National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1868-11-13
Letter From one OF the 'Unterrified.
Bradfurd, Nov. 9, 1868.


and as 1t lOnvays sum rong impress
shunS which mite damage the dim
ockrisy hear, | shell be much obliged
to heF yu print this lettur Nv mine.
Avn NV our party vii git the fax if u
print 1t, fur we allus hev / NV yur
papurs to howl over when our moo
toai admirashuD sosiety meats at
demokratic he'd quarters, fur the
purpos Nv cussin the Niger, fortifi
IN oursclys with q leetle dimokrasy.
and devlsln ways and meanness to
harry leckshuns.
The ! who rote that lettur mus
be sum chap AZ haint ben hear long
enuf to git wei poasted in our tax
Tx. The eggreegis donky went an
admitted we had brok up q meetip.
And he hes not sed q word about
the arrest NV l Nv our most prom
isin yung dimokrats-1 to who we
look to FL the plais Nv our perse-
coOtid leader when he falls-for pc r.
htikle etfeck to harry the leckshun
NV Grant S Coalfax~ in this town.
An! i would think from his lettur
wehed did sumthin we wus ashamed
NV aud hired him to excuse it over
Sum folks mite call it sof1istikle, Will
others wod call il sofomorikle, but
call sich rltin primd fdshe eyidunce
Nv soft .headcdni,. We doant want
emmy mill an water STUFF, and | pro
! poaSe to stat the Jacks.
The radikuls here air sittin to be
Icrfeckly unskroopulus in tryin to
pcrsecoot demOkrats thru the laws
which thar legislator hc3 parsed
and which air the prinsipul reasun
fur the smalnes Nv the demokratik
party in the staff. If VIC Good only
hcv the frce-llcker laws Nv Moo
York city fur fiji ycers we Good
slt cHuf TURNER'S IN cum in tn kar-
~ the staff; but unfor. inatly fur
Us we hctnt got SIGH laws, and the
only wa we Kin work is tn prevent
the cXccooshun nv the ones we hcy.
In this VIC hey bin 80 suckscsful
that man that has bin tried and
! proved gilty : times nv Ocin drank
Is not konvictid ylt. II tia he'd
taken him up fur disturbin meet.
in (Which he did We shood not hey
SGD "A word agin it for We WIS alcrs
( opposed to sich, but couldn't per.
mt them to carry out 50 vile a er.
secooshun agn Nv our ledcrs as
ilncin him fur intoNikashum.
The radikuls trcmbuicd in thar
shows rs ch~h4n nv NOV. 9Th dru
H. Thar vas no prospect, that
motr than nv the voters IN tow II
Wod vote tor Grant, and tina got
I wind that We hcl sent 10 an the
towns within 20 miles for all dino.
hrats that Good bc spaird to cum
innnd hclpus. Things locked dark.
Somcthin must hc dun.
, jest then y cnIlered man cum
along and adturtized to spcck at
the town hal. Nothn Good hey bin
modr rcpulsly to us than this Nfri
kin etandm in the plIiS whar our
pohtiko.preaeh,st hcs stood snd de.
tcndid NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the
Snthcrn kontcdcrlsy--, and with
the prospcck that the Afrikin wod
make the smartist speech. 1t
hes bin our custum to mob negro
who cum hear to spccls, We alluS
believed it ncsscssary. to harry on:
the dimokratic Idle nv FIRE speech.
We was allus willln eny man shod
c1arsise the rite nv FIRE speech, pur
vldin he was u white man and q
dlmokrat. But sins our party hes
adopted the polisy NV kopsiiliatin
the niggcr--whar we coodn't shoot
him with inpOonity--wo hey adopt
id anutler coarse. We konkludid
sum Nv us must be present at tho
mcetin. As we entured | Nv us
playfully rcmarkt that ''no Id
nio0nr Good rr~~'- = 80. .e.-. -
lIo he'd no intcnshun NV braki.-nn
the mcctim, and endevorcd to help
all he Good to max it suckscs. He
kommenst applaudin by stampln
his feet, and tried to put the spcck
er at cas- by talkin Familiarity to
him while he was spcekin, and fur
fccr sum radikuls mite try 10 mis-.
represent him he got up scvcrul
times and stopt the speaker to stait
DISTINCTLY that he didn't intend to
disturb the mcctin. But tho trcch.
crus Afrikin went back on us. lie
was disgustid with us, and rcfooscd
to kast his perlS before swine. lie
| lett amid konfooshun.
The radikllls iusistid We he'd hrol,