, 1876-07-15
NASBY.
Petroleum v. Goes to the ST.
Louis Convention.
Hc Returns Entirely Satisfied With tho
plntform nnd Candidates.

or KENTUCKY, Joon 20tll, 1870.-I hev returned
from 81. LooIs, md nifty glad an to git buck
TO the sccno Of my fuehcr labcr for tho next
four months. st. Loofs is hot city, but e tho
llkkcr Is alluz good there, and ez tho TfdeD del.
egatcs, cz we'll rs tho anti-Tilden ones, he'd lots
nv money, made out TO get on. e. they never
arEood with delegate Without nakin him to
take euthlu, didn't make up, my mind till tho
worry lust
It WIZ tho most intcrcstin conycnshun ever
attended, and hayc bin to cm nlf, scncc tho
one that nominated Martin Vau Boorcn. This
wuZ tho most lntctestin, bccoz II wuz 30 thoroay
tlevotld to reform, which al1uz is my best holt.
Ell can't be refarnin suth!n am nbslootfy
mlxrnble.
It gays mo moo hopes Nv tho Republic to sec
tho spcrit NV reform that filled tho sples Nv all
Tic Dimocr!sy prcsent,-that is nccrly MI Nv
en-. Occasionally an anxious.lookin farmer dcl-
cgatc wood remark, "Wnt s1iot VIC do with tho
currcncya" and then John MorrIacy. wood i'm
mejttly shut him up With tho remark, "D--n
Governmcnt,n
ask, swat shcl we do with tho currcncy''' Boss
Kelly wood d-n hin for. fntrodosin d!sturbln
elcmence into tho convcnshun. "1Vat no want
is rcforrn,'., tho Boss wood conttnyoo; nnd, Ct
1sonmors S woo e tro h0 s0' & g1e 1 pos T.
Boss Kelly. don't wonder that thu Moo York
Dimocrlsy 1oyo him.
Jol.a MorrIscy Is tho most ardent rciofmcr !
know nv. lie wuz 50 entirely dcyotil to It that
lie run 1oortn tho convcnshnn, to argoo with IN
Injoany delegate, who wuzalosln boot!tully, that
et tho Di1nocrtsy dtdn't GIT control NY tho Moo
York Custoin-Ifouso aud postoi1ls, tho country
wiz willing 10 deyoto all tho profits Nv Ills banks
| At Saratoga and Washington.
Boss Kelly wux even more urgent for reform
| than Mor1iscy. liz sa!d that until Tamniaty
got possession of tho dovcrnmcnt, 10 Good sco
nottiin but room al!cd. Give him platform
wfch pronounced sqnarc1y Tor reform, and no
| wood feel encurrt1gea to- promise Democratic
majority W 4o,oo IN tho ,City Nv Noo York 2
| III tho control Nv Tanlnany, lie Good atlord to
| pay ten thousand repcators, and giro sttddy
employment to every shouldcr-hitter, and
| brooscr ia the city. lie wood feel Justified III
| Bhoor uy the Statu lu wood pronise to give any
majority IN tho city TINT milo be needed. Re-
form WIZ bis watcl,word.
.. Doo!itttc wanted REFORM he yearnc1 for It.
| He scl that until d President Nuz elected TINT
wood make It possible for him to bo Minister to
! England there wuz no hops uv tho Republic.
lie was disposed to ycc1d everything. fn sEch
mntters ez currency, and tariffs, and s{cl but It
properly represented at tho Court w St. Janles.
I Tho Southern delegates 'vuz ckally urgent for
| rcforn.. Wat they felt WIZ nessarv Suz . COM
pTso rcaTs nn,1ns tha h5rrnrs nv niercr ~ votn and
Snythinr that wood Elyc cn, rclesf from that
wood snttsfy em. Enythtng to git back to tho
gcrior oM rncc mi II thn rciloasn ~ fhc ntrcr n
rase' 'n,.h 1u .u nuo nar Nv ~ W
t,aii ao,. tnnrs nrcr 1.o snt1n5}s In 'o
dooreii. flc sobbed nudtbly wen he remarked
that It Wuz now ten ycers last Christmas acnce
no n9;! BLU aa nxsSs, & LII ns4 . 5mos.sun ,s n9iae
yoGsGis ofsr nj place. 9 terf WI ases
trasen a',G ~ fGlot,n o ye'en,, ada o1tely
ino no W. NV Nv a.,or ~ ~
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on y, to nor, nnr Tbnr
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muz n1pllst Eetssa. ~. i,, tni!u MNa coahGl
Al tGe fsto;%s5s KY + T. son.tySo M ID RI;
s, ~ rassa th traa 0." n1 t'io f,n
Iii nv sontr 'ur ~ liz Faara7 to,ra1ntt
e. eYtraordinary services viii be p l,oeiiei'
noo me- oses IT, . pG eseatea. s ana
LII II ~; ;yo, ~ H. of ~ t aoun.c1
rnf,r,ors ~ rt, ar,,nit .otiaGnd tb +hi,
WIZ n'isss4 M ~ ~ ,t thts y % r.
, III w W. & ~. u ~
even en- atet @ 'nG ecetonSa n;a , paae 30 musa
Maouey ~ ~ na.1u, ha'ss M"S. .ney mcsa 20 W
.t,I @,'t rs"it iii acd ny IT. .iicc ~ ,t l.
| ISUA gNS -5 'es.a $50 - o'N~us uat -. - y
mini 10 NJ any gnou;, n.seGm Mn1 nLia Wtn
w 80 nnu saw W. 5o o4 i ao ~ nau ct mo ueanuS ne
NY Act huu sat II too. " useoutt. lac!G
any th'nf3 n Mtc &C Hisgaatn eh payin olt
1nni xnit "ont nrn n,,r @ ho,snf" ~" IT,
F1un ~ 1out atG ea mssa 5ous n'mG!s ala,
uucf y. ~ hi1 n t 1no A n9sM .
@ ias a. ~ 15 so Es1 , ios ,t s' Srrs ~
i. wlaGIt Ivy Nv. toIessf al'u ea'tt hSser ~ ~
@ rescu IA tH'cep. IT,: IL ~ n'@Gnoty, @ mg
nesc. NY IA1 w pa5 4ot '''c'aos'ee~t"ey a4li
su6sLa4sn 49,. ,-
out sn@i ncV ttle fost-G!As ~ TUG Corncfs,
shoof, II lll4ch y elcst'd, ior long beforc tho
t!tno M comes sl1el no y tlopt % bascom a5ln.
Iho plau2rm can't help so9ell, ,a the Dlmocrlsy
Nv tMe cntise country, pell!keleFlY WAch the
SandluatGa e taNen III aecotnt II ID tho most
aex'6ie platform ever nelnt 70 construct, any i
inc ulnioctnt w1cl CAN'T stan1 onto II a!n't
worth th9 naMo' In Ohso alu !91cany wS shed
sSeaT ns eoas moaeSIaM1 1ts se1V9sin: V: anu pint p
proudiy 70 ilehuFlcKs' IN MOO York anu thu
East wc shei swear lt,b n@ast!-n'onoy"-tnd mr. re-
Ez shcl hcF ~ etu'np Oettt scekshuhs hev
TWO speeches, aiFeddy prepared, one uY wlch IL
hard.'noney ana oe so'I} ana ttc otner orators
o1 tHo PaFty IcV h1ct! tnelsseIVcS LKcWisc. !