Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-01-07
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MsS5nqs - The Fraaacto PoIteg Of tn
PrestlfHt Puiicnl1rlH IS IDD9ored u
the BeJiDnlsg, but
From ;Ls Toledo B.lda.
Posi- OFFS, CoNFEDRr Y RoNDs, }
tWich is ia the State nv Kentucky,
December IL, 1865
Tie message WIZ reserved by Us at tn,
Corners. ex nite hey bin expected, viii
rapcher L. a-toueshiu how persistent
A. johnson is How delitefuliv and reg
lerly be- does throw them old ideas u,
hissen Mt Congress, and how Shameful,
they hev got into Il habit Nv treetin "
EN-! Why, they ref3oscd to hear his mes.
sage! what "a pity it is that one who hel
so much fath in hisself can't get envy one
else 10 hey any faith IN him When RI
NV the Inhu9nan treatment Congress gave
him. /, ez a tcdrdl offs holder. shed tears.
a Johnson hezn't yoosed me wcll-he hez
put mo into a place wher Their Is skaselv
nothin to -teai,-bUt 80 long. as ] hold a
cornmIshun / shell drop the offishl tear. at
insults piled upon him. Poor johnson
Ne and Secretary Welles are the only two
who do stand by him, onless we mcleod
John Quincy Adams, Jr,, which don't
count much II ne is only one-eigbth Adj
ans anyhow.
The inaushel policy Nv the President
struck the IN est favorable nv any part
NV IT, Iroo, We don't none ny US pay
taxes; but BAscom, Penuibacker and Me
Pelter, who hey distillcries, and who in
addlsheu hold the posishcns Nv Assessor,
Collector and Whisky Inspector, know
that under tho butcher Grant, witch is
comm, therelI be new deal, and that
they'll hey to pay. We're wei pleased at
the ice; and the balance NV Us liked it
becos eft the Nashnel debt amt paid, the
tax on whisky KIN be put al a still lower
fgger.
Indeed, SO wen pleased were we that
we felt it rite and proper to call d neetin
TO indor7e it,wich was held at the church,
! as yoosual presidin.
Blseom interdoosed a resolooshen com
mendin the finanshel policy Nv the Presi-
dent, wieh we wuX a goin to pass, when
to Our disgust Joe Bigler riz. Ef the
cholera wood be quite shoor to take that
ouss believe the Corners wood he wllin
to take its chances nv it. But nothin will .
kill Joseph he spoke ez follows:
Il approve w this resolooshen, and .
hope 1T may pass yoonanimusly. Debt, .
my fellow citizens, is Boa constrickter
witch brushes all who find themselves
within its folds. Debt hez blited the un-
dersigncd hcz been my rock ahead
thro life, and Debt Is KILN me now. 1t
amt Debt exactly, neither, witch hurts us
its the payin NV Debts. Now ~ John
sons policy scots me. He takes the debt
wich bears interest, and in the most sim
pie manner possible makes the interest
pay the principle. He takes this Boa con
stricktor, puts Its tail in its mouth, and
makes it eat itself up. Such fnanshel
skill hez bin exalted by few and surpassed
by none. ! move the passage NV the
resoloosheu, and three cheers for \ John
SON"
The resolao,heu wux passed and the ,
cheers given with a viii, when Josef riz ,
agin.
Il hey one more remark to make" sod ,
he. Wat is rite in nashnel matters is ,
ekally rite to apply to the matters NV in !
divIdooals. approve Of the Presidents
method Nv Payin debts, becoz it shows me q
an escape from my troubles | hev =,
small piece nv land onto witch my es-
teemed friend Bascom holds mortgage !
for monty leaned ten years ago. hey !
pald interest onto that note promptly for +
ten years, which at ten per cont. amounts I
to ez much ez the principal. Now" r
"Wat in Thunder are you gettjnglat =
spoke up Btscom, turning white.
The gentleman is clearly ont nv or
der" replied Joseph. Il hoy the floor +
Will the chair perfect me in my rites or
must perfect myself I
"To resoom. | mite in iustis demand (
NV Basoom my note. heyin paid him in g
interest more than the principle amounts fl
TO. Bat | shell temper my justis with h
mercy. | forgivs him for takin the inter b
est have pad him all these weary years, .
and shell make him tins proposition: Keep y
the note til the interest amounts to ez a
much ez the principle, and then give it to +
me, cancelled" h
But how about the money witch / let \
700 hev. 700 swindler"
"Havin't paid it to 700 in the inter- a
est y asked josef
"Wcll, then, how about The interest = n
yelled Blscom, very much excited. t,
"Why, havin't I paid it it reglerly. and |.
don't Perpose to keep payin it 2" replied
josef. kin anythink be fairer. 700 5,
he'd better take my proposition or l may n
possibly repoodiate altogether The cred V
itor class mustn't bear too heavy onto the c
debtor class. There is a limit beyond =
witch we won't be drove" 4
lc-wunSt ther WuZ excitement in the &
house. Deacon Pogram -swore that Bas- il
com shood Civ up a note witch he held on r
to him, and Issaker Gavitt. who wuz also ;
in Diet, fell onto Biglers mex in a delrium t
NV JOY at this happy releese from his trub- t
lep. 3
Thank the Lord :" sed the deekin for a
thus maxim my way easy" d
And they all demanded NV Bascom
their notes. One, Patrick, who hedn't d
paid any interest for six years insisted n
on hevin the amount he hedn't paid in a
dorsed on the note, and becoz Bascom n
called him id fool he went for him v
They olinched and the fife becom general a
the lites were put out and the meetin
broke up in confooshion-
This dicnssion didn't interes me, beooz ;,
debt don't bother me. l hev bin Twin on r
an improvement on A. Johnsons idea all D
my life, viz don't pay neither interest a
no principal. | kin therefor luke at the A
question calmly and without prejudis. \
must confess that Bascom was not rite.
He ought to practis wat he preeches. Eff n
the Government shell pay its debt with
the interest, why shell not that suffrin
saint Deekin Pogram? But men amt al
!us willin to apply great principles to a
Their own cases. It's one uvlthe weak. C
nssses NV human nacher. Il
PETROLEUM v. NASBY. p. M.