Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-08-11
From the Toledo Blade.
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Mr. Massey DIsC0URSES OF MANY TuINGs-EE
t9As To SARATOGA AND SHOWS WHY NEITHER
Vi TIE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES HAS WRITTEN
MS LETTER or AccEPTANCE-A WORD OF
COMPLAINT
CONFEDERIT y RoADs, wich Is in the)
state OF kentucky, JoOly eth, Is7G.
got home from luieanv diseps.id ,,d
discouraged. After the uniortunit snescb
"ich lssaker Gavitt spilled. went 10 two
other appointments alOot, but met no ineur
rldgment. The Dimocrisy wuz cold and NOT
| impressib.e. l wuzn't invited to a single
nite lodsIn, nor a drop of ANYTHING TO
Gilhk, III ana got back ez dry ez a Iime-kill.
bIt there Is some comfort in it after all.
Ter IN the township Bible, wich we keep TO
swear witnesses onto. found passage
~lca e0miOrtet me; showin ez it does, that
l am better man than thought wnz:
Mhen the unclean spirit 3 gone oct NV a man be
"alsst1 , thro dry places, seeking rest and dndeth
But there comes in doubt after all
Don the.words "unclean spirits. apply
10 the sOd-corn whlskey wich | hev con-
s1olhed, ana not 10 puriiyin Nv my moral
system And that about seekinc rest and
iindin none, to my yoonif9rm ill-suceess in
Deatln Landlords? It Is q slngler fact that
whenever DImOcrat flies to the Bible for
G9hSola~hen. he ailuz retires with doubts on
Ms inind. lie Good get more comfort out
Nv IL, II 1t Wuzn't made up 50 largely nv
threatnins anu penalties lIeying voted
strate Dimoe-atic ticket alluz. the story nv
'he thleves on the cross comforts me some,
and 80 does the fact hov alluz death-bed
repentance to fall back onto.
conserved 1t ny dOOty to deliver an
orashen on the 4th Nv July. to commemo-
rate the Centennyal uT AmerikIn Indepcn-
dence. but wuz subjected to a series nv
lnsults from the Ablishinists Nv the Corners
wieh neery broke my heart. When | an
noanced II. Pollock. the ll.inoy diSturber.
remarked See Job 81
Who hath sent out ;hewild ass as free Crwho
hath loosed the bands of the Wildass.-
And when WIZ a speakin, and lawn it
down ruther lively e 10 the strength nv
Tree in7toO>henS wich Good survive a hun
dred years, " Yes" replied that onmiti-
gated cuSs, Joe Bisler. =. L. Is strong
government. Wen think it hoz lived a
hundred yeers, and Is yet healthy, and re-
member that there hoz bin a Dlmoeratic
party al the head mos. Nv that time. am
lost IN admrashen q: its natural vitality.
y Il hez survived yOO, and sich e. 700, 1
uon know w anything that kin hurt it. |
The nIggeIs all lait uproO-uSlv. and q We
hel decided net to XII! any more " EN- till
T5sfE Jdef n hhe ftfashnAs Tf ned to stand their
Tie DIm0crIsey hey ben waitin for the
letters Nv the Reform candidates, Tilden
and Hendrix. acceptin the nominashuns.
Ihey Will wait some time vet. fancy.
felt it to be the proper thing to do to
accompany our noble reform candidate for
Vice President, Hendrix. to Saratogv. to
consult with our noble Reform candidate
Tor President, lllden, that they might agree
e. to what they ShOoi believe in till after
the eleckshun
Iiden was sIttin in his room. smiIin.
surrounded by them eminent Reiormers,
John MOrrisey, Boss Mclaughlin, Oakley
Hall. and sch. when Hendrix entered with
his Reform hackers, wieh Is me. Henry Clay
Dean, Gov. Allen, Nv Ohio, and sich.
Ny buzum swelled with emOshun ez |
l0okt over the crowd. Now" thot 1,
- the eOuntry-and the Post Offses-is
safe" ."
inen was immejitly alarmed. The min
il the two great ReiOrme-s met. their eyes
giarad end, metaforically speckin, they
lowered their heads at each other Ike two
enraged Buffalo Bulls. We ielt that 1t was
impossible for them two great inte!lecks to
come together.
