Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-05-30
NASBY.
From the Toledo Blade1
MR.. NASBY AT HOME-THE CORNERS FINALLY
BROUGHT TO THE SUPPORT OF GREELEY.
CoNFEDRIT Y ROADS.
(wich is in the State NV Kentucky,)S

IhOCUhI ~ SOHFOhI Of GhEELE1
CoNFEDRIT ROADS.
(wich is in the State NV Kentucky,)S
May Sth, 1872.
he'd a severe time Nv it at the Corners,
gittin our people to consent to takin the
great and good Horris Greeley to their buzz
zums, and embracin NV him the same as tho
he he'd bin Breckenridge, Hoffman, or some
sich man, wich they he'd bin more familyer
with. 1t took four days NV persistent swear
in afore l Good convince EN- that l he'd any
idee Nv supportin a man wich they he'd heerd
me denounce ez the vilest Ablishen despot
on earth, a thousand times. Alasl they
don't know the full elastissity Nv the Demo
cratic mind.
/ called meetin, and give EN- an account
Nv my stewardship at Cincinnati.
l commenst my remarks by sayin that l
went to Cincinnati with view NV nominat-
in that sterlin patriot, Judge Davis, who,
tho in oils ez Republican, hezn't enutf Re-
publikinism about him to hurt him, or that
other sterln patriot, Chas. Francis Adams,
the son Nv John Quincy Adams, but wich
heZn't anything Nv the Adams about him but
the name. 1t wuZ gatherin NV the people,
not an offis-holders convenshen; and that
wuz what wuz the matter with us. Not one
Nv the delegates held a government posish-
en-, and not one Nv us he'd any chance NV
gittin one under Grant. ''Grant be id"
wuZ the cry in chorus. "Give us anybody
else" 1 contest, tho, 1 wuz somewhat dis
appointed. The Convenshen he'd throwd off
on Adams and Davis and nominated Gree
ley.
tsHang himl" shouted the people. 81 kin
lick any man in minute who asks me to
vote for himr' shouted Kernel McPelter.
paid no attention to these compliments.
II he'd no idee NV even supportin him, and
wuZ glad nv his nominashen only eZ bleeved
he wood draw off enuff Republican votes to
enable us to elect sound Constitooshnel
Democrat-''
,,,o ,ro,& n .o,,,J Ca,.+;
tooshnel Democratr' yelled Kernel McPelter,
late NV the Confedrit servis.
'But hev notist that the great majority
Nv the Demokratic papers-Q kin read, my
brethren, and hev that advantage over yoo)
insist on adoptin him at our Convenshun,
and eff so, he Is our candidate"
Gwen see him"
"Holdn' sed 1, quickly; ''No good Demo-
krat kin bolt regler nominashen, and after
all Horris is not the wust one we kin hey
carried it out to the letter. We adopted
principles; and ez for men, we come ez near
nuthin ez possible, under the circumstances.
Troo, he is a high protective tariff man, witch
don't SCOT Elder Pennibacller; 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 wuZnt.
closely for many years. There amt no ques-
ton that now remember NV Except slavery
and the price of the New York Weekly
TriboOn), that he ain't been on both sides NV
dozen times. Like the intoxicated indivi-
juel who coodent git into bed coz the room
wuz whirlin round, and who determined,
finally, to lay still and wait till the bed
came round to him, all that any question hez
got to do is to stay still and Horris is certin to
come round to it. He bleeved slavery wuz
unconstitooshnel and vet wuz for payin the
nigger owners for the niggers. He defended
John Browns raid, and opposed secession.
Then immejitly thereafter he favored seces-
sion, then insisted on war agin us for secedin,
then urged the Fedral hirclins on to Rich
mond; then tried to patch up a peace with
us. He hez bin Radical and a Conserva-
tive; a Fourierite and a believer in bran
bread. He opposed Taylor and supported
him; he supported Linkin and opposed him;
in short, he hez bin on all sides Nv all ques-
tions-one side to-day, and tother to-mor-
row, and very frequently both at the same
time. In short, l don't know NV nothin
that he heZn't bin, and can't imagine nothin
| That he amt extremely likely to be. | read
his record yesterday, and wuz wuss tore up
| In my mind than ez tho / he'd bin on a drunk
for week. L never knowed more confusin
| or intoxicatin readin."
but, sed Deekin Pogram, are we Dim
ocrats to be compelled to vote for sich a bun
die NV eontradickshens ?''
| MY aged friend" l replied blandly,
"wood yoo like to receive from me the tri-
| fin sum of one hundred and eighty dollars,
wich owe 700? Wood Bascom Wood
From every indivijuel in that awjence