National Republican., 1879-12-31

Ruined.
From the Toledo Blade
PTTTsBuRG (Wch is in the State nv Penn.
sylyanyl, Dec. 10, l570.--We waz a sittin In
Bascom's ono mite last week, Doekin Pogram,
Issaker Gavilt and me- lamentin over tho con-
dishn nv the kenlry, which hez bin our princi-
pie bizn's for this many weary day. We felt
that we wuz rooined. Ez ther wuz no way NV
compelin the niggors settled here TO do our
work ez In the good old times, ther he'd bin no
crops got in last summer, and ez the Govern
mont rclC ozod 10 ishoo Greenbax in Unlimited
quantities aud spend tho same on tho system
NV internal improvements wiuh tho Corners 80
earnestly desire, Bascom's pashenoe becum OK.
haustid and for two weeks he hca crooelly ro-
foozcn us credit for liltker, and all we hev had
is slch on the proceeds NV the Deokn's doubo-
barreled shotgun wood bring. Ho sighed as
no sold it, but when hO thot that niggcrs 10
kill were GROWN skeorce. he wuz reconcilod.
II kin git on without shotgun" he sed,
"but without likker, never"
promptly Borrowed tho half nv the prico
NV him, and in that way am keepin sole and
body together
migratid over into Ohio that mite glost
over The distress wich the polisy Nv tho Radi-
kols he'd brot onto EN- and sec whether or no
the people he'd bin cured of thcr insanity,
and wuz rendy to return TO tho Dimekati0
fold and submit theiseyes wunst more to tho
rool NV thor material controllers, the South.
Columbus wuz the FIRST pint | struck in tho
roOined State, aud happened to git there tho
day the butcher Grant arrived.
l can't say that notist any pcrtikeler signs
nv the room wuz soekin for. Tho blast fur
misses wua all ia full blaze, and the smoke, in
| torment to Dimekiatc soles, wuz assendin 10
Hevn from scores NV chimncys. The streets
wuz crowded with people, and not sole NV
om seemed to realize that they wuz writhn
under the heel NV a fmanshel desp0tism.
Trains nv cars wuz runnin In every dircc-
| shun loaded down with people, all NV en- in
good close and ez rode along lin a cattle car,
| wioh took for reasons uva pekoOniary nachcr)
| notist great stacks of hay and rich, fat cattle
by the thousand, and houses with the sidn all
| tightly nailed, aud no glass out NV the win
ders. AT ono stashou ! heerd one man ask
another to take suthn, wich no did and tho
| man paid for it-suthin that hczu't okkurred
| at the Corners for yeers
All along the route it wuz tho same, and in
| this city IL is even wuss. | never wuz 50 dis
currdged in my lifc--ncver so utterly cast
down. Tho furnaces are all Iunnin on full
| time, the hevens is clOudGd with smoke, tho
glass factries is hovin ali they kin do, tho coal
miners is all employed and there aint tho
slitest prospeck Nv any riots or bloodshed.
When | rcmarkt 90 workman how he liked
| his chances, he answered. VERY well, thank
| yoo," and loOkin at me cz tho he thot / wuz
an escaped loonatc, went on with his work.
| DO yoo know yOo are roOined y shrceked.
| Are yoo aware that you arc grOann under
odious oppreshun, and nre the victim NV
! grindin despotsmr Wat do yoo mean by
stayin here and workn IN stid NV going out
| holdin mass mcotins aud resolvin never 10
submit, aud burnin down shops aud tearn up
rails and siCh Are yoo a mang"
| The besotted sorf simply remarkt that Of
didn't get out Of this he wood show me whether
he wuz man or not, aud droppin piece nv
| hot iron Oh my foot just where the boot wez
| broken, turned away whistln.
| We may cz well make up our minds to tho
| olcCkshun NV anulhcr Raditc In 1880 We
hcv 10 cappytle to 80 on. The Winter wheat
| looks ez tho ther wuz IA going TO be anuther
cussd big crop, and ther is good market for
all that kin be raised. The price NV manu-
| iaktered goods is up so that proprietors and
men are both well paid, aud ther an't u gOin
to beno more riots or public disturbances NV
any kind. Tho farmers are all satisfied, tho
mechanics arc ditto, aud they are goin on
oankin their change happily. What kin
| Dmocrisy do when tier aint no distress.
| There is no hope for the Dimocrisy, and 1
| mite eI we'll get my ascenshun robes ready.
| PETROLEUM V. Massey.
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