Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-07


LER PERVERTED THE RESOLUTION usU-
ALLY ADOPTED AT SUCH CONVENTIONS.
PosT OFFIs, CoNFDRTT RoApsl
(Which is in the State NV Kentucky,
April 3, 1855.
There never will be peece or ANYTHING
like it at the Corners til that oistur,sr
Joe Bigler, and his faithful adherent, alder
and abcfter, Pollock, are shot or otherwise
killed. In the olden time, afore the inog-
gerashen nv the ,Alblishen era, we had u
short way NV disposin NV SIGH. 1t wuZ
maxim in the South that ther Good be
peece only where there wuz peffeck yoo-
nanimity NV sentiment, and to bring
about that onenis Nv idees-that delightful
concord which wuz so desirable-we were
in the habit NV shOotin or hangin the most
stubborn NV those wich didnt agree with
the majority, and tarrin and featherin
those who-we vet accessible to Ken
lucky reason. BY vigorously persOoin
this course the minori6es in this vicinity
wuz kept tollobly small and controllable
! Why these cusses heyent bin so treated
! passcss my comprehension. -
Our C6nvenshun to nominate candi-
dates for county offices wuz held yester-
/ day. L wuz cheerman NV course, for /
now Okkupy that posishen (since it wuz
discovered that Capt. McPelter kin rite
he hez bin Sekretary), and felt a sinkin
sensashen when saw that cuss Bigler and
/ that other cusS Pollock enter the door
Deekin Pogram, ez he saw EN-, billed
over. Rising to his feet, the venerable old
! patriark exclaimed in voice tremulous
with emoshun, wat in thunder he wuz
there for.
Josef hev 700 rite to set in Dim
ocratic convenshun, holdin, ez 700 do,
opinyuns the reverse NV DimOcratic?"
"Deekin," returned this Bigler, Il car
~ in my body Fedral lcad-I wuz under
the Coniedrit flag in, sixty battles, Skin
misheS and iskedaddlcsa They certifikit
TO that effeck from the late lamented John
Morgan That certifixit wood admit me
/ to Il seetin any Dimocratic convenshun in
/ the North-shel it not be sufficient here in
Kentucky? Alars. the Profit is not with
out honor save in his own Cross Roads"
} And Josef let on he wept, when Pol
lock ostentashusly handed him pocket
I handkerchief
Eff | held any hetrodox views / hcv re-
pentcd NV EN-, me and Pollock, and we
perpose to vote for all yer resolooshens,
like frisky lambs wat is glad to get back
to the troo fold. Don't we Pollock
"Certin, we do The convenshun may
20 on and count us i'm ez troo converts
from Ablishnish; witch, in view NV the
fact tlat my store hez bin set on fire twict
bccoz NV my awful opinions, may be sed
to be litrally a brand pluckt from the
| burnin. Go on"
Findin they WIZ bound to stay, we
went on. The first thing in order wuz
the adopshen NV rcsoloOshens, ez fol-
lows = tff
l. We resolved we he'd the utmost conf
dencc in Androo johnson, President NV
the Yoonited States, pervitlcd he wuzn't
impceched: eff he wuz, then We shood
hev the privilege NV considrin him worthy
wv confidence or not, eZ the circumstances
NV the case shood warrant.
2. That the Congris Wv the Yoonited
States wuZ a unconstitooshnel body, witch
wuz persistently endcavrin to break up
the Government NV the Yoonited States,
witch we wuz ez persistently strivin to
save.
B. That the only hope NV Yoonun Law in
the displacement NV SIGH traitors cz Grant,
Sumner and Stevens, and the putin in
their places SIGH gilcless patriots eZ Brock
inridge, Brite, Nallandygum, ct. al.
4. That the thanks Nv the Democracy is
due the people NV the South for their for
bcarance in not risin TO sweep the Radical
faction from the face NV the earth.
AT this pint Bigler arose. He wanted to
know eff this convenshen, stylin itself
Democratic, wuZ agoin TO be satisfied with
them resolooshensg He called for the
rcadin NV the regler one without which no
Democratic platform wuz complete. He
referred to the one dedicatin this Govern
ment forever to white men. Here il is"
he sed
Resolrod, That this Government wuz
established by white men, and that white
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their posterity forever.
Il demand, ez a white man." sod this
Bigler, "that this resolooshun be added.
Let every white man, every proud eau
cashen, who believes in race, say ave
and with emphasis"
And every one NV EN- hollercd out "aye"
with all their mite
"Good!' scd Bigler, good. White
men and their posterity wat a noble sen
timent. Say AYE TO my resolooshun
agin"
And they yelled "aye" agin.
Now Pollock, brother i'm the troo faith,
newly baptized, will 700 open the door.
Its better to be doorkeepcr i'm the house
NV Democracy than to dwell in the tents of
Ablishnism. Open the door, 3yift g.
WITCH Pollock did and then entered
wat. Good heavensi
HUNDRED MULATTO, QCADR0ON AND OC-
ToROON NIGGERS-TwO BY TWO.
What does this mean?" shriekel l.
"Who are them" gasped Dcekin Po-
"HellI' sed Issaker Gavitt profanely.
"They are the posterity referred to i'm
my resolushen. This Government wuz
established by white men and shell be pre-
served for white men and their postefIty.'
think it read. These are the posterity.
There may be a few here who would be
barred out onthe score Nv bein the pes
terity of white women, but these are ex-
cepshuns / shOod hev inclooded white
women in my resoluslnln. The majority
NV these here, ez 700 kin easily determine
by their color, are the posterity NV white
men They are not pure black Heresi is
every shade from the subdood yaller,iv the
mulatto up to the almost white NV him who
hez only sixteenth part niger blood i'm
his veins. Wv coorse they will take seats
and assist us in nominatin the ticket witch
called US together ..-, .,.i... .............
Wv course they wont y roared Deekin
Pogram. :. never viii set in conven-
shen with mggers-neyer. never,,
never.!" -.
Every good. Eff this is the yoonanimus
decision, we won't nominate any ticket
l take the responsibility NV Dustin this
Convenshen. But, oh, Dekin, wat goin
back on yoor principles Dare 700 deny
that these shades these modified r,okes
are the postcrity NV white merrg Deekin.
shood 700 cast yoor beamin eye over this
assemblage, woodent it rest parentally and
lovinly onto yoor own posterityg Oh.
Deekin,, eff yoo go back ON the reso.
looshen, which 700 nyoonanimously,
voted for, don't beg NV VOC,
go back onto nacher Don't desert
yoor childrin. Don't turn def ear to
the pleadins NV nacher, or blind eve TO
her supplications Hannibal. Pogram, go