Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-06-05
From the Toledo Blade
CONFEDRIT Y ROADS.
.wich Is in the State Nv Kentucky
Nav :, 1872


CONFEDRIT Y ROADS.
,wich Is in the State Nv kentucky :
May :, 1872 \
he'd a severe time NV it al the Corners
gittin our people to consent TO takin the
great and good Horace Greeley to their
buzzums, aud embracin uy him the same
e. tho he he'd bin Breckinridge, Hoffran,
or some sich man wich they he'd bin more
familyer with 1t took tour days az per-
sistcnt swearin atore / Good convince en-
that he'd any idee Nv supportin - man
which they he'd heerd me denounce e. the
vilest Ablishen despot on earth, "a thousand
times Alas they don't know the full
eastissity Nv the Democratic mind
l called a meetin, and give EN- an ne
count NV my stewardship at Cincinnati.
commenst my remarks by saying that
| went TO Cincinnati with view NV nom
inatin that sterlin patriot, Judge Davis,
who, tho in offic ez a Republican, hczut
enuff Republican about him to hurt him.
or that other sterlin patriot, Chas. Francis
Adams, the son Of John Quincy Adams,
but wich hezn't anything NV the Adams
about him but the name. 1t wuL gather
in Nv the people, not an ofic-hoIders CON
venshun and that wuz what wuz the matter
with US Not one Nv the delegates held a
government posishen, and not one NV us
he'd any chance Nv gettin one under Grant.
d" Grant be id, " wuz the cry in chorus.
8 Give US anybody else"
| contest, tho | wuZ somewhat d'~ap-
pintcd The Convinshen he'd throwd of
on Adams and Davis and nominated Gree
ley
Hang him shouted the people. =.
kin lick any m IN minute, who asks
me to vote for him - shouted Kernel Ne
Pelter
l paid no attention TO these compliments.
he'd no idee Nv even supportin him,
and wuz glad Nv his nominashen only es
bleeved he wood draw enuff Republican
votes to enable us to elect sound Consti-
tooshnel Democrat
That's wat we WANT sound Consti-
too o-hnel Democrat yelled Kernel Me-
Pelter, late NV the Contedrit servis
But hev notist that the great major
ity NV the Demokratic papers-I kin
read, my brrthren, and hey that advantage
over yool-insist on adoptin him at our
/ OOuNcDSuuu anu ci So ne Is our
Well see him
" Hold " sed quickly. " No good
Democrat kin bolt a regular nominashen.
and after all Horris is not the wust one we
kin hev. Our motto wuz Principles not
men,. We carried it out to the letter We
adopted principles and ez 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
Pennibacker, but the Elder must remem-
Der that the versateel Horris Is wllin, ef
we will support him, to treat that ishoo ez
one to be settled by the people elsewhere.
He wuz an oppressor uy the South Kernel
McPelter wood say. Troo he wuz at times,
and then agin at times he wusnt. | hev
wacht the great and good Geeeley very
closely for many years. There amt no
question that | now remember Nv Except
slavery and the price Nv the New York
Triboon,) that he amt bin on both sides
NV dozen times. Like the intoxicated
indlvijuel who coodnt git into bed coz the
room wuz whirl'n round, and who determin-
ed finally, to lay still and wait till the bed
come round to him, all that any question
ASh fOb " ~ - ~ so SNilA dud 1AoAAAo 10
certin to come round to it. He bleeved
slavery wuz unconstitutional and yet wuz
for payin the niger owners for the niger.
He defended John Browns raid and op-
posed secession. Then immejity he favored
secession, then insisted on war agin Us for
secedin, then urged the Fedral hirlins on
to Richmond; then tried to patch up 4
peace with US. He has been a Radical
and Conservative, Fourierite and a
believer in bran breid. He opposed Tay-
lor and supported him; he supported Lin
kin and opposed him in short he hez been
on all sides of all questions-one side to-
day, and tether tomorrow, and very fire.
quently both at the same time In short,
l don't know NV nothin that he amt ex-
tremely likely to be. | read his record
yesterday, and wuz wus tore up in my
mind then ez tho l he'd bin on drunk for
a week. | never knowd more confusin
or intoxicatin readin.'
But, sed Deckin Pogram are we