Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1868-08-14

'Pendleton and greenbax, shouted l.
''Pendleton, the young eagle Nv the West
who is opposed to the bloated aristocratIc
boudholders, wieh wood crush US labrln
men into the dust. Pendleton, who be
leeves that ef grceubax is good enough for
US honest laborin men, they are good
enough for the aristocrat, who, ike the
King in the nursery rhyme, sits in his par
lor, countin his money Pendle-
"Enuff' said Bascom, 'enutf, save
that speech, Parson, till we hev our ratiti-
cashun. In the meantime, get off and take
suthin. So good do feel over the result
that l am willing to stand treet for the
crowd. Come one, come all.
These few remarks Of Bascom' wuz hail,
ed with satisfaction. Ez Que man the en-
tire crowd moved into his place, and ez one
man they all assusged their hurst. Bascom
can move the Corners quicker than any man
in it. Wat happy possihen is hissenl
The next mite it wuz desided to hev a rat
ifcashn, that the Corners mite confribblt
her mite towards swellin the enthoosiasm
on the buzzum Nv which Pendleton wuz to
sweep to glory. We met in the open air,
in front of Bascom's, and he impashent
crowd called on me to give an account NV
my stewardship.
Iopened by Stain that | went to Moo
York under pekooIyerly embonassin cir
cumstanees. The whole money power Nv
the east Buz arrayed agin Us. The aristo-
cratic Belmont which is the agent Of the
Rothchilds, the money king Of the world,
wuz determined TO foist onto the Dimocrisy
either Chase, the accursed Abolitionist, or
Seymour, the pekoolyer pet of Wall streets
which street is, l may sling in here for the
benefit Nv my hearers, where the money
bizniss is mostly done, and where they sleep
on Government bonds and spend the heft
Of their time clipFin off the cupons.
Wat is cupons?" asked Deeken PO
gram. | Iexplained to the blessed old saint
wat coupons wuz, and went on
This Wall street influence wood, my
brethren, hev corrupted the Democrisy.
Wall street came into Tammauy Hall and
wanted to control our ackshen But we
wugn't to be purchist The more Wall
street offered to enslave the Dimocrasy, the
more yoor representatives, gloriyiu in their
manhood, spurned their proffered bribes.
We went their determined to emancipate
the yeomanry NV the country from the
Iondage of the bloated bondholder-we
went there pledged to Pendetoni the young
eagle Nv the West-pedged to tender the
bloated bondholder, if We paid him any
thing, greenbax for his bloated bonds, or
nothin. We went ther determined to ami
hilate this yeer Seemore and his bloated
supporters
"Rah for Pendleton!" sung out the
crowd
Three groans for Seymour, the bloated
bondholders' agentl'
Both cheers and groans were given with a
will, and l proceeded
Ny friends, 700 nevrll know wat we,
the peoples defenders, he'd to contend with
The bloated bondholdcrs he'd money-we
he'd none They were determined to fastcn
the yoke on yoor necks-we we're determin
ed to hist it off They wuz determined to
hev Seymour, with all Wall street at his
back, fastened on to 700, to grind 700 into
dnst, but feeling that if be shood be nome
mated we Good never support him, we riz in
our mite and manfully compelled EN- to with
draw this man and give US the people 5
choice, George II. Pendleton, the eagle of
/ the"
At this pint Deekin poqranl's 5 son Cana
/ liel, wuz seen putin down the hill ez fast e.
his mule Good git. Joe Biglcr notist him
fust and rusht out Nv the crowd to intercept
him. The boy had noospaper in his hand,
wieh Joseph took from him, and ru, ht to
where wuz standin on the he'd nv bari.
Here's the last Louisville paper, sed
Joseph unfolding it. ''Shel reed it2'
Reed Reed 70 yelled The the crowd.
Civ US the moose Nv the downfall w the
/ bloated boudholders!"
Before reed, sed Joscp, who he'd
glanced at the headings NV the TELEGRAPH col.
lum, give three more cheers for Pendleton
and greenbax. Hip, hip
'Rah /" cheered the crowd.
Now three groans, and let them be good
ones. for Seymour and his cussid doctrine
wich will grind us into dust under the heels
Of Belmont, and aid the furrin capitalists
by payiu the bonds in gold !"
And they groaned as heartily cz they
cheered
I'VE, ez DimocratT y continued Josef,
''hev sworn by our affairs and our fires, nev-
er to support for offs wuu who wood pay
a debt injured by unconstitooshnel gov
ernment in unconstitooshnel war in any
thing but the debased currency wch that
unconstitooshnel government ishood
Never never we swareL
Very good" said josef This paper
wich hold in my hand conveys the afflictir
intelligence that on. the twenty-second ballot
/ Governor Horasho Seymore, uv New York
wuz nomenated and that Frank Blair wa,
nomenated by acclamation Ez Seymour is
opposed bitterly to PendIcton greenback
policy, spose, NV coarse, the Corners vii
repoodiate the ackshen Nv the eonyenshin. u
And with a laff which wuz devilsh in the
extreme, Josep left the stand.
The meetin broke up in row. The Cor
ners felt that they he'd bin imposed upor
and he'd [ not got out Nv the way | mite he,
been personally iujoored The Deekin
Bascom, Kernel Mcpelter, Issaker Gavitt
aud | met in the Post offs, after the excited
crowd had dispersed, and consulted VIZ
wuz in rather a tite place Relayn on tht
strength NV our candidate, we he'd gone to-
far in denouncin the others, though for tha
matter vat could we do? The two policies
is so cussid opposite, that We can't supper
the one without denouncin the tother.
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