We begged Nv en- to be mOdrit to each
eoneede sGmthin. and agree upon some
Alnd US letter. wien wood paciiy the party
ana Keep 1t together and yOOnite 1t.
made the Openin speech.
Gentlemen. - sed 1. regardin them with
4 stern look, aiore wich they quailed.
" neither ny 700 must undertake to throw
tho other out Nv the party. See Matthew.
l2-26.
''' Ard ef Satan cast out Satan ne is divided
azn hisself; how shell his kingdom stand3'
Ef We are divided agin ourselves. and
lose this eleekshun. wat becomes Nv u.s.
Ell Hayes is electid kin my muskeler friend.
Morrisey, the pride Nv Moo York. be Sex
retary Nv the treasury Eli Hendrix goes
down kin my earthly friend, Dean, be Min
i~ter to England Et You both 90 under.
wat is to become nv the long suiierin re-
peeier Nv Moo York, the dowh-trodden
COnfederits Nv the South. and the host Nv
Dimokrats wich followed the lamcntid
BOokanan out Nv offs. and hey BIN gcttin
their likker on tick ever sense
- And wat is to become NV nc? Am
To be defrauded out nv the Post Ofis at the
Corners becoz yOO can't agree on the cur
rcncy question
Gentlemen | continued, with the
Post ofises filled with Republicans, with the
Custom Houses filled with Republicans
with all the Offices filled with Republikins.
with thousands NV Dimekrats wich won't
average one shirt apiece, and who hev bin
waitin for places fifteen weary yeers-with
sich solid facts afOre 700, kin VOC. | ask, let
Sich mere abstrackshens ez currency, tariff,
banks, manuiakters and trade generally.
prevent yOonity Nv ackshen? | can't bleevo
1t. In the interest w these sutierin lOngers
for place, strike, ez one man for Reform and
Victry Make yoOr letters Hard money or
Soft money, or dodge it altogether, oz 700
choose. We who want the places will take
either gold or paper for our salaries-but
make it suthin We kin all agree onto, and
let us 90 in to win
1ilden then remarkt that he wux anxshus
for harmony. and Hendrix remarkt that he
wuz willin to make concessions, and they
sot down to argoo the matter, and get to
an agreement
But wat happened?
These men both know 200 much They
are both too gifted. Afore they he'd talked
an hour Tilden had convinced Hendrix that
Hard Money wuz wat We must hev, and
Hendrix he'd convinst Tilden that Soft
Money wuz the only practicable idee, and
they fought wuss than ever, and were wider
apart than ever.
When left the room, Hendrix waz
cussin' Tilden for cock-eyed, soft-money
and Tilden wuz vigorously q
dammn Hendrix for a hard-money, tloated
aristoerat.
This is why they hewitt ishood their let
ters Nv acceptance yit, and why they can't.
Never agin will | consent to heyin two men
Nv talent on the same tikket.
But we needn't be afraid Nv bein short Nv
candidates. | never knowed Demokrat Nv
any s,andin who ever declined nomina-
shen for anything.
Things are not well with us in lDjeany.
The Dimocratic leaders are going back on
Tilden terrible. Follerin the prejoodisses
NV the Dimekratic voters, and thInkin more
Nv their seets in COngris than they do NV
the success Nv the coz, they repoodiate Til
den. Ii is ongrateiul. know Nv sevral
Reform delegates to st. Loois wich accepted
thousands Nv his money to support him in
conyenshun and are now opposin Nv him. l
got only S400 for my vote, but small ez wuz
the sum, and notwithstanding the fact that
got no good Nv it. ez 1t went to pay old
iebts. would be ashamed to go back on
the man wat paid it. Tilden paid my price
it WIZ my fault ef | didn't ask more, and
,lso nv fault that let Bascom gobble it.
/ can't understand wat they want. The
EASTERN Hard money men hev Hardmoney
.andidate, and the western Softmoney men
,ey Sofr-Honey candidate. And ez neith-
y Nv EN- hev written line, kin anybody
eli wat they believe in or find any fault
With en-? Why can't We shet our eyes and
lev faith?
PErRoLxrx v. NAsBY,