Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-10-05
Letter From the ssCOrners. ,"
JASPER MnLs. Oct. 2. 1871.

OAoEGh MILLS, OSls AOt l..
EDS. HERALD:-The Corners are unusu-
ally quiet for the last few days, and the
reason, no doubt, is that Col Baber's great
speech so paralyzed the people here that
they have scarcely, as yet, recovered; and
no doubt, in other places in the county. the
people are stunned with the wonderful say
ings of the great orator of the invincible
Democracy.
'Tis wonderful strange that we have been
sleeping so, long and blindly voting for
these black laws, or the makers of them.
Why did not this oFermuch poor mans
party send US an apostle long ago?
1t was truly gratifying, on last Thursday
evening" to see the great standard bearer
William Smith. with his pants and boots
well cleaned, and his hat thrown back, re-
vealing to advantage his noble brow, his
countenance beaming with love and frank
ness, and in fact, the general appearance of
the man bespoke for him many votes; nor
was his appearance all, but his highly fla
vored breath drew around him admirers
that the Democracy need never doubt.
| 4AS1 int HOnOGIl0I ApOSLlSY DdOSIl IL a
man whose appearance and breath is well
calculated to make votes for the Democra-
| cy. Oh! that our Legislative halls could
| be filled with with such men as these.
j Then would our country be blest with the
good old fashioned kind of laws. No fool
ish, fanatical Republican would dare to say
that slavery is wrong. No wife or mother
would dare to lift her voice and cry out
against the rumseller, though herself and
children were whipped and starved by a
drunken husband. No little negro boy or
girl would dare to be seen trying to learn
to spell or read; in fact, the public schools
would scarcely be tolerated. They SAVIOR
too much of independent thought, and the
intelligent Democratic pupils taught there
in can hardly be kept within the ranks of
the time-honored Democracy, unless you
give him a big office. Then, fellow citizens,
awake to your long forgotten duty! Send
such men as Bill Smith, Col. Baber, and
Cockerill to the Legislature; erase from
your statutes your school and whisky laws;
say to the foolish wife of the drunkard
behave yourself, and take the whippings and
abuse, for your husband is noble Demo-
cratic sovereign. Say to the colored citi-
zen: Back, you baboon; into slavery The
Bible says that is your place. Drag the
sleeping heroes of the Union from their
graves, and tantaIize them with being fools
and hirelings. Yes, fellow citizens, that
is your duty as Democrats. Why don't
you awake before the country is inevitably
ruined? Now is the time to commence
Vote for Bill Smith. He is a true. man
You have long known him. If there is dan
ger of spelling the morals of the younger
brethren at Wagoner's Corners, you can
not spoil Bills. He may soil his pants but
HE cannot be hurt
There is a meeting in progress at our
school house this evening. God only knows
! what will turn up, now. but if it is any.
thing serious we will let you know.
Since our last communication, there has
been some important changes made. The
mill property, formerly owned by ]. w
Long, is now IL possession of Messrs. Hun
ter and MilIener. We understand that they
are thorough going fellows, and will soon
give different sound to thugs, as the rats
have hold undisputed possession, hereto
fore.
Burnett & siTcott have opened dr.,
goods store in the room formerly occupied
by J. F. Mark They are both good fellows
and will, no doubt received a large shar'
of public patronage.
Ely & Stimson have opened corn de.
pot here and all day long the corn shelters
busy hum can be heard. They are pay
ing the highest prices for corn, and viii
get large quantities of the good old staple
as Sugar Creek Valley can't be beat fol
corn and hogs.
BAsCoM.