Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-05-21
PosT orprs, CoHFEDRTT X Roads,
twioh Ia in the State Nv Kentuokyl
" MAJ Illln

DEAD INNN EN-NhAN MAN hahN VT hhh
ORGANIZATION AFTER THE COMPLETION
or THE WORK.
Posr orVrs, CoHFEpRrr ROADS,
twich In In the state Nv KeniuckyD
May 3, 1862.
| NoT1sT in an evein paper wich / got
hold NV last mite (it come wrapped around
a new bonuit wich Mirandy Pogram re-
coived from Looisville), that Vallandyg.
um's organ, and In fact most CIV 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 acksheD,
and 90 In 70 win.
Before he'd finisht reading the eXtrscks,
fell into most profund sleep, the words
NV the text, Let us bury the dead past"
being iorcibly fixed In my mind. Sleepin
dreamed ez alluE do.
In my vision | found myself a standin
in front NV an immense buildin wich he'd
bin erected for the purpose of holdin a
Democratic Nashnel Convenshin into.
Over the arch.way wich served "a an en-
trance wuz this inscripshen, "Nothn
succeeds like succees-enything for sue
cecsn Ez felt that hev n rite to par
ticipate In enything Democratic entered
the buildiu, and inLerdoosn myself to tho
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 dc.
cidedly bad way, and that they saw but
one way out of the politikle wildernis in
wich they he'd bin wanderin for eight long
years like second Israolites, without the
mama to live onto wich the first he'd, and
that they wuz TO bury the dead past, and
throw overheard the dead weights that
he'd feltered the Democracy and prevented
EN- from winnin the heats wich they 80
much desired.
"Amen T. shouted Vallandygum aloud,
addin in an undertone "thatll kill Pendle-
ton"
"Amen r. shouted PendetoD, addin in
whisper TO one Nv his guard wiCh accom-
panied him to Moo York, that kills off
Vallandygum."
And each NV the leaders hollered
Amen |" feelin that the ackshen killed
of everybody else. alt is well !" sed the
Chairman "Now lets get at this work
NV buryin the dead past ez soon ez posi-
ble, for the Lord knows there's enough of
1t 10 do. And when its all done the Dim,
ocracy relieved and strengthened will go
on conkerin and to conker."
A heaTse wuz drawd up afore the Chair.
mans desk, who called out in stentOrian
voice, "wat shall we commence on ~
Free trade may be counted as hefty
part Nv the dead past" remarkt dele.
gate from Pennsylvany.
Hustle II inw yelled the Convenshen,
and II wuZ according hustled
ave may ez well be buried with IL"
sed the Moo York importin Dimocrats
and they composed themselves beside it,
and the hearse pulled out.
"The Virginia resolooshens |" sung out
the chairman, and forthwith, Garrett
Davis and his followers remarkt that ef
them rcsolooshens wuz Il pant nv the dead
past, they must be countid in ez dead
pastors also, and sendin their regrets to
their constituents, they composed their
limbs for buriel and the hearse loaded
with the fearful weight rolled ont.
States Ntesw sung out the chairman,
and forthwith all NV the party knowd
IN, re pert kclerly as Conservative Cop
perheads laid down without murmur to
he litit in with II. 1t took a large mum.
Der NV hearses to carry this load, and the
takin Nv EN- out thinned the convenshen
terribly.
"Secession !" wuz the next call made Ivy
the chairman, and immeiitly all the Knitcs
nv the Golden Circle, and the Sons NV
Liberty NV the North, and nine-tenths NV
the Southern delegates, fell PROSTATE with
their hands up 10 be tied, and their eyes
closed tn hcv pennies put onto EN-.
"Slavery ~ sung out the chairman, and
to wunst there wu2 sound like the
rushln nv many waters. Down went full
half NV wat wuz left Nv the COnvenshn,
and "A long time wuz consoomed In pickin
Nv EN- up and loading en- in.
"RepOodeashen ~ wuz the next call and
without sigh, the delegates from South
ern lllinoy, lnleany and Ohio went down,
and wuz loaded.
"Class Suffrage |" remarkt the chairman
nervously, for the Convenshen wuz gittin
fearfully thin, and with agroan, two.thirds
of wat wuz left wuz huddled into the
hearses wich went out slowly.
Now |" sed the chairman, let the lum-
her, the dead weights, them whose pres
euce in our party makes it stencil In the
nostrls NV the Amerikin people, let them
be buried that we may hev nothing in our
ranks Objectionable
And immejitly the drivers Nv the hearses
pTecipitsted themselves upon Vallandyg.
um, VOORHEES,, Fernandy Wood, Pen.
dleton, Hoffman, Frank PeerCe, and all
NV that class, wich, by the way, wuz all
that remained.
The chairman lookt at me wolfshly, and
glowered AZ him.
"Sirl' sed he, ~ must carry yoo out
and bury 700, and then -"
"And then waty" sed |.
And then | spose must commit sooi-
side, ez ! voted for all them which we
hev buried, AMI for all the principles we
hev this day condemned. spose too
sm a desd weight"
! And he went for me, but doorin the
struggle wich ensood, lawoke.
The dream wuz only dream, and wuI
| glad that 1t wuZ so. It's all very well "a
talk NV bury ing dead ishoos, and so on
but Sposin we undertake that Hurculiau
task, wat tollowsr Troo we have bin reg,
lerDy busiid ON distinctive Democratic
ishoos, bu. when we throw em overheard
vat is left NV usS In wat respeck do we
| dillr d ON the Ablishuisls9 Ef we knock
| out NV the Democratic creed the assertion
| that The Niger Is n bAbboon, wat Is tn pre-
vent sfrom going over tO Wendell Phil
| lips, and embraclu Fred, Douglass III
We count State rites and secession and siCh
| dead iShoos, aud hist en- out NV our plat
form, wherein do we differ from the blood
thirsty wretches who drenohed the country
| NANh kNAN ~ WS wv AltN NV
repoodiasheR, do We not to.wunst bow oul
necks 20 the bond holders, and becom,
the grinders NV the faces NV the few Dim
ocrlsy wich pay taXe,S And if We bury
them wich hev made themselves obnoxyu,
to Ablishnists by advocatin all their doc
triues, In what pertikeler do We differ from
the Ablishnists themselves who hev bir
tryin 10 bury EN- for the pas twelve years
and ez when We cut out NV our creed al
that is trooly and distinctively Democrat
ic we hev no creed left, SO when We bury
all nv them wich hev held 10 these creedi
do we bury the Democratic party.
The idea, however II may look theoreti
cally, wont do TO practis. We must still
hold together, trustin TO the folly Nv ou
adversaries rather than 10 our owl
strenth. Suthin win turn up sometime I,
lot us out ef we hev faith and kin endur,
long enuh. So mote Il be.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY, =. NJ,
(Wich is Post Mastery
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