Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-04-10
Nasty SPEAKS IN. CONNECTICUT.
lie Is sorcIy Embarrassed by the New he
parture.

cent Connecticut campaign. He did so for
he liked the Democracy of that State for
this reason:
Durin the late unpleasantnis, witch re-
suited so disastrously to the South, the
Dimocrisy NV that state never wavered
in their support NV the cause NV southern
rites, and after the struggle wuz trans
ferred from the field to the politikle
arena, nowhere did we find more sted-
fast friends. Nowhere wuz there SIGH gem
uine, deliteful hatred NV the nigger-no-
where wuZ there u more earnest oppo-
sishen to all the measures proposed by
the Infamous Abilishinists, wich hev so
long held us under their iron heels.
| Then agin, the likker witch the Dimoc-
risy NV Connecticut drink Is the most ser
| chin NV any / ever tasted. There is grip
in tit takes hold NV the centre NV life
with more vishusncss than j ever got
| hold NV.
He expected to deliver his same old
speech used in the good days of pure
Democracy He describes his progress as
follows:
"After alludin briefly to the grandjer NV
the country, dwellin more fully on the
grandjeI NV the pertickler State into witch
| / happen to be in (Which L assertane afore-
hand), / perceed to wunst to a Nigerus
denunsiashon of the Niger"
|
"On general principles" sed he, land
ez a rule, sympathize with our friend in
| damnin the Niger But it Will hardly
| do in this State at this time, to indulge In
that most natural damnin. The fact Is,
Mr.. Nasty, there is several thousand mig
gers in Connecticut, and they vote DIM
ocrasy can't afford to damn any class
which votes. Give Mr.. Nasty drink"
This staggered him. but he renewed and
proceeded in this way:
"But while am willn not toabuze him
on general prinsiples, ez matter OF course
/ shall oppose with all the power l have,
the unholy and unconstitutional amend
ments which emancipated him, and"
"Will Mr.. Nasty pardon me?p sed the
Chairman blandiy; ain the platform
adopted by the Dimocrisy NV Connec-
ticut, emansipashen is accepted ez a
fixed fact, and-but give Mr. Nasty a
drink
| / took drnll--a very large one, for
in my furry it WIZ necessary and went
on.
II spose," sed I, "that ez you have done
| this, shell hev to swaller emansipasheh-
Il leetle drop more NV that whisky et
you please-but it don't matter. kin at
! leest yoose that poshen NV my speech
which denies to EN- civil rites and the
ballot. | kin do this consistently, fur
after all, what does emancipation amount
to without ekal rites and the ballot, and
wat =,
INTERRUPTED the Chairman, blander than
ever. "The platform adopted by the Dim
ocrisy NV Connecticut accepts not only the
emansipashen Nv the Niger but ekal rites
and the ballot for him-give Mr.. Nasty a
drink, or, by the way, set a bottle and
glass, by his elbow that he may help
hisself.n
/ wuz so staggered by this that / volun-
tarily put the bottle to my lips instead NV
going thro the formality of pourin it into
a glass, and in my daZed condishen held
it there till it wuz neerly exhausted.
"Gentlem,n ! remarked, after mint
NV profound thought, fur Nashinel
DimOcrat you are askin' great deal, but
-but-Im ekal to it. / accept emansipa-
shen, civil rites and the ballots. You
have clipt my rite wing and amputatid
my left, and l have only the tail to sup
port me. The way 700 hev the thing
, fixed my speech must, ez matter uN
course, he confined to finanshel topics
: Thank Heaven, the repoodiashen Nv the
| debt is still left me, and on that she
: dwell.n
"Take another bottle, Mr.. Nasty" Sc,
the Chairman, more blander than ever
E land permit me to sejest that the platform
NV the Democrisy NV Connecticut repoodi
ates the proposishen to repoodiate tn
(, NashineI debt with loatbing and skorn
: brandn the charge eZ a Islander and IN
!, sists upon its payment, principal and in
= terest. Take another drink, beg, MI
!. Nasty"
/, Good Lord" gasped !, in astonisll
= ment. Emanspashen, Ekal Rites, I'm
Z parshal Suffrage, and the Payment u
a the Debt! Why, gentle sirs, mite {
y well put on clean shirt and be Re
y publikin to wunst, for ez near ca
kin see, the matter NV clean linen is a
~ that we shell differ in. | can't do it
- RELY ] can't. Think NV Kentucky
y think NV Southern Ingeany and Illinoy-
~ think nv the Irish in Moo Torll-thin
~ NV mel
~ The Speaker apologized for the emba
nc rassment the New Departure gave NJ
Nasty, and expounded the Democrat
programme as follows:
m He then remarked that in the presel
state NV affairs, Democrisy coOdent be e.
nc pected to be one and the same everywher
TO reach success, witch is postotfises, it W
ed compelled to cultivate an elastissity
n, perfesshen wich allows adaptin itself
r. any kind Nv circumstances. 1t wuz of II
n, cessity one thing in one place and anoth
ls. in anOther-jest ez the peelIooliar pekoo
pn arities NV the people manifested theI
al selves. IF the people Nv Il certain local.
,r- wants one pertikeler line NV polisy, it
in the biznis NV the DimOcrisy to promise
le, EFF another seckshen desires line !
lst polisy precisely the opposite, why Il
he DimOcrisy must promise that also. 81