Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-16
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NASBY.
Mr. Nasty DETAILS TIE CONDITION or TIE
SOUTHERN DEMOCRACY, SINCE THE ADOPTION
OF The PRESIDENTS POLICY. AND MoUKNs-
CoxrEDERIT y ROADS,
-tWIcH is IN THE STATE Nv kENTUCKYl
Oct. y. lh71.

| -tKIcH is IN THE STATE Nv hENTUCKY, 7
Oct. y. 1871
DESPITE the Dmocrntic triumph in Ohio,
| and the prospective success ill Pennsylynny,
my hart is sad.
The Dimocrisy NV the South Is crushed,
| and there amt no life into en-. For the lust
timo sence the heginnin nv the unconstoosh-
| mel war, the corners hain't got grievance
with wich il kin intlame the public mind, or
fire the public hart.
The infamus eight to seven President.
Hayes. hez taken away all our cnpitle, and
did it in sich n crooel manner that h' yn t
words to express my detostasEen NV the man,
or my hatred NV his AK.
For fifteen vcers or thereabont can
get fix down toa fine pint in my present
demoralized condishn he'd soft thing
on the Radikels he'd it in my power at
any time to intame the corners TO pitch nv
frenzy. which enabled me to do any thing un-
der heaven with en- All he'd to do WIZ to
lcen on the bar ut Bascom's, and sigh, and
demand NV the peoyl wat wuz the yoose
Nv startin wooden .actry, or devclopln
plantnshen, or hildiu cotton mill, or any
thing NV the sort, so long ez the South wuz
overfun with bloo-coted miDyuns. and all our
energies paralyzcdt'
Then lssaker Gavitt. after tryn in yane to
bOrrer quarter nv DeekIn Pogram wood Jine
in. "Wut is the yoose, he wood say, ''uv
capitalists investin thcr means in developm
the country, when they were groanin under
military despotism: For one, I'll never put
my means into nothin, till we are all releev-
ed"
Then the entire bilin nv them eZ WIZ lean
iii on the counter, waitin for some stranger
to come in and treet en-, wood swear that SO
long ez they wuZ groanin under the oppres-
sion NV military rool, that they'd be id ef
they advance anything Tor any enterprises NV
any kind. 1t wuz no time to put out money,
when capitle wuz liable TO be rooled by the
iron heel Nv military power.
And after this cbullishn. they'd look weari-
ly around to see wich Good hold ont the long
est, and FINELY jine aGin Bascom, and so wor-
~ him That he'd give EN- eech credit for a
bowel-uarmer. rather than be annoyed with
en-, after which they'd 60 home and brood
over the oppression they WIZ sutlrin under,
while ther wives wuz Splittin wood with wich
TO fry the bacon they he'd borrered
Now this IL ali over. We never did hev
any military at the Corners. Lut ther WIZ
about 500 scattered thro the South. Them is
all Withdrawal, and our capital is gone. We
can't enthusc any more. That withdrawal
of the military scaled up the fountain NV
teers wich We he'd bin in the habit nv she'd
din over the oppreshn We he'd ben sufirin un-
der, and choked off our lamentashens. Ell |
say military okkepashen," immejitly some
Radikel remarks TINT tina troops is nil with
drawd, and ther amt n bloo-kote III the |
South.
Then my sole sinks.
Wat good wood u reformer be in world |
wich hez no sin in it, Wat good is ther in |
bein agitator, when ther amt nothin' to |
heller aGin. IF the yooserper he'd left n hun |
dred sojcrs in the South-ef he he'd left ten |
-ef he he'd left one or the ghost NV one ef |
he he'd put up q bloo-kote in korn-field, it |
wood hev bin enutl, but to send the entire
-ight hundred of to fife Injins. wuz crooelty |
70 me and sich ez me, for wich | shel never
Orgiye him.
The idce NV Dimecratic Convenshuns bein
,bleeged to endorse the acts Nv Republikin
President The idee Of hevin nothin' to
lowl about
| hev he'd nothin but trouble and disap-
ointment sence this policy wuz adopted
When l WIZ in Moo York lust week tried 10
aise fund to sorganize the Dimocrisy for
he next campane in the South. Not II dol
ar Good | git. for the merchants all remarkt
hat they WIZ too bizzy shippin goods to the
south TO attend to nashnel pollytix. They
efoozed to contribhite cent. for they sed
hlnBS wuz dom quite well. thank You, and
hey thought they could get along without
ny help.
In Kentucky, outside Of the Corners, the
'eople hev quit pollitix. purity much, and
ev settled down to workin the plantashens,
nd the planters are conciliatin the niggers
nd payin nv en- wages. The niggers amt
otin together, and the whites amt nuther
The mizable low-sperited beins are goin on
uietly attendin to their biznis, and ther
mt no call for men like me. They remarkt
0 me that ez thoy amt got any nit - that are
n jeperdy, they amt suilrin for a defender
o any alarmin extent, and they step up and
Ike thcr drinks, by themselves, and don't
SIX me, ond so suffer from drouth.
When the pot biles, the sediment comes to
he top. The yooserper hez poured lie onto
le pot, and it don't bile. The sediment
ays quietly i'll soak ut the bottom, and |
III sediment, and wo is me
| am at the bottom, while fat is nt the
p.
Death can. come to my releef any too
lick
PETROLEUM V. Nasty.