The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-04-04
LETTER FROs1 MR. SASnT.
sEr. Nasby TN CaI,.reeticCt on the Iuyi-
futton of Ifc sfcts.Gcrafic CosEz asittee
-Fhe PfaIforni-l7is Grst and Last
Speech. -. ~. e.lE--l 20

Speech. ttss LE L1E3 If2.s
=, s-- [Fronn the Toledo, ,rlaae.z- 81 g
From Connecticut came to me the Mas
sedonian cry, Come over and help Us. :
Ez the Con. m;ttee, ins private note.
asshoored me Nv supplies, | accepted
with alacrity. Couple Massedonian cries
with liker ad hJ;tuna, and it is not in my
poor, weak, human natur to resist. |
shood respond even were / stretched on
bed nv sicknis. But 60 to Connect:-
cut willinly. fur like her DHnocrisy.
Durin the late nnpleasantnis wieh result
id so disastrous'yto the south, the ID .
mocrisy wv that state never wavercd IN
their support ny the cause Nv southern
rites. and after the struggle was transfer
red from the, ield to the politikle arena,
nowhere did we 6nd more stedfast trends
Nowhere wuz ther -sich genuine, deliteful
hatfid Nv the nigger-ncwherc wuz there
a more earnest oproSishen to all the
measures proposed by the infamous Alb.
lishnists, uich hev held US so long under
their iron heel. Then agin, the likker
wich the Dimocrisy Nv Connecticut drink
is the most sarchin Nv any [ ever tasted.
There is grip in it-takes hold Nv the
center Nv life with more vishusnis than
any | ever got hold Nv. ssY E%A
[ wuz received with enthusiasm, fo r
help wuz very much needed ther. They
depended on me to infoose suthin like
enthusiasm into the c2mpane. [ was re-
kested immejitly to attend a meetin Nv
the Central Committee, that I might be
instructed in the little detail wich it wood
be nessary to know, that might adapt
myself to the pecooliarities of Connecti-
cut politiks. u spose, eentlemen,'' said
/, in my easy, fowin stile, ''that the
speeches wich, ez a Dimocrat hev been
deliverin tnr the past four or five years
in all seckshuns Nv our wunst happy but
now distracted country will anser fur this
state without material aiterashen. Di-
mocrisy. gentlemen, is a eternal prinsip-
pie, wich, like the everlastin hills, kin
never change. Ez some Nv you may
never hev he'd the pleasure Nv heeriDg
that celebrated speech, | will give you a
synopsis uvi it. After alludin breefy to
the grandier NV the country. dwellin more
fully on the grandjer Nv the pertikeler
state into wicll happen to be in. (wich
I asser:ane aforehand, I perceed to
wunst to viggerus denunshiation Nv the
: The Chairman begged me to pause.
On general prinsipples, Ased he,
"and ez a rule, I syrnpathize with our
friend in damnin the Niger. But it will
hardly do in this state at this time to
indulge in that most natral damnin. The
fact is. Mr.. Nasty, there is several thous-
and niggers in Connecticut, andthey rote
Dimoerisy cant afford to damn any class
which votes. Give Mr.. Nasty drink.
| took the drink and continyood.
Il protest agih the niecer-a Nashnel
Dimoc rertik elerly Kentucky Dino
erat must nerpetually protest agin the
niger but | recognize the sitooashen
here, and will Struggle to adapt mvselfto
it. Twill do violence to my Dimocrisy
and my feelins, and let the Niger alone.
But while | am wilin not to abuze him
on general rrinsiples, ez matter NV
course I shell oppose with all the power
[ hev the unho!y and unconstooshnel
amendments wich emancipated him,
and .-~..--.--s- --r-- = v
"Will Mr.. Nasty pardon me-" sed the
Chairman hlandly; in the platform
adoptid by the Dimocrisy of Connecticut
emansipashen is accepted ez a fixed fact,
and-but give Mr. Nasty drink r
l took the drink-a very@large- one, far
in my furry it was necessary. and went
on Ek
sseI spose, sed I. ''th.t ez you hev
done this, l shell hev to swaller einansi-
pashen-a leetle drop more Nv that whis-
key if you pieaseAbut IL don't matter.
| kin at least yoose that portion OF my
speech wich denie. TO EN- evil rites and
the ballot kin do this consistently, far
after all, wat does emansiiashen amount
to without ekal ri.es and the ballot, AID
wat-"h S. Es 4E ~ %4 ssA
May interrupt you wunst more ?"
interrupted the Chairman, blan:ierthan
ever %The platform adopted by the
Dinlocrisy of Connecticut accepts not on
ly the emausipashen uy the Niger but
ekal rites and the ballot for. him-giye
Mr.. Nasty drink, or by the way, set a
bottle and glass by his elbow that he may
help hiSself .
I was so staggered by this that. l inyol-
unfairly put the but,le To niy lifs instid
Nv goin tEro' the forma,ity NV pouring it
into glass, and in my dazed condishen
held it there till it was neerly exhausted.
Gentlemen, ! remarked, after a
mint of profound thought. 'tfura Ma h.
mel Dimocrat you arc askin great deal,
but-but Pm;ckai to it. [ accept eman
sipashen, civil rites, and the ballot But
my speeches will necessarily be short
You hev clipt my rite wing, and ampu-
tatid my left. and | hev only the tail to
support me. The way 700 hev the-thiBg
e - - r
fixed my speech must, ez matter of
course, be confined to fnanshel topics
Thank Heaven the re poodiashen Nv the
debt is still ..eft me-, aad on that l shell
dwell.
: Take another bottle, Mr.. Mr. Nasty