Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1879-09-04
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From the Toledo BIada

owen is IN the State NV Ohio),
August l5, 1873.
hedn't the pashense to wait at Pot
tusville, in Ohio, for frost The ther-
mOmeter woodn'E do nOthin for me.
Mite after mite l sOt up, till mornin.
hopin for it to go down to the freezin
pint, so that it wood destroy the corn:
but it wOOdn't go down. l hoped for
some sort NV a smash in the iron market,
for some terrible distress to come upon
the manufacturers and operatives; |
prayed for defalcashens, for bankrupt
cies, for anything that wood make dis
tress and make the people dissatisfied
with the eXistin condishen NV things,
but nothin NV the kind happened.
Labrin men wuz all employed, their en-
ployers paid 'em promptly and in good
money, and when | went onto the streets
and howled again hard times and Repub-
lfkin misroOl, [ wuz laft to skOrn. [ saw
'em gittin on so easy that | wuz temptid
tn quit Dimekratik polytiX and go to
work myself. But anshent habit pre-
vailed, and [ nipt that resOloOshen in the
bud.
Feelin that | must do suthin for Dimoc-
risy, [ left for Mississippi, which is a
more promisin field, and got full NV the
old-fashioned kind NV Dimocrisy onto
wich [ wuZ weaned.
am happy here. Here we hev the
undilootid article. Here ther is distress
in ded airnist. Here the Dimocrisy hev
no money, and never will heV, and | kin
talk hard times with some effeck.
My biZnis sence l hev bin here is to as
sist in savin the county from the fell
| spirit NV disorganizashun. There is
more niggers than white men here, and
| jist after the war a great many disorgan-
izers from Ohio and Moo England settled
in the county, putting up saw mills and
buyin large quantities NV land, and
! spendin money on improvements and
sich. Not cOntentid with reversin the
regler habits Nv the kentry, they insisted
on takin part in pollytix, and ez the mig
! gers vOtid with them they carried the
county several years after the war, and
KEEP the DimOcrisy groanin in spirit.
| But at the last Presidenshel eleckshun
! the DimOcrisy girded up its loins and re-
| fOOsed to submit to this infamus rOol. 1t
wuz determined to carry the county for
! Tilden and Reform, and the Republican
majority NV two thousand wuz changed
to Dimikratic majority NV about the
same number. The Democrisy quit
groanin and loaded ther shotguns. 1t
| wuZ a crisis, and it wuZ boldly and cheer
fully met. do not know how many mig
| gers WuZ killed, for no akkOunt wuz ever
taken Nv EN-, nor do L know how many
NV their white abettOrs wuz permitted to
| leave the county, but ez it wuz boldly
| proclaimed that the freedom and purity
NV the ballot wuZ agoin to be maintained,
even at the muZzle NV the shotgun, the
| number must heV bin cOnsidable. The
niggers wuz offered the ballot in akkord-
ance with the amendment, with the con-
! dishin sternly insisted onto that it wuZ
to be the Dimekratic ballot without a
scratch onto it. Very few NV them wuz
abandoned enuff to offer their votes, and
| eZ / remarkt, the DimOcrisy carried the
county triumphantly for ,rilden and Re-
form.
This yeer the DimOerisy met and nOmi-
mated ther tikkit. 1t wuz a good tikkit
and ther wuz no reason under the heaven
| why any man, black OIL white, shoOd re-
foose to vote for it. The candidates wuz
all eligible. Every wun NV en- had
owned niggers afore the war, and every
wun NV EN- had served in the Confederate
i army. l bleeve ther wuzn't one on it
that he'd been anything less than a cap
tain, and one, the candidate for Sheriff,
he'd participated in the glorious affair at
Fort Pillow. All Nv EN- he'd bin active
in Kidding the country NV disturbers-
| Colonel Sharkey, the candidate for Sher-
if, heVin killed, fust and last, a hundred
niggers. HiZ shotgun WuZ alluZ shoor-
To our surprise disturber named
: Tompson dissented from the ackshen uy
r the conyenshun. He wuz born in the
, county, but he'd disgraccd his State by
bein reconstructed and actin with the
Radikels. He called a convenshun NV
the " citizens" and announst hiSself eZ
independent candidate for Sheriff.
Ez mite hev bin expectid, this aroused
. indignashen in the county. Wuz this tc
be permitted? Never!
g l thought they wuz done with this
nonsense" sed Colonel Sharkey, g but
they drive me to it,
And he wiped out his shotgun and laid
in a stock NV buckshot.
5 The Dimocrisy organized to prevent
, this outrage. Headed by Col. Sharkey
h &c OH :
his hand and determinashun on his brow
marched to the hall where the disorgan
e izers wuz in session. Tompson he'd iist
r bin nominated and was maxim a speech il
which he wuz urgin devoshun to the
yoonyun and the laws. Colonel Sharkey
stopped him, remarkin that he he'd suthiT
to say.
"Do you really and in ded arnist pro
pose to be a candidate for Sheriff?'' h.
d asked NV Tompson.
;, Certainly I do,'' wuz the inslent re
: ply. C In this free kentry anybody XII
y y be a candidate wich kin git a nomina
shen."
:. ssMy dooty is clear,'' sed the intrepi
y Sharkey. F'I am a Iaw-abidin citizen
u and will hev nothin but law and order
. Wat l am about to do is my own privi
; matter, tho it is in the interest NV tn
i masses. Law and order must be main
tanned. Mr.. Tompson, l Civ you jist fiv
L HlIuub0S 10 SIG Ou0ll lIl0 plSbLIOEIls EeSlS
- yoor candidacy and disperse this unlaW
. full meetin.'
- "Can't citizen NV Mississippi hol
= meetins and vote ez he pleases ?" de
u manded the Insolent Tompson.
= 'sTo vote eZ one pleases is a HEAVIER
:, born rite, - replied Colonel Sharkey, g bU
Al one must please to vote the Dimecrat
I, tickit. The safety NV the kentry demand
II that trif1in concession. Every Norther
agitator and every nigger radikel in tn
;, hall hez that liberty. Mr.. TompsOn, you
~ ~ time is neerly up, and l never wast
55' words.'
=. =. He cockt his shotgun.
l9 '' shell stay ez long ez l please, an
'u shell be candidate-''
y The misable man didn't finish the sci
~ tence. The five minits wuz not quite al
II but Colonel Sharkey saw there wuz i
yoose NV argooin with him, and his sho
gun ansered. TOmpsOn fell on the pla
III form a corpse. Then Colonel Sharke
reloadin the barrel, Civ motifs to the whi
men i'm the hall that they must leave Il
county in "a hours or take the cons
lg kenses, and that the niggers must git
n their respective homes to wUnst, an
H. with his faithful followers. left the hal
er Arrivin at Liberty Hall, the Dim
kratic headquarters, Colonel Shark
- asked us to halt.
g The law must be Observed" he sc
g hev killed man. Very well, | w
anser for it. | am a law-abidin citize
This matter must be investigated, and d
courts must pass upon it. 1t may be tn
he / wuz wrong. We will go to the mag
er- trate.''
he Fortunately, Squire Gusher, jus
M NV the peace, wuZ in.
= a g wish to deliver myself up,'' s
fas Colonel Sharkey.
nd ''What hez happened ?'' askt the Squil
,ut takin the pipe out NV his mouth and 81
an tin up demijOhn.
nd &c hev killed man, replied Sharke
70 '' Is that all?'' sed Gusher. ssW
ere wuz he? lie is a ,ouS eff you drawed