Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-07
CONFEDRIT Y ROADS,

siStent Swcarn alore | Good convince EN- that
he'd any ldee NV supportn man witch they he'd
heerd me deuounce ez the YileSt abliShen deSpoi
on earth, thousand times. Alas they don't
know the fun elaSiSity of the democratic mind.
| called a meetin and gave en- IN account NV
my stewardship at Cincinnati
commenst my remarks by saying that went
to Cincinnati with a view NV nominatin that
Sterlin patriot, Judge Davis, who tho in offs ez
n repuhlikin, hezn's enutf repubhkiniSm about
lin to hurt or that other Sterlin patriot, Charles
FAueiS Adams, the son NV John Quincy Adams,
hut wich heZn't anything of the Adams about
him hut the name. 1t wuz gatherin NV the
people, not an offs holders convention, and
that WIZ what wuZ the matter with us. Not
one nv the delegates held q government posi-
shen. and not one NV rs he'd any chance NV gettin
one under Graut Give us anything else
confess, tho, wuz somewhat disappointed.
The convenShen he'd throwd off on Adams and
Davis, and nominated Greeley,
Hang him!' shouted the people 81 kin lick
any man in a minute who asks me 10 vote for
him!' shouted Kerual McPelter.
paid no attention TO these compliments.
81 he'd no idee nv even Supportm him. and
wuz gland of his nominashun only eL believed
lie wood draw OFT enuff republi6in votes TO
enable us to elect a sound constitutional demo-
craft"
That's wat We wsnt-a sound conStitntoosh-
mel demokratF yelled Kernel McPelier, late OF
the eoufederi Ser'iS.
Bat nolSl that a great majority NV the
democratic paperS-0 can read, my brethren,
and hev that advantage over yeol-iusiSt ON
adoPtin him Al our oonVeuShnn, and eli 81, he is
our candidate"
wen see him"
"Holdl" said |, quickly. "No good demokrst
kin bolt regular noniinaShup, and after Sli Hor-
ris is not the wuSi one we lin hCV. Oar motto
wuz Principles. not men" We carried Il out TO
the letter. We adopted puno.pleS; and e. for
meu, we come "a near nathin e. possible, uudcr
- - - 3. -
i've tariff man. Wlch dOul Suit Elder PcuulhacS,
err but the elder mast remember thai VeTSaloal
HOrriS Is within, et VIC viii SupRort him. - treat
the ishoo e. one 70 he ssI1lc5 by the peoplc else
where. He WIZ an oppreSsOr Of iasc south, Aoc-
mel MCPelter wood say fCao he Wug, ~ inlcS,
and then again AZ times he want. wachi The
great and good Grecly for many wears. There
amt no question that I now remember nv lax
cept slavery ana the price nv 5he Ncw York
Weekly rriboonl that he amt hin on 1oJ5 sides
NV dozen times.
like the intoxicated iudiyiinel who coodeut
git into bed coz the bod was Within round, and
who determined finally 10 Law Still and wAii TIL
the bed cone round 70 him, aud an that any
question has got to do is 10 stay Snll aud H0rriS
is certain 10 come round 10 II. He bieev6d
slavery wus unconStitooShnel and vet WIS for
pawn the Niger owners for the Niger. lie de
Tended John Browns raid and opposed secession.
Then Immediately thereafter he favored secession
insisted on war agin us for S6cedin, then urged
the federal hrens on to Richmond, then tried
TO patch up peace with us. He hez bin arad-
ical and a conservative, a Fourierite and a be-
lever in bran bread. He opposed Taylor and
supported him. he supported Linkin and OPP
posed him. In short, he has been on all sides NV
all auestons-One side to-day, fother tomorrow
and very frequently both at the same time. In
short, don't knO NV nothin that he hezn't bin,
amdican't maein nothin that he amt extremely
likely TO be. / read his record yesterday, and
Nptf nm in m mind than pz thp 1 hnJ
bin on Il drunk for a week. never knowd more
confusion or intoxicatin readin."
But" said DeekIn Pogram, care we, dm-
Gratis, to be compelled TO vote for such a bundle
OF contradictions
"My aged iriend'' | replied blandly, "wood
you like to receive from me the trifin sum nv
one hundred and eighty dollars which | owe
700? Wood Bascom2 Wood"
From every indiviuuel in that awience there
came up like the roar ny torrent, ''Yes."
On the question NV my payin my debts the
Corners are sngerly yoonanmous.
