Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-10-18
CONFEDERATE X ROADS
wuicu Is II rnE STATE Nv krNrrcKY'
September p. 1876.

shreeking for Hayes and again our hN
form candidate. Samyooel rilden. TO s1y
Tam shocked IL 10 state the state NV ~!
feelins mildly. Don't they know ,ha'
Bob Ingersoll ia sn inhddlcf Don us!
know that he don't bcleeve In rc,eei'a "
ligionl Don't they know he haih' "o
vital pietyr ,,I
explained 90 him wat an inhddle "u@ "0
wux shocked.
/. What 4" sighed the Dcskin. not be-
ieeva In religion Well. I'm ID. Lets
hold a meetin' and protest agih the
cuss.'
The De.kins suggestion struck me ez
hahn an exceedingly good QUE, AMI detcr-
mine,i N AZ, upon il. I hcd my mail to
vet ,hro with first. AMI that took mo necriy
all day. I cooien't stop even 10 rebook
inhdelity till I dill my biznis. l he'd re-
ceivel 81 900 from the Moo YORK Community
IN Ia yoo.sl la sendin voters 10 lnIcany; |
beI 10 read two letters from John Nor
ris.ey in.truetin me how 10 ycosc the
money and he'd to find quarters for an
Irish broo.er, who he'd bin par'loncd out
nv the States Prison 90 assist In this cam
pane. anil who he'd bin sent ON 20 show Us
b.w 10 work repeeters to the best adyan-
tage. Aforo Good assist in rebookin Re
publikin infidelity and castin stigma on
religion, he'd 10 &c, all this out NV the
way.
4 called the meetin in Bascom's. our
church not heyin bin opened for religious
meetins sence Johnson went out In 1859.
II wuz lively meetin. When the Corners
wuz informed nv the impicty and irreli-
giop NV this pet Nv Republikinism. there
wuz an indignashen manifested that wuz
trooiy eneurrilgin. They wuz all eonyinst
A.. - ..,.h . .an a faliQion Vxug l
permitted To go loose without rebook.
there was cussid little hope NV Republikin
institooshens; and. after drinkin around
two or three times, We organized. hkin
the cheer.
I remarkt that ID wuz no ordinary occa-
shun that had called Us together. Our
liberties wuz in danger from the Repnb-
likin party. and oar religion from the
shockin inddelity NV one NV it, cheef adj
yocates. We may loose onr liberties, hut
shei We loose our religiouf
mot by . I'D site - eJakilaied the
awjenec, ez one man.
then presented series NV resolooshens.
- follows:
WHEREAS. The Republikin party hcy, ON
the stump, advocatin its heresics, Bob In
gcrsoll. NV Illinoy; and
wHrREls. Sei Ingcrsoll i an iniid,lleuv
the most rNilci |
nies tho trooths nv Holy Writ
"wat Is Holy wri,i' asked dozen.
he'd to stop and explain TO em tina, In
gersoll wantid 10 destroy the Bible, wich
infooriated EN-.
"Ain't We to be allowed to hey cur reg
lar township Bible2 wat'll We hey 10
suare witnesses ON Ia hoss eases p they
Indignantly demanded. go on 80 ON
down with tho middle 70
wHEREAs, The appearance of sich men
on the stump Is calcilaiii to outrage the
feeiins NV the Corners and tlre up the
bulwarks Of society, therefore b. u
Rs.aleed, That the elekshun NV Tilden
and Hendrix j. a necessity and that, az
ter this exhibition NV inhddelity on the
part of Ingcrsoll, every Republican wich
don't Immediately jine Us and east their
ballot for Tildsn aud Reform l. unworthy
nv saivashsn.
After We took q vote on the resolooshcns,
VIC adjourned to take drink. AMI. while
takin NV II. Joe Bigler and Pollock came
in I shuddered when l saw 'em, fur In
ali the twelve years them carpit baggefs
hay bin here I never saw en- without an
ti.sipatin trouble. and wuz never yit
disappointed. IL
sympithized with the meetin heartily. lie
inoxed Ingcrsoll. and knowod him Ia he
An innddle and unbclcever. Feelin that
he mus, add his unworthy testimony agin
such man and -ich doctrines he wool
but II the meetin wantid tn hear him tia
must git away from the bar.
II took mo some time to Kit en- away,
for A Louisville drummer for likkorhouse
happened 90 come in for drink, and the
entire meetin had gathered around him
exp.ctin 10 be askt 10 take suthin. IL wuz
n bitter thing fof me Ia stay away with
sich an opportoonity afore me; but
"Dooty first" il my motto, aud stuck
10 out.
The Louisville man heyin treated the
crowd twice, and there bcin no show that
he wool do 10 agin, they reassembled.
Josef then remarkt that sympathizin
with the objicks NV the meetin. lac hal
prepared some resolooshens hisself. wich
be .hooi offer. with tho remark that. ef he
wux interrupted. he wooi 10 wunst lick the
interrupter out NV his boots In less than a
mint;
R..,is,i, That Bob Ingcrsoll. In dcnyin
tho divinity nv our Savior. infx moral
stab at the Dimoeratic party. 10 wich a
savior IL. especially, necessity.
R,.sirsd, That Bob 1ngorsoll. In denyin
the divinity nv our Savior, hurts our feel
ina ex DimOcrats ca 10 wuz for rs. mostly,
that lie came into the world and died.
R..olr.d, That when Bob Ingcrsoll denies
the trooth nv one part nv the Holy Skrip-
tors. he denies IL all. and that, when he
shakes our faith in the sayin NV the chief
upon the cross. he destroys tho only hope
the averidge Dmocrat hez In blc-sid int
mortality beyond the grave.
wAEE,s. The Republikiu party Is lis-incn
list now to Bob Ing-rsoll NV lllinoy. In
fiddle. which denies the trooths NV re'eia-
shen therefore be IL
R,,.i,,d. That, when Bob Inecrsoll ie-
nies the necessity NV place NV fuchcr
punishment wich -hel BE- eternel. II shows
that he hsz never lived In the Corners.
anl Ia therefore ignercnt NV wat the rc-
ouirements NV the rcselooshen really u.
R,.alr,d, That Bob Ingersoll ought to 10
Immediately suppressed.
These resolooshens. Bigler's anil all, wuz
passed yoonAnimusly. AMI we wuz agoinon
the other hiznis, when. the Louisville man
happenin 10 come in agin, the mcetin all
rushed IN the bar 50 90 to BE- In time ef he
shood invite tho crowd IN another drink.
The fool trectin twice OF three times. u
wux with difficulty got EN- hack tobiznis.
he'd another resolooshen wich had givin
Dcekin Pogram to present. hut the old
saint wux too much overcome by ~ much
grAiooitus likker. anj he sunk prostrato
. ON the floor aforo hc Good road word nv
en-. Then. jist ez Captain MePeltcr wuz
about maxim some rcmarke agin the alar-
miu inereese nv inddelity in conscience
NV toieratin sich men Ingrrsoll, the |
Iooisville man assaulted him for pickin |
his pockit NV his Handkerchief while at the |
bar. and. the brooser that Morriscy had |
sent mo jinin the skrimmage without |
tnovin whero or wich to strike, the mcetin |
ended In . skrimmagc that vreckt Bas-
cons place. managed In the row to git
the louisville mans hat and coat. wich he |
raj inIoodishusly thrown of. for my share |
N shel stump fur Tilden and Reform In
that coat, and got out TO put them away |
when 1 returned the entire meetin wuz
sporin soundly ON the floor. for they he'd
got . bari Nv Bascom's aud u hal hni'hed