Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-04-05
Letter From Mr.. NasbY.

ceptei "ltn siscrity- Couple MsssedOnIan crit
-1 with hkker al hbitlm, snd it is not IN my pool
weak, human nschur TO resist | shood respon
G. even were | stretched on bed Nv sicknis But
soto Connecticut wi.linly. fur like her DimoC
p racy Durin the late uuplessantnis wien result
If 20 dlsasterousiy 10 the South, the Dimocris
Nv that state never wavered in their support u
- the cause uv Southern rites, and after the strug
gle wuz transferred from the ield to the polti
= sle sreuE, nowhere did We ind moIe stedf.s
friends. Nowhere wuz ther s.ch genuine ,delitefu
le hstFii Nv the nigger-noHhere wuz there a nor
NJ earnest 0pposishen 10 slI the measures propose,
by the Infamous Ablishnists Wich hev 80 onl
d held Is under their iron heels Then again III
hkker w.cE the DImOcrisy "a Connecticut driri
Is the m1st salchin zny ever tasted. Ther,
2 lss grp in tit takes hold Nv the centre Nv life
With more vishusnis than any ever got bold nv
wuz received with enthusiasm, tur help Wuz
very much neeied ther. They depended on me
10 lnioose suthin ike eninusiasm INTO the cam
psne. Tuz rekestet immej'tly 10 attend . meet
In Nv the Central Committee, that might be IL
struciii IN the title detail wich il wood be usces-
ssry TO know that | mite adapt myself to the pc
kooiaritles Of Conrecticu' poitiks 4 sp0se gen
uemen, sail /, in my sasy h1Ein style. thar the
, speeches wch, ez a Dm0crst. hev been deiv-
erin fur the psst four or i've yesrs in sn eek
shuns Nv our wunst happy o-t nov distracted
country, Will answer fur this state withopt ms
terra, slterAshen- DimOcrsy, gentlemen, is q
eternal prinsIpple sIch ike the everlastin bills,
kin never change. Ez come uy you may never
hev he'd the pleasure Nv heeriu thzt celebrstlt
speech, vii give you synopsis Nv il After
aIutln orsefy 10 the gran1ier Nv the country.
dTeihn more fully on the grsndjsr Nv the per
iAller state into sich | happen to be in (Nich |
sisertsin aforehsud) perceei to Wunst to = wig.
gerus dsuuusissken Nv the Niger
ha HHs D. a
"Ou genera. principles" tei he, and e. a
rule, symp.thizs With our friend IN dannin the
Niger Bat IT will hardly 30 IN this state At
th's tlme,tc Indulge IN thai most natral damuin.
TIE fsc- l., lr. ssby, thsr Is several thousand
uigsera IN Connecticut, AND IHEY VOTE Dimoc-
rlsy csn't saort TO damn any class wch votes
Give Sir. Nasty drink
took the drink and coutinyood
Il protest Syn the Hi.rer-s N.shue, Dino
crst, pertiSi.eriy Kent cky Dimocrat. must
perpetusliy protest SYN the niger; but rec
ognire the sitoossheu mere. and will struggle 10
adapt myse.f TO H. l wi.i DO violence 10 ~ Di-
mocr.fy sui my feelins, snd le, the Niger slone
But while aG- Willin Rot 20 sbuzs him on gen
I era .insiF es, q matter nv c0Grte shei op-
pose With all the power hey the unhoIy and
Unconstitutional amendments wish enancipated
him. and"
sill Mr. Nssoy pardon me- sed the Chair
man b.andly; In the platform sdoptii by the
Dimocrisy Nv Connection. emqnsip,shen is ac-
ceptid q dxei fsc;, anl-sut eve Mr Nasby
a irink"
zoos d-luL, very large one, fur IN nv
furry Il wIz necessary, a. went on
Il sp1se, sci |. THAT e. YOU be. done thisI
sae hey 70 swaller eminsipashen-a Ieetie drop
more az thet whisky ei you please-blt IL don't
m.iter. | Sin At least y00se the, portion Nv my
speech wlch denies 10 EN- civil rites aoi the bal
lot sin DO this senty. fur, after al, whst
does emsusipsshen amount 20 without ekAl rites
and the b.i.1t, ami va
May intsrrup, ycu wurst u0re," iLter-
ruptii the Chs rman tlauisr than ever The
platform si1pti By the Diml3ri.y nv Connect
cut accepts net only the ersusipsshen Nv the
Nlgger, tut oksl rites and the ballot for him
give Nr. Nas5y drink, or by the way set
bottle and glass by his elbow ,a-, be may help
hisself ''
wuz 90 staggered by this ths; invliuutarily
put the bottle To my lips ins,ii " goiu taro the
iormsliJy Nv pouriu it into glass, and in my
diEed cqnd sheu he'd It there TIL 1t wuz neerly
eIhsustid
''Geatlemen,' l remarked alter mint NV
profound thought, ''fur Nssauel Dimocrat YOU
are Nskin great iea ,6ut-out-I'm eksl to it,
accept euisus pasheu, civil ri;es sni the ballot
But my speeches Will necsSssrIly be short You
hey clpt my Tie wIng, and aEpuJatii my left,
aud hey only he tali left 20 support ne The
way sou hcy the thing fixed my speech must, ez
= matter w course, be confined 10 fnsnshel top
lee Iasuk Heaven the repooiiashen NJ the debt
Is still left me, sui on that l shel dsell''
"IsSe smother bottle, Mr.. Nasty" sed the
Chairman more hlsnier thsa ever. and permit
ne TO sejest thst the platform Nv the Dimocrisy
Nv Connecticut rer00iistes the proposishen
O. 9rs.. IL. 4 -
ssorn, orandiu the charge g a SANDER, and in
si'ts upon its payment. principle snd interest.
