The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-05-30
x CoEFEDEIT X ROADS,

(Eich is Ia the State nv Kentucky,) \
May Sth, 1872.
Ihed q severe time Nv Il at the Cor
ners, gittin our people to consent to
takin the great and good Horris Gree
ley to theF buzzums, and embFacin nv
him the same ez tho he he'd bin
Bueckinridge, Hoffman, or some sIch
man, Wich they he'd bin more famil-
yer with. It took four days nv per
sistsnt sWearin afore Good convince
en- that he'd any idee nv suppOrtin
man wich they he'd heerd me de-
nOunce ez the vilest Ablishen despot
on earth, . thousand times. Alas I!
they don't know the full elestissity
nv the Democratic mind.
] called q meetin, and give EN- an
account Nv my stewardship at Cincin-
I commenst my remarks by sayin
that went TO Cincinnati with q view
Nv nominRtin that sterliu patriot.
Judge Davis, who. tho Ia of1is eZ
Repuhii Kin, hezn't enuff Republikin-
ism about him to hurt him, or
the other Eterlln patriot, Chas
Francis Adams, the son NV John
Quincy Adams, but wich hezn't
anything Nv the Adams about
him but the name. It WuZ q gatherin
nv the people, not an Ofils-hOlders'
convenshen; and that wuz what WuZ
the mater with US. Not one Nv the
delegates held government pOsishen,
and not one Nv Us bed any. chance Nv
gittiH one under Grant. "Grant be
d-d,n - wuz the cry ia chorus. "Give
rs anybody else.n
confess, tho, I wuz sOmewat dis
appinted. The COnvenshen he'd
throwd OF on Adams and Davis and
nominated Greeley. .rarft
u f,HanK him!p shouted the people.
81 kin lick any man in q minute, who
asks me to vote for him !" shouted
Kernel McPelter.
I paid no attention to these COM
pliments.
81 he'd no idee nv even supportin
him, and wuz glad Nv bis nomina-
shen only e. I Believed he weod draw
of enuff, ,Republikin votes to enable
us 10 elect sound Constitooshnel
Democrat-n
ssThaps wat we want-a sound
COnstitooshnel Democratw yelled
Kernel McPelter, late Of the Confedrit
servis. #sH
aBnt / hsv notist that the great
majority nv the Demokratic papers
Il kin read, my, brethern, and
hev that advantage over yoo)-insist
on adoptin him at our COnvenahun
and ef so, he Is our candidate
@Ve,n see him
Hold u GEO quickly, "6o E0od
Demokret Kin bolt q reglef Domina-
Bhen, and after all HOrris Is not the
-
wUZ s'Prineiples, not men, We car
ried it out 70 the letter. We adopted.
principles. and e. for men, we come
ez near nothin ez possible, under the
circumstances. TrOo, he is high pro-
tective tariff man, wich don't SCOT
Elder Pennibscker, but the Elder
must remember that the versateel
Horrls Is WiIiin, ef we VIII support
him, % treat that ishOo e. one to be
settled BY the people elsewhere. He
wuz an oppressor nv the South, Ker-
mel MePelteT wood say. TrOo be wuz
ct times, and then agin at times he
wusnt. 1 hev watcht the great and
good Greeley very closely for many
years. There amt No question that I
nov remembe Nv, except slavery
and the price Nv the New York
Weekly Trib0on,) that he amt bin
on both sides Nv q dozen times. Like
the intoxicated indIvijuel who Good
ent git into bed coz the room wuz
whillin rOund, snd who determined,
flnntly, to lay still and Wait TIL the
edcome round TO him, ali that any
question hez got to do is to stay still
and Horris is certin to come round to
it. he bleeved slavery wuz uncon-
stitooshnel and yet wnz for payin the
Niger owners for the niger. he
defended John Browns raid and Op-
posed secession. Then immeiitiy
thereafter he favored secession, then
insisted On war aein US Tor secedin,
theS urged the Fedral hireIins on to
Richmond: then tried TO patch I'D a
peace with rs. He hez bin q Radical
and q Conservative; q FOurierite and
believer n bran bread. He opposed
Taylor and supported him be sup
ported Linkin and opposed him; Ia
short he hez bin on ali sides nv All
questions-One side to-day, and tOth-
er tomorrow and very frekehtlv
both at the same time. IN shoFt. I
DON'T know nv noshin that he heznit
bin, and can't imagine nothin that he
amt extremely likely to be. I read
his record yesterday, and wuz wuss
tore up In my mind than ez tho I he'd
bin On.a drunk for q week. I never
knowd more confusiR or intoxieatin
readin.n
"But" sed DeekIn Pogram, ''are we
Dimocrats to be compelled to vote for
sich bundle Of contradickshens ?''
"My aged friend, !" Ireplied blandIy,r
'Wo0d 700 like to receevs nom me
the trifiin sum nv one hundred and
eighty dollars, wich 7 owe 700 Wood
BSscom ? Wood
From every indlvijuel in that aw.
jenee tber came up like the roar Nv
torrent: 'fYes Z"
Oh the question nv my payin my
debts the Corners Is singleIly yOOnan-
imOus.
my brethren, the way to my liq-
nldetinis Post Ofiis, and Post Offs only.
Ef vuz In my old place now Okke-
Pieq oY that disgustin Niger, Lub-
DOCK 700 wood hev at least 8 chance
TOT yoof money. Ef the great and
good Greeley is elected that niger
goes out, and 90 In. Pollock goes
out Nv the Collectors Ofis, and in
goes lssAkes Gsvitt or Kernel
mcfeiter. watkins, the Niger As
sessos woodent be allowed to hold his
place , mint, that saint Deekin Po-
gram, or that other saint 1eido-
re9nepacksr ts .sgood Be immejitly In |
lHesri hesrry from IsssEer e4sv,,t
Elder Penaebeeker, AePeIter and Po1
greD-kernel McPelter earpastIv
hedn 8 man Who INDUCED IN Isffe-3 4 |
I'm short my brethren, We want
ne ne onlsls, We hey been eatin grass.
l.s nEs oeoocaonezzaE, senca 1880. /
VITA tns exception Of JOhnsonIs
blessed yeersl and Pkaraoh's lean kiBe
atnt nothing to as. We hunasE and
git my place back agin thro Brseken-