The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-04-01

address, wich gathered promptly. l
announced myself ez from Kentucky,
and the meetin wuz both large and
enthusiastic.
Strikin an attitood, I commenced by
stain that the eyes NV the country wuz
just at this time restin onto the First
Deestrik NV Connecticut and the coun-
try speckted the eleckshun NV that no.
BILE patriot, Jeems Dixon, then
proposed to examine the rekord NV the
man for whom | solisited their votes,
At this pint the Chairman NV the
meetin pulled my coat tail violently
"Well!" said l angrily, for / was
gettin on a most elokent sweat, and
when | get to perspirin oratorically /
don't like to be interrupted, "Wats
the matter p
tDOn't say nothin about his record"
whispered he into my left ear "We
dodge that"
"But before | enter upon that" re-
marked l, slidin off from that sinkin
rock, 81 shel say few words-regardin
the monstrous proposishens to force
nigger suffrage onto Connecticut. Do
you"
Agin my coat tail wuz pulled and
another hurried whisper: Don't men
shun suffrage-he voted for it twice.
We dodge that"
"Do yoo DESIRE" resoomed some
what staggered, for nigger suffrage is
my best holt, and when deprived NV
nigger suffrage I'm at sea without
chart or compass, "Do yoo desire the
old narrow ideas uz the silk stockined
Whig-"
"For the Lords sake, don't" wuz the
next whisper. "Dixon wuz a Wing.
We dodge that.
"That ISL struck out wildly-."do
you desire to hev the heresies NV that
impracticable Ablishnist Charles Sum-
ner-" .... r.u~t7vt
| spozed NV course this wuz safe. It's
alluz proodent to abooze Charles Sum-
ner in Dimocratlc meetin, and when
hev nothin else to say / aluz do it
with the happiest results. But there
come nifty pull and another whisper
the mint the name wuz menshuned
''Don't say nothin about Sumner
Dixon carries a recommendatory letter
from him in his pockit. We dodge
that"
Dazed and demoralized l commenced
agin.
"My friends, yoo are asked by the
Ablishn Candidates to vote with
party which only a few years ago in
their midnite lodges, wood hev denied
the liberty lovin emigrant the bal"
"Good Lord, man." whispered this
cussid Chairman pullin my coat tale till
the stitches yawned .tdon't you know
Dixon wuz a Know Nothin? We
dodge that"
Not KNOWN precisely what to do and
feelin very much in the condshn NV
man after a hard nights drinkin. /
commenced agin -
"Fellow citizens, the question for us
to consider to-nite, is, shell we be taxed
to pay an unconstooshnel debt, made
by un-"
"Don't say anything agin payin the
debt. Some Nv our Qimocrisy hold
bonds We dodge that"
'.D--n yoor Democrisy !" eiackiIated
l angrily "D-n a Dimocrisy which
holds bonds. They must live in seek.
shuns where the Maine likker law is
enforced. Shell argue in favor of
payiu the bondsg"
"No, don't A porshen NV our vote
is agin it. We dodge that"
Feelin that there wuz one pint onto
wich could talk safely, / commenced
once more:
"The Republican party, headed by
that bloo-koted butcher Grant," re-
soomed |, feelin that this must be safe.
Vain hope? Skasely wuz the words
out NV my month, when that cussed
pull occurred agin "Tech EN- litely.
Dixon is sleepin with Republicans and
hez called upon Grant We dodge all
that"
This wuz the last feather wich broke
the camel's back. swat is ther you
don't dodge? Wat-but go to thun-
der and make the speech yoorselfp
ejackelated | Indignantly staukin off the
platform. 81 hev wrenched myself
tearfully at times and am ekal to almost
any emergency, but without prepara-
'shen, long and painful, can't make a
speech in the interest NV a genus who
hez belonged to every party that hez
| fourished sence he wuz boy, and who
is now spectin votes from all NV EN-. l
mite abooze Sumner in one place and
praise him in another, but can't do
both to wunst. That's.a persimmou
ahead NV me, l hev made speech in
the afternoon in favor NV free trade in
Moo York, and the same evenin adyo-
Gated a high pertective tariff in Penn
sylvany, but don't ask me to do sich
things in the same hall to the same
audiences, Faugh! Its too much for
even a Kentucky Democrat"
And | left in disgust.
Dixon ought to be elected, for if
there's a man in Connecticut who cau't
find suthin in his record to SCOT him he
must be singler bein. But l can't
strain myself by speekin for him. 1t
wood prodoose moral rupcher.
PETRoLEuM " NAsBY' p. NJ,
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