Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1878-06-28
Massey.
MR.. Nasty, In Disgust, Returns 90 the
Corners, and Briefly Describes the Ef-
feet OF the Rurchard Resolution Upon
that III-Fnted Community.

Corners, and Briefly Describes the Ef-
feet ofthe Rurchard Resolution Upon
that Ill-Fated Community.
CoNFEDRrT x RoADs
W1CH rs IN THE STATE Nv KENTUCKY,
Joon II, 1878. \
lam back in Kentucky, and shell
stay here. 1 don't want nothing more
to do with Democratic politishuns or
Democratic polytix. Ef Bascom will
give me place ez bartender will for
ever dismiss the hope so long and fa-
tally nussed NV bein Postmaster and
settle down for the remainder NV my
life, content. l don't want salary-a
permanent posishen is all need. Board
and likker, and sich clothes ez comfort
demands, is all that is nessary for me.
| hev no more ambishn-I almost wish
l wuz dead.
We he'd the Radikels in vice from
wich they Good not. escape. We he'd
charged fraud onto Hayes, and we he'd
brought up our witnesses. Ef Ander-
son wuzn't sufiishent we Good hev he'd
jist ez many more, quite ez credible, ez
we wantid. Witnesses is cheap, and,
ez our witnesses wuz willin to sware to
anything we wantid, there wuzn't the
slitest difkility in provin everything
that wuz nessary. Then all that wuz
wantin wuz to move on Hayes with an
impeachment, and seat Tilden and Re-
form in his place. Then the Postoffices,
the Custom-Houses and the entire pat
ronage NV the Fedrel Government
wood hev come to us, and there wood
hev bin that peace without wich there
can't be no prosperity.
But wat come NV itP just ez this
wuz all fixed Burchard interdoost a
resolooshen declarin that the obiick NV
the investigashen wuzn't to disturb the
title NV the President
Dimocratic members voted for it and
it wuz past! In the name NV Hevin,
wat wuz it fur thenP For wat did go
to Washinton and spend my time and
Tilden's money eff it wuzn't to oust
HayesP For wat wuz the eyes NV every
Dimocrat wich hez looked longingly on
postoflis and Custom-House these many
years, turned anxiously to WashintonP
Not disturb his titleP Why, that wuz
wat we wantid, and all that we wantid
We wantid them places, wich we Good
only git thro Tilden, and witch so long
ez Hayes sets there wuz not for us.
Wat do keer if Paul plants and Apol-
los waters ef l don't git none NV the
increesP The increes is wat wuz after.
wantid days of ease and nights of de-
light. wantid conciliation and offs.
wanted prosperity restored to the Cor
ners by hevin the Government disburse
more money, and to hev that money
cirkelate among the proper people.
wantid Bascom to prosper, and the
Deekin's few last days to be contentid
All this is lost by the pusilanimity NV
the Dimocratic members. All this is
gone. They don't want to disturb the
Presidents title! The investigashen is
now farce. 1t is a circus without any
ring-master, clown or riders. 1t is a
menagerie without any animals. The
soul is gone out NV it. Wat good does
it do to investigate eff nothin substan-
shell comes NV the investigations
Wo is me! l hev nothin left now but
sooiside ard an untimely grave. hev
bin livin on hopes ever since johnson
went out and Grant come in, and hopes
hez but little nourishment in EN-. You
kin stand it awhile on hope, ez you kin
on stimulants, but you hev to hev suth-
in more substanshel, or the system
breaks. That substanshel wuz wat the
Potter investigashen promised, but
that gone all is gone. The reackshen
is terrible. 1 look at that Post-offis
and exclaim in the words NV the poet,
Thou art SO neer and yit so far.
l am done. / don't want nothin
more. Bascom does nethin but look at
his slate, the accounts NV wich will
never be paid, and weep, and Deekin
Pogram hezn't spoke an Ineligible
word sense the fatle news struck him.
There is gloom settled onto the Cor
ners the like NV wich l hevn't seen
since Lee surrendered. 1t don't mat
ter to me whether Tilden or some one
else is the Dimocratic nominee in 1880.
The disappointment has so weighed
onto my mind that long before 1880 |
shell be in the silent tomb, and it won't
matter to me who succeeds Hayes.
can't live ez | hev bin, and the sooner
l die the better. Dimocrisy amt got
no muscle nor much intelleck. It's
tlabby. 1t won't survive me long.
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY,
Despairin.
Toledo Blade.