The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-10-03

the old and ancient Democracy he'd riz and
asserted herself and their Democratic
| instinks riz likewise. The percession
happenip to motifs niger or two, witch
! curiosity he'd attracted to the show, it went
| for EN-, and the work Nv weeks wuz undun
| in mint. Instid Nv treatin them niggers
ez men and brethrin, they knockt down two
Nv EN- and he'd one strung up to tree.
rushed into the thrOng ez strong ship buff
fets the waves. I cleaved my way through
the excited crowd and cut that niger down.
$50 back ~ I yelled in voice Nv author
ity "Deekin Pogram, hist that effigy Nv the
good and great Greeley up and saloot it.
Bascom, unfurl them banners with the sainted
names Nv Greeley and Brown, and chuck in
that fire the O'Conor banner witch now in
suits the free air of Kentucky. Yoo hev bin
misled. O'Conor is not the Democratic can
didate, but Greeley is. Now, every man Nv
700. Three cheers for Horris Greeleyp'
For the fust time in my life my words
availed me nothin at the Corners Bascom
remarked that he he'd hurrahed for 81. Gree
ley iist ez long ez he proposed to, and Dec
kin Pogram swore that he hedn't he'd mites
sleep since he actid at the Greeley ratifca-
ton meetin. and he he'd he'd jist ez much Nv
it ez he wantid in hizen, and brushin me one
side they reformed in procession, and wuz
agein on to consummate their purpose.
'Men and BRETHREN" shreeRt, eye know
not wat 700 do. Hooris Greeley is
''Is wat?' askt Bascom, ''Is he Dimocrat?
will he pay the Confedrit debt Nv witch held
three bushels? viii he pay for the horses the
Fedrals stole? will he pay for the nlggers
Linkin robbed US NV? will he
/ determined to play my trump, witch wuz
to ashoor EN- that Heoris wuz all that they
wantid him to be, and would do all they
wantid him to do, when just ez he'd get out
the words 'Horris Greeley is that Gus
Joe Bigler and Pollock hove in site with
every niger in the Corners, ineloodin all Nv
them WITCH 1 he'd bin workin with before l
went to Chappaqua, to convince EN- that
Horris wuz the same old abolitionist that he
alwuz, wuz and that it wuz the Dimocrisy
wich he'd changed
swat is Horris Greeley?' askt Joe with a
Aellish leer on his face. ''Me and my trends
here, want to know. Go on Parson, go on.'
l coodent go on and he knowd it. Eff I
satisfied my friends, wuz certain to NOR
tally offend hizzen, and vice vercy. 1t wuz
death in any event, and so after abusin Grant
for appointin all his relatives to offs, man
aged to git the meetin adjourned, and the
people dispersed.
Our folks retoose to support Greeley at
any price, and Pollock and Bigler hev got the
niggers and the Northern settlers in a solid
body for Grant. Ez the Dmocratic vote will
be divided, it wOodent be at all singular eff
they shood carry the Corners. And then,
even eff we elect Greeley, with what kind Nv
face kin l ask for the Post Offs? Troubles
is comm thick about me. 1t is a terrible
thing to hev to carry Abolitionst, even eff
he is deodorized in SIGH community ez ours.
Wood, oh wood that L wuz Republican, so
that one story wood do for all localities and
aujinces.
PETROLEUM V. Massey,
(Which wuz Postmaster, and hopes to be agin.)