Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1872-08-02
Nasby at Baltimore.
HOW HE MIXED HIS DRINKS AND HIS
PRINCIPLES.
BARNUM's HOTEL, I
BALTIMORE, July Sth, 1872. !

/ 10 the baltimore convenShun, where
am to proudly cast my vote for the fa.
vorite of the democracy, Horace Gree
ley, the wood chopper of Chappaqua. /
do not feel in partiklerly strong and
healthy mood-on the contrary, lam in
condishun so dazed and bewildered,
that l hardly know where / am. l came
here Greeley man. am a leeder nv
the peoples democratic leeder NV the
people-and Consistently havn't but one
principle-post offs. Convinceme that
candidate is sound ON that question,
and in the words Nv the poet,
As he is mine and I am hizzen
Wat kin want beside?"
Show me two candidates, one Nv which
is sounder than tother on the question NV
post offs, and l am for that sounder one,
first, last and all the time. Nothing can
shake me in this.
But it aint so with all men. There is
a great mass who see suthin in politiks
besides post offs, men wich hev pet hob
bies, wich they ride vehemently and un-
ceasingly, who verify bleeve in 'em.
hev been interviewed by dozens NV this
most exasperatin and sole wearin class
Nv men fur ten days. My he'd whirls ez
tho | he'd been see-sick fur week.
lmajine me a standin at the bar NV
Barnum's Hotel, takin sole soothin
nip Nv my favorite beveridge, whisky,
with my white hat hangin gracefully on
my left ear, dreemin peacefully Nv that
comm day when Greeley shell be safe in
the chair, and l shell hev nv commishun
once more hangin on the wall Nv the post
offs at the Corners. Imajine ones bein
reused from revery so delishus by a
loud mouthed cuss slappin you on the
back and shoutin Jones, my boy, take
suthin." On sich occasions | allus an
sur to the name Nv Jones, and respond
with alacrity, Thank yoo, don't keer if
| do" And then to hev this fellow ex-
claim exultinly, :What a God send
Greeley IL to us !! l am from Georgia. l
wuz in the rebel army and wuz compeIl-
ed to join with my neighbors to restrain
the lawless violence NV the infooriated
niggers and northners. We wuz oprest
with military by the tyrant Grant, but
now thank heaven there shell be no in
reference with US. The CRATE and good
Horris sympathizes with US. I hev it
from hiz committee in Moo York. Take
suthin."
Then five minutes after imajine me sa-
looted by Maine demokrat suthin like
this: "Wat blessin is Greeley With
Greeley we shell hev reform and peace.
Under Greeley there will be lawlisness
on the part NV no ex-rebels- Ku-
Klux will be put down by the power NV
the military, and the negroes will be pro-
tected in their rites. know this will be
done for | hev it from hiz committee.
Take snthin ?'
-Four minutes and half after anuth-
ef man comes up: Pennsylvania holds
up both her hands for Greeley. The
vigorous old protectionist-the man who
has fought the battle NV American la
Dor against furrin pauper labor, kin al
lus command the voice Nv Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania goes for Greeley and pro-
lection. There will be no lowerin NV
tariffs under Honest Old Pig Iron Hor-
ris. L hev it from his committee. Will
ye take suthin ?'
In about seven minits (before l he'd
another drink fairly down. an Illinoy
man came boomin up. "'Rah for Gree
leyl" he yelled. "'Rah for Honest Old
Horris With the great Horris at the
head of affairs, the bloated aristocratic
manufacturers of Pennsylvany and Moo
England will sing small. With the
great and good agricultooral aud edito-
rial wood chopper Nv the Triboon, there
will be no more oppression Nv the West
with tariffs and sich. l hev it from the
committee. Take sutbin."
In ten minutes afterward, before the
drinks had gone to that bonrne from
wich no drinks returns, ceptin once.
when | he'd taken dozen too MANY
and was sick at my stumick, wich wuz
in my younger days, up came man
howlin for " Greeley and speeshy pay
ments" wich hesaid he got from Greeley's
committy, and follerin him was another
wich howled for Greeley and green
backs, wieh he swore he got from Gree
ley's committee.
There was one man proudly spoutin
Greeley repudiashen badge. another with
Greeley and payment of the debt in gold.
and evry one Nv um was jubilant with
the prospeek of havin his idees CARVED
out, for evry one NV um said he had full
and positive ashoorences from his COM
mittee.
| spect | shell hev to take the stump
this fall for Greeley. 1 do it gladly
without any ashoorences from his CON-