Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-30
Massey.
THE oCToBER ELECTIoNs-NR. Nasty
DISCUSSES THE rRorRIETY or SWAPPING


THE oCToBER ELECTIoNs-NR. Nasty
DISCUSSES THE rRorRETY or SWAPPING
HORSES.
Posr OrFrs, CoSrEpRrr X RoApsl
twieh is In the State NV Kentuekyl
Oct 10, 1863.
THE recent elecshuns hev not RESULTED ez
joyfully ez we Good Lev wished but ther
hey bin enuf Dimocratio votes polled to
prove that the old party is alive, and not
dead ez Its enemies would hev us believe.
We didn't quite carry Injeany Ohio isn't
hardly ourn and notwithstAndin all the
money we spent in Philadelphia on re.
peaters and naturalization papers, that
State is Jest out Nv our reach. We hev
come Jest near enuff to victry to miss It.
| feel ez l did wunst two years ago. l
went into Bascom's to get my regler half
past nine nip when wuz horrifled at be-
in informed by g. w that ther wuzn't
drop in the house. Seein the agony depict
ed on my face he did manage to squeeze
one reasonable assuager out Of barl, but
jest ez wuz putting II TO my lips Joe Big
Ter, either by accident or design, stumbled
agin me and the precious hooid waz vast
Id ON the floor, The Republican Joe Big
Ter hez stumbled agin us Jest ez we he'd the
go6ht Nv sukeess to our lips and l mourn
ez did then
Several causes hev operated to bring
about this result, none of which are NV
nscher to be discouragin to the Dimocrisy,
however.
l. We shood hcv succeeded he'd the Re
publikins nominated man who was con-
siderably less popler than Gen. Grant,
and who SwOodent hev bin able TO hold so
many votes Their aint no doubt NV this
He'd they nominated man less in favor
with the people, we shood hev he'd an
easier time of il.
. He'd the Dimocrisy nominated more
popler men--them in whom the people
he'd more confidence result would hev
been far better. Gov. Seemore is an ad.
mirable candidate, but somehow he didn't
strike the popler heart He did all he
Good to soot the masses, but the masses
went back on him. He made speech
agin repudiashun and in favor of payin
the bonds in gold; and then, that ther
shood be no complaint from anybody, he
accepted nominashun at the hands NV
repoodiaters and payers in greenbaX.
But his genrous nacher hez been misun-
derstood Wat wuz really desire to sat.
isfy all styles NV people wuz branded ez
week.-Mrs. and Vacillashen, and so he went
down.
3. Ginral Blare hurt us. It is troo we
bleeve in the sentiments enunshated in
the Brodhed letter, and my Rdmirsshen
for him on other accounts is unboundid.
| hev alluz loved him sence one memoir
able night, when seed him take 1S drinks
in 30 minits, and walk off under 1t.
Here" thot l, "is my sooperior to him
bow" l tried to surpass 1t, but / caved
at the 18th. He is entirely acceptable to
the South His Brodhed letter reflex our
views precisely. Deekin Pogram's brother
who lives in Alabama, knows where
his niggers are livin, and he ardently de-
sires the abolishin NV the carpet bag gov
ernments, that he may seeze em and re-
doose EN- to their normal speer. Capt
McPelters old cavalry kin be rallied at a
minits notice, and he axes to lead EN-
again among the rich farmers NV Southern
Ohio and lnjeany; and we all desire that
the Northern men wich hev come down
among us like locuSts with their shops and
iactries and stores, and mowin-machine
and skool- houses and sich, tryin to Gle
vate the nigger above us, shel be hung or
sent packin out Nv the country, leavin us
to manage things our own way. But
Blare shooden't hev sed 80. He shooden't
hev alarmed the week Dimocracy NV them
States wich desire peece, and who are
timid on the subjck nv revolooshen,
Blare hurt us. His letter wuz correct but
inconsiderit.
4. Our platform wuz agin us. He'd II bin
different in all partiklers, we shood hev
polled more votes, provided, NV course,
that we he'd he'd different men standin
onto It, This is cleer.
g. The Republican platform wuz agin us.
He'd they made different platform, and
put other men onto it--their platform and
men bein both more Objectionable to the
people, and our platform and our men bein
less Objectionable to the people-the re-
suit wood hev been far different. This is
cleer.
A careful examinashen NV these reasons
for our defeat shows how neer we come to
success, and how little stood in the way.
Wat shell be doneY That's the question
wich perpose to answer.
We must heva a change NV candidates
Let us remember that the Post Offisis are
at stake, and that, when Its all billed down
Post Ofiisis is wat we are goin for. Eff
Seemore stands between us and Post Of
fists, Seemore must be put out Nv the way,
and ef Blare prevents US from reachin NV
em, Blare must beimmolatid. The recent
elections show that both these men are in
the way, and both must therefore go to
the wall This is my candid Judgment
/, therefore, urge the droppin of See
more and Blare, and the nominashen nv
that stanch patriot, whose name l brought
out originally, Jethro l.. Kippins, Nv I'LL
noy, for President, and Capt Abslum Kit,
NV Moo Jersey, for Vice. These gentle
men wood be entirely acceptable to all
/ factions NV the party. Kippins hez no
opinions and never he'd, and ez Capt. Kilt
can't write, he will not compromise us by
any indiscreet letters. suggest these
names to save expense to our committees.
The transparencies and banners yoozed
thus far needn't be changed Kippins
looks very like Seemore, and Blare's por-
tTate wood do Jest ez we'll for Kilt. The
Dimocresy nv the Ncrth never saw any
thing NV military, except wat they mite
Nv observed In the vicinity nv The British
garrisons in Canada, and they woodent
know the dihrence between Captin's
uniform and Major Generals. In Ken
lucky and the Southern States no change
wood be required. The Confedrit flags
under wich we march will do ez well for
Kippins and Kilt ez for Seemore and
Blare.
Let this be done to wunst, or all will be
lost. Let US heY men on the track who
heV no record to pint at. Eff we he'd one
man who he'd good record, we would do
well to take him, but ez that amt the case
the next best thing is to take one who hez
no record at all Sich man is Kippins.
With Kippins at the front wo may be
ashoored Nv victry. we may rest conf
dent Nv postoffisis, and happy in the
ashoorence Nv at least four years NV unin,
terrupted livin on the treasury. All other
elements Nv the canvass are lite and trivial
compared with Postoffis. It requires rapid
ackshen, but jist now when the party
stands with one foot over the brink NV
destruckshen and tother on the edge nv
peril, there amt no time to pause Let US
hist the names Nv KiPpins and Kilt, and
under them march TO Victry.
Imake these sejestiOns without consultin
my friends wood heV he'd consulta-
shen, but every Dimocrat within ten miles
Nv the Corners, went to Injeanny TO vote,
and they heVn't got hack vet Even Raa