Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-28

hackers he'd chuckt onto him, sposin he
Good carry everything. Wade vaulted
onto his shoulders and he wuz ready
Our people had some difficulty in select
| in man To run agin him. Pendleten was
trotted out, but Belmont pronounced him
unfit Mcclellan next, but Voorhees, OBJ
iectid. Finally, Chase wuz selected to run
the appinted race, and he wuZ brot to the
weighin stand. To the naked eye he wuz
splendid specimen, and he came up 10
the stand so gallant that, notwithstanding
he carried in his hand a silver pitcher
witch the niggers NV Cincinnati give him
for defendin a fugitive from Kentucky, our
people cheered him vociferous. Tall,
strong and muskler-lookin, in good flesh,
deep chestcd, broad-shOuldered, strong
backt, he wuz ez perfect specimen ez |
ever beheld, and all felt confident that he
| wood hev no trouble in beatin his oppo-
nent out Nv site. He come up to the stand
gorgeous, accompanied by Trumbull, Fes-
sender, Grimes, Johnson, and SIGH, who
he'd him in tow.
AT this pint Vallandygum, Peerse, Vor-
| hees, Morrissey, and Wood, who he'd
charge NV our arrangements, took him in
hand. I'VE must prepare our man" sed
they.
"Take OFF this ablishn coat" sed Vor-
hees.
"And this imparshel suffrage vest" sed
Morrissey, 81 the niger hezn't the moral
qualifications for the ballot"
"And this free soil shirt" sed Wood.
"And that anti-fugitiye slave law wig"
| said Voorhees,.
And them ekal justis shoulder-braces,'
said Peerse.
"And them humanitarian pants"
shreeked Wood.
ave can't abide none Nv these things"
yelled the crowd. "Peeli peel, All NV
these 700 got from the ablishnists free
soilers, and Republicans. Wen none Nv
EN-"
The silver pitcher he carried in his hand
they trampled into the mud, and one by
one the obnoxious garments wuZ pulled off
from him. Heavens wat a change. Ez
they wuz removed he shrunk When the
coat wuz taken off he wuzn't so broad and
massive; when the vest wuZ gone he wuZ
positively flat chested; when the shoulder
braces wuz removed he became hump
backed; and when the pants wuz snakcd
off he stood afore us the merest skeleton
ever beheld-a weak, shaky, wheezin
skeleton. Our folks looked disappointed,
but it wuz too late to change. A loose,
two-sided wrapper was thrown over him,
Governor English climbed onto his shout
ders, Vallandygum jumped into one pocket
and Fernandy Wood into the other, the
brass band footed, the crowd yelled, he
made one cOnvulsiv start, but in vain.
The stiffnin wuz all out NV him. His poor,
week knees gave way, his back doubled
up and he came to the ground, every bone
in him rattlin ez he fell, while Grant made
the race serenely.
My God" sed Morrissey, lookin at
the poor wreck, "what he got from the
ablishnists wuz all ther wuz of him, after
all"
AT this pint awoke and wuz saddened.
There's where our trouble lies We hev
to strip these fellows when they come to
us Nv all that give EN- any strength.
Chase without his ablishnism can't get
abhshen vote, and the Democracy will
vote for their own men in preference.
Names amt worth d--n any more, and
men without principles amt NV the slitest
account. And that's what's the matter
with Democracy
PETROLEUM V. Massey, p. NJ,
(Which is Postmaster)