Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-05-30
elect a sound Constitooshnel Demo

"Thats wat we want-a sound Consti-
tooshnel Democrat" yelled Kernel Nc
Peter, late Nv the Confedrit servis.
"But | hev notist that the great ma
.jority NV the Demokratic papers, kin
read, my brethren, and hev that adj
vantage over yoo)-insist OF adoptin
our candidate
DWELL see him"
"Hold p sed l quickly "no good
Demokrat kin bolt regler nominashen,
and after all Horris is not the wust one
we kin hev. Our motto wuz 6 Princi-
ciples. not men" We adopted prin-
ciples; and ez for men, we come ez near
nothin ez possible, under the circum-
stances. Troo, ne is a high protective
tariff man, wich don't SCOT Elder Penni-
hacker, but the Elder must remember
that the versateel Horris is willin, eff we
will support him, to treat that ishoo ez
one to be settled by the people else
where. He wuz an oppressor Nv the
South, Kernel McPelter wood say. Troo
he wuz at times, and then agin at times
he wusnt. hev Yacht the great and
good Greeley very closely for many
years. There amt no question that |
now remember Nv Except slavery and
the price Nv the New York Weekly Iri-
BOOM that he amt bin on both sides Nv
dozen times. Like the intoxicated in
divijuel who coodent git into bed coz
the room wuz whirlin round, and who
determined, finally, to lay still and
wait till the bed come round to him, all
that any question hez get to do is to
| Cfo CfI Al ri II
round to it. He believed slavery wuz
unconstitooshnel and yet wuz for payin
the niger owners for the niger. He
defended John Browns raid and OPP
posed secession. Then immejitly there
after he favored secession, then insisted
on war again us for secedin, then urged
the Fedral hirelins on to Richmond /;
then tried to patch up a peace with us.
He hez bin Radical and Conserva-
tive; Fourierite anda believer in bran
bread. He opposed Taylor and sup
ported him; he supported Linkin and
opposed him; in short, he hez bin on all
sides Nv all questions-one side to-day,
and tother tomorrow, and very fire.
kently both at the same time. In short,
l don't know Nv nothin chat he hezn't
bin, and can't imagine nothin that he
amt extremely likely to be. l read his
record yesterday, and wuz wuss tore up
in my mind than ez tho 1 he'd bin on a
drunk for week. Inever knowd more
confusin or ;ntoxicatin readin."
"My aged FRIEND" replied blandly,
"wood 700 like to receive from me the
trifin sum Nv one hundred and eighty
dollars, wich l owe 700? Wood Bias
com? Wood"
From every indivijuel in that awjence
there came up like the roar Nv tor.
rent: " Yes /"
. On the question oy my payin my
debts the Corners is singlerly yoonani
NOUS.
: "My brethren, the way to my
J iquidatin is Postorifs, and Postorif.
only. Eff l wuz in my old place, now
Dixie pied by that disgustin niger, Lub
: book, 700 wood hev at least a chance
for your money. Eff the great and gooc
Greeley is elected, THAT NIGER GOES oU1
AND l GO IN. Pollock goes out u,
} the Collectors offs, and in goes Issakel
Gavitt or Kernel McPelter. Watkins
the niger Assessor, woodent be allowed
to hold his place mint, and tn at sain
Deekin Pogram, or that other saint
Elder Pennebacker, would be immeiitly
installed, and
z {" HearI hear p from Issaker Gavitt
Elder Pennibacker, McPelter and Pc
gram-Kernel McPelter earnestly lickil
2 a man who INDUCED in lafter.)
7 Z" In short, my brethren, we want tn
D offisis. We hev been eatin grass, lik
Nebuchadnezzar, sence 1860 with tn
v exception of Johnsons blessed yeers)
and Pharoah's lean kind amt nothin t,
!. us. We hunger and thirst for EN-. U,
+ course I'd ruther git my place back agil
t thro Breckenridge, but ruther than no
: hev it I'd take it from Wendell Phillip
e hisself. Eff Greeley is necessary to git
t tin them l go Greeley. He may shit
!: ez fast ez he pleases, l kin follow hin
)! Put that Postoris in front Nv me, an
n eff he kin shift faster than kin, he
overestimated my powers in that lint
e And we shell git the offisis under hin
He will insist upon quaifcashenss trenl
ously, but he hez his own standard. II
believes that them who admire Horn
Greeley are, ex-ofisho, fit for any plae
under any government, and them VIII
y don't amt with a d-n for anything
! am talented at admirin SIGH mel
l am"
Pogram, Pennibacker, McPelter, an
Issaker Gavitt wuz entirely convince,
r but there wuz still murmurin amor
20 the others.
y "You idiots" sed I sternly, is Graz
N Republican ?''
n "He is he is I"
b "Hev 700, ez Democrats, anything
t expect from him ?'
N awe heven'tI" they replied.
y "Do you know the pekoolyarities u
d the great and good Horris? We kno
b wat he is to-day; we know wat he WI
ID yesterday, and SIGH Nv 700 ez kin rea
IL plain print and write without runni
yoor tongues out kin assertane wat /
c. wuz before that. Wat he has been VI
i. know, but wat he will be only IL
at Almity, who knows all things, kin tel
Nv and no one but hisself supposes he
&c Nv sufishnt account to be made IL
n, subject of prophecy. We are very ce
N tain Nv a Republican eff Grant is eiecte
It, we may hev Republican or Der
IN okrat if Greeley succeeds. Its an eve
y chance where he lites, with the D.