Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1876-09-14
CoNFEDRID X ROADS,
WIcH Is IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
August 26, 1876.

CoNFEDRID X ROADS,
WIcH is IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
August 26, 1876.
We had a meetin last mite to in
struct the Democratic nominee for
Congress in this Dcestrik, ez toswat
we Nv the Corners shood expeck NV
him in the event NV the elecshun NV
Tilden and Hendrix. His elecshun
is certin enuff, ez in this Deestrick
we don't allow the niggers or carpet
baggers to vote. All whites wich
vote the Republican ticket is carpet
baggers. We adopted this rool that
we mite hev peece, wich is
wat we want in the South. By
simply shootin everybody wat don't
agree with 700 kin git state NV
harmony, a onenis of sentiment, that
is trooly delightful.
The member elect reserved us cor
jelly, and welcomed us hartily in the
name NV Reform. He sad he wuz
pledged to the sacred coz NV Reform,
and that he he'd consultid Tilden and
Hendrix, our noble standard bearers,
and that he wuz satisfied that
eff them patriots wuz electid
the Sorth wood git that JUS
tbs that wuzidoo her. He fet convins-
ed NV this or he wood not hev taken
the nominashen at all. He wuz
ready to reserve statements from the
citizens.
Deekin Pogram wuz the fust to
speak. The old saint remarkt that
various people had various ides of
wat reform rely meant. The Bible
sed, "Many men Nv many minds"
and he he'd his mind ez to reform.
In Moo York the reformers wantid
the custom houses. and the post Of
fises, wich wuz well enuff. Here we
want the Yoonited States Govern
ment to pay us the losses we incurred
at ther hands doorin an unholy and
fraricidle war. That was his noshen
Nv reform, and without that it wuz
all soundin brass and tinklin GYM
bles. Payment of losses to the suf-
ferin South was his noshen NV re-
form. He wus hart and sole in this
conflict, and that he shood fite for
Tilden and Hendrix with all the ar
dor that seventy years of trouble had
left into him. His bill agin the
Government was not large one, but
he felt it should be paid all the same.
When the Fedrels okkepied this seek
shun, party of picklts okkepied his
farm one mite, and burnt up a seek
shun of fence, for fire, and confisca-
ted parcel NV sweet potatoes. He
didn't expect pay for the niggers,
Linkin he'd unconstooshnelly robbed
him Nv, but he shood say, that for
that fence and them potatoes he
should receive say 5000.
The member sejested that he he'd
better make out the bill for $4,000.
In the reform Congris wich he hoped
wood be electid, with reform Presi-
dent at its he'd, ther wood hev to be
good deal NV diyvydn. He (the
member) wood hev to yoose money |
literally in the departments to git |
the bills thro, and ther wood be sich
a lobby as Washington never saw, to
be bought up. By maxim the bill
$4,000, the good Deekin would proba-
bly, git his $500. He thought the
remainin 81, 400 wood be enuff for a
reform Congris.
And akkordinly the Deekin made
his bill over agin for $4,000.
Capt. McPelter presentid his bill
for $4,000. While he wuz servin his
country, in the Confedrit army, the
Fedrels okkepied his distillery, and
materially injered the mashenery, be-
sides feedin to ther, hosses lot NV
corn wich he he'd left. Understandin
ez he did the necessities Nv a reform
Congris, he would be satisfied eff he
received 81, l,000-the balance mite
go to be divided ez ther representa-
tive should deem necessary.
Issaker Gavitt wantid $500 for a
lot Nv wood burat BY the Fsdrel pick