Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1868-08-04
Nasty.
Mr.. Nasty Returns from New York Before the
Adjournment of the Convention lhe
nominations were received at the Corners.
Prom the Toledo Blade.
poss Oars, CosFFpERIr X RoADs.
wish + in the State NV Kentucky !

under Slch an arrangement there wu2
nothing left for me but succum The
length Nv my stay redoosed itself tc
mere matter nv money. | tried
the borrowin dodge, and the checkin
dodge, bat good Lord wat Good | do
with an entire convenshun, all Nv
EN- more or less tryin to live in the
same way !? left and come home
while | Good, and before it WI ever
lastinly too late.
When | left | sposed Their wuz no
doubt NV the nominashen uv Pendle-
ton. The young eagle Nv the West, y
he'd received 1856 votes, and wuz a
gainin, and Seemore he'd declined SO
often and so persistently that goin
back on my yoosual disbelief in these
fei.ers, hevin declined a great many
offices myself that | wanted, | RELY
believed the cuss wuz in earnist, and
saw nothin that Good stand between
Pendleton and success. Ez | left the
Ohio river, | got out the reech NV
railroads, and telegraphs, and | told
the people all along that Pendeton
he'd bin nominated on the 18th ballot
and that the hole country wuz all
ablase with enthoosiasm for him and
greenbax, so certin WIZ | Nv his sue
cess.
On arrivin at the Corners [ found
that intense anxiety wuz manifested
by the citizens thereof. They were
all gathered at Bascom's discussin the
matter when hove ii site on mule
witch | he'd borrered at Secessiopville
to ride over onto.
"Who is it ?" asks Deekin Pogram,
ketchin the mule by the bridle.--
"Who is it ond wat principles hev we
got to support this fall ~
"Pendleton and greenbax" shouted
l. "Pendleton, the young eagle Nv
the West, who is opposed to the
bloated aristocratic bondholders, witch
wood crush us labrin men into the
dust. Pendleton, who believes that
eff greenbax is good enuff for us hon
est labrin men, they are good enu1f
for the aristocrat, who, like the king
IL the nursery rhyme, sits in his par.
Tor counting out bis money. PEN
die"
''Enuffl" said Basoom 'enuff.-
Save that speech, Parson, till we hey
our ratifcasbeD. In the meantime,
get off and take suthin. So good do
feel over the result that | am wilin
to stand t1eet for the crowd Come
one, come all"
These few remarks of Bascom s
wuz hailed with satisfaction. Ez one
man the entire crowd moved into his
place, and ez one man they all as
swaged their thirst. Bascom can
move the Corners quicker than any
man in it. Wat happy posishen is
hizzen
Next mite it wuz decided to hev q
ratificashen, that the Corne rs might
contribbit her mite towards swellin
the enthoosiasm on the buzzum NV
witch Pendleton wuz to sweep to Clio
ry. We met in the open air, front nv
Bascomb's, and the impashent crowd
called upon me to give an account Nv
my stewardship.
Iopened by stain that / went to
Moo York under pekoolyerly embar>
rassin circumstances. The whole
money power Nv the East wuz ar
rayed agin us The aristoeratic Bell
mont, witch is the agent Nv the Roth.
childs, the money~kings Nv the world,
wuz determined to foist unto the
democracy either Chase the accused
Aolitionist, or Seemore the peekool :
yer pet Nv Wall street, witch streets,
may sling in for the benefit NV my
hearers, where the money bizness is
mostly done, and where they sleep
on government bonds and spend the
heft Nv their time clippin off the
coopons.
"Wat is coopons?" asked Deekir
Pogram.
| explained to the blessed old saint
wat coopons wuz and perceeded.
'This Wall street infooence wood,
my brethren, hev corrupted the Dim
ocrasy. Wall street came into Tam.
many Hall and wanted to control our
ackshen. Bat we wuzent to be pur,
chist. The more Wall street offered
to ensiave the Dimocrasy, the more
yoor representatives, gloryin in thel
manhood, spurned Their proffered
brides. We went there determined
to emancipate the yeomanry nv the
country from the bondige Nv the bio
It'd bondbolder-we went there pledg
ed 30 Pendleton, the young eagle Nv
the West-pledged to tender the blo-
It'd bondholder the same dirty rags
witch he paid for his bonds-pledged
to pay the blotid bondholder, if we
pade them anything, greenbacks fol
his bloatid bonds or nOthin. VIZ
went there determined to annihilate
this yer Seymour and mis- blotid sup
porters."
"Rah for Pendleton !" sung out the
crowd.
"Three grones for Seemore the blot
id bondholders' agent"
Both cheers and grones were giver
and | perceeded.
"My friends, you ncv'll know wa
we, the peoples defenders, he'd t.
contend with The blotid bondhol-
ders he'd money we he'd none. They
wuz determined to hev Seemore will
all Wall street at his back and fasten
ed on to You to grind you into dust
but feelin that eff he shood be nome
mated we Good never support him, Y
| riz in our mite and manfully compel
EDEN TO withdraw this man and Civ
us the peoples choice. George Pen
ton the eagle Nv tho"
At this pint Deekin Pogram's so
Gamaliel wuz seen putin down tn
bill ez last ez his mule Good git. 10
Bigler notist him fust, and rusht OF
Nv the crowd to intercept him. Th
boy he'd o noospaper in his HAND