Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-02-22
NASBY.
MIR. Nasty IN Dependent Frame of Mind -
The Members OF the Kentucky LegisIn.
ture Refuse 10 stand by Principle.
LOUISVILLE (Which is in the State !
NV Kentucky. Feb Q. 1870.

~ AASAtuNh9iB NOD' - low
| don't know that RELY there's any
more yoose in Twin on this earth
The Fifteenth amendment is adopted
and niger Senator will take The
seat in the SENT wunst okkepied by
that marter, Jeffson Davis. 1T,
about time for me to go hentz Il hey
no desire to rename. | wood like to
stay long enough to consoom the
contents Nv a red-headed barrel ia
the back room Nv my blessid grosery
in Moo York, into WITCH | hain't, as
yet, put no water, and probably |
will. | think shell 90 home, shut
myself up in that back-ro0m, drink
that pertikeler barrel dry, and fall
dead across it. Like Sardanapalus,
my kingdom being gone, my funeral
pile shell be my throne.
| came on to Kentucky to aid by
my counsel the Dlmocrisy Nv that
State, in the present crisis. The Mig
ger Revel is in theSenate Of the YO0n-
ted States, and Nv course, no white
Kentucky Dimocrat kin SO degrade
hisself ez TO set in that body beside
him. | expected, Nv course, that
Carrot Davis and McCreev, wood
immejitly resine, and ez no native
born Kentucky Dimocrat wood take
the place, and ez kentucky could
not afford to be represented by q
Abllshnist, it okkurred to me that
possibly there mite be a chance for
me. ! am q Northern Dimocrat by
birth, and Northern Dimocrats have
alluz done SIGH work for the South
erners, ez the Southerners countid
too dirty for EN-. The only thing
witch Good stand in the way wuz the
fact that left Kentucky a year ago,
and am now citizen Of Moo York.
But wat Nv that? l can swear
am citizen Of Kentucky hev bin
in Moo York politics enuf9 to be able
TO swear to anything.
At all events | went on to my old
State, and got together a caucus of
the Dimocratic members of the Leg
islacher to consider this thing.
The chairman Of the caucus re-
markt that the signs Nv the times
indicated trouble. Kentucky, eff that
niger wuz admitted to the SENT,
wuz virchually DISTINGUISHED, for Nv
course Davis and McCreery Good not
remain in their seats beside him. No
Kentucky gentleman wood disgrace
his proud State by takin to his buzz
yum male member Nv an inferior
race-uv acknollegin his equality,
and workin quietly with him. New
er Sooner than see this he wood be
willin to see the States further South
lnoggerate another struggle for their
rites, IN the event Nv witch, Kentuky,
troo to the yoonyun, ez before, wood
preserve strict and dignifed moo
trality by selling horses and proven
der impartially to both armies. He
hoped the gentlemen wood express
their views freely.
A gentleman from the eastern part
Nv the State offered the following
preamble and resolushen:
WareGS, The SENT Nv the Yoonited
States is about to admit to u sect in
that body niger; and
WdreaS, No Kentucky Dimocrat
would degrade hisself by sittin beside
niger; therefore
ResolUed, That Hon. Carrot Davis
be instructed to resine to-wunst.
The resolushens passed to-wunst,
without dissentin voice, and were
sent by telegraph to the Senators at
Washington, after witch / begged
permission to offer a remark. [ sed
that nv course no Kentuckian Good
be found to take them places made
vacant by the two eminent men who
wuz about to leeve the SENT, but
nevertheless Kentucky coodent at
ford to go unrepresentid. Is there
no Northern man nv Kentucky prin-
ciples who will rush to the front at
this crisis ?
Twenty gentlemen sprang to their
feet. The one who got the eye Nv
the chairman remarkt that Kentucky
shood alluz be repres ented by Ken
tuckians. Davis and McCreery clear
| ~ ought not to stay. They shood
resine to wunst as q protest agin
this outrage, but of Kentuckians Good
be found who wood accept those Of
fees they should be found. Takin
EN- ez they wood ez Q necessity,
there woodent be the stigma attach
ed to EN- that there wood be to the
present incumbents of they should
rename, and possibly SIGH mite be
found.
The Chairman doubted whether
there wuz o Kentuckian who he'd SO
little respeck for hisself. Eff Ken.
tuckian WIZ selected it sbood be from
the membership Nv the Legislacher,
He felt that it wuz the dooty Nv
their State. 1t wood be bitter deg
redashun to man filed with the
memories Nv the past, to choke down
natural pride, and take sect by a
niger, but some one must dot. He
wood select that the members pro-
coed with system in this matter
Let US designate, by ballot, our
wishes. Let us vote for man to
fill the place made vacant by G. Da-
Wis, and let the member upon whom
this dooty devolves, accept the sac
rifce in the true Kentucky sperit
Gentlemen, prepare your ballots for 8
successor TO Davis, and get ready tC
shed friendly teer over the fate Nv
the man upon whom the degredashur
falls.
This wuz agreed to, each member
remarkin that no matter who wuz
chosen, there wuz no law to compe
him to be electid and set beside ,
} niger.
The members each voted TIT
! votes were counted out, and horror
/ EACH MEMBER HE'D PRECISELY ON
VOTE, and the loosenis uv the hand
writin on the tikkits made it pain
fully certain that each member hat
votid for hisselfl Ez my hopes wui
bustid coodent help singin out tina
. a more self-sacrificin body Nv men
} never saw