"My brethren, the way to my lquidatin is
post orhs, and post orfs only. Ell | wuz in my
old place, now occupied by that disguStin mig
ger, Lubbock, 700 wood hev at least a chance
for your money. Ef the great and good Greeley
is elected that Niger goes out, and go in. Pol
lock goes out of the collectors offs and in goes
Issaker Gayitt or Kernel McPeiter. Watkins,
the niger assessor. woodent be allowed 10 hold
his place Il minnit, and that saint, Deekin PO-
gram, or that other saint, Elder Pennebacker,
would be immeiitely installed, and"
("Hearl hearP from lssaker Gavitt, Elder
Penncbacker, McPeter and Pogram-Kernel
MePelter earnestly lickn man who INDUCED
in la'ter.)
'In short, my brethren, we want the offisis.
We hev been eatin grass like Nebuchadn ezzar
since 1860 with the exception of Johnson's bless
ed years., and Pharaoh's lean kline amt nothin
to us We hunger and thirst for en-. Wv course
I'd ruther git my place back agin throo iBreckin-
ridge, but ruther than not hev it I'd take from
Wendell Phillips hiSself Ell Greeley is neces-
sary to gettin them | 30 for Greeley. He may
shift ez fast ez he pleases, | kin follow him.
Pat that post offs in front of me, and eff he kin
shit faster than | kin, heV over estimated my
powers in that line. He will insist upon quail
icashens strenuously, but he hez his own stand
ard. He believes them that admire HorrS
Greeley are, eX ofllsho, fit for any place under
amy government, aud them who don't amt
wuth d-n for anything. l am talented at
admiring sich men, am.
Pogram, Pennibacker, McPelter, and lssaker
Gavltt wuz entirely convinced, but there wuZ
murmurin among the others.
You idiots" said |, sternly, sis Grant re-
publikin2"
Gle is!-he ls!''
HEY 700, ez democrats, anything to expect
from himp"
eve hewitt" they replied
"Do you know the pecoolyarities nv the great
and good Hoorsp We know what he is to-day;
we know what he wuz yesterday, and sich of
you eZ ken read plain print and write without
running your tongues out kin assertane what
he wuz before that. What he hez been YOU
know, but what he will be, only the Affinity,
who knows all things, kin tell, and no one but
hiSseli suppOseS he is NV sutliShent account to
be made the subject Of profesy. We are very
certain NV a republican eff Grant is eIccted--we
may hey a Republican or a democrat ef Greeley
succeeds. It's an even chance where he tes,
with the per cent in our favor, for NV course the
Republicans will make fun NV him, WITCH is the
only thing he never fOreives, Ez an uncertain
ty is better than a certainty, 'rah for Greeley.
They wuz convinst, and immeitly Greeley
club was organized, In Cincinnati he'd en-
harkt in spekulashun. he'd twenty dollars
left from he money he'd borrowed NV Judge
Davis committee, and | invested EN- IN fifty
white hats uv an ancient pattern, eXpectin TO
sell 'em TO the Greeley club, wich intended TO
organize, at, say $3.50 each. After the club
was organized, stated to EN- that the yOonis
form must be the style nv dress NV our beloved
chief white hat and the left pantaloons leg
ON the top nv the boot leg, and that he'd Sc
koored white hats enuif to supply the club
Here difficulty okkurred. In the entire party
there wuzn't pair Of pantaoons which wuzn't
worn off at least three inches above where q
boOt-top would be, and it bein warm weather
the anience was all harelooted, However they
took the hats readily, and stashcned myself at
Il iuDle 10 TtCciNC Tue CASH lOF en-. n pfO1t NV
filty-iiye dollars wuzn't so bad. AlasI how hui.
man hopes arc blighledl BaseOm sed he'd take
them hats, collect the money for 'em, and credit
me on account He did it, didn't get dol
lar NV it'll
| swallered it ca best mite, for amt no
good to make row about 1t, No one In the
Corners kin oppose Bascom, for he has all the
llkker there IL But we had jollifcashun over
the organizashun. Itwuz cheerin site to sec
| fifty men all in Greedy white hats drinkin the
| health nv the great Horris in Bascom's new
| whisky u wuz a cheerin site TO see the zeal
wieli the admirers OF the white.coated philaps
thropist, all in white hats, went for sick niggers
ca they found in the streets that night dom
despair NV seeing niggers hogged under them
| white hats. PETROLEUM V. Nasty,
| (Which wuZ Postmaster.)
ORGANIZATION OF A NEW EDUCATION SocI.
ETY.-Ihe society Tor the promotion of uollegi.
| ate and theological education was organized as
| corporate body under the charter just granted
| by the legislature, and held lis first meeting al
the South church chapel at Springfield on Tues
| day evening. The new corporation takes the
place Of a similar organization that has existed
| without charter for many years, The old so.
clety first met and, after some preminaries,
gave up the ghost in due form, when the lteys
Drs Leonard Bacon Of New Haven, II. q. But
terrified Of New York, $. G.. buckingham OF