The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-02-16
Nasty.
From the Tbitdo Blade.
Mr.. Nasty in a DeSpOndcnt Frame
OF Mind.
The Members Of the kentucky LegiS-
laturC Refuse to stand by
Principle.
LOUISVILLE (which is in the State
Nv kentucky Feb. 0, 1870,

don't know that rely there's any more
yOOse III Twin on thiSea The Fifteenth
Amendment Is adopted, and II Senator
will take the seat in the Senate wunst ok
kepied Ivy that martGr JeilSOn Davis. It's
about time for me to so hCntz-Ivc no de-
sire To rename. wood like 10 stay long
enough TO COnsOOm the contents Of Il rcd
headed barrel In the back room Of my
bIcSsid grOsery in Moo York, into witch |
haint, ca yet, put no water, and probably
Twill. Think shel go home, shut my
self up in TINT buck room, drink that par
tikeler barrel dry, and fall dead across it.
Like SarllNnapalus, my Kingdom being
gone, my funeral pile sllcl be my throne
came on to Kentucky TO aid by my
counsel the DimOcriSy NV tllnt State, III
tho present crisis. Tic Niger RevGl lCZ
ta scat in the SENT uv the YOOnited States,
and NV course, no white Kentucky Dino
crat kin 30 degrade hissclf ca to set in that
body beside him. / expected Nv course,
that Carrot Davis and AlcCrCCry wood
immeiitly rcsinc, and Cz no nativc'bOm
Kentucky DimOCrat wood takO the place,
and cz kentucky could not afford To he
representa- by u Abltsllnist, it Okkurred to
nc that possibly there mite be chance
for me. Iam Il Northern DimOcrat by
birth, md Northern DimOCrats have aIlIls
done SIGH work for the Southcrncrs, eZ
the SOuthernCrs COuntid to dirty for en-.
The only thing wiCh Good stand In the
way wuz the fact that ! lcn Kentucky II
wear ngO, and nm now q citizen Nv Moo
York. But WIT of That? ! kin swaar |
am n citizen NV Kcntucky-I lcv bin in
Moo York politics cnuIf TO be able to swear
to anything. ..u b
At NIL events I went on tony old State,
and got together caucus NV the Dino
cratic members Wv the LGgislACher to con-
slider this thing. #.
The Chairman NV the caucus rrrnarkt
that the signs NV the times indikHtcd
trouble. Kentucky, Gf TINT Niger WIZ
admitted 10 the SENT, wllz virChlAlly dis
irancllisel, for NV course DuviS and Nc
Crccry Good not remain in their seats be-
side him. No Kentucky gentleman wool
disgrace his proud State by practically
tlkin 10 his blZzum u mule member nv nh
inferior rlCe-uv aCknUllcgin Ills equality.
and wOrkin quietly with him. Never !!
Sooner than see this lie wood bc willin to
see the States further South inOggeratc
another struggle for their rites, in the
event Nv witch, Kentucky, trOO To the
yOOnyun, "a before, wood preserve II strict
and tlignified nOOtrality by Sellin horses
and prOyendcr imprtillly 10 both armies.
He hoped the gentlemen wood express
their views freely.
A gentleman from the Eastern part NV
tic State offered the following preamble
ind rcsOluShun:
WAREAs, The SENT Of the Y0OnilCd
States is about to admit u sect III that
body Niger; and
WAREAs, No Kentucky Dimocrat wood
degrade hissclf by sittin beside Niger;
therefore
Resoloal, That the Hon. Carrot Davis
be instructed to rCSinG tO.wunst
The rCSOlOOshuns passed tO.wunSt, with
out dissCntin voice, and were sent by
telegraph to tho Senators ut Washington,
ai(Cr witch begged permission to offer q
remark. sGl NV course that no kCntuCk"
Inn Good bc found to tAkC these places
made vacant by the two eminent men who
bwuz about to leave the SENT, but never.
thCless Kentucky cOOlent afford to 90 I'M
representa-. Is there no northern man Nv
Kentucky principles who will rush TO the
front ut this crisis!
Twenty gentlemen sprung to their feet.
Tho one who got tho eye Nv the chairman
rcmarkt that Kentucky shOOd allu2 be
represented by KGntUckians. Davis md
McCrcGry ought not 10 sLay. They slOOd
rcSinc to Wunst eZ Il protest again this ont.
rage, but If KcntlckiHns Good be found
who wood accept tho place, they should
DO found. Takin chi cZ they wool ca n
necessity, there woodent be the stigma
attached 10 en- that there wood be to the
present inCimbents CT they sllOm rename,
and SIGH mite DO found
The Chairman doubled whether there
wuz Il KcntuCkian who he'd SO little re-
speCk for hissclC. Er u KcntuckiNn wlIz
selected it slOOl he from the membership
NV the Lcgislachor. He felt that 1t was
the IlOOty Nv some two NV en- TO sacrifice
themselves on the altar Nv their State. 1t
wood be bitter degredashun for man
filled with the memories Nv the past. to
choke down natural pride, and take II seat
by Il niger, hut some one must do 1t. lie
wood scjcSt that the members proceed
with system in this matter. Let lis dcsig-
nAte by ballot our wishes. Lot lis vote
for nlnn 10 ill the place 10 bU made va
cant by G. Davis, and let the member
upon whom this dOoty dGvOlvGS, accept
tho sacrifice In the trOO Kentucky sperit.
Gentlemen, prepare yOOr ballots for Il
SUCCESSOR to &. Davis, aud get rcNdy 10
shed friendly teer over the fate Nv the
nan upon whom tho tlcgrCdashUn falls.
This wuz agreed to, each member re-
markin that no matter who wuz chosen,
there wuz no law to compel him TO be
elcctid and set beside Il Niger,
The members each voted; the votes
wcrc counted out, and, horror EACH MEM
her HE'D pRECISEIY ONE VOTE, and the
lOOSenis Nv the hand writin on the tIkklts
made 1t painfully cCrtin that each member
he'd vOtid for himself! En- my hopes wuz
bustid CoOdcnt help slngin out that n
more scli:sacrificfn body Of men l never
saw!
Then COmmCnst the most fearful Squab-
bic ever witneSt. Gentlemen got by the
cars, and pistols WIZ drawd, hut iist ca
they were gcttin ready for II sekkOnd bal
lot, u dispatch wuz received from Davis
and MCCreery, stntin TINT willie they 0p.
prcShiatcd the 0cgredasllen NV their sitOO-
ashun, and felt II keenly, nevertheless, ca
Kentucky must bc representa- in the SENT
they rather thought they wOOdCnt rcsiuC
at ill! IF they knOwtl their own hearts
they thought they'd hold on to their seets.
They might MS well be sacrificed MS any
body.
Tho gcntlCmonmostly remarked "II-lr
MS this epistlc wtIz read to en-, and dis
perst without tho tOrmalityuv IN adjourn.
mCnt.
lhcvn't CT much faith in Dlmocrisy cz
yoOst TO hev. l spOscd TINT when llmt
niger wux finally admitted, TINT Gvry
DimOcrAt in the SENT wood rcsinC; but
what do hnd?' Not one he2 done Il,
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