EsAe smother drink, | beg llr. Nasby."
"Gooi Lord 80 gafped I IN sstonisbment.
" "Emans pzsheu, Ekal rites Impir.hel Suffrage
and the payment Nv the Deb, Why, gentle sirs,
mite ez Well put OF = clean shirt snd be Re-
publish 90 wunst for Cz nesr e. kin see, the
matter Nv clean linen Is ali that we sbel differ
in. c'n't DO it-reely can't. Think Nv Ken
tucky-think Nv southern lnjssny and Illinoy
think the Iri-h in Moo York-think Nv
me-
The Chairman with smile, the blsndness Nv
gich never saw eksllei, pressed NE 10 take one
more drink, wich did He then remark that in
the present s.ate Nv affairs, D,mocrisy coodent
be expected 10 be one snl the same everywhere.
To re.ch success, wich IL Post Offices, it wuz
compelled 20 cultivate 40 elsstssiiy Nv perfes-
7utu Nl1u hil1Ht tlApllu lt-tI 10 NuV klu1
circumitaDces. Ii wuz Nv necessity one thing in
enc plSce and another in sn1ther-iest a. the pe-
koolsr pekooiisrites az the people msnifested
If the people Nv certsin locality
wants one pertIkiler hne polisy, it Is the biz
MS Nv the Dimocrlsy 10 promise it-ef smother
seckshun desiies a line Nv po!isy precisely the
opposite, why the dimocrisy must promise thSt
Al,o. sch preceding will know, make combi-
nasheos Nv rather stsrtiln character. ItisE
staggr,r 70 see our friend Nasty defendin niger
sotin. but | hev Gopes NV see'n Tweed, snd
Sweeney, sld Sehurz, and Greely all workin
ogetber platform of opposishen 10 corrup-
'hen. When sucoess hsz crowned our tiorts-
when there is = Dim0crat in the place Nv the
butcher Grant. Dim0cr.sio Congress aud Dim
)cratic leglsschers, and sich, theB-well, let the
ucher care for herself Toe pint nov is sue
ess " But, he res0omei, comm 10 things
'ractikle, ." take another drink "
| took ii. wjch made nearly gallon that bed
brorbed. w course | consented 10 endorse the
,lsttJrm adOpud By the C0uveushen, and CON-
uenst ny work the next eveuin My first sp-
,ointment wuz in a ssklooiii village IN wich the
)Imocrisy are largely in the msjority, and con-
ekently are more entho0siastc and aggressive
han they are where they are weaker. | he'd
age meetIn, aud II ought % have been sue
ess, but they h4inJ read the platform and
penei with vigorous eulcg g nv Emancipashun,
nd suz a follerin 1t up, insistin that the con-
srrin Nv the ballot on the niger wuz 8 most
lst and proper thing TO DO. when Wuz greetd
nth storm Nv hisses.
Hiss the eussed Ablishnis; of the standt''
hreeked the enrsged msstes.
- Kill the nigger-l uverr' shouted a skore
And the chairman Nv the meetin, a large and
luscuiar msn. did deliberately seeze me by the
1te collar and lead me 10 the front NV the stage
nd with one well direcud kick, shoot me into
he very middle the aujence, who fell upon
nj best me in the most brOOtai manner some
blishEiis took care Nv me that mite or I shoot
sv del They he'd heerd my speech. ez fxr ez
got With 1t, aad sSid to me that the idea Nv q
stisls gettin into the Dimoerauc camp the way
he'd done, was bold one, but rather resky
| sought out the D.n0crisy the next morning,
ID tho-ei EN- ny reienshels. They recognized
e signatures Nv tie committee. and we're
illin enuh TO admit their gsnooneness. but
ey Insisted thst | wuz ei her drunk or crazy
talk sich talk at Dimokrstic meetin, and sd
sed me to glt out Nv that ez soon Sz conve-
ent
did it. shel 90 back 10 Kentucky imme-
ly. | 10 Mt like the way thnAs is fixed in
lncectieut and III none Nv IL When 8 map,
ut out by Dimocrstic committee, and tslkin
om the platform sdcp;ed by the Dimocrstic
Gomez out Nv Dmocrstic meetin
e mass Nv livid brooses ani drencht in sosr.
is time that suthn be did. Sch things don't
ppen at the Corners. and there shel 20, le.vin
to her fate | hev learned, tho. ex-
tlS, the amount Nv whisky ness.ry to bringa
sntucky DimOcrst to the level Nv his Conuec-
ut brethren. One gallon and perhApsS pint,
Isa,ered, is the precise quantity.
PETROLEUM V. Massey
(Which wuz POstmsster.)