Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-09-30

IFrom the Toledo Biads.1
MR.. Massey ATTEMPTS TO STUMP THE STATE
OF DELAwARE-THEOB sTACLEs THROWN
IN HIS WAY BY ONE OBED PEAsLY, A
CONNECTICUT MAN NOW RESIDENT OF
THAT STATE.
MAsTEN's CORNERS, M1sPrIIoN HuNDBRD,l
IN TIE STATE Nv DELAWARE,
September II, 1870.
1T seems to me ez though whenever I
thought he'd pecoolyeily good thing,
that some onmitigated cuss wuz destined
to be raised up agin me to bust it. At
COnfedrit x Roads in Kentucky, that
sneekin whelp, Pollock, and furoshus
brOot, Joe Rigler, wuz aliuz in my way, q
overthrowin my happiest skeems and
blastin my most cheyisht purposes. Here,
in Masters Corners, my evil genyus is q
cuss from Connecticut, named Obed
Peasly, who drifted into Delaware four
years ago, and who now runs tin shop
st this place. The people hev to endOor
him and support him, for ez they never
buy new tin ware its real accommoda-
shun Tor EN- to hev man capable Of sod
derin holes in pans, when the orifces be-
come too big to be stuffed up with rags.
But he il nevertheless disturber and an
incubus. He hez made friends with all
the nlggers in this part Nv the state hez
helped the Methodist and Baptist preech-
ers to start Sunday Skools among EN-, and
is In all respecks conduktin hisself like 8
man Nv low, grovlin instinks, who feels o
call to tear down ancient land marks, and
root out everything that the well regu-
lated Delawarian most desires to perpetrl-
ate. He is an innovator Nv the most
dangerous descripshun He hez been
bawln for years for the destruckshen Nv
the whippin-poet, and the establishin Nv
free skools here, hez tried to interdoose
factries and stop the sale Nv Ekker, and
hev meetin house put up, and 80 on. In
short he hez bein doin his level best to
redoos Delaware to the level of Moo Ing
land.
The Democratic Central Committee Nv
the State he'd arranged matters wisely and
well that is, it wood hev bin well he'd it
not bin for this cussed Peasley. They
desired to hold all the white vote, and
hoped to gain a large share Nv the niger
vote. We knew we shood hev no trouble
with the white vote, for abuse Nv the
niger wood do that, but how to aboose
him and capcher his vote at the same time
wuz the problem. It wuz decided not to
hold public meetins among the niggers at
all, or TO hev en- attend meetins, but to
do the work among them by private con-
versashen. This wood make clear sailin
for our speakers, who wuz all notified by
cirkler Nv wot wuz to be sed. They wuz
to bear with all the force possible onto
taxes, witch the Delaware man hez alluz
hatid to pay, for any purpus, and pertik-
elerly the danger Of niger ekality, witch
is movin topic for Democratic speakers
every where.
Icpened the campane in Masten's Cor
ner's two weeks ago, with the same speech
hev bin yoosin Tor twelve yeers In the
beginnin I arrane the Republican party
for corrupshen, onto witch | dwell for
perhaps ten minutes, when l launch off
into my favrit argument, witch is that the
Niger is beast, and physically and NOR
ely OMIT to be anythin but the property
NV the proud Caucashen, which is by
nacher the master race. The meetin pass
ed off splendidly indeed more enthoo-
siastic auience never he'd. Obed Peas
ley wuz in, and at the conclusion he told
me that he never he'd bin so staggered in
his life.
"Wher do you speek to-morrer nite?"
he asked
told him at a village some sixteen
miles from here.
al will be there to hear it agin," he sed,
Sand ez them trooths Nv yourn ought to
hev wide circuiashen, l shell bring all my
trends in that paborhood."
never wuz so elated in my life. Here
wuz froots Here wuz Moo Ingland dis
turber sonverted by one speech-a perse-
cooter converted into an adherent. | re-
tired to bed that mite III ruther high esti-
mate Nv my ability.
The next mite I he'd 8 deliteful aujence.
The barn in WITCH | wuz to speek wuz
nserly full Nv the residents Nv the seek
shun, and from remarks heerd EN- drop
and ther appearance, and other indica-
shens, felt ashoored that everything I
shood say on the niger wood meet with
ready and enthusiastic response from EN-.
opened elokently and reeled OFF the
first ten minutes Nv my remarks with
more sperit than ever throWd into il.