Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-20
PErrER's TAVERN, HoLsEs Co. /


There vuz a Providence IN my beiuI
comnelIed 10 leave Kentucky-a speshel
and crownin Providence In my comm 10
Ohio. I shel never doubt Providence
aein. thought IL hard TO be compelled
10 leave my comfortable quarters at the
Corners, and murmured when forced 10
trust myself TO the cold charities ~. an
unfeelin world at my advanst age, hllt it|
wuz a1er all for the best Ek high and
exaltid ez is the posishen NV a Kentucky
Post Master, the posishen Nv Governor Of
the third State NV the Yoonyun b more
exalteder. t''.Aa as hAt- NA@ 2 U
The decline NV Gen. Rosecrans wuz not
unexpected. Indeed, when Senator Thur
man started for California the next day
after to indoose him TO decline I knowed
he wood succeed. 1'hurman hez q vim
min way with him ez VailauLiygufm die
covered two years ago next winter.
Rosycrans wuznt never the proper man
TO lead the Dhmocrisy NV Ohio 70 victry.
No matter how sound he may be on all
the questions now before the people,
there Is an odor attached 20 his name wich
is stencil into our nostrils, and the men
wich run our State Convenshun ought TO
have knowed IL. The troo Dimocratic in
tclleck is limited--it dent take lin too
many ideas 10 wunst, nor does Il shin
with facility. Doorin three years nv the
late onpleasntness we WIZ kept blzzy
trainin the Dimocrisy 10 hate this namO,
with siCh ez Burnside, ct cetery. We
succeeded. About tho time nv the fightin
NV the battles NV Stone River, Iuky, Chic
amauga, and pertikerly about the date Nv
the arrest and exil NV our then martered
saint, Vallandygum, the very mention Of
Rosycrans' name wood set any Dimocrat
in Ohio TO frothin AZ the mouth like mad
dog. The Dimocratio antipathy TO the
name amt changed. We mite tell en-
that this same R0syengns WIZ our candi
date, but the people wood, in moments NV
forgetfulness, hceve stones at any man
who wood perpose "three cheers for
Rosycrans" They'd apolygize immejitly
when they remembered themselves, but
kin an apology repay for q broken head
Halt Nv our orators wood hev bin killed
before the campaign WIZ half over There
aint no yoose in tiyfn TO get up enthoosi
asm under sich circi:ins tances.
Now that Rosycrans is out NV the way,
the question is vich uvour ohicftains shall
take his placer !,
For obvious reasons IL wood he sooicidle
to nominate Valhndygum. He can't get
Republican vote, and ther are hosts Nv
Democrats who don't like 10 have Il sed
they voted for him out NV regard for their
posterity. IL won't do 10 nominate Cary,
for he's too recent q convert, and besides,
he used to occasionally lecter on temper.
ance. Ranney won't anser bccoz Ranney
alluz wears clean shirts takes bath twict
week, and goes somewhere 20 church
with his family evry Sunday. lie would
doubtless git some Republican votes, but
he'd lose more than enuff NV the Democra-
cy to balance the account, henry Clay
Dean wood SCOT exactly but he HIVES in
Iowa Jessee ID. Brite would anscr, hut
he Is a citizen NV Kentucky. Sammy Cox
hez alluz lived cleanly, tho he is sufiisiont-
ly versiteel 10 change all that in time hut
unfortunately, he's IN Spain, and, besides,
he's citizen NV Moo York.
Who then shell we nominateY arst
answer without hesitashen without
any atfectashcn nv modosty--ME. fl..
! am just now, the chief among ten
thousand, and the one altogether lovely.
| am the Moses wiCh is to lead the Demo
Grassy NV Ohio out NV their land NV bond.
age into the land tlowin with milk and
honey. ..,or re,1,.e ..t...s
One advantage in nominatin me wood
be-thcre amt no danger NV my deolinin.
never decline nothin ~ .rH
1t may be urged that | aint known.
That's the very reason why shood be
nominated What wood Vallandygum
give eff he wuznt knowng We never
succeed with known candidate We
kin say in counties where they prefer men
whose hands wuz drenched In goar that I
killed my thousands; In counties where
. they went for pccce, by KILN Provo Mar
shals and sich--that wood hev died in
my door yard, eff I'd he'd one, sooner than
hev gone South.
My other pints are ez foilowB, s
kin hold more NV the Democratic party
strate in the traces than any other man In
the State. | wuz originally Democrat !;
| voted for jackson and for every Dino.
cratic nominee from that date on 10 the
present. II is my proudest boast, wich
wish inscribed onto my tombstone when
heyc gone hcnce-I never scratched a
tikkit My war record is cleer At the
breakin out NV the war, l opposed every.
thing the Government did I did not stun
the Massachusetts soljers in Baltimore.
becoz | wuz not there but | slung up my
hat when heerd NV IL, and wcpt bitter
teers beooz | wuZ not there. | did not
volunteer. On the contrary, when draft
ed, | made the best NV my way To Canydy
TO join Vallandygum, and only failed Ia
make my escape thro the treachery nv A
Ablishnist who wormed himself into NV
confidence by hevin copy of the Moo
York Day Book and pint bottle nv sod
corn whisky in his hind coat pocket. |
thought, in my innocence, that one 30
equipped Good not be anything but true
Dimocat, hut found to my sorrow, that
wolves often put on sleeps clothing, 80
perteckly ez to deceive the very elect.
Arrested ana taken TO q camp NV
Llnkln hirellngs, | wuz clothed in
olus bloc, musket was forst into my un-
wiiln hands and | was. transported south
ward to dip my hands i'm the goar NV nv
friends. Did do itP MOI I deserted
the nrst mite, and escaped TO the Dimocratic
hosts with whom served tin hattie w,,y
imminent, when made my way North
agin. .t.t -
Rooined by this unlawful seizure. for the
bars at which wunst had credit refoosed
To open accounts with me agin, devoted
myself To aboosin tyrannicle government
engaged in prosecootin an unconsto ooshenel
war. headed the Holmes county patriots
who resisted drafts; l organized the Knites
NV the Golden Cirkle in Ohio and Iniapy
and organized more riots than any one
man in these two States. l kin saw troojv
that doorin that short time, no less than
twenty young men framed and eddicated
by me, who hadn't the descreshen 10 ret
outs the proper time, was incarserated In
Basteels, where they languisht for months.
MY career senee the mournful endin NV
the war, is well known. supported An
drew johnson the moment he deserted the
Abhshlnists. l wuz with him in his tri-
umphal progress thro the North. / held
up his hands during the impeachment
struggle, and l bought up three NV the
Union Senator's which voted for acouittal.
l assisted also IN the slaughter NV Riggers
in Memphis and Moo Orleans
am, NV course, acceptable 10 the siInte.
out Dimocrisy, eS hold views entirely in
consonance with them. am infiexiblv ON.
posed 10 the payment NV the nashnal debt
l am opposed to the Fifteenth amendment
and my daYters il he'd sich, shood never
marry niggerS On these questions. DO
man in Ameriky is more sounder than am i.
The Dimocrisy NV Ohio owe me this, for
services rendered. l hey bin dragged
throo horse trols for hurrahin Cor Nallan.
dygum. heV bin pulled ant nv NV hed