The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-09-08
CoNFEDERlr Y RoADs.
WIch Is IL TIE STATE " kESrrcKy
August 29. 1876

t""h ~ E'hcIdliJ IHtinodtt IN phIlUsU
phy, and il IL my kan beccf that hi,
he'd wuz level.
hev jest returned from Washing
ton. and the Corners look ez uat'raI cz
ever, but the old memrics no longer
affect me as they wunst did A change
hez cum over the spirit Of my dream.
and tiud that Pollock, which WIZ
heretofore eyesorc 10 me, hez beeum
a buzzum friend while | konsider
lssaker Gavitt, Deacon Pocram. and
the rest Of the rebel DEMOCRATS who
wuuSt gathered about me oz men who.
il they should seeze the government.
wood plunge il into another civil war
as devastatin as that wich wuust be
fore drenched US in fratrisidle blud.
1t all occurred in this way. | he'd
hcerd at the corners tibet the trayter
1 fllden he'd a bari NV mummy, which he
wuz PORN out to them e. askt, and
|, feein' that contingency he'd KUN
up wlch made the spendin' Of mummy
necessary, konkIooded to 90 on to New
York and take my turn at The bung
\ hole. On the way thOrt | wood stop
IN W ashlngtOn aud visit the scenes
which | he'd loved 50 well IN the days
when, ia hrjus nightmare, | he'd
spent my young manhood IN the build
in up Nv the rebel Dimocrisy, and
while there incident occurred.
Sitteu upon the hotel steps, kamly
pickin my teeth and mcdiiatin upon
the distance 10 New York. aud the
. probabilities Nv my shoes hoIdin out
/ ill got there, wuz approached by
I tall, majestic man, the cunvivyul
bloom Of whose nose told me thet he
wuz a congonial sperrit Ez he came
/ up be gazed a. me with i scrootiuatin
glance aud inquired
Air you from Philadelphia ?"
No" seq [, Il hev just arroyc
from the CORNERS, which Is situated at
the Coniedrit Y Roads, il the State
NV Kentucky"
What = SEE he; "air you from that
famous lokaIity. Do you know a in-
teIicctooal man there by the name Of
Nasty ?"
Il do, SEE ], riaiu' up with dignity;
Il am thet man
All, he exclaimed while tear of
JOY believed his eye, Come and i'm
bIbe a corn juice hcv something Nv
CRATE Importance to talk TO you about,
ami wood sec you in private. Ny
name Is Zach Chandler ~
For moment wuz thunder struck.
Should |, a Democrat who never
scratched ticket, indulge in the flow
inI bowl with a abIlshin Radical ike
Zach Chandler? 1t wuz serious
question for a moment, but my hest
fancy soon vanished. | hey always
objected TO iutcrdocin the bitterness Nv
political discussion into social inter
course aud after a moments thought |
went. Ii wuz a momeutus desis-iou
After we he'd imbibed few. Zlch
turned to ne aud seq. Sir, Why do
you, which ought to reorgauizs the
butfered side, sill pore out your ele
kence for the rebel Democracy which
cant get 10 offs, aud which, IN coa,e
qucnce, cant reward It's supporters fer
their zeal 70
Sir, So l sterulS Il work for
principal.
oh yes. he rctortcd, $50 do we
but wat doz PrinciPui amount to with
out an oti-
wuz -tumped fer the moment, but
recuverln' ImmeJateiy- ser.
II hey never scratched a Dimicrat I.
ic ticket, and | never will DO you
suppose that | could consent TO place .
myself on ekwaiity with niger"
"Oi course, uou, be retorted but +
you don have to. Niggers wuz put /
into this world fer use, but GU rebek
Dimicrats hev never discovered it. K
Which are the best? To let the uig
gers alone and keep en- "A working on
their farms without molestatiou while .
the country Is drilcu' into another
civil war, or to arm EN- with shot guns
and set EN- on the whites aud each
ulh her and thus save the Yeonyin aud
get fat place for yourself beside p
DIN the y OoUyIn, sez /, al
though | began to see the justice OF
his reesonin.
Exactly" he remarked. "Thet's
what you say because you don't per-
ceevo the real beauty there Is ia it,
The Ioonyin is confederation Of
States jiped together fer the purpose
Of keepin' fat Offices in the hands of
those. who will pervent the government
from slippjn into the hands of the
rebel Dmocracy. There the true
principul which every truly loil Re-
publican in the country believes in,
aud its the wun which hcz led US on to
victory SO often. Kun, jine Us and
pArtakc of the fat Nv the land Go
back TO the cross rOdes aud tell EN-,
thet you hev experienced a change OF
hearte, tibet you hev been in Washing
ton aud seen how the old thing works
and you are wiser than wunst. Look
at Babcock, and Belknap, and Boss
Shepherd, and Cameron, and Grant,
and myself Air we in poverty? Do
we suffer fer corn juice or trembe
when the figures on the slate begin to
get long? Never No truly loil pa
triot who desires to save the country
from another civil war by stayin' il
ofis-ever duz- Kun aud be wun ov
US"
l imbibed another drink in a
thoughtful manner and, sceiu that his
words had taken effect, he added:
Look at Morton. He was wunsi
like you aud hated niggers lie took
TO likin' EN- and now be is in the Sen
ate. Look at Ben Butler He voted
Tor JEFF. Davis fifty eight times. but
wheG he saw the error NV his his ways.
we tux him in aud he is wealth. Look
at Mosby He wuz rebel soger. but
he reformed aud now he basks ia Of
hshuI sunshine. Look at Longstreet
lie wuz rebel Dmicrat but he turn
ed, aud IS now holdin' fat office
Look at Settlc He wuz-"
"Euuff" I cried "Tho examples
ub them patriots hev determined me
| wont stay any longer with a party
which alloods to our colored brethren
as gorillars, when them same colored
brethren Good put EN- in place to
grab a good salary. Tour eloqueneo
hez convinced me thet the rebel Dim
ocrisy don't understand that the un
lerlyin' principul Of a great party
shoold be 10 pervide fer its supporters
~ long cz thare is anything 10 the
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