The Portland daily press., 1878-07-24
Nasby.
VI r. Nasby as n Pnper-MOney Missionary
Wow he Became Converted 10 the New
Financial DoeGriue, -l1-

the 20 yeers that hev lived outs this earth
probably more then hez falls u to the lot Nv eny
one man now iivin. Them ez hez seen much
trubble ez hev, all died under it. live be-
coz Nv mind that laffs at misforohoon and
defes fate. Ard besides hev .suthin te live
for. So long ez there's Dimocratic party,
propose to exist.
Lam beVin my reger amount Nv trubble
now. Jest ez soon ez the day come for the
Dimkaratic convenshuu at Columbus. went
over to Pettuses Corners, in Ohio to assist in
organizen that county tor the ensooia elecshuu
for [ realized the fact that tz Ohio goes this
fai so the next presidential elsckshun goes
ana that the party calls upon every Diuokrat
10 do HIS whole dooty. Fo, me success ne xs
yeer is nece ssity. That post offis at the Cor.
| ners must be mine if ever. Falyoor would
break my heart ~
arrived at Pattusses the mite nv the day nv
the coavepshun and was welcomed with open
arms. got the Dimokrisy together to ratify
the nomi oashens, that we might go into the
campare with that enthoosiasm wich is neces-
sary to success. We waited fer the nomina-
shens impatiently, aud finally they cane:
For governor-Willyum Allep.
For lieutenant governor-Samyoo ooel f. Cary
Three Cheers" L sung out, "for Allen and
CaryH
The cheers were given with a will. The Di-
mokrisy Nv Pettuses Corners are excellent at
cheriD.
Tke platform adopted by the convenshun
hadn't come to hand, but didn't care. Ipro.
ceeded to draft resolution or two, for knowed
the Caudi6ataa On wall-T up, 81 ,rol -.
to their antecedents and utterances-that L fel,
perfectly certain wat the platform wuz on wich
they wuz placed, and wrote the resolutions ac-
cordin. The folerin wuz the first:
Resolved, That it is the yoonanmous expres-
sheun Nv the Dimocrisy nv Pettusses Corners,
thatin nomnatin for governor William Allen
the e!okent champion Nv hard money, the Dim.
1kratic State conyeDshun merits the gratitood
not only NV the Dimokrsy Nv the Yoopited
States, bat nv every honest man. That his
ringing demonstrating nv dirty rag money and
his upholdin NV the Dimikratic idea NV hard
money will, in the future ez in the past, be DO
tsnt tor the perteckshun Nv long suffeIin AID
opprest people.
MY friends" sed | drawn myself up So ez
70 resemble Dan,l Webster ez much ez possi-
pie, before yoo take vote on this resousben,
beV word to say. Willyum Allen, Ole Bill
Allen, honest Ole Bill Allen, is emfatikally
the peoples friend. He is the material enemy
Nv monopolists, Nv banks and bankers, and the
most inyeterate, vindicitive deadly enemy nv
this Hood nv rotten paper money which bez so
long aH1'Cted the country and blighted its pros
perity. Honest Ole Bill Allen hez from his in
fancy denounst paper money tz the iDsidious
foe uv the farmer, and the oppressive weapon
Nv the bloated aristocraf. In the Senate and
on the stump, by voice and pep, houest, true
Ole Bill Allen hez demandid that gold. hard.
gold only, shood be considered money, and that
the dirty, filthy rag money ishood by black
hGnnDllGan tt0norlS 0nr,t Ont Ia
mand ne renoos today-that demand Dino
krat1c State convenshun hez made by nomna-
tin BIN, and let us, the Dinokrisy nv Petuses
corners, nailin our kulors, Hard money for
ever, to the mast, pass this resolushsn."
This speech fetched EN- and the resolushen
wuz passed with such emfasis ez never seed.
Then three rousin cheers wuz given for Honest
Ole Bill Allen, the friend Nv the people and
the nope NV the country-the uudaunted, un-
purchasable friend nv hard money and the de-
nouncer nv rag money 10 whatever shape it
comes.
So far, so good. They passed this resolooshen
easlIy, Tor ez none Nv EN- ever he'd any money
they never w0z pertikler ez to wat pertikler
kind they endorsed, but the next step wuz
RELY delikt one I he'd knowd Sam Cary
for yeers, and knOwd him ez the very he'd and
front Nv the temperance party Nv the state.
knoWd he wuz son nv temperance and the
most intolerable prohibishinist the state he'd
ever bin Gust with. he'd myself heerd him
denounce the ikker seller ez only fit to be hung
and it he'd bin my pleesin dooty to help rotten |
egg him on several occashuns wen he wuz |
maxim rabid temperance speeches. Hence | |
coodent quite understand why be wuz put upon
the ticket. But PERSONNEL that our leaders
had determined on bold stroke to ketch the
temperance vote, reiyin on the known caracter
Nv the party to hold the whiskey vote. So to
give Samyooel a send off interdoost this reso-
loosheu:
Resolved, That the Demokrisy nv Petusses
corners endorse the nomination Nv Samyooel |
ha1a A. =
hez so long aud ably advokated. That the |
likk.r Affic is a evil which should be mitrgated
and fiji ,ly eradicated
Thert was some murmurn at this, but told |
,em 1t woz sno ,se to murmur; that we he'd |
to carry the state, and that the end justified |
the means. And they passed it with three |
cheers for Gary and Prohi hibishen.
Then we ajurned to the various groceries, and |
the candidates worked up great deal Nv d NJ
okratic eDtho0siasm.
The next mornin we assembled at Splidden's |
grosery to get the Cincinnati papers with the |
full perceedins Nv the convenshen, which, when
they arrived, read.
''Why this palenis Nv face and this ghasty
blooms nv ncse?" demanded the sheriff
"Run!. l exclaimed, "run for your lives.
Stop the 'Battle-axe Nv Freedom (Which wuz
the Dimekratic papsr Nv Pettuses Corners),
from glttln out the perceedins nv last Mites
ratification meetin.
wat is the matteI?,' exclaimed the entire
crowd, seein that suthin uncommon moved me.
"Gentlemep, We hev made a mistake" L
remarkt, with much camnis ez Good COM
maDd. "The Dimekratic State Convenshen
hez gone and put Ole Bill Alien on raemony
platform, ard Samyooel Gary on a whiskey
will never trust Dimekrat's rec
ord agin."
There wuz only one thing to do. The Dime
kratic mind is flexible and verssteel. We
merely met agin that night and passed the rite
resoushens endorsin Allen aud Gary and the
platform on which the convenshen put 'em;
and we passed 'em with jst ez much enthoosi-
asm ez we did them Nv the precedin evenin,
and every thing is serene and harmonious agin.
shel stay in this country and organize the
party thoroughly before going to nv old Ken
tucky home. PETROLEUM V, Massey,
Wunst Postmaster, and now Paper Money Mis-
sionary.