The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-07-24


ventIon---How the Nominations
were Received a. the Corners.
Post Offs, Confedrit Y Roads,
(Wich is in the State NV Ky.,f
July Ii, 1868
l didn't stay In Moo York till the
Convenshun adjourned, for mos,
excellent reason, to wit. viz: my
money run out. The Milesian female
with whom l wuz forst to board, re
quired payment in advance, and Nv
.oorse under sich an arrangement
there wuz nothing left me but to sue
cum. The length NV my stay re
doost itself TO mere matter NV mon
ey. / tried the borrOwin dodge, and
the cheekin dodge, but good Lord
wat Good / do with an entire Con
venshun, all NV 'em more or less try
in to live in the same way? l left
come home vile | Good, and before II
was everlastingly too late.
When l left | spOAed ther wuz no
doubt NV the nominashen NV Pendle-
ton. The "young eagle NV the West
he'd received 155 votes, and wuz a
gainin, and Seymour he'd declined SO
often and SO persistently that goin
back on my yoosual disbelief in these
fellers, hevIn declined a'great many
offices myself that l wanted, l reely
believed the cuss wuz in earnist, and
saw nothin that Good stand between
Pendleton and success. EZ i left the
Ohio river, l got out Nv the reach NV
railrodes and telegraphs, and l told
the people along that Pendleton he'd
bin nominated on the 10th ballot, and
that the country wuz ablaze with en-
thoosiasm for him and greenbax, so
certin wuz ] of his success.
On arriviR at the Corners / found
that intense anxiety wuz manifes-
ted by the citizens thereof. They
were all gathered at BascOm's dis
cussin the the matter when l hove in
site on a mule wich he'd bOrrered at
SecessionvilIe to ride over onto.
"Who is it? asks Deekin Po.
gram, ketchin the mule by the bride
"Who is it, and wat principles hey
we got to support this fall
"Pendleton and greenbax," shout
ed 1. "Pendleton, the young eagle
NV the west, who is opposed to the
bloated aristocratic bondholders
witch wood crush us laborin men
into the dust. Pendleton, who be
leeves that ef greenbax is good enuf
for us honest laborin men, they are
good enutf for the aristocrat, wht
like the King in the nursery rhyme
sits in his parlor, countin his mouey
Pendle-"
Enuff!'' sed Bascom, "enuff. Saw,
that speech, Parson, till we hev ou
ratification. In the meantime, ge
off and take suthin. So good do
feel over the result, that l am williI
to stand treet for the crowd. Com
one, come ALL"
These few remarks NV Bascom'
wuz hailed with satisfaction. Ez on
man the entire crowd moved into hi:
place, and eZ one man they all as
swaged their thirst. Bascom XIII
move the corners quicker than an,
other man in it. Wat happy posish
en- is hlZzin
The next mite it wuZ decided Il
hev q ratificashen, that the Corner
mite contribbit her mite toward swell
in the enthOoslasm on the buzzun
NV wich PendletOn wuz to sweep t,
glory. We met In the open air, il
front NV Bascom's, and the impasll
ent crowd called upon me to give al
account Nv my stewardship.
Iopened by Stain that l went t.
Moo York under pekoolerly embar
rassin circumstances. The who'll
..N-->, r~--a- of tho Eaat --- 49, ,.
ed agin US. The aristocratic Bel
mont, wich is the agent Nv the Roth
childs, the money kings NV the world
wuz determined to fOist onto tn
democracy either Chase the accurs
ed Abolitionist, or Seymour the pc
koolyer pet of Wall street, wich stree
is, / may sling in here for the bene
fit Nv my hearers, where the none,
bizness is mostly done, and wher,
they sleep ON Government bonds ant
spend the heft NV their time clap
pin off the coopons."
"Wat is coopons2' asked deekil
Pogram.
1 explained to the blessid old sain
wat coopons wuz and went on.
"This Wall street iEfioOence wood
my brethren, hev corrupted the Dim
ocrisy. Wall street came into Tam
many Hall and wanted to control Ou
ackshen. But we wuzent to be pur
chist. The more Wall street Offered
to enslave the DimOcrisy, the NOR
yoor representatives, gloryin in thei
manhood, spurned ther prOfferet
bribes. We went there determined
to emancipate the yOmanry NV til,
country from the bondige Nv th'
bloated bondholder-we went the
pledged to Pendleton the young eagle
NV the West-pledged to tender tn,
bloated bondholder the same dirty
rags wich he pade for his bonds
pledged to pay the blOated bondhol
der, if we pade them anything, green
backs for bloated bonds or nOthin
We went ther determined TO annihi
late this yer Seymour and his bloat
ed supporters"
"Rah for Pendleton!" sung Out
the crowd
"Three groans for Seymore, the
bloated bondbolder's AGENT
Both cheers and groans were Civ.
en- with a will and l perceeded.
SHY trends, you nev,ll know wat
we, the peoples defenders, he'd to
contend with. The bloated bond
holders he'd money-we he'd none.
They were determined to fasten the
yoke on yOor necks-we were deter
mined to hist it Off. They wuz de-
termined to hev SeymOre with all
Wall street at his back fastened on
to 700 to grind 700 into dust, but
feelin that ef he shoOd be nomenated
we Good never support him, we riz
in our mite and manfully compelled
EN- to withdraw this man and give us
the peoples choice, Geo. III. Pendle-
ton, the eagle of the"
At this pint Deekin Pogram's son
Gamaliel wuz seen putin down the
Lill ez fast ez his mule Good git.
Joe Bigler notist him lust and rusht
out NV the crowd to intercept him.