Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-26
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THE CUNNING OLD FOX EXPLAINS TIE
MANNER IN WHICH HE FILLED OUT
HIS TICKET-THE PEOPLE HAD BEST
WATCH LYCURG's sMoKE.
Mr.. Editor-I see from the HERALD
that lonR-tOngued Corporal Schnapps
is out Of the Penitentisry again, and
imagines himself one of the leaders in
the Radical Conservative Democratic.
National Administration Party; but
the poor shoGt.thief is mistaken. He
is only 9 UOter. He is also mistaken in
supposing l have abandoned my party.
For reasons best known to myself l
did play the role of the Prodigal Son q
little, but II l had been in earnest, that
old jerked bull-beef, cotton sack and
basket, with orders from the old man
10 march to the cotton field, "you lazy
cuss," instead of the fatted cSlf, store
clothes, music and dancing, ETC., would
have efectually cured me Of ell such
foolishness. But that was all sham.
l only went in TO get few Of the reg
ular Democratic nominees to join our
party. WGS in some trouble
about the poor success | met with In
my new party, until l discovered II
was owing 10 Q want Of 9 slight addi-
ton to the name 10 make It q great sue.
; cess. There is one feature, however,
In the new organization we do not
like. II 10 10 let the negroes hold of.
fee as we'll 90 vote. But In fixing up
our ticket we ring In q couple Of very
respectable half.breeds instead of the
, pure African. l have discovered II was
impossible 10 have everything as l
would wish, but did the best | could
in getting up my ticket. have no
fear aOiD Of its success. With such
men as myself, Capt. Spears, Jim Good.
rum, Tom Bedford, Ed. Folkes and
Bill Hossley, together with the two
saddle-colored Radicals, with the
mighty mind of the great Republican
leader, Judge ]. s. Morris, to
, direct US what TO do and
say, we are certain to win,
though It may prove after all, q great
Radical victory. But we want the
Offices, and must have them, no matter
what the consequences may be to the
people.
Il is said that Everything is fair In
love and war;" and politics. Acting
upon this view OF the case, after
amending my new party name l re-
, turned to the Democratic camp, but
only as q spy, for the purpose of get
ginR into their secrets and decoying
some of their best men into our ranks.
D Our ticket shows with what success,
. would not have succeeded in bring
ing over Captain Spears, but for the
fact of his having been left out of the
Democratic ticket entirely, which made
him mad. So he pitched into Furlone
0 aud thought no had a "soft thing" OF 1t
\ but he said ell the bad things o.
him, and called him all the
naughty names he could think Of
I without producing the slightest effec
5 upon Fnrlong or anybody else, as faI
q as anyone could discover. And ther
said Il all over and over again, will
the same result. So tho Captain very
8 naturally "run out of soap" aud had
: come to a deadlock. No man can
D talk always upon the same subject
Thus, like myself, ho had become
greatly disheartened with his indie
; pendent Democratic dodge. l just
: suggested 10 him to come over 10 u'
Q and we would let In the Radical ne
n groes, then the charge Of Furlongt
, being traitor TO hls party would come
In with good effect, and would give
}, him material to talk about. He saw
the point, and at once acceded 10 IN!
q proposition, and | predict the peoplt
:, will find him Grst.clasS mired politi
clan.
Q | explained to another one, that hi
10 being the candidate Of only one o
a the great political parties, II was posi-
= BILE for him TO be beaten; but If h
y ran on both sides, he was sure of hi
j. election. Nothing could be clearer t
10 his enlightened mind than the truth o
,r this statement, and without the leas
!. hesitancy he fell into line, and Is nov
=, ready 10 battle manfuly upon boll
y sides.
9, wrote to Buck, but Dick did nc
10 answer my letter, so | acted upon tn
,s adage "Slience gives consent" aud pu
. him on rhe ticket.
y had no trouble with Tom Bedford
70 had only 10 show him that there wa
W money in the thing, and that ixe,
h him. AS for Bill Hossley, he came il
=, OF his own accord. The sting Of de
=, feat, caused by the nomination OF New
u ton Hail for the office he hoIds, wa
le sufficient 10 induce him 10 run on an
|. ticket that would give him the !eas
q hope of retaining his Office.
- With this ticket in the field, an
y with twenty-five RadiCal negroes, lex
'r Office holders,) composing the party (
10 do the voting, we cannOtbe defeated.
m Then tell Judge Morris TO crack hi
=. whip, and keep his team at livcl
10 gait, and 10 keep them well in hand
Ie to enable him to make all the shar
Ig turns without upsetting yours truly,
GEN. LYCURGUS BLOWHARD,