Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-17
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Massey
Mr.. Nasty Receiyoth n Letter from thu Demo.
cratic National Committee Inviting Him
to Take the Stump In Various States
He Accepts, Tries his Hand and Re-
ures-His Letterto the Committee
Throwing up the Job.

| AAKAAA - AAfAeNs EAOLAks IT, OAlo July
Paul, the 'possel, in his epistle tc
the Second Corinthians, remarks 81
follows "Thrice was l beaten with
rods, wunst wuz | stoned.
In journeyins often in perils Nv wa,
ter, in perils among false brethren"
Paul wuz doubtless a devoted
man, and suffered much, but | kin
give Paul fifty in hundred on the
skore Nv suffrin for coz and beat
him. | hevnt bin in any poril Nv
water for / never let that element
get neer me in any shape, but I hev
bin beaten with rods: / hev bin
stoned ez wuz Paul, and l hev bin
pelted with rotten eggs, ez Paul wuz
not, at least Their amt no akkount NV
it in the Skriptoors. Indeed, don t
remember that eggs, ez evidences
Nv popler disapprobashen Nv publik
speakers was ever menshened in the
Bible. The Jews he'd either not disc
kivered Their efishency, or the price
wuz too high in Joodee to make Their
yoose common for SIGH purposes.
Two weeks ago / received a let
ter from the Chairman nv the Nash
mel Dimocratic Committee, reQues-
ten me to take the stump in Ohio,
Pennsylvany, lnjeany and, Tonnes
see. | alluz go where dooty calls,
pervidin expenses is paid, aud that
being sekoored ! started to wunst.
That | didn't succeed, and that
am back here in ten days, hevin in
that brief time completed the toor
Nv four States, is no fault of mine
Ii yoost to be the boast Nv Dimoc>
raoy that it wuz one and the same
everywhere. It's one and a good
many now, and that my intellek amt
hefty engtf to hold and comprehend
the whole Nv it, is no fault Nv mine.
Rather set it down to the account NV
them wich made these differences,
witch are too far apart for any one
man to straddle. [ feel sensitive on
this question. l write these lines
with my face kivvered with plasters
and my left arm in sling.
commenced my labors in Ohio,
in this county of Holmes which gave
m ore patriots to that noble force
witch resisted drafts and shot provo
marshals than any one in the State.
Feelin NV course, that | must sup
port the nominees Nv the party,
launched out boldly into a vigorous
eulogy Nv Rosecrans. l spoke in
that style Nv fervid oratory witch
learned Nv Henry Clay Dean, witch
is Nv the sky>rooket order, ez tho
the speaker he'd bin torn halfway
betwixt camp-meetin and torch
light psrceshun. The sturdy Demo
cracy nv Holmes are ez troo Demo-
Gratis ez the State kin boast, but
they don't think ez rapidly ez they
act. They learned some years ago
that Rosecrans wuz q Federal Gen.
eral, and that his men wuz the chief
actors in huntin Nv EN- down in 49,
62-3. but they hevnt got to the pint
yit Nv lookin at him ez Dimoeratie
candidate. Therefore the moment
spoke Nv "Rosecrans, the gallant sol :
er, witch is now candidate for Gov
ernor," they yelled in a outburst NV
rage: "Down with the Ablishn
emissary witch praises a bloo-bellied
butcher" and bombarded me with
stones, rotten eggs, and SIGH.
ltwus yooseless to attempt 10
continyoo to speak and / succumbed
Troo, the leaders got EN- rite on the
Governor that mite, but | coodent
speek to EN- agin, ez my injoories
wuz too severe.
The next pint l wuz advertised
for wuz in close country, wher the
Democrisy he'd bin parshelly under
blood-thirsty infiooences durin the
late onpleassntness, and wher ther
show Nv success in capcherin ia the
county offices consists in their COB
bin hundred or SO Republican
votes. Sposin from the eggsperience
he'd he'd that praisin solgers wunzt
the dodge in Ohio, | opened out with
q viggrus denunsiashun Nv the Lin
kin hirelins witch brot onto the coun
try the woes wieh we wuz now suff'
erin under, gettin off fooently the
speech | yoosed in the Y allandygum
campane in 1868. Immeiitly thel
Nuz another uprore. The candi-
dates choked me orr, and Their friend!
in the aujence pelted me with sticks
and stones, and ez | wnz bein carried
away | he'd the satisfacshun NV heer
a speeker lammin tho committee fol-
sendin Nv an escaped loonatic t.
to speek to EN-.
| Ny eggsperieace in Ohio wuz MOI
Nv nacher calculated to please me-
and | moved to wunst to Pennsyl
vany.
! l felt good ez | struck that sakriC
soil. Here, thot | to myself, is .
State into witch | shell only meet tn,
brswny-armed and horny hand et
sons nv toll. Here, for wunst, my
! path is cleer.
! l opened out at my first meetir
furiously agin bonds, agin monopo
lies, sgin bloated bondholders, agir
the aristoeratic men Nv wealth, witch
by ackumilatin bonds, hev manage,
to get into their hands senuff t,
subsist onto, thus wringin CORFU
luxuriss Nv the sweat nv the labril
men, and then rememberin my las
Ohio eggsperience, had just common
ced to branch out eulogistic Nv th
noble men who opposed copperhead
ism doorin the war, when the mos
unearthly yell Their ever wuz heer,
assaulted me.
sfWho brot you here to abooz
our candidate for Governor ?" shout
ed the infooriated mob, and stone
and sticks began to fy like hal
about me. l stood this till two en-
thoosiastic admirers nv Packer rush
ed to grocer handy by, and return
ed in mint with a baskit nv egg:
Them [ never Good stand, and de
moralized and bewildeerd | Ief
Pennsylvany.
| made my way immejitly to Ten
nesses, where | wuK taken charge u