Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-05-21

From the Toledo blaue.J
MR. NAsBY DREAMS THE DEMOCRACY
ADOPT THE SUGGESTION OF THEIR LEAD
ING PAPERS, AND ATTEMPT TO BURY
. DEAD IssUEs-wHAT WAS LEFT OF THE
ORGANIZATION AFTER THE COMPLETION
iqoF THE WORK. a'fie1n +, se Hif Ts3DQof
\; ,qsdwPosr orprs, coxrEDR1r x ROADS, ! %
(Which is in the State Nv KentuckyD
May s, 1869.
I NoTIsT in an evein paper wich got
hold Nv last mite tit come wrapped around
new bonnit witch Mirandy Pogram re-
ceived from Looisville), that Vallandyg-
um's organ, and in fact most Nv the Dem
ocratic papers Nv the North, he'd decidid
that the only hope for the Democrisy is
to bury the dead past, throw overheard
the lumber, clear the decks for ackshen,
and go in to win.
Before he'd finisht reading the extracks,
fell into most profund sleep, the words
Nv the text, "Let us bury the dead past =
being forcibly fixed in my mind. Sleepin
dreamed ez allux do. '' y
In my vision l found myself a standin
in front NV an immense buildin witch he'd
bin erected for the purpose Of holdin a
Democratic Nashnel Convenshin into.
Over the arch-way witch served as an en-
trance wuz this inscripshen, "Nothin
succeeds like succees-enything for sue
cees.p 5Ez felt that | hev a rite to par
ticipate in enything Democratic entered
the buildin, and interdoosin myself to the
Kentucky delegashen, observed the pro-
ceedins. A committee he'd bin appinted
on "the condishen and prospex Nv the
Democratic party" and that committee
wuz Jest reportin. They informed the
convenshen that Democracy wuz in de-
cidedly bad way, and that they saw but
one way out of the politikle wildernis in
witch they he'd bin wanderin for eight long
years like second Israelites, without the
mamma to live onto witch the first he'd, and
that they wuzto bury the dead past, and
throw overheard the dead weights that
he'd fettered the Democracy and prevented
EN- from winnin the heats witch they so
much desired.
"Amen!'s shouted Vallandygum aloud
addin in an undertone "thatll kill Pendle.
ton"
"Amen p shouted Pendleton, addin in
q whisper to one Nv his guard witch accom-.
panied him to Moo York, that kills Oh
Vallandygum."
And each Nv the leaders hollered
"Amenl' feelin that the ackshen killed
off everybody else. "Itis well r sed the
Chairman. CHOW let's get at this work
Nv buryin the dead past ez soon ez posi-,
BILE, for the Lord knows there's enough Of
it to do. And when its all done the Dim.
ocracy relieved and strengthened will GO
on cenkerin and to conker."
A hearse wuz drawd up afore the Chair
mans desk, who called out in q stentOrian
voice, "wat shall we commence on ?"
Troo fro1a ,,,ou no oonutnd q q hnftV
part Nv the dead past" remarkt a dele
gate from Pennsylvany.
Hustle it in!' yelled the Convenshen
and il wuz according hustled.
1--WE may ez well be buried with it, ;
sed the Moo York imporsin DEMOCRATS
and they composed themselves beside it
and the hearse pulled out. 4d -
a"The Virginia resolooshens p sung ou
| the chairman, and forthwith, Carrot
| Davis and his followers remarkt that e
them resolooshens wuz a part Nv the deae
pest, they must be countid in ez dea(
| pasters also, and sendin their regrets K
/ the'- constituents, they composed theil
limbs for buriel and the hearse loaded
| with the fearful weight rolled out. So
estates Ritesp' sung out the chairman
| and forthwith. all Nv the party knOwt
more pertikelerly as Conservative Cop
| perheads laid down without murmur Il
4 be liftit in with it. It took large mum
Der NV hearses to carry this load, and tn
takin NV EN- out thinnsd the convenshel
/ terribly. Il V - -A,l "A ~"
"Secessionl" wuz the next call made b,
the chairman, and immejitly all the Knite
Nv theHGo,dene Circle, and the Sons u
Liberty Nv the North, and nine-tenths u
the Southern delegates, fell PROSTATE wit
their hands up to be tied, and their eye
closed to hev pennies put onto EN-. @
"Slavery sung out the chairman, an
to wunst there wuz a sound like tn
Iushin Nv many waters. Down went flu
half NV wat wuz left Nv the Convensh1
and long time wuz consoomed in picki
Nv en- up and loading EN- in.
"Repoodeashen |" wllz the next call, an
without sigh, the delegates from South
ern Ilinoy, Injeany and Ohio went dowr
and wuz loaded. ~ 20 81
"Class Suffrage p rcmarkt the chairmal
nervously, for the Convenshen wuz gittil
fearfully thin, and with groan, two-third
of wat wuz left wuz huddled into tn
hearses witch went out slowly.
"Nowp sed the chairman, t1et the lum
Der, the dead weights, them whose pres
ence in our party makes it a stencil in tn
nostrils NV the Amerikin people, let then
be buried that we may hev nothing in GU
ranks Objectionable" aoi sh-a
Il And immejitly the drivers Nv the hearse
precipitated themselves upon Vallandye
UNI, VOORHEES,, Fernandy Wood, Pen
dleton, Hoffman, Frank Peerce, and al
Nv that class, witch, by the way, wuz al
that remained. A2ll~-1A = '~- W
The chairman lookt at me wolfshly, an
glowered at him. =
Sir p sed he. 81 must carry 700 GU
and bury 700, and then ---" ts,l+.,s
"And then wat 20 sed I. @se< 5aasi {,
And then spose must commit sooi
side, ez voted for all them which W
hev buried, and for all the principles W
hev this day condemned / spose to-
am dead weight. "'9t4 1es1'1a- Il i gee.
And he went for, me, but doorin tn
struggle witch ensood, / awoke.se =
The dream wuz only dream, and WI
glad that it wuz So It's all very well +
| talk Nv burying dead ishoos, and so or
, but sposin we undertake that Hurculial
task, wat fOllowsf Troo we have bin reg
] lerly bustid on distinctive Democrat
ishoos, but when we throw EN- overheard
wat is left Nv us? In wat respeck do W
!, differ from the Ablishnists? Eff we knocl
out Nv the Democratic creed the assertion
J that the niger is babboon, wat is to pre-
vent usfrom going over to Wendell Phil
lips, and embracin Fred. Douglassi e
we count State rites and secession and sicl
dead ishoos, and hist EN- out Nv our plat
form, wherein do we differ from the blood