The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-10-12
NASBY,S LETTERS.
The Corners, AFFLICTED by IN Gross Ian
deity of Col. lngersoll, of Illinois now
ON the stump for Hayes, Hold q Meet
Ing to Denounce Him-Joe Bigter
Makes Trouble.

deiity OF Col. 1ngers011, of 1ltnOis now
Ing to Denounce Him-Joe Bigier
Makes Trouble.
C%oSFrpRrr Y ROADS
WITCH is IN THE STATE d w SSJsssrToSr,}
The depth NV wickidniss has bin soundid
BY the Ablishnists at last. They hey Bob
!ngersoll. NV Illinoy, on the stump, shreak-
In for Hayes, and agIn our reform candi-
date, Samyooel Tilden. To say I I'm shock
cd is to state the state NV my feelins mildly:
Don't they know that he don't believe in re-
yeeled religionr Don't they know that he
hain't no vital piety?
1 told Deekin Pogram NV II, and when I
explained to him wat an middle wuz he u
shocked.
"wat!" sighed the Deekin, ''not bleeve
in rellgioni Well, I'm id! Let's hold a
meetln and protest agin the cuss.v
The Deekin's suggestion struck me ez be.
In an exceedingly good one, and l deter
mined to act upon IT,. he'd my mail to git
day. i cooden't stop even to rcbook inf
deity, TIL l did my biznis. / he'd received
81 900 from the Moo York Committy to be
yoozed In sending voters to Injeany-I he'd
to read two letters from John Morrisey in
structin me how to yoese the money, and I
he'd to find quarters for an Irish b%rooZer,
who he'd bin pardoned out NV the States
prison to assist In this campanc, and who
he'd bin sent on to show us how to work re-
peters to the best advantage. Afore ! Good
assist In rebookin Republican intdclity and
castin q stigma on religion, l he'd to get all
I called the meetin at Bascom's, our
Church not hevin bin opened for religious
meetins sence johnson went out in 1860. 1t
wuz a lively meetin. When the Corners
wuz Informed NV the .impiety and irreligion
Nv this pet NV Republikinism, there wuz an
indignashen manifested that wuz trooly en-
curridgin. They WIZ all c~onvinst that eff
such o contemmer NV religion wuZ permit
It'd to go loose without rebook, there WIZ
cussid little hope NV Republican institeo-
shens, and after drinkin around two or
three times we organized, 1takin the cheer.
-emarkt that II wuz no ordinary Occa-
sion Tat he'd called us together. our liber-
ties wuz In danger from the Republican
party, and our religion from the shockin
intidelity NV ono NV its chcef advocates.
We may lose our liberties, but shall we lose
our religion?
"Not by id site!" ejackilated the
awjence, eZ one man.
then presented a series OF rcsolooshens,
wHAREAs, The Republican party hev, on the
stump, advocatin Its %heresies, Bob lugersoll NV
wIAREAs. scd Ingersoll lie an inaddle Nv the
most radical stamp. a man which denies the
swat is Holy Writs'' asked n dozen.
l he'd to stop and explain to EN- that In
gerso!l wantid to destroy the Bible, witch
infOOriatcd EN-.
CANT we to be allowed to hey our rccler
township Bibley Wat'l we hpv to swarc
witnesses or in boss ~cascs!'' they indig-
nant y demanded. $50 on! go on! down
with the intiddle!'
wAREAs, The appearance uv SIGH q man on
the stump is calkelatid to outrage the fcclins NV
the Corners. and tarc up the bulworks NV sosic.
ty. therefore be it
R~esoired, That the elecshun Of Tilden and
Hendrix i. a necessity. and that after this exhibi.
lon NV inndelity on the part NV l~ngcrsOll, every
Republican wich don't immejitly jinc us and east
his ballot for Tilden and reform, is unworthy
NV salvashen.
