The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-08-15
Massey AND THE BALTIMORE CON.
VITION.
From the Toledo Blade.
BARNUM's HOTEL,
Baltimore, July s. 1872.

thymood-on the contrary, l am In a
condition so dazed and bewildered. that
I hardly know where am.
[ came here Greeley man. L am
Greeley man. / am leader Nv the
people-a Democratic leader Nv the peo-
pie and consequently hewitt bus one
priuciple-Post Offs. Convince me
that candidate is sound on that ques-
ton, and. in the words Nv the poet
aEz he is mine andI am hizzen,
What kin want beside"
Show me two candidates, one Nv witch
is sounder than tother on the qestion OF
Post offs, and am for the sounder one
first last and all the time. Notbln kin
shake me In this.
But it amt SO with all men. There is
q great mass who see suthin in politics
beside post offs, men witch hev pet hob
bies, which they ride yehemently and I'M
ceasingly, and verify believe in 'em. l
hev bin interviewed by dozens Nv this
most exasperating and soul wear n class
for ten days. My head whirls ez tho L
he'd been see-sick for week.
Imajine me standin at the bar at Bar
NUNS Hotel, a takin soul soothln nip
Nv my favrit bevridge, whisky strate,
with my white hat hanging gracefully on
my LETT ear, A drecming peacefully NV
that comm day when Greeley shell be
safe 10 the chair, and | shell hev my COM
mishun hangin oncet more agln the wall
Nv the post offs at the corners. lmaJlne
ones bein aroused from revery so de-
lishus, by the loud.mouth cuss slapping
you on the back and shouting Jones,
my boy, take suthin." On sich occa
shuEs [ aluz answer to the name NV
Jones and respond with elacrlty, thank
you don't care eff [ DO" And then to
hev the fellow exclaim exultingly What
Gcd-send Greeley liz to uz l am
from Georgia. | wuz in the rebel army
and wuz compelled after the war to jine
with my neighbors to restrain the lawless
violence Nv the infooriated niggers and
northners. We wuz oppressed with mill
tary by the Tyrant Grant, but now thank
heaven there will be no interference
with US.
The CRATE and good Horris sympathiz-
es with az. hev it from his commit
tee in New York. Take suthin.'
Then five minutes after imagine me
saluted by Maine Democrat, with suth-
In like this: ''Wat blessln is Greeley
With Greeley we shall hev reform and
peace. Under Greeley there will be
no lawlessnis, on the part of no ex-rebels;
the Ku-klux will be put down by the
power Nv the military, and the negroes
will be protected in their rits. [ know
this will be done for hev it from his COM
mittee. Take suthin."
Four minutes and half anuther man
Gums up: Pennsylvania holds out both
her hands for Greeley. The vigorous
fought the battle of American labor
against furrin paper labor, kin always
command the voice of Pennsylvani =
Pennsylvania goee for Greeley and the
Protection. There will be no lowering
Nv tariff under Old Pig Iron H6rris. |
hev it from his committee Take suth
in.
In about seven minutes (before | he'd
another drink fairly done. an tliinoy man
came booming up. "Rah for Greeley,
he yelled '.Rah for honest old Hor-
ris :" With the great and agricultural
and editorial wood chopper Nv the Fri
boon there will be no more oppression Nv
the farmers Nv the west with tariff aud
SIGH. | hev 1t from his committee. Take
suthin.
In ter minutes afterward, before that
drink had gone to that bourne from wich
no drinks returns -ceptln once, when L
he'd taken dozen to many, and wuz
sick in my stummick, wich wuz in my
youthful days-up came a man bowling
for Greeley and. speshy payments,
witch he said he got from Greeley 5 COM
mittee, and following him WIZ another
witch howled for Greeley ard greenbacks
witch he sWore he got from Greeley 8
committee.
There Wuz one man there wearing a
Greeley and repudiashun badge, another
with Greeley and payment Nv the debt
In gold, and everyone Nv en- wuz jubi-
liant atthe prospect Nv hevin his idees
carried out, for every one Hv them said
that he he'd full and positive assurance
from his committee.
| spect | shell hev to take the stump
this fall for Greeley. l do 1t gladly
without any assurance from his commit
tee, for Nv coorse he i hev to care for his
supporters. and bein cared for is now my
principle buziness. But | shell try and
confine myself to one section EFF the
Nashuel Committee take me over much
territory, ] want to know exactly wat
that territory is, aud shel make map
Nv it, and shall write on the margin Nv
every sckshun precisely wat the leaning
interest Nv its Inhabitants Is, and to wat
pertikeler policy it will be necessary to
pledge the crate and good Horris. The
notes will run thus:
Pennsylvany-High tariff on coal and
iron and SIGH. Protection strong-dan-
ger Nv mportation-drain Nv gold to pay
for furreI manufacktures-wood you hev
our horny handed .aborer redoost to the
level Nv pauper labor? Never.
Illinoy-Broad fields NY wheat, corn
aud cattle on a thousand hills. Agricul-
toor or material pursoot. Wood you tax
the sweat of the honest farmer Nv Hill
noy to build up the purse proud aristo-
Never
Moo England-Tarif on cotton goods
and protecshun Nv the negroe in the
South, and excooshun Nv the laws even
eft military has to be yooZed.
South karolina. trade alluz.-
In districts where there is nobody but
planters, no military rool; where niggers
predominant and are reasonable, military
to protect them from the infamous ku-
klux.
And so on. Even with such prepare.
shun it will be close and judgmatica
work, bat / ken do it. Besides them
patriots witch expect to be postnasters
and sich, VIII alluz be on hand to post
me, so that I can't make any serious
mistakes.
Wat bootiful thing it would be to be
Republican, and hev the same thing to
talk in all parts Nv the country.
PETROLEUM Y. Massey,
witch wuz postmaster