The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-06-12
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Auehds it and Gets 6n 4 Heavy dis.
gust-A Lecture on Democracy.
[From the Toledo Bladcl
Posr OrpIs, CoSFEpRir X RoAps.
(Which Is ID tho State ~ ikeutucky,)
May 2i, 1868.
wuz at Chicago ono day, and that one
day Ssatisilodg mo Ny ears Eug STUNNED
wiih toars Tor lOra1t; whichever way
turned my eyes1 saw nothing but Grant
badges and Grant medals the bands WIZ
all playin the Star Spangled Banner aud
sicl. and even tho street organ grinders
he'd aitooned their Tyres to the same
Ablishun melodies.
On my arrival I askt vishus boy, wich
| knowd wuz Dimecratic, from the fact
| that hls little shirt wood hev hunS out nv
his liule rants III lied led any shirt, ef he
Good show me where tho Ablishun COnven.
shnn was hullin itself. sfiD
Certainly | kin, my old bufIef," sed lie.
It's in that yer bildin," piniip4as lTe sp Ike
to a rather gOrgus edifico with steeple
to IT, .snrt2 JyQ
/ entered II, and wuz surprised, not only
at the fcyiess INV ule delegates on the
lloor, but at their pecOoiyer appearance.
They wuz all soiGlhh lookin chaps with
gold spcctnclrs. black coata, high fOrheds
and white .neekerchers. ais tbis," thOt
to mys II, " tho uniform delegates wear at
Republican conycnshuns I" ,.,...,tt
At this pint turned to n man sittiu be-
side me, aud il mn uBdertone askt which
wuz ahcd on the last ballot, COliox or
'Esr,,v s1d he y"sro you Jdbhdon POst
master ,"
"Ghn," sedI deiinantly. GLOW didst
determine that piut ..r~s.
"By yoor breath" sed he I" ,Yoor mis-.
taken IN tho place my friend. This is Il
Methodist Conference" rlQ ta'.H sa
That wicked At d perverse boy he'd in.
tcnshhclly deceived me.
| Upable to Qbtano admission into the
0Peta lIo0se, @hilud away the rosy y.liours
a vistin in tho delegas on rooms. The
Iugeany delegashen offered me water when
| wuz athirst. The Ohio dclegAsben knew
me on sife and rekested mo 10 dust. aud
tho California dolcgasheD, nv wIcb ex
pee ell better things, he'd the impudcnce to
offer me Yinel lWinei Wine ! 20 feed
such nose ez ! carry aboutl Wine to
satisfy the cfavins NV sieh a stummick ez
mine! Faugh Aud the man who did it
he'd bin In Caiforny twenty yearsi IN
Disgusted at the thinness NV the bever,
ages reiiFed into y ideIpIly heste'ry kept
by Dennis UShaughnessey, and al his hos.
pitoble bar, solnced myself with tllree tin.
gets NV Kentucky suBtoiinnce.' fiiHdf .r'l
There ~uz no enthnos;asm among Il . citi.
zens ofChicago which NATURALLY 70 among.
The s'lOon Keepers, wch in remembrance
Nv tho DemOcrAtio COuvenshlm Nv 1864,
had made extra preparoshuns, wuz gloomy,
sad and disappointed. These places, gar.
nisht for the pccpsion, wla sad and lonly,
There wuZ AT entire absencelut that gentle
gurgle wich TO mo is SO pleNsin, there wuz
none Nv The generous noses and faces
lighted with the radiance born NV tue bari
wirli lmn 40 accustomed 10. q No, tOlHcagO
wuz no place for mo.
Its the last Republican convcnshnn shel
ever attend. The idea NV n conference
sittin in the same city with n convenshun
The idea nv minglih Politics with religion!
| VIII thore be cQnIrenccs in Noo York in
Jooly Methihks not, onless indeed my
church shood decide to hold one.
a On my return we wuz a seitih in Bus.
CONS discussn the nominashuns. Deekin
Pogram wuz indignant, aud sed, with hor.
ror in his saihted face, I" Kin it be that men
| perlessin nashnel views wood offer sich a
insult to Kentucky ez 10 nomlnats ,Rich a
man ez Grant who sword in hand, dcvas.
tatid her furtlie fields aud piled The bodies
NV her nootralc sons 'whoA resisted his al.
vance mountain high? Kin it 10 that"
Essy Deekiu," replied J. "Rtiddy
stiddy! Don't take posishcn faSlIly. II ain
Improbable that we rnay hev 10 nominate
Hancock or some other soljer. In that
evcut-but I've sed enuff"
"Well, at all evohce," sed tho Deekin
tits q most hoomiliatin thing to hoy
a .ants. - s.,l,
to pay debt inkirred in ingatnus attempt
TO suhjugate us--to pledge onr labor TO
| pay debt nconstitooshnally y injured, aud
un--" 4"
"Deekin," said !, "yoor zeal do admire
but SOor reely iudiscreet. It.may he found
necessary IN order to carry Moo York Ia
nominate Butpont's man, who willpledge
to this very thing. Go little slow"
We'll, however that may be, it's q
burnin shame TO throw Into Kentucky'r
faceh Abolishnist--two NV EN- in fact
aud"
"Deekin," Il spoke this time severely
"yoor very iudiscreet to-day Il'spossible
and may say probable, that noble patriot
Cheef Justis Chase, who hes bin a friteGu
Adj shnist, aud who, of he runs, VII, fol
obvius reasons, make us swaler at the
beginnih portion NV his heresies, may b,
our candidate. Say nothin, Deekin, thu
yoo'l hev to take back a..
Feehn that rite here wnz q splendC
chance for an improvin discorse on Ill,
nacler, obicks aud aims of Dimocrisy,
opened ont into EN-.
Dmocrisy, | remarkt ia distinguished
chcelly fur it's elasticity in adnptin mean,
to ends. Ono wood suppose that Postoih,
is it's cheei end. In one sense II is. Nm
ocrsy is willin TO sacrifice anything whicl
} it hez for Postofls II mite raise Deeki.
:. pograms ire to sujcst the nominashen II,
Hancock, on akkouns Nv his insisln ol
payin' off tho nashuel debt. or Chase, wht
hez bin, IN hiSda suspected Nv bein taiuie,
with Ablishiism, But. my brethermg, lie
Z Il bo remembered that success is the mai
oblIck. Success is what Basoom wants
that !, being contmyood ia offs, may hey
the means to pay for the likkcr consoom
and avoid the necessity NV bcin continyoo
ally rekested to chalk il down, whicl
practis he esteoms dIsgustin, and one whiei
greatly isoreases his labors, Captain
McPelter wants success that he may COZ
tinyoo to hov Assessots, Collectors an,
Revenoo officers with wich he can divid
the ptVRts nv the 81 tax on tue whisky h
makes, aud Deekin Pogram wants success
that ho may hev his niggers agin or o
least that lao may hov tho privilege nv hri
em tor SlA per month, deductng 25 cent
per day for each days absence, ithout u
BOrow otiiser or military satlap han Sin
, al out TO moloSt or make afraid. Success
is the main pint, and ef Hancock is the wa,
q walk ye in it--et Chase or Seymour ia III
= | WAY walk We ditto for with each no fins