Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-09-14
Toledo Blade.
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WITCH is IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY,
August 26th, 1876.
We he'd meetin last mite to instruct
the Democratic nominee for Congress
in this Deestrik, ez to wat 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 et-baggers to vote. All
whites wich vote the Republican tick
ct Is carpet-baggers. We adopted this
rool that we mite hey pece, wich is wat
we want in the South. By simply
shootin everybody wat don't agree
with 700, yoo kin git a state NV ffar-
mony, Onenis of sentiment, that is
trooly deliteful.
The member elect reserved us corjelly,
and welcomed us hartily in the name
Nv RefOrm9 He sed that 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 cf them
patriots wuz electid the South wood
git that justis that wuz doc to her. He
felt convinsed Nv this or he wood not
hev taken the nominashen at all. He
wuz ready to reserve statements from
the citizens.
Dekln Pogram wuz the fust to speek.
The old saint remarkt that various pee
pc had various idees as wat reform
rely meant. The Bible sed, Many
men NV many minds and he he'd hiz
mind ez to reform. In Moo York the
reformers wantid the custom houses,
and the post offises, wich wuz we'll
enuff. Here we want the Yoonited
States Government to pay us the loss
es we incurred at their hands doorin an
unholy and fratricidle war. That wuz
his nOshen nv reform and without that
it wuz all soundin brass and tinklin
cymbles. Payment of losses to the
sufferin South wuz his noshen NV re-
term. He wuz hart and sole in this
conAikt, and that he shood fife for Til
den and Hendrix with all the ardor
that seventy years NV trouble he'd left
into him. His bill agin the Govern
ment wuz not large one, but he felt
it shoOd be paid all the same. When
fhe Fedrels okkepied this seckshun, al
party NV pickits okkepied his farm one
Mites burnt up seckshun NV fence,
for fire, and cOnfiscated parcel NV
sweet potatoes. He didn't expekt pay
for the niggers, Linkin he'd uncon-
stooshnelly robbed him NV, but he
shoOd say, that for that fence and them
potatoes he shood reserve say 5000.
The member sejested that he he'd
better make out tue bill for $1,000. In
the reform Congris wich he hoped
wood be electid, with reform Presi
dent at its he'd, there wood hev to be
good deal NV divvydin. He 1.-THE
member) wood hev to yeose money
literally ia the departments to git the
bills thro, and ther wood be sich lob
by as Washington never saw, to be
bought up. By maxim the bill $1,000,
the good Deekin wood probably git
his 5000. He thot the remainin 81 400
wood be enuff for reform Congris.
And akkordinly the Deekin made
his bill over again for $4,000.
Capt. McPelter presentid his bill
for $1,000. While he wuz servin his
country, in the Confedrit army, the
Fedrels okkepied his distillery, and
inferred the mashenery, besides feedin
to ther hOsses lot NV corn witch he
he'd left. Understanding ez he did the
necessities nv reform Congris, he
would be satisfied if be received $1,000
the balance might go to be divided
ez their representative shood deem ne
sessary.
Issaker Gavitt wantid $500 for a lot
Nv wood burnt by the Fedrel pickits,
and shood Therefore put in his claim for
5000. He bleeyed that a reform Con-
girls wuZ hot only entitled to its whack,
but he bleeved in maxim it liberal.
The member remarked that he
wuz glad to see the sperit Nv liberality
that prevadid the people NV the Corn
ers. 1t mite look eZ tho 81 900 to the
claimant, and 81 900 for gettin it wuz
ruther large, but they must remember
that the Reform party he'd bitter
fight on em, and that them wich wuZ
spendin the money wood hev to be
reimbursed out NV this fund. Our no.
BILE standard bearer, Tilden, was pour
in out money like water; but he Good
ent be expected to pay out ov his own
pokklt for carryin so many States.
There was Injeanny and Ohio, Moo
York and Pennsylvany, Maine and
Moo Hampsheer, all NV these wood
rekwire barrels apeece, and it he'd
bin decided that the expense must be
made good out NV the Southern Claims.
This must be taken into akkount.
Bascom put in claim Nv sevral
thousand NV dollars for injoory done to
his bar room by the Fedrels comm
within two miles NV the Corners, wich
indoosed evry citizen to get out NV the
naborhood and stay for four days; and
Squire M'Grath put in. his claim for a
dozen hosses seezed by John Morgan,
witch wuz clearly COED by the Fedrel
invashen.
Seein suthin in the claim bisnis put
in mine.
For wat is yoor claim, may askT
wuz the reply Nv the member.
Sir wuz my anser, i hevent made
up my mind, yet, wat shell put in a
claim for, but put it down for $4,000
may put 1t in for lasserated feelings
at the triumph of the Fedtels, or some
body may remind me NV some proper
~ Nv mine that wuz burned, tho ] hev
no recolleckshun Nv ever hevin any. i
shel iiil.:out the partikelers hereafter;
it Is not necessary now. The rafnrm