Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-10-22
MASSEY.
Tho Democracy Of she Cssners Meet In on.
vension ana Re olive -How They Lived Up 20
Their Resolutions.
From the Toledo Diads.i
CONEEDRlr X ROADS.

felt and do feel, that watever they
may hold eZ their private opinyuns
ez to men and things, they hev nc
rite to jerardxe the prosper az the
party 10 the Northern states, WITCH
after all, is to be the battl.-f, 1 in
the contest wich is coming on, wich
W II decide the fate Nv he party.
The Corners ia liberal, like other
Democratic zeal ties, in The matter
nv resolooshens. We kin res0loot
with a l9osenis that has never yet
been excl cd, and do it with slch sim
cerity eE wood carry oonvlcsheu TO
env sol witch he'd never seed us.
Feelin that the people Nv the North
ought to b, dIsapused Nv the iies
that the D,moorisy Nv the c irners
wuz not friendly to the colorel PEG.
pie whose lot is cast amongst u, and
feeling tina tha fact that we cherish
a ab,diu aft 'c--hun for en-. ought TO
be understooi. | called a convenshun
az the white D.mocrisy. that our troo
sentimenoe on this question mite be
given to tie world. We gathered in
force. | took the cheer, and the fol-
lowing resoIooshens wuz yoonani-
n ,usly adopted:
The Dimocrisy oil the Confedrit Cross
Roads in convenshun assembled, be eevin that
the troo fssiin Nv the DemocrlsY NV the south
toward the CO ored people is misunderstood,
and feelin anxshus that the sed nisapprehen-
shun shood he set rite afore the world, DO
hereby set forth the follerin ez their platform
Nv PRINCIPLES.
Resolved, That the Democrisy Nv Con'ed'it
X Roads accept the results Nv the late on
pieasantness IN good faith, and pledges their.
selves to stand by he sane forever and ever.
Resolved, that the Dilnocrisy of Coufedrit
X Roads hev allus accepted the abolIshun Nv
slavery ez final, ami hev neither desire nor
disposishen 10 agin see their colored brethren
in bondage Nv any kind wAtever.
Resolved, That the Cross Roads challenge
any loo alty in the North. Nv ~ksl popuiashen /,
to show more people wlch kin arcede TO the
sentimence NV these resolooshons with more
hartiness.
Resolved, That we hartily concede the en-
tire ekality Nv the colored men Nv the Corn-
ers, with the Caucasian d. ancrisy, and guar
antee to EN- all the rites, privileges and i'm
selves to see EN- perfected IN ern.
Resolved, That the rite Nv the colored men
Nv the Corners to exercise the sacred privIl-
eye Nv the ballot, we not only conceds, but
We pledge ourselves TO pertect EN- 10 it at all
hazards.
Resolved, That we are not the enemies,
but the trends Nv our colored brethren, and
we nut the seet NV our everlastin condelnna-
shen on all attempts TO bring about anything
that hez the slltest appearance w war NV
races.
Resolved, That we condemn vehemently
and uur.servedly all acts NV violence toward
our colored brethren, and we pledge the Corn
er. that. iuvin our colorrd brethren ez we do,
nu;hin Nv the kind shall ever occur here, but
that the colered men Nv this vislnity shell live
under their own vines and hg trees (ef they
have EN- 10 live underl, with none TO modest
nor make em Altered.
These re,"lJoshens wuz passed
yoonanimou-ly. Bascom insisted
that there shood be discushen, for
discushen, he remArkt, took time,
aud to him time was money. While
the Corners wuz IN the meeti, house
di.cussin, the Corners wazn't at his
oar drinkin, and he despisef di.-
cushen. The resol Joshen wuz
rite enyhow. And so they wux
adopted and the neetin adj burned.
l went away from that meetin
house t, ally W. Il pleased. he'd
got the Cornvrs committed to line
Nv polisy witch wood satisfy the peo-
oil, Nv the North. Tnem r publ
kins witch waZ soured With Repu, IL
kinism, but wich dAssent trust u+ 10
take keer Nv the niger, cooien
fud no faul; with these resUlo. shens,
and mite safely trust themselves
with US, on platform so broad and
comprehensive. To m the prosper
Nv the D,mocriay was never Sd brite
But my pl assure wuZ of short dur
ashun. While we wuE 81 b Ascom's
,akln a soshul drink, Issaker Gavit,
saw passin niger wagpnmaker
who lives ut the lower end Nv the
village.
That villp,' sed Issaker, griffin
his teeth, "dunned me for ten d II .rs
for repairs onto my wagon yesterday,
and my father yoosed to own that
niggsr !"
1fnfamous !" shouted they all ia
korus.
"And only mite afore last he'd a
nam stolen from my smoke house,
wich, / am satisfied that niger must
have stolen.
wdz glad to hev that ham tasten
ed onto q niger, for l he'd paid B se-
com q ham 90 xkkount the morning
Issaker missed 1t. II takes good
financeerlu for me to live here.
By this time the Niger he'd got
nome, but Issaker's rage wuz bilIn
feendishly.
IL am going to hev pay for that
ham out Nv that niggerf yell.d
Isssker, DRAWN his revolver
"Bat the niger is home and safe
by this time" l sed. hopin TO stem
the tide uV his wrath and save our
selves. "Lut 1t rest"
Never T. sed lssaker; "never |
owe q dooty to society. That mig
ger may be home and ont uv reach,
but there are enuff others layin
around loose. SheI niggers steal my
hams and go UNPUBLISHED 2"
And Issaker sailed ont follered by
the entire Corners. They didn't
end the indiVidjla niger that Issak-
or believed stole his ham, but they
found q brother. in-law nv hiZzen
witch Issaker shot 81 site. but didn't
quite kill him. The wretch he'd no
more sense than to stagger to his
feet and seezs 8 stun and heeve il a.
Issaker. The crowd, nv coorse,
coodant stand any SIGH signs of in.
subordiDsshen on the part nv this
inferior race, and they dubbed him
till bis inferior soul left its earthly
tenement and winged its way to.
wherever the souls IF niggers go.
The blood of the Corners bein NJ,
there WIZ no yoose attemptin to
atop it. The wrongs Inflicted on
la ker Gavitt deuanded nrnmpt re.