Buchanan County bulletin and guardian., 1868-10-02
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LETTER PROM JRsUI'.


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Mn. Epiron go Yesterday being rather
wet day and learning that The great Mogul
Of Democracy was going TO address the ci.i>
zens Of Jesup On the political isaues of the
day, aud feeling desirous Of seeing the hydra
monster, aYailel myself Of 70 favorable an
opportunity. Large handbils were posted
through the town that the great and notable
Van Anda, would speak, afternoon and eys-
| ming. Immediately after dinner put Oh my
clean boiled shit and new paper collar
and took my scat at my hotel window, to
watch the vast throng as they poured in from
every road leading TO this beautiful village.
l looked and watched in vain till Tie 3
O'Clock train sounded its welcome whistle
and the old iron horse came rafting along
to the depot. hurried to the depot, think,
ing might see great welcome and recep-
tion, but when mounted the platform and
looked forthe crowd, there we're six little boys
and two mon, besides the worthy station
agent As the cars stopped and the grea;
Mogal stepped from the cars, expected the
great leader Of the party here would rush
forth and greet his worthy brother, but
looked in vain. Not member Of the party
was there to extend to him the welcome
hand, but the speaker, after looking around
him for q few moments, asked one of the
boys TO direct him TO a Seymour Hotel, and
left for my room at the National. Aud
now sitting quietly in my room will give
you faint idea Of this great man. lie must
be, judging from his size, very portly look
ing man, should think he had been a disap>
pointed Office seeker, judging by the twinkle
Of his eye. lie on the whole reminded me
Q noted Colonel in the last war; that was
sent home because he would load himself SO
heavily with whisky that Government could
not find any one horse sufficiently able to
carry both Colonel and load. Well, watch
ed for the crowd till the sun had nearly unk
beneath the dark blue west, and saw three
which was pleasiag sight to the leader
here, as one man carries the whole party on
his shoulders, and judging from what saw,
his shoulders are not half as heavily laden
as his stomach.
At the usual time Of the freight (cyening)
train l looked from my window, and what
did my eyes beholdf The train was literal
ly covered with yelling, screeching drunken
human beings. l, made me think / was in
" Shan and my train captured by the saw
ages of that section of our fair and beauti>
ful West. There were abou, 100 boys and
men, some drunk and few sober. Fifty
five fell into line with torches, or what they
called line. wish you could have seen
that line. They could not stand straight
long enough to number off, and when the
marching commenced j. was quite interest,"
ing. They marched right across the plank
side walk into the gutter, and when in the |
gutter all seemed perfectly at home, as that
was frequent resort for them, and l no.
ticed they oil knew how to get out which |
was good evidence to all lockers on that they
travelled that road quite often. Coming out
OF the ditch, they marched to the hall. There
was by this time about | Is in ,ha; vast con.
gregation. After few preliminaries BY
their young converted leader, the speaker
was introduced amid the scrcecLing and
howlings Of the audience. He came forth |
with the Niger on the brain and,i his eye.
He thought il was dreadful thing to let the
Niger vote to make them equal to such o
respectable audience as was then before him |
and that amalgamstion would certainly fol-
low; but, Mr.. Editor, he did not tell you
what per cent. Of Democratic children he |
was going to disfranchise. He did not say |
whether man half black. or seyen-eighths |
white should be voter. He did not give |
us any idea where he would draw the line. |
Nov, Col, every ono of those bleached Mig |
gers have got Democratic blood coursing
through their veins. As this is knotty |
question of drawing the lines did not blame
him 50 much fornot telling his hearers where
to divide up. But every time he would de.
nounce the Niger, such bowling ndscreech.
ing for applause, which continued till they
had TO turn outa part Of their crowd. Those
thus turned out went TO dance, andso show
out their Democratic principles, broke that
up. Thus ended the doings Of the cvenia z.
Yours,
"H.a