Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-08-02
From the
Nasty Papers
Nh. Massey ~ BALTIMORE--THE sIN--Ho" uE
PROPOSES TO STUMP THE COUNTRY.
BARNUM's HOTEL,
B.LrINoRs. July s, lel2

BARNCM : nUIELs
BALrIxoRs, July s, 1872 5
lam, matter Of course, delegate to the
baltimore convenshun, where | sm TO proudly
cast nv vote for the fsvorite uv the Democracy,
Uorris Greeley, the wood-chopper Of Chspps-
cue. | do not feel in s pertikeierly strong and
heslthy mood. On the contrary, sn in E con
dishen GO dszel and 5eEildereI th2t hardly
know where an.
[ cane here a Greeley man. l arr leader
Nv the Veople-a Democratic leader Nv the PEG
ule-And consekently heya't but oae principle
post ofis Convince me that candidate H
sound on that question, and, in the words Nv
the poet
"Ezhs is mine and am L-zzen,
What kia l want beside"
Show ne two csaiiiates, one Uv Bich IS
.oundcr than t'other on the question Nv post
offs, AID | an for that sounder ore, hr't, lait
and al the time Nothin whatever eau shake
me in THE
Bot it amt 70 with al men. There is great
mass Who see suthiu in politiks beside post Oils;
men wich hev pet hobbies, which they ri1e
yehemenly and unceaiiDgly, and who verify
bleeve in EN-. hev bin interviewed BY dozens
Nv this most exssperstin and sole-weSrln elsss
fo- ten dSys Ny he'd Hhi-,s ez tho / he'll bin
ses-sick Sr 4 week.
Iusrine me s:Andin At the bar at Ba-num s
hotel, a tAkin q s0ul-s5othin nip w my t2yort
bsvril-e, whiskey straight, with my white h&t
baurin gracefully on my left ear, dreania
peacefully Nv that conin day When Greeley
shel he safe in the chair, and shel hev NJ cam
mission cuct more hAngin sgin the wall Nv the
most ofi;sAt the cornerU Imagine ones being
rousel from : reverie 50 delishus By loud
mouthei cuss tlAppin you on the hacS anu
thoujia, J0nes. ny boy, take Suth:n %
sch occasions slluz answer 10 the name CT
Jones, and respond with alscrity, " Thank yoo
don't care il lido" And thea to hev this fellow
exu.tiuely exclaim, ''WhAt God-send Greeley IS
to us lam from Georgia I wuz IN the rebe-
army, and wuz compelled after the var 10 JOIN
With ny nsighbors to restrain the laEless vio-
lence " the iuiooris;ed Africans and northern
ert We wuz oppres, with military by the y
rGnt Grant, but now, thank Heaven, there ahe.
be no interference with Us. The CRATE and
-5od Horris sympath;ses with Us. | hev it frou
Lis committee in Moo York. Won't you take
suthin.
Then FIVE mini.s after imsSin ne ssllC;ei b7
Maine Dsrnokr.t with su;hin like this '' "4t
S blef,ing is Greeley With Greeley We abel
hev reform and petce. Under Greeley taer viii
be iswli.ness N tie part Nv 10 ex-rtbeis; the
Ku-Klux Will be put down by the power Nv the
military. AMI the niggers viii he proteztei IL
thei- ritls know this Will be done, FOR
hev It frou his committee Won't you take
suthir7''
Four miuits al } half another nan comes
up Sc Pennsylvania holds out her hands for
Greeley Tie vigorous old protectionist-the
msn which he- fought the battle Cv Auerken
lsbcr SYN furriu psuper labor, kin ailus com
msni the voice Of Pennsylvania. Psrntylysnis
goes for Greeley and protection There will te
no more .oHerin " tzr:d under Homes; Old Pig
Iron Horris I hev il from la committee F.
Take suihin,''
In ab9u; seven niuiis before Lci another
drink fairly dJvn) az Illiuoy man came bocmin
up. "R,h fer Greeley :" he yelled. "R.h for
Honest Old Horris With the great Horris At
the head Nv aGs;rs, the bioatei aristocratic
manufacturers Nv Pennsylvania and Moo Eng
ltri WILL sing snail. With the grste and good
szr.cuitocrsl and editorial wood chopper Nv the
Tuboon, there will be no more oppression uv
the farmers Us the West with tA1ils and sich-
hev /; fl5n bis committee. VIII you take
suthir2''
Ia tel miuits afterwards, asJre that drink
hal gone to that bourne from which no traveller
returns, ceptin orce when | he'd taken q dozen
too many and wuz sick At ny stummick, which
WIZ in M youthful days, up came man hoWin
for Greeley and speeshy payments Wich he
t1ii he got from Gresley's committee. AID
f5.leriu him wur smother wich h0Wied fer
Greeley AMI EreenbackS. Wich he 5Tore re
q; from Greeley's committee
There Wuz one man proudly sportia Greeley
and rCDulSsheu bEige. another with Greeley
and raymen; Of the debt in gold, and every one
Nv them Hut jub.lsut at the prospect Of hevin
his IDEAS carried out, for eyry one w EN- se3
be bel fu., and To1iti7e sshoor4nces from his
committee.
Isre,t ,hel Rev to take the stump this fsli
fey Greeley. l DO j, glsdly without eay sshoor-
snces from his committee, fur Nv corte he'll hev
to czre for his supporters, sud beia cared for
is jet ny principle bizuets. But shel try to
c1uiue myself to one section. Ei the nsshnel
committee take ne over much territory, I want
TO know exactly vat that territory i, aud thel
make map Nv II, and shel rite on the margin
w esch section precisely vat the lesdin interest
Nv it's inhabitants il. Iui 10 wa, pertkeler poll
cy it will be necessary to pledge the CRATE aud
good HOrTis The note will run thus
PcGnsylyany-Il tariff on coal and iron
ami SIGH prOteoshen strong; danger uv in
poriationa drain " gold 10 pay for turin
manufactures. Wood you lev our horny
handed laborers redocst to the level ~ psuper
labor, Never
Il.inoy-BJosd fields ug wheat, corn snd cat
tia on thousand hills sgr:cultur our nsteral
pursuit. Wood you tax the sweat w the honest
fSrmer Nv llliuoy to build up the pure proud
aris;ocrstic manufacturer of PsnusylvsDy p
Never
Moo Englsud-TSrif on cotton goods pro
teckshsn to the niggers in the South and the
execooshen Nv tie Avs, even If military h5z to
be yoosed.
South Ksroliuy-Free trade Slluz. In dees-
tricks whe7 Their lie nobody but planters, no
military rule; wher niggers predominant and
are responsible, military 10 protect them from
the Infamous Ku-klux.
And go or. Even with sich preparation it
will he olose and iudgmstical work, but kin DO
it. Besides. them patriots wich expect to be
postmasters and sich, will Alluz be on hand to
post me, so that can't make any seriouG mis-
takes
What besutiful thing it would be to be Re
publican, and hev the ssms thing to talk in all
parts Nv the country.
PETROLEUM Y. Macy,
(Wich Wuz Postmaster