Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-24
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Aia. NAsBY DREAMS A DREAM IN WHICH
THE NEXT coNrRsr Is FoREsHADowED
To sOMF EXTHNT.
CoNFzDHrT x ROADS, J
.Wich is In the State nv Kentncky,l \

CoNFEnHTT x ROADS,
lWich is In the State nv Kentucky,lf
February tst, 1871.
LAST mite wuz one of the most heavenly,
all things considered, hev ever enjoyed.
| wuz In perfect peace and perfectly hapy.
l he'd sot with my friends in Bascom's, in
dulgin in that free, unrestricted conversa-
shen wich kin only be among friends, and
ever and anon quafIed the cup wich cheers
and docs intoxicate, till late hour In the
mite, One by one my friends departed
| till wuz left alone, and asleep In my
chair. Bascom, with that tender regard
| for me wich hez alluz characterized him,
woodent turn me out in the cold mite, but
| dumpin me out onto the floor, put chunk
of wood under my head that might rest
comfortable, and left me to sleep and
dream wuz in the most favorable con-
dishen possible, to dream NV Democratic
struggles, und dreamt Nv EN-.
Methaut the great and all-important
struggle Nv 1872 wuz at had. The two
| giants. Republikinism and Dimocrisy he'd
bin brought out by their respective train
ers for the reglar battle wich they hev
wunst in four years. The two giants
wuznt so far different in pint NV size, and
they was both sadly dilapidated. Repub-
| licauism was well made, but there wuz
suthin about him that showd his inability
badly on his pins, he wuz week in the
back and there wuz evidently pizen in his
system. Wat wuz the matter with him in
| pertikeler coodnt be diskiyered, but that
there waz suthin wrong with him wuz evil
dent.
Dimocrisy wuz in still worse plight. He
wuz rotten from top to bottom, and all
| through, wuz bleary eyed and weak every
where, yet he wuz splendidly supported.
| The hackers NV Republikinism wuz all
| fitin among themselves, and all NV EN- silly
stabbin their champion, while the hackers
NV his opponent were perfekly harmonious.
Bill Tweed wuz dosin him with tonic
| from bottle labeled Treasury NV Moo
York, the Pope NV Rome hisself held him
up on one side, while the English manu-
facturers supported him on the other, so
rthat he made very respectable show Nv
winnn the fite.
Republikinism, however, took his posi-
shun with his back to the capital Jest in
| front NV him, and regardin him critically,
stood Bill Tweed and Hoffman, with their
| followers, a gnashin ther teeth ez they
| lookt beyond him at the treasures wich
his vigilance alone kept them from pos
sessin.
Hell die soon--he can't live long" sed
Tweed, and then well hev nashen to
| plumber instid Nv one paltry State"
When he does die" said Jim Fish,
"Pll hev all the railroads atween Moo
! York and Washinton, and Ill hev the
Twelve Temptashens played in the old
theater wher Linkin wuz shot"
! IN go ez Minister to England shoor,"
sed Vallandigham.
"There Be enuff Fedral offlses 70. pervide
! fur sich NV the Salisbury family ez can't
be Governors and Senators from Della
ware" sed the ghost Nv the father nv the
present Saulsburys.
In the meantime there wuz trouble in
the other camp. Repubhkinism, at the
final mint, wuz found to be so debilitated
that he could scarcely stand on his feet,
and his hackers wuz eggsaminin Nv him
to find out what wuz the matter.
"Why he's kivered all over with ver-
minr' exclaimed one, "and it's exhausted
his strength
| "Yis," sed another, she's eaten up with
EN-, and his day Nv yoosfulnis is over"
"Look at this San Domingo inseck
whose rite claw is reachin toward the
Treasury"
Look at this monster under wich a
thousand imbeciles, wich kin do nothin
but suck his life blood, are harbored."
"'Twuz these that eat Cox out NV the
Inferior.
1t wuz too troo. There wuz on him
every species Nv vermin, all Nv EN- with
two claws-one fastened into him, and the
other reachin past him into the Treasury
and those who shood hev bin q holdin uN
him up were payin too times the atten
} shion to the Treasury clan than they wul
J to the champion. Fenton and COnklin Nv
Moo York, for instance, he'd one monstrou,
inseck between EN- wich they wuz cariI
Tor and they fought like tigers over hi;
claw, and 1 notist with delight that hal
the blows they aimed at each other fell OF
the giant.
The presence Nv the vermin bein dis
! kivered there wuz hurried consultashuI
as to what to do about it.
: "Pm a gonerp gasped the unfortunate
giant II can't stand this drain long enut
to make fite."'
Don't die yeti" ejackilated three mil
lions NV niggers, a" for wat'll become u
us2"
: Don't die yetf' howled the great ma
$ jority Nv the people in korius; :" for with
Y out you there's an end Nv progress and Al
: end Nv everything that's good and hopefu
q in government"
1 But there wuz others. There come u
some thousands NV men who hedn't NOR
i than a quarter inch atween their eye:
e whose necks wuz long and crany, VIII
wore white neckercheefs, and not one u
a EN- chawed tobacco; all NV em that kin
Q NV bloodlis men wich heven't no pashen
= and therefore pride themselves on bein
strickly virchuous They examine
u closely.
t Hes got EN- on him from top to toe
o shouted one loud -mouthed one let's ki
c himP
| hr hao e., I,n h,
J kivered now with abominabled leeches-
= we can't endoor leeches-KLL HIM
9 shouted all the narrer-heads.
Kill him~ shouted Tweed and all h
= friends, for you contracted for purit
= :, and look at the creeping things wich is o
I him."
And there went up general cry "ki
!, him |" from porshen of his adherents,
. witch Dimocrisy, who wuz reddy 20 giy
: him battle, chuckled, for it lookt ez th
y his work wood be done without pullin h
= coat of, at ALL
J. xiii himP' yelled a Congressman fto
+. the West, "we kan make the fite witheI
a him"
N "AIake the fite without him" retorte
n another. " You talk ez tho yoo made hi
A. why 700 mizable- ass, hewitt you SEN
enuff to know he made yoo?".
s. But this man wuznt allowed to
le heerd "Kill him-he's foul with verm
ID kill him. shouted an immense numb
n, Nv them in the ranks behind him. At tn
a. moment l wuz soopremely happy.
rs woodent hey given ten cent postal Gu
h, rency to hev ben ashoored my post oils
ST the corners-indeed, the possibility NV
lie bigger even than that entered my min
n The throng NV indignant men took Il
ic weapon wich the the Dimocrisy wuz on
n too willin to furnish and wuz about
ne carve him when a man from Massacho
sits sprang in front Nv the victim al
ty ejaeklated;
FRIENDs-l DON'T LIKE vERSnN, But
lg DO LIKE REPUBLIKINIsM HEDN'T v
in BETTER SAVE HIM, AND KILL THE We
mt MIN, wICH HEz FASTENED ON TO HMY
s., Immejitly the aspeck NV affairs change
d. That idee had never struck the assailar
before, and they saw the pint to wun
In a second thousand willin hands W