Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-08

From the Toledo Blade.)

(From the Toledo Blade.)
MR. Massey AND HIS FRIENDS DISCUSS THE
MEssAGE-THE FINANCIAL POLICY OF
THE PRESIDENT PARTICULARLY rs AP-
PROVED AT THE BEGINNING, BUT
Posr oFF1s, CoNFEDRrr x ROADS,
(Wich is in the State nv Kentucky,)
December 10, 1868.
The message wuz reserved by us at the
Corners, ez mite hev bin expected, with
rapcher. Its astoneshin how persistent A.
johnson is! How delitefully and regerly
he does throw them old ideas Nv hissen at
Congress, and how shanefully they hev got
into habit Nv treetin Nv EN-! Why, they
refoosed to hear his message! What
pity it is that one who hez so much faith
in hisself can't git any one else to hev any
faith in him! When red uvthe inhuman
treatment Congress gave him, I, ez Fed
raj offs holder, shed tears A. johnson
hezen't yoozed me well-he hez put me
into a place wher ther is skasely nothin to
steel-but so long ez l hold a commishn
shell drop the offishl tear at insults piled
upon him. Poor Johnsoni Me and Sec
retary Welles are the only two who do
stand by him, onless we mcleod John
Quincy Adams, Jr, wich don't count
much ez he is only one-eigMh Adams any
how.
The finanshel policy NV the President
struck us the most favorable Nv any part
nv it. Troo, we don't none Nv us pay
taxes, but Bascom, Pennibacker and
McPelter, who hev distilleries, and who
in addition hold the posishens Nv Asses
sor, Collector and whisky Inspector, know
that under the butcher Grant, which is
comm, there'll be new deal, and that
they'll hev to pay. We're well pleased at
the iiee and the balance Nv US liked it
becoz eff the Nashnel debt aintto be paid
the tax on whisky kin be put at a still
lower fgger. @
Indeed, so we'll pleased were we that
we felt it rite and proper to call meetln
to endorse it, witch wuz held at the church,
I ez yoosual presidin.
Bascom interdoosed resolooshen COM
mendin the finanshel policy Nv the Presi-
dent, wich we wuz goin to pass when to
our disgust Joe Bigler riz. Ef the cholera
wood be quite sure to take that cuss, l
believe the Corners wood be willin to take
it's chances Nv it. But nothing will kill
Josef. He spoke ez follows:
Il approve Nv this resolooshen, and
hope it may pass yoonanimusly. Debt,
my fellow citizens is a Boa constrikter
wich crushes all who find themselves with
in its folds. Debt hez blited the under
sined-Debt hez bin my rock ahead thro
life, and debt is KILN me now. 1t amt
Debt exactly, neither, wich hurts us-its
the payin NV Debts. Now A. Johnson's
policy scots me. He takes the debt wich
bears interest, and in the most simple man.
ner possible, makes the interest pay the
principle He takes this -constrikter,
puts its tail in its mouth, and makes it eat
itself up. Sich finanshel skill hez bin
exalted by few and surpassed by none. ]
move the passage Nv the resolooshen, and
three cheers for A. Johnson"
The resolooshen wuz passed and the
cheers given with will, when Josef riz
agin.
II hev one more remark to make" sed
he. "Wat is rite in nashnel matters is
ekally rite to apply to the matters Nv indi.
vidooals. | approve Nv the Presidents
method Nv payin debts, becoz it shows me
an escape from my troubles l hev q
small piece Nv land onto wich my esteemed
friend Bascom holds mortgage for money
loaned ten years ago. / hev paid interest
onto that note promptly for ten years, witch
at ten per cent. amounts to ez much ez the
principle. Now"
"Wat in thunder are you gettin at p
spoke up Bascom, turnin white.
"The gentleman is cleerly out Nv order,
replied Josef 81 hev the floor. Will the
Chair perfect me in my rites or must ]
perfect myself?
"To resoom. mite in justis demand
Nv Bascom my note, hevin paid him in in
terest more than the principle amounts to
But I shell temper my justis with mercy
forgive him for takin the interest l hey
paid him all these weary years, and she
make him this proposition: Keep the
note till the interest amounts to ez much
ez the prinsiple and then give it to me
cancelled"
"But how about the money wich / le
700 hev, 700 swindler?"
"Hevin't I paid it to yoo in the inter
est" askt josef
"Well then-how about the interest ?
yelled Bascom, very much excited.
"WhY, hevin't / paid it reglerly, ant
don't I perpose to keep payin it ?" replied
Josef. "Kin anything be farer? Yo'
he'd better take my proposishen or ma.
possibly repoodiate altogether. The cred
itor class mustn't bear too heavy onto tn
debtor class. There is a limit beyont
wich we won't be drove"
TO-Wunst ther wuZ excitement in tn
house. Deacon Pogram swore that Bas
com shood give up a note wich he hell
onto him, and Issaker Gavit, who WI
also in debt, fell onto Bigler's neck in de
lirium Nv joy at this happy releese from
his troubles.
"Thank the Lord!' sed the Deekir
I" for thus maxim my way casey"
| And they all demanded Nv Bascon
their notes. One, Patrick, who hedn'
paid any intrest for six yeers insistid Of
hevin the amount he hedn't paid endorses
on the note, and becoz Bascom called hin
a cd fool" he went for him. The,
clinched and the fite become general-th
lites were put out and the meetin brok
up in confession.
| This discussion didn't interest m
becoz Debt don't bother me. I hev bi
livin on an improvement on A. Johnson
| idea all nv life, viz don't pay neithe
interest nor principal / kin therefor
look at the question calmly and withou
preiudis. must confess that Bascom WI
not rite. He ought to practis wat b
preeches. Ef the Government shell pa
its debt with the interest, why shell nc
that suffrin saint Deekin Pograms Br
men amt alluz willin to apply gres
principles to their own cases. Its one u
the weaknesses of human nacher.
PETROLEUM V. Massey, P. NJ,
witch is Postmaster.)