Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-10-02
NAsBY.
tRrom the Toledo Biade.l
The Democracy OF the Corners Meet In
Convention nnd Resolve-How They
Lived Up 60 Their Resolutions.

Convention and Resolve-Hoyy They
Lived Up 60 Their Resolutions.
CoNrEDRu x RoAps.
(Wich is In the State nv Kentucky, ,
Sept. 10, 1874.
The Dimocrisy NV the Corners hev felt,
and do feel, that watever they may hold
ez their private opinyuns ez to men and
things, they hev no rite TO jepardize the
prospex NV the party in the Northern
States, wich, after all, is to be the battle
field In the contest wich is comm on,
wich will decide the fate NV the party
The Corners is liberal, like other Dem.
ocratic localities, in the matter of reso.
looshens. We kin resoloot with loose
mis- that hez never yet been exalted, and
do 1t with sich sincerity ez wood carry
convickshen to any sole-wich never seed
us.
Feelin that the people NV the North
ought to be disabused NV the idea that
the Dimocrisy NV the Corners wuZ
not friendly to the colored people whose
lott is cast amongst us, and feelin that
the fact that we cherish abidin affeck-
shun for EN- ought to be understood, /
called a convenshun NV the white DIM
ocrisy, that our troo sentimence on this
question mite be given to the world.
We gathered in force. | took the cheer,
and the following resolooshens were yoo-
unanimously adopted:
The I;;mocrisy of the Confedrit Cross Roads in
eonvenshun assembled beleevin that the troo
feelin nv the Dimocrisy nv the South toward the
colored people is misunderstood, and feelin
anxshus that the sed misapprehenshun shood be
removed and that the Corners espeshelly shood
be set rite afore the world do hereby set forth
the follerin ez their platform NV prinsipples:
ResOiced, That the Dimocrisy nv Confedrit
Roads accept the results NV the late unpleasant
ness in good faith, and pledges theirselves to
stand by the same forever and ever.
ResoLged, That the Dmocrisy NV Confedrit X
Roads hoy alluz accepted the aholishun nv slav-
cry eI hnal, and hev neither desire nor dispo-
sishun to agin see their colored brethren in
bondage NV any kind watevcr.
ReSOtDed That the Cross Roads challenge any
locality in the North of ekal populashun to show
more people wich kin accede to the sent-
mence NV these resolooshens with more hearth
ness.
ResoiCed, That we heartily concede the entire
ekality NV the colored men NV the Corners with
the Caucasian Dimocrisy and guarantee to EN- all
the rights, privileges and immuniues that we
possess and pledge ourselves to see EN- perfected
in EN-.
RsS0iged, That the rite NV the colored men nv
the Corners to exercise the sacred privilege nv
the ballot we not only concede, but we pledge
ourselves to perfect EN- in 1t at all hazards.
ReSOtUed, That we are not the enemies, but the
friends NV our coored brethren, and put the
see nv our everlasting condemnation on all at
tcmpts to bring about anythin that hez the slitest
appearance a races.
ResOiUed, That we condemn vehementy and
unreservedy all acts nv violence toward our col
Ored brethren; and we pledge the Corners that,
loving our colored brethren ez We do. nothin NV
ored men of this yisinity shell live under their
own vines and fg-trees (ef they have EN- to live
under), with none to mocst nor make EN- afeered.
These resolooshens wuz passed yoo-
unanimously. Bascom insisted that there
shoOd be no discushen, for discushen, he
remarkt, took time, and to him time wuZ
money. While the Corners Wuz in the
meetin -house discussin, the Corners
want at his bar drinkin, and he de
spised discushen. The resolooshens waz
all rite, enyhow. And so they wuz
adopted, and the meetin adjourned.
| went away from that meetin. house
tollably well pleased. 1 he'd got the Cor
ners committed to line Nv polisy wich
wood satisfy the people Nv the North
Them Republicans wich wuZ soured with
Rupublikinism, but which dassent trust
us to take keer Nv the nigger, coodent
find no fault with these resolooshens, and
mite safely trust themselves with us, on
platform so broad and comprehensive
To me the prospeX Nv the Dimocrisy wuz
never SO brite.
But my pleasure wuZ Nv short dura-
shen. While we wuZ at Bascom's takin
soshel drink, Issaker Gavitt saw passin
niger wagon maker who lives at the
lower end Nv the village.
That villin," sed lssaker, griffin his
teeth, 7" dunned me for ten dollars for re-
pairs onto my wagon yesterday, and my
father yoozed to own that niggerw
"Infamusl' shouted they all in korus
"And only mite afore lastI he'd ham
stolen from my oke-house, wich, | am
satisfied, that niger must have stolen
| wuZ glad to hev that ham fastened
onto niger, for l he'd paid Bascom a
ham on akkount the mornin 1ssakeT
missed it. 1t takes good financeerin for
me to live here.
BY this time the niger he'd got home,
but Issaker's rage wuz bilin feendishly.
" | am goin to hev pay for that ham
out Nv that niggerw yelled Issaker,
drawin his revolver.
q But the nigger is home and safe by
this time" sed, hopin to stem the tide
Nv his wrath and save ourselves. Let
it rest"
"Neverw sed Issaker; "neverl !
owe dooty to society. That niger
may be home and out Nv reach, but there
are enuff others layin around loose
Shel niggers steal my hams and go un.
punished?"
And Issaker sailed out follered by the
entire Corners. They didn't find the in
dividjle niger that Issaker believed
stole his ham, but they found brother
in-law of hizzen, wich Issaker shot at
sight, but didn't quite kill him. The
ger to his feet and seeZe stun and
heave it at lssaker. The crowd, Nv
coorse, coodent stand any sich signs Nv
insubordination on the part Nv this III
Ierlor race, and they dubbed him till his
inferior soul left its earthly tenement
and winged its way to wherever the souls
NV niggers go.
The blood Nv the Corners bein up,
there wuZ no yoose attemptin to stop it.
The wrongs inflicted on Issaker Gavitt
demanded prompt reparashen, and il
wuz mad The niger he had accoosed
wuzn't found, but some six others wuz,
and they suffered in his stead. Wot re-
morse will haunt that nigger's mind
when he contemplates the fact that his
kcepin out ov the way NV bein killed cost
= six others their lives! 1t is jest like EN-
The trouble ran on late into the mite
=. 1he niggers hev tricku keepin out NV
the Way when the blood NV the Corners
biles, but they can't take their school
houses with EN-, nor all their portable
property. The Schoolhouse at the edge
NV the village wuz burned, and quite a
number NV wagons and wheel barriers
and sich belongin to EN-, witch we gath
cred, wuZ cOusoomed to make "a decent
bonfire. EZ this fire occurred at about
five in the mOrnin and eZ the mail closed
1T seven, didn't stay to see it out.
got back to Bascoms and made fair
copy az my Tesolooshens, that they mite
go North for publicashen in good shape
| espeshelly desire to reashoor our friends
in the North.
PETROLEUM V Nasty,
(Which wuz Postmaster)