The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-09-23
PETROLEUM v. NASBY.

PETROLEUM v. NASBY.
General Hancock Receives Some Political
Delegations at Governor's Islaad-HoW .
Row Came Near Being Precipitated--Mr.
Nasty Psurs Oh On the Raging Waters--
The Prinary and Controlling Idea Of
Deneeraey. Z
From the Toledo Blade.l
GovERHoR,s ISLAND,
(wich Is in the State nv Moo York;
August q, 1850.
Yesterday wuz the most eggscitin
time we ever he'd on the island. 4 hev
bin in many tite place in my life. but
never in so tite one ez this. It wus q
close time when I deserted from the
Looisianer pelikins, and wuz bein shot
at by the pelikins from behind and the
Fedrals from the front, wich is the nor
NAL con dishn Nv the Northern Dime
krat. and wuz in some trouble when I
wuz president NV the Unlimited trust
and confidence company, and wuz pur-
sood by q infooriated mob, but them
escapes pale into insignifcance COM
pared with wat I undergoed Yesterday.
1t wux the day we set apart, Han
cock and me, to receive delegashuns,
wich we do wunst week. This is
alluz our tryin day, and hev to be in
Ginral Hancock's room to assist him.
He is very much in need NV a states
man, and serve him in that capassity.
The delegashuns come all to wunst,
and there wuz purity mix. The fust
that got awjence wuz from Injeany.
The cheerman remarkt that his de-
voshun to Dimocrisy and his admira-
shun of Ginral Hancock, our standard
bearer, wuz sublime. He pledged In
jeany to the nominee, by a very large
majority, onless our friends in Ken
lucky disappoint us, wich they wood
not. But he came to lay before the
President that is to be the vews of the
Dimocrisy of Injeanv, shown wat
Dimocrisy is in that State. Wat the
Dimocrisy of Injeany wanted wuz
totle destruckshun nv the nashnel
banks and an Unlimited ishoo Nv green
bax by the general government. The
Dimocrisy Nv Injeany, ez wun man, de-
mandid fiat money, and all they wantid
nv it.
/. The general remarkt that he hadn't
he'd time to give much attenshun to the
question NV finance, but he he'd no
doubt that the Injeany polisy wuz the
correct thing. He pledged hisself, eff
electid, to devote some spare afternoon
to the study Nv finance. and he'd no
doubt nv his doin the right thing.
The Moo York delegashun remarkt
that they he'd word to say ez to wat
Dimocrisy wuz. Dimocrisy in Moo York
meant gold basis, and the continyoo-
ance NV the Nashnel Banks. and no fat
money. Fiat money meant repoodia-
shun, room
The Inieany man remarkt that he'd
be cussed eff any bloated bondholder
which he'd got rich off the labor NV the
boundin West shood dictate to him. Eff
the Dimocrisy wanted lnjeany they must
come to Injeany' ijee.
The Moo Yorker retorted that no In
jeany repoodianshunist shood dictate
to the Dimocrisy Nv Moo York.
Ginral Hancock remarkt that, ez he
he'd sed afore, he hedn't given the SUBJ
iect that keerful attenshun wich its inn
portance demands, but
The Pennsylvania delegashun broke
in. Wat the Dimocrisy NV Pennsyl-
vania wantid and must hev, wuz high
pertective tariff, and without it
Gineral Hancock remarkt that he he'd
never given the tariff question any at
tenshun, but ez soon ez he got thr0
with nashnel bankin and finances, after
the eIeckshun, he wood study it. He
he'd already procoored all the nessary
books on the subjick.
The Illinoy delegashun swore that
they wood hev no tariffs. Dimocrisy
meant free trade, and no graspin mo-
nopolists shood come here in the name
nv Dilnocrisy, and
Teers wux a film the Ginrars eyes,
when 1 interferred. 1t wuz high time,
for ther wuz six more delegashuns to
speak, all from different parts NV the
kentry, and / foresaw wat a terrible
season ther wood be eff oil wuzn't
poured onto the troubled waters.
Gentlemen" said /, ''a word eff you
please, in season. You are all, doubt
less, good Dimekrats, but yoo amt
none Nv you got the proper noshun NV
wat Dimocrisy RELY does mean. Dim
ocrisy is a comprehensive word, and
kivers a great deal of ground. Our In
ieany friend wants Unlimited money
he may cherish his noshun and still be
q good Dimekrat. Our Moo York
friend wants hard money-he shell cher
ish his beleef. The General and me
hev no dejeckshuns. Likewise ez to
the tariff and free trade. There is room
for all. and plenty to spare for all other
beleefs.
"But the primary, central. controllin
ice NV Dimocrisy is pOstoffis. That is
the central sun-thc great inspirin ijee
wich swallers up and browns out all the
rest. For twenty long years we hev
bin fastin, with the Government gra-
nary in full view. and it is a time to put
an end to it. Wat is tariff compared
to our holdin the puss-strings NV the
Nashun? Wat is the tariff question ez
compared with the custom-houses and
the furrin mishns? Ginral Hancock
may not be learned on these questions,
but he knows enuff to sign his name to
commishns, and that is the fust rekiset
NV Dimekratic President.
"We are perfectly willin that yoo
shell hev your differences, but in the in
trest NV postoffis we wood sejest that
after the eleckshun. Then the ginral
and me are perfectly willin that 700
shell fite over EN- all 700 choose. 1t
will then be matter NV perfeck indiH-
renee to US wat Dimocrisy meens. Pos
sibly, when each of 700 goes home
with his commishn in his pockit, 700
will be able to see things diffrent, and
those questions wont look so important
to 700 ez they do now.
"Wat the Dimocrisy wants is sue
cess. We want the postoffises and the
other places. Prinsipple is a mighty
good thing to talk about, but postofis
Is the end we are aimin at.
Gentlemen, go home. .Advokate in
your respective localities watever pol
isy will git the most votes, and when
we hev cast anker in the harbor NV sue
cess, and we hev the froots NV victry
safely hived, there will be time enuff to
discuss these triflin matters. Let our
watchword be everywhere: Hancock
and q postoAis?'
The little speech he'd the desired
effeck, for every man NV EN- realized
the fact that he Good never git smell
NV a place under anybody but Hancock.
and every one NV EN- pocketed his plat
form, and all agreed that l he'd pre-
sentid the matter in a statesmanlike
way. Likewise. every man NV em CO.
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