The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-02-07
Nasty.
Mr.. Bragg of Wisconsin "arraned, for his
legendary spsech-The Cardinal prin-
ciplrs of Southern Democracy Ex.
planned.

ciplrs of Southern Democracy Ex.
planned.
| Rev. Mr.. Nasty has new sfflictiop which
he means over in the Toledo ade az follows:
| The perverseness of some men is beyond all
| human cslcnlashup, and the misforchoons nv
the Dimocrisy is suthin wich nothin short Nv
| ipfnity kin calkerlate upon Their aiut no
disciplio ip the party; but it seems, on the cou-
trary, sz tho every man Nv em, from the high
| est officer down to the lowest private in toe
ranks wuz fitin on his own book
Their wuz b'll iUterdoost into Congris remoou-
erstin kentuckian named Mitchell fur COZ ton
seezed by Linkin's hirelins, and the proceeds
| nv wich went into the Fedrel iresury and wuz
| voosed to crush the South in its holy struggle
| for its rites
1t wuz very simple case. Mitchell went
South at the beginning Nv the unholy crusade,
He he'd pass or suthin from Fedral general
to 90 South, but when be got there he preferred
to stay, and be did stay for three yeers
Bein troo Keutuckian, Mitchell went into
the Confedrit servis, ez q commissary or suthiu
Nv the sort. That he wuz troo friend NV the
Soutnls evidenced by the fact that be wuzn't
hung to the neerest tree.
Doorln his absence his cotton was remorse.
lessly ,seezed by Linkin's feends, and con-
fscated
After the South wuz crashed, Mr. Mitch IFS
wealth beiD mostly In Confedrit money, he be-
thot himself NV the cotton. 1 don't know how
much cotton wuz taken, nor is it necessary
thet shood know only know that he put In
claim for $l38 600, enuff 60 enable him to live
IN considerable comfort and smooth his path
| way to the silent toom. That wuz all ther wuz
about It, 1t wuz case wich appealed to every
ID m0craf, and it ought to hev gone thro the
House with whoop. ez ther beglnnin nv con-
silashen
Bat before it cum to q vote, a Dimekrat
named Bragg Of Wisconsin made ipcendery
speech agin it, and to add insult to ipj,ory he
gave the snfrin South notis that sich cames
wood be resisted By the DImocrisy nv the
North, and that there wood be no earthly yoose
10 interdoosin sch bills
Let me ask Mr. Bragg wat he means? Is he
Dimekrat and does be comprebe nd the hull
doOty nv Dimekrst? Wat wuz he electid
fur? Wat rite bez he to hold seat in Coneris
e. Dimekrst aud cast his vote sein Dime
bratio measures? He is insubordiDit He
hezn't the remotist idee nv wat his dooty reely
~ Wat did the South cum back into the
Yoooyun fur?
He sez it will be the eutrin wedge for sicb
appropriashens. till the treasury is bankrupt.
SDosn 1t is? Doesn't Mr.. Bragg understand
that the South is bankrupt? Doasu't Mr..
Bragg understand that rite here 10 the Corners
We hev clames aein the gineral Guverumeut for
more than twice the amount Nv MitchelPs beg
carly demand? Why, Deekin Pogram lost
twelve mules and all his fences, and Captain
McPelter bis distillery with its preshus co.,
tsnce. Isaker Pogram sez he lost suth'n, and
Their ain't citizen Nv the Corners bus wich dis
kivered be he'd bin impoverished BY the bluo-
kotid hirelins the very mint it woz diskivered
that ther wuz prospect nv DImekr tic
House and SENT, and consekent payment nv
these claims
The effeck on the Corners nv this prospeck
Nv pay ment wuz instantaneous and strikin.
There revived in our breasts feeling nv devo-
shuu to the old flag wich we hadn't felt for
years. Their wuz an immejit longin to see its
folds hoat1n every where, and expreshuns be-
gun to be heerd that perhaps the South he'd
made mistake, aud that the old flag wuz
good enuH for as And wat wuz better, jist
the second that the payment nv these clames
wuz considered shoor thing, Bsscom re-estab-
llshed the credit system, and IN the most gen.
eros manner put down on his slate jist ez many
drinks ez We ordered. When ctizeu sed,
Put it down, Bascom," his inquiry wuz,
"HAv yoo claim sgin the Guvsrnmsut?" and
q the anser alluz wnz. "'Csrtsiny-mules,"
he put it down cheerful and smilin.
Do 700 know, Mr. Bragg, wat yoor insenjary
speech hez dun? 1t hez crushed out yoonyun-
ism here, entirely. Is hez revived the old feel
in nv animosity to the Fedrel Government, and
revived the smolderin discontent that wuz
wellnIgh extinguished. The citizens imurmur,
"rhen the Government amt gon to pay me for
my mules? D--n the Guvernmentl'
Issker Gavitt sez that eft Bragg nv Wisconsin
succeeds in blockin' the payment to him fur
the mules that John Morgan took, the hopes
nv the South for a free Government are forever
Dashed, and that freedom may ez we'll COM
mence her shreek.
The reedin Nv Mr.. Bragg's speech hez
plunged the Corners into gloom. from which it
will take months to arouse It.. BzuIss is de-
prest, and there is geDral staguashen. Bsscom
refoosed credit at his bar to wunst, and we hev
to depend on chasc9 commershel travellers
from louisville for wat refreshers we git. We
sit afore his fire and wonder Of the time will
come when supplies will bs reglsr, aud the
worm that dieth not in our stummicks will
ever bs sufficiently sstIated. All this we owe
TO Bragg NV Wisconsin.
l never want to zee Dimekrat electid from
State like Wisconsin. They amt half baked.
came. aud take defect wen he come no for re-
leckshun like man, trussin the next Dime
kratc President, wich will be under Southern
controle to Civ him furrin misshun.
Sich Dimekrsts must be red oot nv the party.
We didn't cum back inter the Yoonyan to play
second fiddl. to the North. Nv the Rtdikels
North we expec opposshun, but Nv the Dimok-
rscy Nv the North, submisshun. Nothin less
will anser. The Braggs mast either git inter
ther old places, or go out among the Ablisho-
nists were there is weepin and wailin and nash
in nv teeth.
The csrdinel principles Nv the Southern Di-
mokrisy is
l. Paymuct Nv all clames thet any Confed-
rit may make on the G,nrsl Government for
property yoesed up doorin the struggle.
Penshunin Southern soljers, incloodin
sch ez wood hev liked to hev gone inter the
servis but didn't.
8. comprehensive system nv internal i'm
provements wich wood mcleod custom house
at the Corners, aud the slack-waterin nv Suck
er-Crik.
Eff Mr.. Bragg can't support these trooly con-
sliatory me asures, the sooner he gits out nv
the party the better. We want no sieh In our
ranks.