The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1872-03-21

ocrisy nv that State never wavered II
thsiF support Nv the cause Nv South
ern rites, and after the struggle WI
Transferred from the field to the poiit
ne arena, nowhere did we find NOR
stsdfast friends. Nowhere Wuz the
sich genuine, deliteful hatrid NV thl
ufgRer=nOwhefe Vuz there a NOR
s EARNEST opposisfen to Al the measures
pDpcsed - the infamous Ablishnists
Esoh heT b long held us under tbei
iron heels. Then agin, thu like
Wich the DimOcrisy Nv Connection
dripk e the most sarchin Nv any
F, egeE tastid There is . grip In It'll
s&kee hold Nv the centre nv life with
more ytshusnis than any ever eOi
hold Nv.
TWus receiFed with enthusiasm, fu
help EuE very much needed ther
They deEende1 On me 70 infoOse suth
in nks enthuzlasm into the campane
a Il wuE raketed immejitly to attend {
meetin Nv the Central Committee
that mite be instructed in the nttll
detetls wIch Il wood be nessary &,
know, that mite adapt myself to thl
pecOoiisrities Nv Connecticut politiks
- suppose, eentlemen," sed in my
easy, dowin style, "that the speecbes
Wtch, eE 9 DiraOcrat, hey been De.
iiFefiu fuF tbs past four or five yearl
In all geckshuns Nv our Wunst happy
bot now DISTRACTED country, viii ansei
f1r thia State without material alter
ashen. DimOcEisy, gentlemen, is q
eternal prinsipple wich, like the ever
lastin hills, kin never change. EZ
some nv you may never h6v ned the
pleasure nv hserin that celebrated
speech, ] win give you q synopsis Nv
it After ailHdin breehy to the grand
jer uy the country, dTellin more fully
9 On athe gtandjer nv the pertikleler
State into wtch happen to be ih,
(wich nsSertane aforehandl, I per-
ceed 70 Wunst to a viggerus denunsi-
ashens Nv the Nisrer--p
The Chairman begged me TO pause.
'On general prinsiples,n sed he,
eaud ez e rule, sympathize with our
friend In dRmnin the Niger. But It
viii hardly do IN this State at this
timef % indulge in that most natrAl
dsmntn.0 The fact Is, Mr.. Nasby,
there q several thousand niRgers in
Connecticut, and they vote Dino
crisy can't afford to damn any class
Wich votes. Give Mr.. Easby a drink.r
] took the drink and continyOod,
= y protest agln the niger Nash
mel Dimocrat, pertikeleTly a Kentucky
Dimocrat, must perpetuRlly protest
agfn the Niger but ! recognise the
sitooeshen here, and will struggle to
adapt myself to It. 1 will do violence
TO nv DimOcrisy and ma feelins, and
let the Niger alone. But while 1 an
Wlllin not to abuze him on general
oppose with all the power hev the
unholy and unconstooshnel amend
ments wich emaneipated him, and
VIII Mr. Nasty pardon me-" sed
the Chairman blandly; sin the plat
form adoptid by the DimOcrisy eman-
sipeshen IS sacceptid ez fixed fact,
.and-bEt give Mr.. Nasty drink. %
took the drink-a very large one,
fur IN my furry 1t Wuz nessesary, and
9 went on. fase
- al spose, . sed I, nthat ez you hev
done this, I shel hev 90 swaller eman-
.sipa 5hen--a leeEe drop more Nv that
whiskey eff you please-but it don't
matter. I kin at least yoose that DOR
shen Nv my speech wich denies TO EN-
civil rites and the ballot. Ikin do this
consistently, fur after all, wat does
5 se1aeEsip ipashen amount to without ekal
rites and the ballot, and Wat-D
May interrupt you wunst mOre@i
infefrEptid tie Chairman, blander
than eFerl fi1lls platform adopt
ed ~ tle Dlm0ertsy Nv Connecti-
cut accepts not only the emansipa-
shen Nv the Niger, but ekal rites and
ths bGllot for him-give Mr.. Nasty a
drtnk, or BY the way, set bottle and
glsss 1y his elbow that he may help
l1iBaeifB .s8aae rs -
I WIZ so staggered by this that I in.
voluntarily put the bottle to nv Hps
instid Nv goin thro the formality NV
poUrinit into . VIsss. and in nv dazed
condishen held Il there till It was
neeEiy exhaustid.
