The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-30
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.l. zsFront the Toledo Blade,
Mr.. Nasty and his friends DISCUSS the |
Message The Financial Policy of
the president particularly IS APP

|
proved at the. beginning, butt
POST OFFIs,, CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, !
| (Which is NTH Stait NV Kentucky,
| December Is; 1865. J
| The message wuz received by us al
| the Corners; ez mite :hev bin expected
with rapcher. Its astoneshin how per.
| sistent A. Johnson is! How deIiteful.
| ly and reglerly he does throw them old
idees NV hisep at Congress, and how
shamefully they hey got into a habit
nv treetin NV en-! Why, they refoosed
TO hear his message! What a pity it is
that one who heZ SO much faith In his
self cant git any one else to heV any
faith in him! When red Nv the inhu-
man treatment Congress gave him, l.
eZ Fedral offs holder, shed tears. "A.
Johnson heZ MT yOosed mo Weu-he
hez put me into place wher Their IS
skaselY nothin to steal, but so long eZ
I hold commishn I shell drop the Of
| fish, tear at insults piled upon him.
Poor johnson! Me and Secretary
Welles are the only two who do stand
by. him, onless we mcleod John Quincy
Adams, Jr., witch don't count much ez
he is only one. eighth Adams anyhow.
e The fnanshel policy Nv the President
struck US the most@favorable Nv any
part-uV 1t. Troo, we don't none Nv us
pay any taxes, but BRscOm, Pennt-
hacker and McPelter, who hey distille-
ries, and who In addishn hold the po-
sIsheus Nv Assessor, Collector and
whisky Inspector, know that under the
butcher Grant, WITCH is comm, thereII
be new deal, and that they'll hey to
pay, We're we'll pleased at the lice |;
and the balance NV us liked it becoz eff
the Nashnel debt amt to be paid the
tax on whisky ken be put at still
lower figger.
Indeed, so we'll pleased were we that
we felt it rite and proper to call meetin
to endorse it, wich Wuz held at the
church, eZ yoosual presidin.
Bascom interdoosed a resolooshen
commendfn the Gnanshel policy Nv the
President, witch we wuz goin to pass
when to our disgust Joe BiRler riz. Eff
the cholera wood be quite shOor to take
that cuss, believeaLhe Corners wood
be Willin to take its chances Nv it.. But
nOthin will kill Joseph. he spoke eZ
follows:
II approve Nv This resolooshen, and
hope it may pass yoOnantmQslY Debt,
my fellow citizens is a Boa constrikter
witch brushes all who find themselves
within its folds. Debt hez blited the
undersined-Debt hez bin my rock
ahead thro life, and Debt Is KILN me
now. 1t amt. Debt exactly, neither,
witch hurts us-its the payin of Debts.
Now a. Johnson's policy scots me. He
takes the debt witch bears interest, and
in the most simple manner possible,
makes the interest pay the principle.
He takes this BOa-constrikter, puts its
tail in its mouth, and makes 1t eat itself
up. SIGH tinanshel skill heH bin ekall-
ed by few and surpassed by none. L
move the passage Nv the resolOOshen,
and three cheers for A. Johnson.
The resolooshen wuS passed and the
cheers given with will, when Josef riZ
agin.
IL hev ono more remark 10 make, "
sed he. "WaL is rite in nashnel mat
ters is ekalIy rite TO apply TO the mat
ters NV indiVidOoals. l approve Nv the
Presidents method NV payin debts,
becoZ it shows me an escape from my
troubles, / hev small piece NV land
unto witch my esteemed friend BascOm
holds a mortgage for money loaned ten
years ago. l hev paid interest unto
that note promptly for ten years; wich
| at ten per cent amounts to eZ much eZ
the principle. Now"
"Wat in thunder are 700 gettin ut ?'
spoke up BascOm, turnin white.
"The gentleman is cleerly out Nv or
DER" replied Josef. ~ hev the floor.
viii the CHER perfect me in my rites or
must | perfect nlyseli?"
''To rrsoom. Unite in justis demand
Nv Bascom my note, hevn paid him in
interest more than the principle
amounts to. But l shell temper my
justis with mercy. forgive him for
| takin the interest l heV paid him all
these weary yeprs, and shell make him
this proposition Keep tho note till the
| interest amounts to eZ much eZ the
principle and then EgiVe i; to me, can
ceIled."
| "But how about the money wich let
| 700 hev, yoo swindler?"
Hewitt Paid-i to 700 inthe inter
est 2" askt Josef.
"Well then-hOW about the INTEREST,""
yelled Bascnm, very much excited.
"WhY, heviu't paid 1t reglerly. and
don't perposH to keep payin it", re.
| piled Josef. "Kin anything be fairer
| NOO he'd better take my propesishen OF
l may possibly repOOdidte altogether
The creditor class mustn't bear toe
| heavy onto tho debtor class. There is
| n limit beyond witch We won't be Drove
| To-wunst Their WIZ excitement in
| the house. Deacon Poernin swOre that
Bascom shood give up IA note wich he
| held unto him, and Isaker Gavitt, who
wuz also in debt, fell onto Bigler's neck
in delirium nv joy at this happy re-
lease from his troubles.
| "Thank the Lord!" sed the Deekir
for thus maxim my way easy"
And they all demanded nv BascOn
their. notes. One, Patrick, who hedn'
paid any intrest for six yeers insisted
on hevin the amount he hed'nt paiG
endorsed on the note, and becoZ Bias.
| com called him i'd 1OOl' he wen
for, him. They clinched and the fife
become general-the lites We're put gu
and the meetin broke up in confoos-
| ion.
This discussion didn't interest MI
becoz Debt don't bother me. 1 hev biz
livin on an improvement on A. John
sons idea all my life, viz: don't pay
neither interest nor principal. kin
therefore look at the question calmly
and without prejudis. must comics!
that Bascom wuZ not rite. He ough
to practis wat he preeches. Efthe Gov
eminent shell pay its debt with the in
terest, why shell not that sufferin sain
Deelxin Pogram2 But men amt allu!
willin to apply great principles to thei
own cases. lis one NV the weaknesse
Nv human nHcher.
PETROLEUM V. Nasty, P. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster.)
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