Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-07-23
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rFrom the Toledo Blade.l
THE NOMINATION. OF RosRCRANs IN UNIV
Il DREAM
-" Toolv ~ 1859.

NV poaitiOn and without any bpesul pu'-
nose wandered up into my old stampin
grounds In Ohio. l wuz received with
coriality wich affected me profoundly.
Them wich he'd bin turned oui Nv onses
Good sympathise With me, and them wien
he'd never got EN-, felt it still more deeply
ez they eggsaggerate tho benefits TO be de-
rived from ofiishl posishcn and sctily
wonder how man wich ever held an
offs kin survive decapitashon.
| he'd no difficulty in borrowin enun
dollars nv the sturdy yeVmanTy Nv this
section, To not only keep me ahoat here
for A time, but 10 pervide agin passage
through an Ablishn country Of sich need
he. MY expenses here will be light, ez l
am boardin and drinkin on tick exclu-
sively. l told the landlord the first day
10 mark it down ez il wuz inconvenient
TO make change fifty times per day. He
possibly may wish he he'd taken the
trouble 10 make change. HIrU. IIDn1
The day amer the Democratic State
Convenshen at Columbus we held q In.
formal meetin nv the Democracy ut the
tavern, 10 wich wuz stayin, the most Nv
the veterans bein there. The sceen re-
minded me NV Bascom's 80 much that
| actilly shed teers. Dimocrssy is
alike everywhere. Ther wuz the bar,
with the big.bellied bottle with tansy
in Il, and the big.bellied bottle without
tansy in IL, ther wuz the box nv pipes,
the two lemons wich are doomed never 10
be yoosed ez lemon,joose weAkens likker
ther wuz Pepper, the landlord, with his
sleeves rolled up, leanin onto his elbows
onto the bar; behind him portrate nv
Jackson on his fomin steed, wsvin his
sword toward the British beside II a
L. e. ..a1,. NI,.
Deestrick last year, commensin with the
trooly orthodox line: "Do you want TO
marry Niger ?" in large black type, with
picter jiv Wendell Phillips kissin a
wenoh, at wich the Dimocrasy have indig-
mated reglerly for ten yeers. Seetid on
bustid cheers, empty nail kegs, and lean
ing on the bar, wuz a groop wich was sim
ply dooplikit Nv the X Roads, and so
skkeTit that l caught myself sayin dee
kin" lots Nv times. sed "Captin" 10
man who wuz so neer like McPelter, ez
TO testify the suspicion that the father NV
the present Hugh he'd many yeers before
bin = citizin NV that visinity, but / wuz
keerful not to do 30 agip. Ketohin me by
the throte, he sternly remarkt: "Sir |
don't put any Nv them titles onto me, sir,
I:wuz no Captin, thank Heven." He wuz
passified when | told him that his remark
able resemblance to n Confedrit Captin
occasioned the mistake, wich pleased him
so that he to-wunst askt me to take suth'n.
This opened a new field to me, wioh l
worked. | diskivered TO wunst an amazin
resemblance between all Nv EN- and distin.
guisht Southern commanders.
While waitin the return Nv Squire Petit
bone, witch wuz DELEGATE 20 the State
Convenshn, we fell TO talkin NV the old
times wich tried mems soles, in the earlier
years Nv the war. Pepper, the landlord,
gave q remeniscence Nv the shootin NV
two returned veterans, in the very room
in wich we sot The spot on wioh they
they fell, he he'd put the stove over that Il
mite be kept sskred Mr.. Bortle, an old
saint, whose nose wuz lightip his path
way 20 the toom, he'd more tragicle tale
To tell He wuz one NV them wich
sholderod his fowlin peece to resist the
draft up In this county, and wuz taken by
bloo-coated hirelins and carted off 10 Camp
Chase where he wuz kept in doorance vile
for weeks, with nothin watever to live
onto but the yoosual rashens NV solier I
One old relic NV the war, wich his name 1t
wuz Babbitt, accompanied Vallandygum
through the lines, wich lines wuz COM
mandid by Rosecrans. He wuz present
when that accursed villain--that tool NV
the despotic ape Linkin--hed the impu-
dense TO aboose our martyred Saint, and
his blood billed ez he heered IT, At this
pint, the entire assemblAge profaned. The
letter NV Rosccrans to the Legislature NV
Ohio wuZ dooly read, and the audashus
sentiment therein contained wuZ dooly
and emphatically damned. Ez the likkcr
circulated, we got more and more en-
thooisastiC on this pint, and our blood
warmed and throbbed more vilently
through our veins ez We toasted Vallan-
dygum and forever and ever cursed the
wretched hirelins who opprest him, and
through him, us.
Finally we heerd the rmblin NV whee Is
over the hill and We knowd that IL wuz
Square Pettibone y comm from the sta.
shun with the news NV the convenshun.
he droEe up and We rushed out to greet
him.
"'Ror for-who shell We 'ror for ?" OK
claimed Pepper. f.....n ... rr...
"For Ranney, NV course /" shouted
one, Ei' r. ..a. .s... ~ -fIaa
"For VaIlandygum /" sed another.
"For Carey set another. : - .s
"My friendsl" shouted Pettibone, "My
friends, 'ror for-lioseorans and vicloryl"
"WatS" remarkt dozen NV U.S.
"WhoH" remsrkt the others.
Hell " remarkt the balance.
"Hoor trihin with usi" remArkt Pep
"None NV yoor jokesl" ejackilated
Bortle.
And the astonisht Pettibone wuz in
danger Nv bein roughly handled. But he
finally oonvinst them that Rosecrans wuz
reely and trooly the Dimocratic nominee,
and that 1t wuz no joke watever.
he'd a great deel NV troobe with EN-.
They wuZ bound not 10 touch Rosecrans,
and they swore they he'd bin betrayed and
sold out, The platform, however, saved
us. When | read Il to EN- and explained
how cleerly II condemned the war by re-
foosin TO pay the Indebtedness injured
in prosekootin Il, and how Indignantly il
spurned the administrator and so on,
they became cool.
Ef Rosecrans hez rCely come TO u.s."
l sed, let us open our arms and take him
in" They retired not pleased, but In
sich q state that l hev no doubt the heft
uvem will vote, ez yoosual, an unscratched
tcklt They took down Mcclellan why
not Rosecrans
That mite, after retired 10 my virchus
couoh,1 fell unto = troubled sleep, and
dreemed, The dTeem wich afflicted me
80 AAASAN AAAsAAA ANNANN NAAn GuACklhlulus
Methawt the Din oorisy NV Ohio wuz in
council, seekin for leedCr IN the comm
conhiok. They trOtted out in review, all
ny EN-, but they couldn't find man in the
party who wuz not so fearfully defective
ez 10 be totally and entirely worthlis for
the persishen. Vanapdygum wuz ez
spotted ez leper Ranney wuz tinged
with the ruther advanced Dimocrisy uV
1858, and the other men spoken NV wuz
full Nv pOlitikle ulcers, biles and running
sores. The menshun NV their names made
the people hold their noses. One more
wise than the rest, In dc NV inspirsshun
sung out "Rosecransl" and the lice hit
'em. Rosemans wuz tTotted out and
they all fell TO admirin him. He wuE
well bilt and comfy, and hiz figger shoWd
strenth and endooranoe. He wuz encased
into glitterin coat nv bloc onto wich
shone the most gorgus decoraShen wioh
Good be conceived. In letters nv lite nv
exceedin brilliancy wuz the words "West
Virginy," "Stone River" "Iuky," and
"Chicamauga," with the names NV other
achievements more or less notorious. and