Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-06
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vITINo HIN TO TAKE THE STUMP in vARI-
Gus eTATEs--uR ACCEPTs, TRIES nus
HAND AND RETIREs--HIs LETTER TO THB
COMMITTEE THROWING Or THE JOB.
PErrHas TAyERS, IIoLuEs Co, OIL
Jooiy nth, 1860.
PAUL, the 'possel, In his epistle 10 the
Second Corinthians, remarks as follows
"Thrice was beaten with rods, wunst
WIZ stoned. In iourneyins
often, in perils nv water, in perils among
falee brethern."
Paul wuz doubtless devoted man, and
suffered much, but kin give Paul fifly in
a hundred on the skore NV suffrin for q
coz and beat him. hevnt bin in any
peril NV water for never let that element
get neer me in any shape, but bev bin
beaten with rods hcv bin stoned ez
wuz Paul. and hev bin pcltid with rotten
eggs, ez Paul wuz not, at least ther Amt
no akkount NV II In the Skriptoors In
deed. don't remember that eggs, cz evi.
denccs NV poplcr disapprobashen NV pub.
lik apoekers wuz ever menshend In the
Bible. The Jews he'd either not diskivered
ther effishcncy, or the price wuz too high
In Joodeo to make thcr yoose common for
sich purposes.
Two weeks ago received letter from
the Chairman NV the Nashnel Dimocratic
Committee, requosten me to take the
stump In Ohio, Pcnnsylvany, Inlcany and
Tennessee. alluz go whcr dooty calls,
porvidin expenses Is paid, and that being
sek1Ored started towunst. 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 NV
mine II yoOst to be the boast NV Dim.
ocracy that Il wuz one and the same every
where. It's one and agood many now, and
that my intellek amt helty cnuff 10 hold
and comprehend the whole NV IL, il no
fault NV mine. Rather act IL down to the
account Nv them which made these differ
encce, wich are too far apart for any one TO
straddle. feel sensitive on this question.
| write these lines with my face kivvcrcd
with plasters and my left arm in sling
commenced my labors in Ohio, in this
county wv Holmes which gave more
patriots to that noble force wich resisted
drafts and shot provo marshals than any
one in the State Foelin NV course that
must support the nominees NV the party,
launched out boldly into vigorous
eulogy NV Rosccrans. spoke in that
style NV fervid oratory wich | learned NV
Henry Clay Dean, wich Is NV the sky
rocket order ez tho the speaker he'd bin
born halfway bctwixt a camp mcetin and
torch-light perccshun. The sturdy
Democracy NV Holmes are ez troo Dem
ocats ez the State kin boast, but they don't
think cz rapidly cz they act. They
learned some years ago that Rosccrans wuz
n Fcdral General and that his men wuz
the cheef actors In huntin NV EN- down in
1893, but they haven't got to the pint
yit NV lookin At him oz Dimocratc can
didate. Therefor the moment spoke NV
"Rosecrans the gallant sojer, wich Is now
a candidate for Governor" they yelled in
u outburst NV rage Down with the
Ablishn emissary wich praises bloc bel
lied butcher" and bombarded me with
stones, rotten eggs, and sich
II wuz yoosclcss to attempt to continyoo
to speak and | succumbed. Troo, the
leaders got EN- rite on the Governor that
mite, but coodcnt speck to EN- agin, ez
my injoories wuz too severe
The next pint | wuz advertised for wuz
In close county, whcr the Dimocrisy he'd
bin parshelly under blood thirsty inhoo-
ences durin thu late onpleasantness, and
whcr ther show Nv success in Capchcrin
the county offices consists in their COB.
blin hundred or so Republican votes
Sposin from tho cggspcrience l he'd he'd
that prasin solgcrs wusnt the dodge in
Ohio, opened out with viggurus de-
nunsiashun NV the Linkin hirelins wich
brot onto the country the woes wich we
wuz now sutferln under, gettin off tlooent-
ly the speech lyoosed in the Vallandygum
campanc in 1868. lmmciitly ther wuz an
other uprorc. The candidates choked me
orr, and thcr friends In the aujencc peltcd
me with sticks and stones, and cZ | wuz
bein carried away he'd the satislhcshun
NV heerin speeker danmin the committee
Tor sendin NV an escaped loonatic to spock
to en-.
My eggspericnce In Ohio wuz not NV n
nacher calculated to please me, and l
moved to-wunst to Pennsylvany.
felt good ez l struck that sakrld soil.
Here, thot to myself, Is a State NV labor.
ers Here Is State into wich shel only
meetthe brswny.armed and horny handed
sons NV toll Here, for wunst, my path
Is clear.
opened out at my first meetin furious.
ly agin bonds, agin monopolies, agin bloat,
ell bond. holders, agin the aristocratic men
NV wealth, wich, by ackumilatin bonds,
| heV managed to get into ther hands enufl
to subsist onto, thus wringing gorious
luxurlcs out NV the sweat NV the labrin
men, and then remomberin my last Ohio
cggsperience, had just commenced tc
branch out eulogistic Nv the noble men
who opposed coppcrheadism dOorin the
war, when the most unearthly yell ther
ever wuz heerd assailed me-
| VINO brot you here to aboozc our can,
dldatc for Governor ?" shouted the infoori
ated mob, and stones and sticks began tC
ny like hail about me. stood this till
two enthusiastic admirers NV Packer
rushed TO a grocery handy by, and re-
turned in mint with baskit NV eggs
Them l never Good stand and de
moralized and bcwildered left Pennsyl
vany.
made nay way immejitly to Tennessee
where wuz taken charge NV by the Dim
ocrisy wich is supportin Senter. l wu,
somewat in doubt ez to wat pertikler kinC
NV Dimocrisy to 60 for but at my first
meetin | notist perhaps thousand dis
gustin niggers mixing In the crowd. To
wunst my line NV ackshun wuz decide,
onto. There is a reality, thought l, In ih,
repuguance the material Caucashun feel
toward the material Afrikin; and here
where the nigger elbows his way i'm
poodontly among whites, wat better striny
kin harp on than Niger suff'mgeH Con
tident In the correctness NV my theory,
opened out onto the uiggcr with the feroci
~ NV the tiger MEN NV Tennessee
1
yelled |, "are you willin to stand side b,
side with the greasy, disgustin niggei
whose smell alone is suftishent warnil
agin too close rehshenship, politikle or So
shel, with EN-. Dimocrats NV TENNESSEE
VIII .you consent that that disgustir
beast, Il plnted 10 one pokoolyerly often
siye) "shel be yoor ekal, and that"
got no further. A shower NV stones
varyin in size from hens egg TO then
neerly eE large ez that we yoosed cz
cornerstone for the Military and Clasikl
Institoot, overwhelmed me, and the indir
nant white Democrats pounded me AM
trampled onto me for abooZin their Afrikil
friends, and wat wuz wuss for singlin ON
ez object for my insane rihaidry, the
honored candidate for the Legislachen
lngeany was my next essay and my last
My frst meetin wuz held in a spot pekool
yerly favorable for such purposes. Tn,
village wuE small, consistin NV grocery
blacksmith shop and store, and there WI
dlstillery, the proud boast NV the pro
| prletOr NV Mich WuE that he he'd neve