Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-03-03
Nasty.
The Corners Sympathizing with the
Irish An Interruption from Joe Big
ler-He Makes a Diversion.
Prom the Toledo Blade
POST OFFS, ooNFEDRIT y ROADS,
witch 10 in the Staff Nv Kentucky

about II or Is sons Nv the Green Isl,
: Nv Erin, witch is cslled the Green is.e
| spose, becos nv the ease with which
the majority nv EN- are managed
by tue Dcmocrisy. To fasten these
voters and hold en- to us, it wuz con
: sidered advisable that some aksher
be taken by the Democrisy NV the
Corners, in the matter Nv Irish liber'
ty and English oppreshun. The ice
originated with Deacon Pogram, and
Bascom, Capt. McPelter and | con-
sentid. We met at the church, and
l made, ez is the custom, the leadin
speech. 1t wuz q subject that is easy
to speak upon, and | fiatter myself
that did it iustis. It's easy to talk
Nv liberty, for theirs suthin inspirin
in the word. That's the reason why
the Ablishnists hev alluz he'd the ad
vantage Nv us in the matter Nv speek-
ers. They..hev all the advantage Nv
sentiment; but halleloogy Nv wat
avail is sentiment when 700 hurl it
at lazy man ? Wv wat good is it
to talk Nv liberty to man who don't
like to work; who hez a taste for
draw poker and mint gooleps, and
who kin force fifty or a hundred
niggers to work for him 700 mite
as well.fre paper wads at iron-clad.
That's wher the Democrisy hev EN-
in Kentucky. Everybody here hez
a dislike for work, and likin for
mint gooleps, bnt nobody haint got
no sentiment.
Still, we hev no objeckshun to talk
in NV liberty, at long range. We hev
no objeckshun to it in Ireland. In
fact, we are willin to admit that in
Ireland, it is pretty good thing.
| spoke elokently on the sebjick.
| held up SIGH Nv the wrongs endoor-
ed by the Irish ez | Good conveniently
ly remember, spoke feelinly nv wat
they he'd suffered, wuz a suffrin, and
probably he'd yet to suffer, and de-
manded that the Corners unite in a
expression nv sympathy with EN-, ez
those most certainly entitled to it. |
wuz applaudid to the exc, and Bas~
com rig. He he'd series Nv resolu-
sheus, which he begged to submit, ez
| follows
WAREAs, We hev red in the moose
papers or Lev he'd red to us, witch is
the same thing, sole, movin accounts
NV the horrors now affiictin Ireland
on account Nv the oppreshun and
tyranny practiced upon EN- by the
bloated aristocrats and pampered
sons Nv luxury Nv England, and
WAREAs, The Corners feels for
tho victims Nv oppreshun, and weeps
at their woes, therefore be it.
RESOLVED, That the holdin NV the
Irish IN bondage in Ireland by the
English, is reproach onto the civil
izashen of the 10Th century.
Resolved, That the taxin Nv the
Irish without givin Nv EN- voice in
the Government. the forsin nv EN- to
support Government in the runnin
Nv which they hev no voice, and the
other outrages too tejus to me nshun,
witch is bein contingooallv inflicted
onto en-, stirs our blood with indig-
nashun, and we hereby extend our
sympathy to EN-.
ResoLued, That we demand Nv the
Government nv the Yoonited Stats,
that steps be immejitly taken to re-
leese the Ameriken sittizens Nv Irish
decent, noey languishin in English
plizens, and that, if needs be, to as
sert the dignity nv the Republic, we
go to war in this coz.
The resolooshens wuz about bein
yoonanlmously adopted when that
miserable cuss, Joe Bigler, riz. He
said he he'd remark to make. He
approved nv them resolooshens. He
believed in EN-. Taxashen without
representation wuz ojus-it was ty-
ranny-it Good never be endoored,
and he cared not wher it wus prac>
fist, it wuz abhorent to every lover
NV liberty. He shood cheerfully
vote for them resolooshens, but be
desired to make little addishen to
EN-.
| remorkt that amendments wuz
in order
every good" sed Josef II move
to add these ="
'ResoIUed, Also, that ez taxashen
without representation is unjust in
ireland, it is in Kentucky, and that
while this Convention haz her peck :
ct Handkerchief outga weepin over the
woes NV the Irish, il sings teer or
two over the untorchnit black citi-
zens of this Stait who are bein tax,
ed like thunder, but who amt per-
mitted to vote at all.
RESOLVED, likewise That while we
moistenin up over the Amerikin cit
liens nv Irish decent now in prizen
in England we give down a trifc
over the four Amerikin citizens NV
Afrikin decent now in jail in this
county, who wuz imprizened for no
coz watever, ce2tin knockin down
impudent white men who aboozed
their wives.
Resolved, moreover, That while
we condemn England for iml ,rizenin
Amerkin sittizens Nv Irish descent
without coz, and for tyranizin over
EN- generally, we shell take SIGH steps
ez shell prevent the same thing bein
1 done TO an alarmin extent to Amer
skin citizens Nv Afrlkin descent at
home.
"These reso'ooshens," sed josef,
/ move ez amendment. Wv coorse
no one will object, for the principle
is the same here ez there"
l replied breefly. There wuz q
distinkshen. ! feered Mr.. Bigler did
not understand the matter. There
wuz dIstinkshen, and it wuz not
altogether on akkount Nv the Afri-
kin's bein black man either. Ell
there wuz strong emigrashen from
Afrika to Amerika, and the Afrikin
emigrant Good git.a vote after be bed
+ been here fveyeers, the Democrisy
wood hev no difikilty in gettin ~
sympathy tor EN-. But it amt so anc
hence | see no practical good in tn,
amendment l mildly but firmly