Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1880-10-27
Massey.
Mr.. Nasty INDUCES in q Profound
Howl of Anguish Over the Indiana
and Ohio Elections. VOLTA

CoNFEDR1r X ROADS, (Which is in the
Roads met at the meetin' house the mite
pertike Iarly gloomy mectin the most es
peshly, gloomy I hey ever witnest.
Melindy Pogram and Hammer McPelter
house for the oceashun They draped the
Fort Piller il five cent bombazeen folded
the confedrit flag, which is our pride, in
mournin, and run strips of black caliker
all over the house. The pictures Nv JEFF
Davis, and Boregard, WIZ likewise draped
and only two candles wuz put upon the
pulpit.
Ihe exercises WIZ opened by singing
this hymn Wich | adapted for the oc-
casion: .s .-..rr
plunged in gulf of deep despair,
We Wretched sinners lay, FL ~ e "a
" The niggers votid every 5' --
Upon eleckshun day."
After witch read 'em the follerin
VALE wv ANGUISH:
b A dimekratic man is NV few days and
very full NV trouble. "
He goeth forth to the polls smilin in
the mornin nd returneth at mite full Nv
wounds and brooses and petrifyin sores.
The dimocratic party is too short at
both ends. ~ 3 sa'Io- yea 1870 q
1t is harriet that dresses too low in the
neck and too short in the skirts.
1t is weak in the middle, and no
strength abideth at the top or bottom.
The Lord is agin the democracy.
i TO-. hoy ~
in vain our supplications went up for
rinderpest and hoOfrot among the .cattle
on thousand hills.
In vain we implored for a potato rot,
and potato bugs, or anything else that
howl for a change.
In vain we invoked the aid Of the
weevle, and the Hessian fly. and the
chintz bug, and the army-worm, that the
husbandmen should curse the Admins
tration and turn to US.
Lo! the more we prayed for distress, the
more there wuZ prosperity.
The crops were good, and the prices
there for bully and what kin dimekrat
do when there is no trouble?
We preached hard times and they
shook gold and silver under Onr noses.
We sed to the laborer, .Lo! you are OPP
pressed; and he jeered, shown ny us a
saving bank book.
The smoke NV he furnace was to us the
smoke Nv the torment. aN.# g t# e
The clang Nv hammers, and the wheeze
Nv the engine wuz orr funeral knell
We sent Blackburn and othe briga'
deers to the north; but the people put
their tongues III their cheeks and wagged
fh cir hpadS in dr1icinn E.a E& E4sH
We sed, Lo? we hev Yoonyun soldier
for our candidate.
And they sneered sayin, verify he hez
changed his yooniform
They shattered Greeley, and they hev
cracked Hancock between their thumb
nails.
We offered 'em free trade and they, an
swered sayin. Give us tariff a. SIS -
We offered 'em soft money, but they
replied say in, No soft money! in curn.
We offered to take the. government off
their hands, bat they sed 1t wus doin
very well now thank 700. Oh a.@AA
Gone is the post.offices, and the custom
houses shell never know US agin.
Gone is he hope Nv penshuns and the
paymeut of our war CLAIMS.
Bascom will either hev to shut shop or
For his chalk is out, and talk is cheap,
but nkker costs money. #1 9
The niger Lubbock will continner In
the post offs, and Pollock FROM Il1inoy
will sill at the receipt NV customs. q So
And Joe bigler will be his deputy and
vex the people s. A3E1
Wher shell fly? Wher is the rock that
To Moo Jersey? The radikels will kerry
that. - 81 NJ
To Delaware? They are reechin out their
impious hands for tn t. ev
10 Florida? That will swell the vote for
the feend Garfield.
that state next yeer, and it will be no place
To Arkansas Ez goes Mississippi 50
The niger will vote, and will ask wages
for his laber. nE~ nnsS a.
And his wife will not be ourn agin, nor
his daughter. 1~Aa Ia
We shelnot, sell EN- ez paupers to the
highest bidder, and they will own land,
anu mules, and SIGH. 8 s. s.s-.- -,
We shell see skoolhousesrin the south, !
and preachers, and other abominas hens.
And, who kin tell? We may hev rolling
mills, and SIGH things in the Corners. -
For, when the shivelry is bustid, VIII at
Is to prevent the Yank with his none
from comm down and possessin the land?
We are helpless. lsa 'i9sz .sf56E
To beg we are ashamed, and there aim
nothin here to steal.
We Good have worried along with the
post-offices but they are gone.
In the valley Nv the shadder- sit we,
and there ain no ladder by wich we kin
cline out.
After weeping an hour, the meetin dis