Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-11-27

MANY THINGS
Posr oFrrs, CoxFEDRrT RoADs,
(Which is In the State nv KentuckYl
November 10, 1853.
To- Ulysses =. Grant, oenerai,~and Prcsidsr'
Sir;-The eleckshun ia o'erl The die Is
cast, NV witch die the Dimocrisy hev the
most Nv H. Frankly we admit that we
are beaten. studied the eleckshun re-
turns carefully, and l hev come to that
concloosion. He'd we carried Ohio, Penn
sylvania, Iniiany, Illinoiy, Connecticut,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and
Californy, and he'd Virginny, Texas and
Mississippi bin allowed to vote, the result
would hev bin diffrent. But we didn't,
therefore we submit. We mite resist, but,
ez we hevn't the strength to do It, we bow
cheerty to the will nv the people, and
recognize you ez our Cheef Magistrate, -
the place Of A. johnson deceest
Now the question wich agitates us IS
wat do 700 intend to do? That's wat /
want TO know, and that's wat Deekin Po-
gram, Captain McPelter, and IsssKer
Gaviu is demandin in thunder tones.
Wat do 700 intend 10 do? Are yoo goin
to adopt the merciless policy NV the ex
treme Radikels, or are 700 goin to adopt
@ concilitory policy?
presoom that you Northumberland the
sitooashen in the South. alluz presoom
that shood yoo visit the corners, yoo wood
| find here two classes of people, whose
tastes, habits inclinashens and interests
vary widely. On the one hand are origi-
nal Kentuckians, NV wich Bascom. Deekin
Pogram, Capt. McPelter, and Issaker Ga
witt, are brite and shinin specimens, and
on the other there is Pollock, the Illinoy
store.keeper, Joe Bigler, who wuz con-
federit solier, but who has backslid into
| Ablishnism, ten or twenty families NV
| Northeners who have bought land herea-
bouts, and the niggers wich were freed by
| LIinkin and the Coustooshuel Amendment.
These two antagonistic elements are peI-
petually at war, and the resu'' '7 "h-Nnic
onpleasantnis wich heZ seriuos,A lr i3
the growth Nv this seckshun. The fault is
NV course with Pollock, Bigler. the North
ern farmers, and the niggers. The original
| kentuckians desire peece-theY long and
hunger and thirst for It, But these other
curses won't let us hev it, The Northern
| farmers wood come here and buy land and
continyooaly irritate us with their pres
epce they won't adopt our habits and
customs, but persist in keepin no their
own, and ez we know EN- TO be RepubIi-
kins the site Nv one on our streets per-
| dooses a species NV frenzy on
our citizens wich hez at times re-
suited seriously to them. They
hold prayer er-meetins at each others
houses, they take Northern newspapers
witch wood pizen the minds NV our people
but for the blessed fact that our people
don't read to any alarmin extent, and they
hev established skools among the niger
children, and are teachin them to be above
the speer to wich nacher and our theology
assined 'em. Bascom told me that they
haA Il1l N,II -
his bar. How kin he live in peece with
sichS The niggers won't work for us on.
less we pay EN-, and the result is our
farms are runnin down. But little is per-
dooced by us, and the old original Ken
lucky stock is gettin to be as seedy set
as yoor eyes ever rested onto.
Now, in regard to us wat are 700 q go-
in to doY Are 700 a goin to perfect us
or themS Are yoo goin to bring yoor
power to bear on their side or ourn ? Is
Deekin Pogram's niggers to be perfected
in their insolent refoosal to submit to his
guidance and direction, or are they to be
left to him to be dealt with as he chooses?
Is the citizens Nv the Corners to hev the
rite, witch Is theirs, to chastise these be-
ings in their own way-to reduce 'em to
their material level as they see fit, or are
they to be hampered by soljers and
|
miliashen NV seein 'em ekul in
all respectsp In short, shell we, under
yoor administrator hev the rite to hang
niggers and tar and feather northern set
tiers ez we hev bin doin or mott That's
the question wich our people ask, and on
yoor anser depends the support NV 700.
| The Corners is open to proposals. The
Corners can be sekoored to yOor adminis-
trashen, or it kin be driven into an atti-
tude Nv defiance.
1t hez bin sed that 700 are sphinx.
Wat sphinx is l don't know, nor is ther
any one In the Corners who does. But it
must be suthin oils or 700 woodent hev
bin so called. The great question is " are
700 agoin to continyoo TO play sphinx?"
| Are you agoin to continyoo in the groove
into which you hev sot yourself, or are
| you agoin to flop out and fling yourself in
to our arms9 That's the question that's
| agitatin me and the Corners ez well.
Ell remember Alright, the concloodin
sentence Nv yoor letter NV acceptance wus,
"let us hev peecep | want peece and so
does the Corners How is this peece to be
attained? Easy enuff Let Deekin Po-
gram hev his niggers TO manage and con-
troll in his own way, and he'll be at peece.
Continyoo Elder Pennibacker-whoh hez
a distilleiry-in the offises NV whisky in
spector, Assessor and Collector NV Internal
Revenoo, which he now holds, and he'll
continyoo at peece Yoo kin thus pacify
these classes. Don't say that perhaps the
other classes might object? Possibly they
wood. It's ther objection that hez made
all the trouble thus far. He'd they 1ot
objected, all wood hev bin at peece now.
The niggers, like the eel, hev bin yoost to
bein skinned, and more Nv it wont hurt
~ nj in,
Pograml Look at his gray hair, his fur
rowed cheeks, and his totrin stepsl Is he
to be forced in old age to stane his hands
with laber for the nessary sustenance
wich, sence Bascom quit trustin, kin only
be got with cash? Is niggers to wear bet
ter clothes than me? Shall Issaker Cav
EFT, who wuz never yoost to work be brot
to it in the flower NV his yooth?
We don't ask you TO interfere in our be-
half-we only ask you to be at peece
yoorself, and keep hands off Sheathe the
sword, and let us hev peece. Withdraw
everything in the shape of soljery-stick
to the Presidency and nothing else, and
we will take care nv the rest
Their are other things witch 700 must do
10 restore peace and happiness to ther dis
tracted country There can be no peace
so long as the Bairs are out of offs.
The Blairs must hev places. A govern
ment without a Blair into it is not legal.
Linkin failed to command the respect NV
the Blairs, and where is Linking John
son let the Blairs 60, and what an Awful
Example is he Don't be afraid that they
won't take offs under yoO. They amt
peTtikeler-they'd as soon run yoor ad-
ministration ez anybody's. Yoo can Git
the support NV the Blairs That Boon is
within yoor reach. And likewise yoo kin
get others wich is just ez Hecsary. Steed-
man is waitin. Rosso is waitin. Fuller
is waitin. Ross NV Kansas, and Doolittle
in fact all that noble armyev marters
wich follered the politikel forchoons NV A.
Johnson stand ready to support yoo, on
condishun that yoo support them. Take
them U. S. Grant-take them. Don't de-
spise my advice. Think NV havin the
Blair family knockin at yoor door for four