Daily Kennebec journal., 1876-12-19
MisrelIaneous.
NASBY's "AvENGERS.v
THEY ORGANIZE TO PREVENT THE INAUGU.
RATION OF PRESIDENT HAYES.

| Rev. Petroleum V. Nasby writes IN
| the Toledo Blade as to how the confeder.
ate y Roads in Kentucky received the an
nouncement that the electoral vote of
South Carolina was for Hayes. He des-
cribes the conduct of the democracv when
| they realized that Hayes was to be Pres
ident. They met at Ba.com's grocery for
consultation
Captain McPelter remarkt that he had
not felt so sad sence he wuz captured by
the iedrels at Atlsnty. There wuz, he
oeheved, no further hope Nv the yoonyun
of all the states.
lssaker Gavitt, bein Nv a more fiery
| spirit. asserted that ne did not propose TO
submit. he had killed four niggers his
sell, and had preventid 20 more from yot-
In, ez bis eleckshun precinck wood show,
| and he didn't propose to lose the result
NV his labor by frodulent returns in Loo.
isiana.
"Wat are we standing her forp, wuz
| his elokent remark. "Are we slaves ?
Let US show that we kin at leest die in de.
fence Nv our rites. Let us organize and
prevent the inoggerashun Nv the yoosur-
per. Hazel"
| II will pledge this frale arm,- sed Dee.
kin Program, land this frale body in sich
a holy coz"
And the war sperit lifted up the face Nv
every man in the room with q demonic
glare. never saw sich yoonanimity, nor
sich self-sacrificin sperit. War! war
agin the yoosurper p wuz the cry. of
every wun of EN- and ez if by one i'm.
pulse they marched out Nv Bascom's to
the Westinghouse, and organized q meet
| In.
"No compromise No yeeldinr' shout.
| ed the entire meetin, I'VE will die rite
here, or anywhere, in defence of our
| rites"
"Gentlemen," said l, In nv capassity
NV perpetyooal cheerman, sis it yoor pur.
pus to march to-wunst onto Washington.
and lay down yer lives there, or will VOC
| devastate the ablshn party Nv Ipieanv
and Ohio, till sch time ez the dimOcrisy
Nv the other states shall jine us ?"
ITO Washington ~ shoutid Issaker.
1.-THE treasury is therem -
| "lnjeany and Ohio ~ said McPelter.
them states is rich in HOSES and sch ri
| land in the suthern part Nv EN- ther is
dlstiilere' !" said Deokin Program. quietly
but determinedly.
The others shoutid that they didn't care
whether they wuz taken, but they de-
mandid to be led agin the enemies Nv the
country, and that was to-wunst. They
wuz all az thirsty fer gore as dimekratic
country editor, and | cant say anything
more than that.
| Inc war sperit wuz SO terribly aroused
that it wuz with diffikilty that the biznes
| Good be done in any order, but finally |
did git roll prepared, and the entire
meetln he'd their names put to it ex men,
bers NV the 1st battalyun Nv Kentucky
| avengers, for immejit servis.
Jist at this critikle moment Joe Biyler
| sppeered at the door, and whispered to
Square McGrath that hostilities mite COM
| mence to-wunst, and glorious beginnin
| mite be he'd, for a Yoonited States mar.
shal, witch wuz in the vissinity looking af-
ter some crookid whisky, he'd heerd Nv the
proceedins. and wuz on his way ther to
arrest the entire bilen, for reasonable pro-
ceedins, and in a minnit the intelligence
| wuz all over the house. The avengers
put their revolvers in their pokkits, and q
| distressin stillnis prevadid the meetin.
Silence wuz broken by Issaker Gavitt.
"Parson." sed he, "woodent it be we'll
enuff to destroy that roll ?n .,..
l did it promptly. My presence Nv
mind don't often forsake me- "Gentle-
men," | remarked. .'ef the entire corners
is to be overawed by the minyuns Nv
power"
"Ther amt only one of him." wuz
Josef's reply.
''By minyun Nv power, so be 1t. But
| spose ther amt no objeckshuns to .
meetin Nv the citizens to consider the
present condshn Nv affairs, is there ?"
81 shood say not" sed Josef.
"And Ell minyun Nv power kin pre-
vent 500 sttizens NV the corners from dyin
in defence Nv ther rites, he can't prevent
EN- from RESOLVIN. kin he' There are
more ways than one Nv maxim tyrants
tremble."
And a committy wuz appinted. which
| reportid the follerin, preamble and reso.
| lutions.
| Wareas. The corners bleeves that HAYES
and Wheeler, the radikle candidates, are
bein countid in by frods of the most alarm.
| in karacter; and
Wareas. The corner hev spent
CRATE deel Nv time and energy to kerry
not only Kentucky, but Injeany. for Til
| den and reform; and
Wareas. Notwithstanding the eleckshen
in louisiana. Floridy, and South Keriiny
wuz Nv the most peaceful character, OWN
to the precaushen taken by the dimocrisy
not to allow any nigger to come near enuff
to pollin place 10 inflame em and pro-
woke strife, the ablishnists are deter.
mined to throw out sich preeinks and de-
clare them states for Tilden aud reform
and e.,..s.. .s.
Wareas, We bleeve, now ez ever, that
the niger hez no material rite to ballot,
anyhow, wher his own status Q he'd to
stop and tell EN- the meenin NV the word
status) is concerned, and ..n
Wareas. In the event Nv the eleckshun
Nv Hayes the power of the government
will rename in the fratrisidls hands NV the
northerners, wich never wuz capable Nv
preservin yoonun or the liberties there
of, and .A =
Wareas, The corners, with its $780,
OC0 war clames, will be bankrupt Of Til
den and reform is beeten, therefore be Il
| Resolved, That the corners believes
that Tilden and reform Is elected. and