''Gentls&ef, ~ remarked after
mint Nv profound thought, 'fur
NRshnel Binocrat you are askin a
gzeat deels but-but-pm ekal 70 it.
I accept en1ansip ipashen, civil rites and
ne ballot. Bot my speeches will nes-
sessefliy be short. You hev clipt nv
rite wing, and amputatid my left, and
I hey only the tail tc support me.
The way 700 heV the thing fixed my
speeeh must, ez q matter nv course.
be confined to hnansheI topics. Thank
Heaven TIE FepOodfashen nv the debt
IS still lei me, and on that I shel
-ssTaks smother bottle, Mr.. Nasby.n
sed the Chairman, more blanderer
than ever tsand permit me to sejest |
that the platform Nv the Dimocrisy /
Nv Connecticut repoOdiRtes the propo- |
sis1e9 70 repoodiGte the NRshnel debt |
with ioathin and skorn, brandin the /
chaRge era SANDER, and insists upon
1ts payment, prinsiple and interest.
lake another drink beg. Mr.. Nasby.' -
sseaood Lord ~ gssped I, in astonish-
ment, 9Esmansipashen, Ekal Rates,
lmp6rshel Suffrage, and yhe Payment /
Nv the Debt! Why, gentle sirs, I
n1ite ez Wen put on q clean shirt and
be q Republican to-Wunst, for ez near
ez ! KIN see, the matter nv clean lin
en- Is all that we shell differ in. I can't
do lt-feely can't Think Nv Ken
tucky-think Nv Southern Iniiany
md 1hi1oy-think Nv the Irish In II
MOO Xork -think nv lEpr II
The Chairman with a smile the
olAndness 0y wich 1 never saw ekall-
60, pressed me to take one more drink,
6lea 4 did. BE then remarkt that-fn
the present state Nv affairs, Dimocri-
y eoodent be expected to be one and
the same eyeryw here. To reech sue
eess, Wlch is Post Offices, it wuz COM
peneo 70 cultivate an elasissIty NV Z
perfesshen Rich- allows adptin itself to |
any KIND Nv circumstances. Il wuz
nesessity one thing in one place and /
lnoSher n another-jest ez the pekoo-
er pekooliarities Nv the people mani Y
estee theirselVes. Ef the peoDIe nv =
,ertain locality wants one pertictCeler
Inc Nv polisy, it is the biz9is nv fbe b
10 promise Ref another {
desires aIine Nv polisv nre- Y
'isely the opposite, why the Dimocri-
y must promise that also. Sich pro-
'eedinso viii, know, make combina- a
hens Nv a rather startlin charaster. {
{ is stsggrer TO see our friend Mas b
y defencin niger votin, but I hev P
lopes Nv -seein Tweed and Sweeney,
,cn1rz and Greeley all workfn to-
ether on platform Nv opposishen to
When success hez crown
q our eforts-when there IS a Dim. =
crat in the place Nv the butcher c
'rant, a DimOcratie Congress and \
'imocratic legislachers, and sich, Z
lsn-Eell, well, let the fucher take D
Are for herself TIE pint now, is O
lecess. sBut1 he resoomed. comm :,
things practikIe, stake another q;
rlnkftisc ta1al als q
I took it, which made nearly a.gaI-1 d
n that I ned absorbed Nv course I fe
,nsentld % endorse the platform II
ioptl1 ~ the C0nvenshen, and COM hl
lenst my work the next eYenin. Ny at
- applntment wuz in a seklOOdid ~
lisgef1n lf5ish ia Dem6erisv are Il
rgely ~ tne majority and conseken- hi
] are more enthOosiastie and aggres- ~ oF
Ee than they are where thew are do
eazer. J he'd a large meetin. and ia tn
lgnt TO hey bin a success, but thew n. "a
ant read the platform and knowed '--'
'onip ny il he'd It afors me. and
leneo with q vigorous eu'ogv nv ~
hun and Euz a foiler;u thi
7 i Up iHsissin that the conferrin nv oW
e ballet On. the nieeer wuz 4 most acc
It ana proper thing to DO. when 7 tRsl tRPl
ls greetio with storm Of hisses. moi
Ills the sussed AbiHshi1jst of tha ne
md z, srsehea the eRraged masses Lea Lea
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