National Republican., 1879-09-25
CoNFEDRTT X ROADS
(Wich Is in the State NV Kentucky,
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NNlCu lS Ill Tue state NV hcntuCKyI
September 8, 1879.
never wuz so impressed with tho sooper
ority NV the Southern mind over the Northern
ez | hev bin since readin' the account NV tho
KILN NV Dixon by Barksdae. There is sew
eral ways NV don' the same thing, and the
wise man alluz takes the shortest and most
direct.
wuz in Moo YoorlS doorin the rane NV the
great Tweed, and am not too proud to say that
/ wuz a recepient NV his bounty. In fact the
only sense nv hoomliashen | hev is thet
didn't git more NV it, and that doorin that
golden era | didn't git enufr TO smooth my
pathway to tho toom. / shoOd hov provided
enuf, the incum NV wch wood how furnished
me with my likkcr for life, trustin to a con-
fdiu public and the onsartin resources NV
chance for my board aud cloze. But didn't,
and am sufferin In my old age in conscience
NV my thotlisnis.
Tweed he'd bis own way nv cOntrollin his
party. Itwuz simple and direct, but very ex-
pensive and bOthersome. When Dime
krat kicked out OF the traces, and sOt up for
hissclf, tho great Tweed simply bought him
up. IL wuza question NV how much money
he wanted. and that sum, big or little, he got,
and got IL to-wunst. Tho words that wuz of
tcncst in Twecd's mouth wuz, "how muchP'
aud cf the man wuz wutll IL lie got 1t aud no
questions askt.
made very nice thing nv it in the latter
days Nv that great statesman by Dustin out in
rebellion ut ward meetings aud bcin paid for
| quietin down.
| In the South the statesman NV the Dime.
kratic party hes other methods, wich al still
more simple aud direct. They don't buy re-
bcllious Dimekrats, for the sullishcnt reason
that outl the Suthern war clames are paid by
the Fedrcl Government and Suthcrn soljers
are pcnshuud. they amt got no money to buy
with. Perhaps when that Pactoian streem
shel flow over the koutry they will lose the
Spartin simplicity that characterzes NV em
now, and become ez corrupt ez Tweed, but
they are willn to risk it.
However poor Southern statesman may bo
! he is never TOO poor to own q doubebarreled
shotgun, and buy charge NV powder aud
buckshot. With this their outfit is complete,
and they hcv all the pcrsuadcrs they want.
Now let Dimeknt kick or let a man run ez
an Independent. or Dixon wuZ goin TO do
The don't go to him with money, or offers of
places or prelerment ez Tweed did. They
don't send committees TO reason with him, nor
do they hold jint discussions with him. No
indeed The Central committee merely meets
and resolves that he is ~ inCeniary and Il dis
turber. He is thon expected TO pack up his
traps aud git Possibly he may be bold, reck-
lis man and won't git. Then his fate is onto
his own head. They don't like to do 1t, but
stern sense Nv dOoty impels om.
The best shot with shotgun among en-
wipes ont his gun, lookin admirimly at the
nOtchcs on the stock that mark the number NV
inceniares and disturbers that it hez removed,
and loads both barrels carefully with buck
shot. lie takes drink or two more than
yoosual, TO stddy his nerves, and walks camly
out and gifts behind the corner NV the grocery
to which he knows tho disturbor will come for
his rcgler sustancr. Cockin the gun, lie
| camly awaits his approach.
| The wreched man comes santcrin along
| Wv course he knows that lie Is TO he gone for,
eff he hcz lived in the kcntry any time at all,
but lie never knows from wat quarter the shiv-
| elrus shot Is TO be fired. He is about to enter
the door, when the fatal report is heard aud
| he falls to the earth corpse.
| The shivelry, after seeiu that the ineenjary
| is dead, goes calmly to the nearest Justis NV
the Peece, the other nominees on the rcglcr
tikkit 80 his BALE the court and bondsmen go
and take suthin, and it is done. The kentry
is saved wunst more, and there is no further
opposishun 10 the Dimocrisy in that county.
There is many pints in favur NV the South
crn method. Eff yoO buy man, ez Tweed
did, lie is perpetocy expcctin to be bot over
and over. man with n charge Nv buckshot
thro his liver aint gittin up to hev more
charges NV buckshot put thro him, but he Is
| finished and the job is completed TO wunst.
The harmony In the party prodoost by this
| heroic treatment is final aud lastin, SO fur ez
| this world is concerned.
Loadid with lead and fairly under ground,
Il man aint wuth very much ez orginizer NV
opposshun.
| do approve NV Tweed's yoose NV liliker ca
poltike foIse in pollytix, but that wood be
| impossible In Mississippi In Moo York,
| likker is looked upon ez u luxury--in Missis-
sippi cz necessity Besides, as we don't pay
tax on any that we manufacture, 1t Is too cheep
to be really meens NV inhoocmsing voters.
In Moo York, wher it wuZ ten cents drink,
1t wuz suthn to hev candidate to pay for it.
Down here, wher it is only about that much
gallon, and u jug of it can be found in the
humblist cabin, it is not so much of obiik.
There is no question that tho South hez u
poltlklc system eggsackly adaptid to it. Tho
shotgun is the reel power in the land, aud "a
long cz we kin hold the kentry free from tho
contaninashen NV skools and sich, il allua
will be. PETROLEUM V. Massey,
| (Reel Dimekrat).
|