Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-06-11


CoNFEpMT Y RoAps canpot be said to
be, in the Northern sense of tho term, q
prosperous town. The fact is its railroad
facilities are not NV the best, tho noarest
one to us bcin some twelve miles away,
and its other roads arc not so GORGEOUS ez
Good be desired. They are passable for
wagons in Joon, Gully and August for
mules In April, May, September and 0cto
bor and the balance NV the time they mite
possibly be navigated by fiat boats, ef the
citizens he'd anything in pertikeler 10 leave
the town for, or ef anybody pertikeler de.
sired to come to IL.
The citizens, now that they are onct
agiu in full akkord with the General Gov.
ernmenL and been thoroughly recon.
structid, felt that they he'd borne neglect
NV their interests in silence ez longez Good
be expected NV the impetuous Southern
nacher; and also, that the time he'd come
when the leadin cities NV the South shood
make some effort to avail themselves NV
the material advantage NV their position,
and wrest from the North the full share
Nv the trade NV the Continent, to wich
they are entitled. We NV the Cross Roads,
felt that we he'd too long accepted second
rate conmershel posisheu, and we felt
that we Good not endure Il longer. 1t
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mershel convenshen at the Cross Roads,
to take these matters into consideration,
with sich others as might suggest ther-
selves
Invitashens wuz sent to all the princi.
pie leaders nv the Southern masses, and
NV EN- it wuz confidently expected that
Breckenridge, Lee and Boregard would
be present. -. f-rsf
The convensheu assembled on the day
sot. 1t wuz one NV the largest and most
enthusiastic it hez ever ben my lot TO at.
tend. There wuz delegates present from
Secessionville, Dayistown, Boregard, and
sll the towns in that section Nv the State,
representa- the intelligence and wealth NV
the real old Kentucky stock Nv those
localities.
Gen. McDiugus, late C. 8. A., Nv Seccs-
sionvillo, wuz made President, with thirty
two Vice Presidents, wich comprised all
the delegates present. This wuz done ez
all Nv EN- seemed to want to be officers.
Gen. McDingus stated the object NV the
convenshen to be the divisin NV the means
to increase the commershel Importance of
the section, to develop her resources. to
increase her manufakterin interests, and to
show the recooperative power the South
possesses. Kentucky wants manufakters,
Kentucky wants commerce, Kentucky
wants populashen, and to devise means
Nv gittin these is the object Nv our assem-
bin He begged the members to COM
mence to-wunst.
Kernel McPelter, from the Committee
on Invitashens, wuZ about to perceed to
read letters he he'd received from promi-
nent Southerners, when Capt Podgers, NV
Davlstown, begged leave to offer resoloo-
oh ln oft IN t0at thn oI.n,,
| with oz much ashoorence ez tho he he'd a
rite there, wretch, with whose name he
woodent suily his mouth, who he'd come
from Massychoo- no, he woodent sully
his mouth with the name Nv the State
from ablishn State, and he'd startd in
Davistown a factry for maxim pig iron
employin therein thirty five men, wich
he'd bot plantashen Nv distrest planter
and put thereon twenty houses, skool.
house and church He stigmatized this
man ez a carpet bsgger. He he'd been re-
peetedly warned by the citizens NV Davis
town TO leave, but he he'd lsfft at the warn
ins. On threatenin his factry, he he'd
armed his operatives with double.barreled
shot-guns, and with these he'd held the
citizens at bay. This man hez strength
enuff to keep up his factry, but he shell not
sit in conyenshen with Southern gentle
men.
Major Bangum remarkt that at Bore.
| gard they he'd different ways NV meetin
these difficulties. A carpet, Dagger from
Pennsylvany undertook to start store at
| Boregard, but we nipt 1t in the but at the
beginin. We gave him twentyfour hours
tJ leave and he left. He'd Capt. Podgers
commenst in time, afore the evil took root,
| it Good hev bin eradicated.
Deekin Pogram statid that an attempt
he'd bin made to plant a cotton factry on
a waterpower at Confedrit Y Roads, and
gave in detail the method adoptid to pre-
vent it, both speeches bein received with
cheers, which showd that the Souther n
heart WIZ still ez Southern ez ever.
Capt. Podgers offered the followin reso-
looshen.
R.s'loed, That all carpot.baggers be requested
to leave the Hall durin the session NV the con
| Yenshen.
1t wuz carried with loud applause, after
witch Capt. McPelter read the letters he
he'd received, or rather passed EN- over
to me to read, ez do the most Nv 1t for
the Corners.
Jefferson Davis-President Davis, I ex-
claimed, ez | kist the letter regretted
that he Good not be present. His heart
still beat for the Sunny South
Good git no further with the readln ov
this episte The most enthusiastic and
vociferous cheers 1t hez ever bin my lot to
hear broke from the throng in the buildin,
Capt McPelter endin with the genooine
Southern chargin yell, at wich the niggers
in the visinity NV the buildin grew pale
and took to the woods They'd heard it
afore, and not bein advised that the meet
in wuz purely Commershl COnvenshen.
they wuz seriously afrighted.
Genral Boregard regretted that he Good
not be present, but
Agin wuz interrupted by cheers wich
made the roof shake, and the members Nv
the ConVenshen threw up their hats TO an
extent Wich fairly darkened the air
Letters wuz attempted to be read from
other noted leaders NV the South in the
late unpleasantnis with the Vandals NY
the subjugstin States, but at the menshen
Nv each NV their names the cheerin wuz so
extraordinarily voeiferOus ez TO prevent
anything bein heard.
AT this pint while the enthusiasm wuz
at the highest pitch, Deekin Pogram riz,
and remarkt that Confedrit Y Roads wuZ,
he wuz aware, painfully de6shent in many
things. They he'd but one store, and that
wuz run by despicable carpet-bagger,
and Bascoms whisky wuZ not alluz nv
the best, but one thing she Good boast nv,
namely, her wimmen. Stand up Miriam
dy !" he remarkt to that gushin damsal
and the others in the gallery may ez well
rise likewise" witch they all did, wsVin
Confedrit flags and Dustin out into that
ever inspirin anthem, "The Bonny Bloc
Flag" "There," remarkt the Deekin,
there is our jewels. Three cheers for our
daughters
The effeck Nv this wsz somewhat spilled
by dozen or more quadroons, risin with
Mirandy and the rest Nv eml That ojus
demoralizin villin, Joe Bigler, who delltes
in spilin tetchin tabloos, he'd em snug in
the gallery all the time. and he sprung EN-
onto us thus crOoelly
Gen. Better, Nv Boregard, offered reso-
looshen dsnouncin the reconstTuckshen
measures, President Grant and his Cabinet,
the Oppressive Nashnel debt, carpet bag
gers, and the Republican partyi Major
Flair offered one implorjn the Northern
Dimocracy TO stand firm agin the oonsloo-
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