The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1869-01-07
Excitement at Confederate x Roads

Excitement ut confederate 4 Roads
The Toledo Blsde is responsible for
the following vivid description of the
reading at the Conf derate Cross roads
of Mr. A. johnson recent disquisition
upon the National finances:
Posi- OFFis, CONFEDERTr x ROADS
witch is in the Staff Nv KY, J Dec. Is
The message was reserved at the Cor
ners ez mite hev bin expected with
rapcher. 1t is astonishin how persistent
A. johnson IS How delitefully and reg
lerly he does throw them old ideas Of
hissen at Congress and how shamefully
they hev got into habit Wv treatin Nv
emil Why, they rcfoosed to hear his mes
sage ! W hat a pity it is that one who
hez SO much faith in hisself can't get
any one else TO hev any faith in him
when | red nv the inhuman treatment
Congress gave him, /, ez Fedral offs
holder, shed tears A johnson hezen't
yoosed Inc well-he hez put ne into
place wher Their is skaseiy nothin to steal
but So long as | hold a commishin [
shell drop the otlishiI tear Dis insults piled
upon him. Poor Johnson ME and
Secretary Weles are the only two who
do stand by him, onless We mcleod John
Quincy Adams. jr., witch don't count
much ez he is only one eighth Adams.
anyhow.
The fnanshel policy Nv the President
struck us most favorable Nv any part Nv
1t. Troo we don't none of us pay taxes
but Bascome, Pennibacker, and hiePel-
ter, VINO hev distilleries and who i'll aG
di>hiu hold the poslshins Nv Assessor,
Collector and whiskey Inspector, know
that under the butcher Grant, wich is
comm, there II be new deal and that
they'll hev to pay We are well pleased
at the lice; and the balance Nv Us liked
1t becoz eff the Nashenal debt amt to be
paid, and the tax on whiskey kin be put
at a still lower fgger.
Indeed. SO well pleased we're We that
We felt rite md proper to call a meatln
to inliorse it, wici wuz held atthe church
L as yoosal preeldln.
Bascom interposel a resolooshen com
mendin the hnanshei policy NV The Presi
dent, which he was Just goin to pass
when TO our disgust 10 BIGGER riz. III
the cholt ra wood be quite shoor to take
that ctiSs, | believe the Corners wood
be willin to take its chances Nv it. But
nothing would Kill Joseph. He spoke as
follows:
L approve Nv this resolooshen and |
hope It may pass yo0nanlmousy. Debt,
my feilow-ciCZens, is a Boa-constfikter
wich crushes all who find themselves
within its folds. Debt hez blited the
undersigned Debt hez been my rock thro
life and debt is .,ilIia me now. 1t ain
debt exactly, neither, wich hurts US 1t Is
the payin Nv Debts Now 4. johnson
policy SCOTS me. He takes the debt
which bears interest, aud in the most
simple manner possible, makes the inter-
est pay the principle. He takes the
B0a-couStykter puts its tail in It's mouth
and makes it eat itself up. Sich fnan-
shell skill hez been ekaicd by lew and
surpassed by none. | move the passage
Nv the resOIooshen, and three cheers ter
i. johnson.
The resolooshen wuz passed and the
cheers were given with Il viii wien Josef
riz agin.
Il hey one more remark to make, p"
sed he. Nv at is rite in uashenai mat
ters is ekally rite to apply to the matters
Nv ludIvid0oals. Iapproye NV the Presi
dents method Nv pay;n debts, LecUz it
shows NE an escape from nag troubles.
l have 4 piece OF land onto wich my
esteemed friend Daso1m holds a mortg-
age tor money loaned ten years ago. |
hev paid interest onto that note promptly
Tor the last ten years, wlci at ten per
cent amounts to as much as the priaci pie
Now
''Watin thunder are 700 gettin at?"
spoke up ioascom turnIn white.
the gentleman Is ceerly out NV order
replied Josef. = hev the floor Will the
Chair protect ME Ill ny rites, or must /
peltect myself
TOO resoom. [ mite in justis demand
Nv BascJm my note iievIn paid hlnI III
interest more shan the principal amounts
to. But | shell temper NY iuatis with
mercy. forgive him tor takin the
interest / hev paid him all these weary
years, and L shell make him this PROPOSE
ton: Keep the note until the Interest
amounts to cz much ez the prnsipe, and
then give 1t to me cancelled.
But bow about the money wich | let
700 hev--yoo swlndiCr !
'Hcvcn l paid it to 700 in the inter
est? askt josef
Well, then-how about the inter
eSt?' yelled Bascom very much excited
Nv ny, heven pad it regierly, and
don pcgpose to keep payin II replied
Joseth. Kin anything be tairer! I 90
he'd better take my Dropo>ishen, or | may
possibly repoodia.e altogether The
creditor class mus ut bear to heavy onto
the debtor class. There is a limit beyond
wich we wont be drove.
Io-Wunst cher wuz i excitement in the
house. Deacon Pogram swore that
Bascom shood give up note wich he
held onto him, aud lssaker Gavitt, who
wuz also in debt tell onto Biglers neck in
a dellrlum Nv joy at this happy relcese
from his troubles.
Thank Tic Lord = said the Deehin,
for thus maxim my way easy"
And they ali demanded wv Bascom
their notes. One, Patrick, who hedn
paid any intrest ior SIX yeerS iuSistid on
hevin the amount he he'd ut paid eudors-
ed on the note, aud becUz Bascom called
him a id TOOL he went for him.
They cIinched and the fite become general
the iites were put cut and the meetin
broke up III confoosion This discussion
dldn interest me becuz Debt den both
er me. | hey bin lis!n OH All improymeut
on A. johnson idea ali my lie, VIZ: |
don t pay neither interest nor principal
| kin therefore look at The question calm
ly and without prejudiS, must confess
that Bascom WIZ not rite. He ought to
practls wat he preeches. Ef the Gov
eminent shel pay It's debt with the IN
telest, why shel not that suifGln saint
Deekln Pogram? But men ain aliuz
wlllin to apply great principles TO their
own cases. Its one Nv the Weaknesses
Nv human nacker
PETROLEUM Y, NAsBY, P. NJ,
witch Is Postnlaster,)
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