The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-08-20
wuz with him in hi triumphal pro-

gress thrO the North. L held up his
his hands doorin IL impeachment
struggle, and l boupt up three w
of the Union SenatoI wich voted for
acquittal. 1 assistd also in the
slaughter nv niggeriu Memphis and
Moo Orleans.
[ am, Nv course, sceptable to the
strateout Dimocrisy.ez l hold views
entirely in eonsonace with them. |
am infexibly opposd to the pay
ment Nv the nashna debt, | am op-
posed to the fftsentlameniment, and
my dawters. if I hedsich, shood new
er marry niggers. On these ques-
tiOns no man in Aneriky is more
sounder than am |.
The Dimocrisy " Ohio owe me
this, for services nndered. | hev
bin dragged throo horse troffs for
hurrahin for Vallaldygum. l hev
bin pulled out Nv NY bed IN JanOoa-
ry by soGers and compelled to take
oaths Nv allegiance, and languish-
ed once in Bastile for my stedfast-
ness to Dimocrisy. These things 1
ought not to dwell onto, but if no
one else will, | mus.
l hev made other sacrifices. When
torn from my peeceul home to tite
our friends NV the South, | he'd a
wife wich loved. Life Wuz peeee-
ful streeme and We hoated calmly
along. She took in washin and
talked politics at neighborin gro
cErY- inHestin the nrbeeads Nv her
labor In the sustenance atf0rUcu II
the bar. When 1 returned wat mel
me? The KILN Nv men outrite wuz
not the most hart-rendin incidents Nv
that fratrisidle struggle. 1t wuz the
sevrin Nv domestic ties-the tearin
down nv domestic affairs, and the
Nv families. When l return
ed | wuz eoldly met. Looizer Jane
Wus washin as yOosual, only harder
than ever, and | notist the children
he'd new frocks and shoes. The fust
afternoon | wuz at home | askt her
in my old familyer way for dollar
and a half, ez 1 wantid to go down
the street.
"That's played!" she remarkt.
"Hevn't you gOtit?' | askt.
II heV," she replied, "and l per-
pose to keep it. | hev diskivered
suthin since yOove bin gone. I hev
found that it's easy enuff to support
myself and the children, washin at a
dollar a dozen, but add to that hull
kin man, with a nose like yoors, and
it's harder than | keer. This house
is mine-yoo kin yacate." :"
And she calmly rung out shirt
sz tho wat she sed wuz a common
place remark insted Nv a praetikel
1iVorse.
| left her. A leendish Ablishnist
he'd put this idea into her head and
she he'd actid onto it. Since that
time hev wended my way alone,
;ubsistln by chance. Ablishnism
owes me the home l he'd. Ablish-
nisn owes me the likker l ought to
ieV he'd, out Nv wat that woman hez
earned sence that crooel day. Owat
4 fearful debt to pay.
The acoot Democrat may ask wat
[ want Nv a nominashen when de.
feat is certin. It's suthin to be a
[ shood make vigrous
The masses in the rooral
ieestriks don't often see candidate
for SO high an offs, and 1 shood beam
onto EN- all. Wv course 1 shood from
this date to the second Toosday in
October hev free likker. The rank
and file wood esteem it an honor to
drink with me and / shood consider il
a convenience to drink with them
For two months | shood hev all
wich wood be the happiest
two moths in my life. l shood
probably die Nv delirium tremens,
but l Good afford it. Oh wat gor-
gus prospeck! Oh wat an elysium
Kin the Democrisy Nv Ohio be SC
crooel ez to deprive me Nv it? 1 kin
at least hold the votes Nv the hard
haudid Dimoceicy wich wuz knowd
ez Copperheds dOorin the war, and
can't see that we hev ever got any
other kind, no matter who we nomi-
mated. Eff that element amt strong
enuff to elect me, 1 spose L shood GO
to jine the unnumbered throng Wv
Dimocratic candidates who hev en-.
countered defeat in the dreary years
gone by, and whose ghosts still hover
on the confines Nv politikle life.
| submit this to the Dimocrasy Nv
Ohio, fcelin that l am askin only wal
is my doc.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
(Wich wuz Post Mastery