Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-04-17
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second thought" NV the people NV thar
state wood bring about change, but 4
didn't That "sober second thoupht'
won't do to depend onto. The peuooin,
Dimocrnt hez no sober thought nor ne
second one. The sober man who think,
twice allnz hez most unaccountablc
habit NV votin with the Ablishnists.
To Connecticut now we turn our hone
ful eyes. In Connecticut there is still
potency in our old watchword. "Aneri
ky tor white meu ]" and the troo Con.
nccticut Dimicrat still sludders when
yOo demand of him sternly. "Do Won
want to marry nigger 2" "Tben its
proximity. to Moo York is pint in our
iavoS for its cheaper to transport voters
from that city, than to cnny other state
except Moo Jersey. To yuse military
phrase wich learned wen wuz in ser.
Wis IN tho Looezeaner Pcllikins, Connec.
ticut is near our base NV supplies. h,s
too expensive to do it on Pennsylvany
and we shel never try that state auin.
A. Johnson desired me to 90 to Con.
nccticut to assist Dixon and / spcnt on.
day at that biznis. johnson loves Dixon.
and is pertikerlerly ankshus that he shcl
be in the House when he gifts back into
the SENT. "Tbea" said he, "there'U he
two nv us" / made my way to a rooraI
town III his Drcstrikt, and arranged Tor
meetin to address There wuz uood.
ly attendance, and | congratulated NV.
self upon pleasant aud profitable sea-
son.
Strikin ar attitood, | commenced by
remarkin that the eyes NV the country
wuz just at this time rcstIn onto the
first deestrik NV Connecticut, and tina,
the country Spected the leckshun NV
that noble patriot James Dixon. per-
posed to examine breefy the record nv
the man for whom solissitl their votes.
AT this pint the checrman NV the meet
in pulled my coat tail violently.
"Well! - sed angrily, for I wuz rit-
tin on most elokent sweat, and wen |
git TO pcrspiring oratorikally, don't
like to be interrupted, 'wat's the matter?'
'Don't menshun his rrkord," whisper.
cd he into my left ear. we dodge thatr
"But before l enter upon that, ;" scd
slidin off NV that sunken rock, 81 shell
say few words regarlin the monstrous
proposition to force nigger suffrage onto
Connecticut. Do yoo~"
Agln my coat tail wuz pulled, and an.
other nervous whisper
"Don't mcnshun suf1iage-he voted
for it twice. We dodge that"
"Do yoo desire" resoomed /, somewhat
staggered, for niggcr suffrage is my best
holt, and when deprived NV it am at sea
without chart or compass. "Do VOC de-
sire the old narrer ideas Nv the silk stock
d Whig-" .#
For the Lords sake, don't" wuz the
next whisper. "Dixon wuz Wing
We dodge that"
"Tlat is--wich ISL struck out wild.
yoo desire TO hcv the here-is NV
hat :mprncticable Ablishmst Charles
Sumner"
lsposed NV course this wuZ safe. It's
illuz proodent to abooze Sumner in 4
Dimocratic meclin, and when hev moth.
N else to say aluz do i! with the hap
Diest results. But there come nifty
pull and another whisper the mint the
II e W IS menshuned.
Don't say nothin about Sumner-Dix.
IN carries n recommendation letter from
lim in his pocket. We dodge that"
Dazed and dcmoralizcd | commenced
Igin.
"My friends yoO are askt by the Alb
ishln candidates to vote with party
yicl only few years ago in their mid
llte lodges wood hev denied the liberty
OWN emigrant the bal"
"Good Lord, man." whispered this Gus
id chairman, pullin my coat tail till the
tltclles yawned don't 700 know that
Dixon wuz Know Nothin We dodge
hat" .....r...
Not KNOWN precisely wat to DO, and
eclin very much in the condshcn NV a
nan after hard mites dlinkin, made
mother dive: ..........
"Fcllow citizens, the question for us
consider to mite is, shell we be taxed
o pay an unconstooshncl debt, made by
n un-"
That wuz ez fur ez l got. Agin that
ull-agin that internal whisper:
Don't say anything agin payin the
ebt. Some NV our Dimocrisy hold bonds
We dodge that" iar 700
"Darn yoor Dimocrisy which holds
onds. They must live in seckshuns
there the Maine likker law is enforced.
hel largoo in favor NV payin the bonds?'
"No--don't. A portion nv our vote
agin it. We dodge that"
Feelin that there WIZ one pint onto
'ich Good talk safely, l commenced
nre more: l.a o' gU 'si5
''rhe Republican party, beaded ~ that
lookoted butcher, Gralt,"- resoomed /,
ceiling that that must Do safe. Vain
ope Skasely wuz the words out NV
~ mouth when mat cussid pull occurred
gin:
"iecb EN- litely. Dixon is sloepin with
and hez called upon Grant.
We dodge that
This was the last feather wich broke
he eamcPs back.
swat is ther 700 don't dodgep Wat
ut go TO thunder and make the speech
oorselfn ejackiIated Indignantly, staw-
in off the platform. 81 hev wrencht
lyselt tearfully at times, and am ekal to
lmost any emergency, but without pre-
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