Afore w took a vote on the resolooshens,
we adjourned to take a drink, and while a
takin NV 1t, Joe Bigler and Pollock come in.
shuddered when ! saw EN-, for in all the
twelve yeors them carpit- baggcrs hev bin
here l never saw EN- without antissipatin
trnbble, and I wuz never yit d%isappintid.
When we come to order agin, josef askt
permishun to make q few remarks. lie SYM
pathized with the meetin hartily. He
knowd lngersoll, and knowd him to be an
middle and a unbeleever. Feelin tina he
must add his unworthy testimony agin sich
a man aud SIGH doctrines he woodruff ct
the meeting wantid to heer him they must
git away from the bar.
II took me some time to git en- away, for
a Louisville drummer for a likker housc hap
pened to come In for a drink, and the entire
meetin he'd gathered around him expcctin
to be askt to take suthin. 1t wuz n bitter
thiag for me to stay away with sich an OPP
my motto and | stuck & it out.
The Louisville man hcvin treeted the crowd
twice, and there bein no show that he wood
do 1t agin, thcy reassembled.
Josef h remarkt that sympathiZin with
the objicks NV the meetin. he had prepared
| ANNA rasnlnnphnnl higvalf ,u,,,l L., h.,I
offer, with the remark that ef he wuz inter-
rupted he wood to wunst lick the inter-
rupter out of his boots in less than "A mint:
WAREAs. The Republican party is lissenin jist
now To Bob Ingcrsoll, NV lllinOy, II middle ,wich
denies the trooths NV revelashen, therefore, be it
.Resoired. That Bob lngersoll, in denyin the di
yinity NV our Savior, milk a mortal stab at the
Democratic party, to witch a savior is especially
.ResoiUed, That Bob ingersoll, in denyin the di.
vinity NV our Saviour. hurts our feelins sz Dim
ocrats, e5 II wuz for us mostly that he come into
the world and died.
Resoired, That when Bob Ingersoll denies the
trooth NV one part NV the holy skripters he denies
1t all, and that when he shakes our faith in the
sayin NV the theef upon the cross he destroys the
only hope the averidge Dimocrat hez in u blessed
Immortality beyond the grave.
Resolved. That when Bob lngersoll denies the
necessity NV a place NV fucher punishment witch
shei be eternal, it shows that he hez never lived
IN te korners, and is therefore ignerent Nv wat
Resotred, That Bob lngersoll ought to be imme.
diately suppressed.
These resOloOshens, Bigler's and all, wuZ
passed yo0nanimusly and we wuz agoin on
with other bizness when the Louisville man
happenin to come in agin, the meetin all
rushed to the bar so as to be in time eff he
shOOd invite the crowd to another drink.
TIL fool treatin twice or three times, IL wuz
with difficulty l got EN- back to biZnis. |
he'd another resolooshen witch | he'd given
Deekin POgram to present, but the old saint
WIZ too much overcome by so much gra-
toOitus likker, and he sun PROSTATE on the
floor, afore he could read a word NV EN-.
Then, list as Capt. M'Pelter wuZ about
maxim some remarks agin the alarmin in
crease Of intidelity Ia conscience NV tolera-
tin SIGH men eZ Ingersoll, the Louisville man
assaulted him for pickin his pockit NV his
handkerchief, while ut the bar, and the
broozer that Morrisey he'd sent me jinin the
skrimmage without KNOWN where, or witch
to strike, the meetin ended in a skrimmage
that wreckt Bascom's place. managed in
the row TO git the Louisville mans hat and
coat, witch he he'd injudishusly thrown Off,
for my share Il shel stump for Tilden and
reform in that coat), and got out to put en-
away In a safe place.
When l returned the entire meetin wuz
snorin soundly on the floor, for they ned
got a bari Nv Bascom's and II he'd finished
EN-.
l writ out the rosolooshens d~enouncin
lngersoll's intidelity on Deekin Pogram's
back, for every table wuZ busted, and sent
EN- to Louisville to be published, and went
home. 1t wont do for the Ablishnists to
put any iniiddles on us.