The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1870-03-11
NUMBER 12.
Nasty.
Mr.. Ms1y IN a dcspondent (run,e Of mind.
The Members Of Mc Kentncky Legisld-
karc refuse 10 stand by principle.
LOUISVILLE, (Which Is In the State !
nv Kentucky Feb. Q, Ls70. (

/ LOUISVILLE, (wlcn ~ III inc State
| NV Kentucky Feb. 0, S70.
don't know that rcely there's any moro
yoose In livin on this earth. tho Fifteenth
Amendment IL adOptid. andR niggcr SEN
atr will take the scat In the SENT wunst
okkopicd by that martyr. Jefferson Davis.
It's about time for me tO 60 hentz-l hev
no desire Ia RENAME. woOd like To stay
long enough tO consOOm the contents Nv u
read headed barrrl In the back room NV
my blessid grocery In Moo York. into
witch haint, az yet, put no water, AMI
probably will. think shel go home.
shut myself mp In that hack room. drink
that partikelsr barrel dry. and fall dead
across II. Like Sarlanapulus, my king
dom being gone, my funercl pile sbcl bc
my throne.
came on. tn Kentucky 10 aid by my
counsel the Dimocrisy NV that State. In
the present crisis. The nigger. Revel. has
| seat in the SENT NV the Yoonited States,
and NV course, no white Kentucky Dino
cr,t kin 80 degrade hisself ~ To set in that
body beside him. lexpected. NV course,
that Garret Davis and McCreery wood Inn
mejitly rcsine, and ez no native born Ken
tucky Dimocrat wood. and cz Kentucky
| CtWt UW " Itp'c'htsu ~ ""''-
ishnist, II occurred Ia me that possibly
there might be chance for me. l am
Northern Democrat by birth. and ms North.
ern DmOcrats have alluz done sich work
for the Southerncrs. ez the Southcrners
cOuntid too dirty for EN-. The only thing
witch Good stand In the way wuz the fact
that let Kentucky q year ago. and am
now q citizen NV Moo York. But what Nv
that \? ! kin swear am citizen NV Ken
tucky-I hav been In Moo York politics
enuff tn be able to swear to anything.
At all events I went To my old Stats, and
got together caucus NV the Dimocraiic
members NV the Legislacher to consider
this thing.
The Chairman nv the caucus rcmnrkt
that the signs NV the times indikaied
trouble. Kentucky, cf that nigger WIZ
admitted to the YOOnibed States SENT wnz
virchually disfranchiscd. for Nv course
Davis and McCrecry Good not remain In
| their seats beside him. No Kentucky gym
tleman wood disgrace his proud State by
practically takin To his buzzum u male
| mcmher NV an inferior race-uv acknollc-
| gin his equality. and working quietly with
| him. Meyer Sooner than see this bs
wood he willin to see the States further
South inoggeratc another struggle for their
rites, In the event NV which. Kentucky,
| troo tn the Yoonyn, es before. wood PRE-
servo q strict .and digniiied nootrality by
sellin horses and provendcr impartially 10
both armies. He hoped the gentlemen
would express their views freely.
A gentleman from the Eastern part nv
the State offered tho following preamble
and resolushun
Warcas, The SENT Of the Yoonited
States II about To admit 10 n sect in that
boly nigger and
Harcas. No Kentucky Dimocrat wood
degrade hisself by sittin beside Niger
therefore,
Rcsoy,cd. That Hon. Carrot Davis be In.
| str,icted tn rcsine tO w,inst.
The resolushuns passed to wunst. with
ont dissentin voice, and were sent by
telegraph 10 the Senators Mt Washington,
after wich begged permission to ofIer u
remark. sod that NV course no Ken
tnckian Good bc found tn take them plares
made vacant by the two eminent men
who was about to leeve the SENT. but
nevertheless Kentucky coodent afford Ia
90 unreprcscntid. Is there no Northern
man NV Kentucky principles who will
rush tn the front Mt this crisis?
Twenty gentlemen spr.ng To their feet.
The one who got the eye NV the CHAIR
man remarkt that Kentucky shood alluz
be represented by Kentuckians. Davis
and McCrcery clccrly ought not to stay.
They shOOd rpsine tn wunst az protest
ayin this outrage. but IF Kcntnckians
could be found who would except tho
places th.t should bc found. Takin en- ex
ihcy w0od cza necessity. there wo",lcnt
bc the stigma attached to cm that thcro
wood le to tho present incumbnnts If
they shOOd rcinane. and possibly slcli
mite bc found.
The Chairman doulacd whether theirs
wuz Kentuckian who hal ~ little r's-
peck far hisself. Ef n kentrckian WIS
selected It shood be from the nn1nbcrship
NV the Lcgislacher. lie felt that II was
the doOty NV some two Nv en- to sacriiico
themselves on the alter NV their Stats.
II would be bitter degre'lashun f"r -
man filed with the memories NV the past,
to take u sect bya niggcr. but some Que
must do II. Let us designate, by ballot,
our wishes. and vote for n man to ill tho
place to he made vacant by Davis, aud
let the member upon whom this dooty ds-
wolves, accept the sacrifice In troo Ken
t,rrky spcret. Gentlemen. prepare your
ballots for successor To Davis, and gct
ready to shed friendly teer over the h'io
NV the man upon whom the degrcdashun
falls.
This WIZ agreed to. each member re-
marking that no matter who WIZ chosen.
there wnz no law TO compsl him 10 DO
electid and set beside nigger.
The members each voted; The votes
were counted out, and. hOrror! each
memher had precisely one vots. and tho
lonscnis NV the hand writin on the Tx
kets made Il painfilly certain that each
member he'd vatrd for hisself. Ez my
hopcs wuz bustid I coodcnt help singin
out that more self s.crifcing body NV
men never Jaw!
Then con,menst tho most fearful squab-
ble I ever witnest. Gentlemen got by
the ear. and pistols WIZ dxwd, bat list
or they were gittin rcady fora seckkDDd
ballot, n dispatch wrz received from Da-
yis and McCreery. Stain that while Rp-
preshiatinc the dcgrcdashen nv their
sitooashcn. and felt Il keenly. nevertheless
az Kentucky must be representa- In the
Senit they rather thought they woodrnt
resine st all! Ef they knowd their own
hearts they thot they'd hold ou to their
seets. They might ez we'll be sscrihced
or anybody.
The gentlemen mostly said "II-l!ezi this
epistol WIZ rrnh tn en-, AMI dsIrrst with
out tho fornirJisy uvan Hiiournncnt.
hevn't ~ much faith In Din'ocricy en
yoost To hev. sposcd that when t''"
niggcr was finally admitted. that every
Dimocrat In the SENT wool rc'ine; brt
wal do find? Not one hes done II. anil
the whole Iecislacher NV Democrats arr
willing IN take seets beside him!
Wat kin We expect when n'en are 80
,.r,..,t IN their manhood? n u Anv won