Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-31
MISCELLANY,

i MISCELLANY
i Massey.
Mr. Nnsby, Having Attended IN
Eighth Oa January CON ven siWn. DC
cides that she Democracy Wan
War.
/ From the Toledo Blade.
CoNFEDRIT X RoADs,l
i (WIcH rs IN THE STATE w KEN-}
TUCKY.)
Halleloogy! The Dimocricy he,
FINELY got themselves nerved up Il
the pint NV demandin Tilden Of
blood, and am happy!
| 1 Wuzat Columbus, Ohio, the eight
Nv Janooary, and left ther fcelins
better than / hcv since the clecshun
found ther rampant war spcri
that more than did me good. 1t wu;
trooly representative convcnshun
There wuz present in that body ever,
man in the state who wanted Fed
cral appointment-evcry man VIII.
would like to be postmaster, collect
or, was there, and in the matter u,
patriots who wanted fnrrin mishns
the convenshun wuz remarkably
strong and intellectooal.
They wuz all thirstin for gore. on.
less Tildcn can be inoggerated peece.
ably, and the feelin increased ez time
wore on. Them ez wuz in the bar
rooms at th. Neil and the Amerikir
hotels, cz wuz for blood only ez the
last resort at 6 o'clock, became aggres.
sive at 8, sanguinary at 10, and by Is
they wuz more than ragin for some.
body's blood. Every drink they tool
made en- sanguinier, and about l
carried up to bed duzen of the most
bloodthirsty Dimocricy ever see.
do love 10 assist patriots who are
in that pekoolyer condishn to bed, al
about II at night. They never can
tell the next morning wher they left
their pocket handkerchicfs, gloves,
and wat loose change they may hev
about en-. alluz found the Good
Samaritan biznis profitable.
Eff these same men he'd only gone
into the Confedrit army in 1861, and
talk fite half as dangerous ez they say
they arc agoin to now, ther never
would hcv been no Hayes elected this
yeer.
It's singlcr how many ablishnists
are alive with good appetites, wich
these bold, men mite hcv killed twelve
yeers ago. But we are alluz missin
our best opportunities.
l rejoist at the fcclin in Columbus.
for | hev decided that want war, in
any event. We hev he'd pcece long
enuff, and we must hcv commoshcn.
| notist wunst when wuz engag gcd
in earning my livin by lyin on my
back and secin my mother bile SOAP.
that when the kittle billed the skum
cum to the surfis. Wat we need now
is to hcv it bile, and hence all such
conyenshuns cz that at Columbus
meets my harty approval.
Ii don't cost nothin to resolve, and
where three or four dimocrats are
gathered together, they kin resolve
jist as well ez tho thcr wuz hundred
or thousand. l want en- to git to-
gether and resolve to wunst. They
must resolve first, that they know
Tilden is clcctid. and second, if it liz
declared by the SENT or Soopreme
Court, or any other power on the face
NV the earth that he amt, they will
inoggerate him by force. That IL wat
we want, and the work nv resolyin
must be begun TO wunst.
| liev made an akkerate calkclashen
and am conyinst that gore IL the most
profitable thing for the dimocricy,
take en- ez they run.
The dimocricy of the lower wards
of Moo York haint got anything to
lose by war, or anything else, nor
hev we NV the Cross Roads. But the
rich stores of the republican mer-
chants of Moo York, the rich factries
NV the mill men and the manufac-
tnrers NV Moo England, the rich
farms NV the republicans of Ohio, and
the furnaces and manufactures NV the
republicans in Pennsilvany, and the
banks of republican bankers NV the
whole country, they wood make sich
rich pickin eZ the armies wich Tilden
and reform wood send forth, never
saw. My very mouth waters when 1
think nv il.
Ez a matter NV course there are
dimocratic merchants, manufacturers,
bankers and farmers, who would
come in fur an ekal distribution NV
their effects among the sturdy de-
Tenders of NV the reform idec, and
they mite murmur, but they ought
not to. The dimocratic masses, wich
hey been waitin and waitin for fifteen
years, must hev their innins, and them
innins must be made ez good ez pos
siblc. Clecrly the bizness dimocricy
mnst not complane when we let loose
the dogs NV war. War must be made,
that in the disorder follerin ii, there
kin be that redistribution NV proper
ty witch men as hev been selfishly Ia
brin all their lives hev inikltusly
accumulated.
In fact, he'd ruther Tilden wood
sale into the presidency thro bloody
seas, than to see him walk to it pcece-
ably. We shood then hev solid
South, and the North wood be divid-
ed so that it coodnt do nothin but
pay the taxes. Then we shood re-
poodiatc the Nashnel debt, ishoo
greenbax till every one nv us wood
hev all we Good carry, and we shall
hev flush times. l think, with the
experience | he'd in the last war,
Good make enuT out NV good. heal
thy war to keep me comfortable durin
the foo days I am in this vale NV
teers. It is an opportoonity witch we
can't let slip. We don't pay no taxes.
so that burden don't fall on us, and
we get all the benefits. The idee NV
livin on the enemy is delitcful.
Let us hev more convenshuns. Let
us meet everywhere aud resolve
Let the democrisy everywhere come
together and resolve for Tilden or
blood. There amt no community,
however small, that hezn't got in it at
least five patriots which want places,
and where there can't be any more,
five is enuff. by hollcrin' very loud
a few men kin make considerable
noise.
We hold our convenshun at the
Crossroads tomorrow. We hev the
arrangements all made. Pollock and
Bigler is in Louisville, buyin goods,
the niggers darsent come near when
they are away, and there won't be no
trouble. We shell hev the Corners to
ourselves, and we shel pass sich reso-
lutions cz will make Moo England
quail.
The prospect is chcerin, and | am
happy. PETROLEUM v. Massey,
Ex-Reformer.
+. S.--Ez soon ez war is declared,
300 NV the solid democracy NV the
Corners will rush to the front, ef the
dimoeratic Nashnel Committy will
send money enuff to pay their fares
to the scene nv conflick, and git EN- a
pare nv pants and shoes, so that they
may rush in some comfort. This aid
will be strikly necessary. Contribu-
tions for this purpose may be sent to
me now.
a very searching investigation was
carried on few years ago in the
north of England by two families who
were searching up their respective
ancestry. The strife was great be-
tween them, each one determining
TO look back into antiquitp further
1 al, T.