emphasis
And every one NY EN-, hollered out
"aye" with all their mite
q Good '' sed Bigler, "good. White
men and their posterity! wat noble
sentiment. Say aye to my resolooshun
agin."
And they yelled "aye" agin.
"Now Pollock, brother in the troo
faith, newly baptized, will 700 open the
door? Its better to be doorkeeper in
the house of Democracy than to dwell in
the tents of Ablishn:sm. OPEN the
door,"
WIch Pollock did AID then entered
wat Good Heavens!
\ HUNDRED MULATTO, QUADRooN AND Oc-
ToRUON NIGGERS-TwO BY TWO.
"Wat does this mean :" shriekcd |.
"Who are them? % gasped Deekin Po
gram.
"Hell - sed Issaker Gavitt profanely.
"They are the posterity referred to i'll
my resolooshun. This Government WIZ
established by white men and shel be
preserved for white men and their pos
terity, think it read. These are the
posterity. There may be few here
who wood be barred out on the SC ore NV
postcrity of white women, but these are
excepshuns. L shood hev inclooded
white women in my resoloeshun. The
majority Nv those here, ez yoo kin easily
determine by their color, are the posterl-
ty of white men. They are Lot pure
black. Here is every shade from the
subdood yallar Nv the mulatto up to the
almost white NV him who hez only Il SIX
teenlh part nigger blood i'll his vel: s.
Wv coorse they will take seats and assist
me- 4 lao .l-nt inI
us together"
"Uv course they won't!" roared Dee
kin Pogram. 81 never will set in con-
venshun with uiggers never! !
never!!!
Every good. Eff this is the yoonani
mus decision, We won't nominate any
ticket. take the responsibility NV bus
tin this Convenshun. But, oh, Deekin !
wat goin back Oh your principles Dare
you deny that these shades, these modl-
fed mokes, are the posterity NV white
men ? Deekin, shood you cast your beam
in eye over this assemblage, woodent
it rest parentally and lovingly onto vour
own pOsterity o, Deekin, ef you go
back on the resolooshen wich you yoOn-
all1nonsly Voted TOT, uonI L peS NV you;
go back onto nacher. Don't desert your
DON'T turn deaf ear to the
pleadins ov nacher, or blind eye to
her supplications. Hannibal Pogram,
go and beg your father to prenit 700,
his posterity, scarcely blaeker than he
and cussid site handsomer, TO mix III
this yere caucus"
The Deekin indignantly left the room,
and | follored SCOT, which eggsample
wuz followed by all Nv us. Blgler and
Pollock remained, and nominated tick
ct Nv these halfbleached cusseS, making
it up entirely Nv the Pogram, Gavitt and
Punt niggers, ez these names, they sed,
had weight in the country! Who will
deliver us from these two bodies Nv
death.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, P. N.
(Wich is Postmastcr.)