Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-09-12
PETROLEUM v. NASBY.
IFrom tho Toledo nlndc.l
CoNrEDRntr \ ROADS,

| lllSin party (which may tho devil giD Is max
ing howl over, tho ,unforchinit .axidence
| that hev happened IN Copiah County, Miss.
| and in Danvllle. Va, rcsuitln from nlisundor-
stnndins ea TO the rites NV the Radkols, black
| and white, to vote ut cleckshuns, IL was
| deemed advisable for me 10 visit Mississippi,
and secure sloh oxproshns from the citizens
| NV Copinh County oz wood disnrm the OPP
| pononrc NY the DmocrlsY, and satisfy the
minds NV tho people of tho. North that life,
| liberty and tho pursoot OF happinis wuz jlst
| cz sckoor thor oz anywhere.
| wus resccvo1 with open arms by the Iced
| ers NV the DimocrIsy NV good old Copiah
| lwlch is trooly the banner county NV the
| Stnte. and wuz most royalty entertained. i
| wuz assined n room at tho principle tgvoyn,
| the proprietor NV wich wuz willin TO do his
| best for tho coz.
| 81 shoi contrlbblt my sheer toward cnrin for
| yoo while you are here" sed he urbanoly.
LET us understand zach other 10 begin
| with" sed l. ~ am wiliin the commlty she
| pay 700 reglor rates for my board. and yoor
contribushenbe be wat little sustenancc shel rc'
quIro at yoor bar"
Tho acoot landlord looked me over keerfully,
n bcokun Tito.
| the same" srd he. 'lnstid NV the commit
| tys puyin yoor board and pivin roo yoor
likkcr, the commty shcl pay Tor yonr likkcr
and I'll giyo 700 yoor board. Seer Thus shel
| | claw oil tho lee shore NV bankruptcy"
| And ho romarkt that all he wood want in or
der to own the world, In the course % NV few
| mine TO Keep illuminated. pervided the owners
thereof VIZ VIZ, wen heeled in the matter Nv
| money. nut ue COnItUNOOu. suuly, ~
| one Wv the insorootable DEGREES NV Divine
| Providence that men with sich volcanic faces
never hev the money to keep up the crup,,
| shens Is 1t becoz IL took nj, they inhcrittd
| and all thoy Good glt hold NV in their yooth to
perdoosc the blazer Mysterious are the ways
| of Providcncel'
| Tho first step wtz to call a meetin NV the
| Dimocrisy and hev 'em resolve. The rcsoloo.
| shcns wood 10 forth to the world ez the eN.
| preshn NV the people, and the thing wood be
| settled Tho mcetin' wuz called. and | statii
| its objix bieetly. | scd to EN- that the venal
| Republican press he'd spred 1t broadcast that
| no Republican Good vote In safety In Copiah
| County, and that the effect NV sich statemence
| wuz in loorin the COZ. wanted the Dimocrisy
| falsehoOd and authorize me to so publish
| 1t to the world.
Various citizens made statemence. One
citizen LATED at the lice.
| why" sea he, 'nll men. dooly qualified,
| vote at our poles with jst ez much safety ez
they Good anywhere. The Dimocrisy Nv Co.
| piah County bleeve in ekal rics and ckal
| priyiiegis. We woodcnt eggsackly hire car
| rioges to bring Republicans to the poles be-
| coz they arc Republikins; but they hev alluz
| bn permitted to vote the same ez tho they
| he'd testified their devoshun to Dimocratic
| principles on the fced in the ranks NV the
| After one or two he'd borne testimony to
| the same deliteful state NV sentiment, the
follorin resolooshcns wuz yoonanimously
WHEREAS, The press NV the Republican
| party, wich is all venal, jist becoz, In on
| p!easantness arisn from n politikle discus.
sion, Jcdge Matthews wus uncondishney
| shot, hez brandid Copiah County ez place
| wich IS intolerant to everybody not NV the
| WHEREAS, These lies hev bin spred broad
| cast over the land, to the dctrmcnt NV the
county, and eZ II reason for not eectn that
| pure patriot Hendrix, wich admire, and
| wich should hev bin President instid NV Vice
President ez he is nominated for; therefore,
| be it
Reso'red. That every man, no matter wat
his race, kulor. or politikle creed may be,
alluz hez he'd, and shel alluz hev, all the rites
m nv ht- ans lnI Ia 10
. Reso'pcd. Tint we onhcsitaiinly assert
that IN No county In the yoonyun is lite moe
| print ones vews more sakredly respectful
| Resplrcd, That depending entirely on
argument for success, we hereby proclame
absloot freedom NV speech and politik!e ack-
| shen in this county, and that Republicans and
| Dimocrats may be ashoored Nv livin together
| In harmony ez quiet cz Sunday.skool, and
| that no violence ever wuz permitted or ever
will be.
-" hcsoiucd, That the, rite to meet here for
inc pnrpos ny nsfIshp Gus NV Potke Gues
| County will alluz manotane it.
Rseoiued, That e.
AT this pint IN the readin NV the resolooshen
a prominent Dimokrau rushed into the meet.
in'.house in very much eggscit state.
Wat is up!" asked the Cheerman NV the
| mectin, his face showin' considerable alarm,
wat is up:' replied the eggsited citizen;
"everything is up. cousin NV that Matthews
wien VIC we laid out last yeer is back here and he
| hez organized the niggcrs and a dozen or two
nv Radikels, ,wch hev stnrtid the sawmili
| down on the Rum and they are this mini.
holdin meetn at old Phalkins house to
| nominate II Republkin tikkit for this fall, and
| TO beside whether they shel send II delegate to
Republican State Convenshun to nominate q
Electrel tikkit?'
You don't say so!' eiasilated the Cheer.
man, This Is serious. This will never do.
for an hour, and the brethren present will
immejitly load their shotguns and revolvers,
and report here to-wunst"
| looshensr'
Remember the resolooshens! My friend
| them resolooshens wuZ all well enuff when we
| spoSed the fell sperit NV Radikcism wuZ en-.
| tirely squelched; bur now that we find 1t rear
| IN It's hydra head, 1t must be stepped on o
wunst more, and this time efectooa!iy. Roso-
iooshens are all well enutf.and we are peri, OK
| iy willin' TO go on when we get back nd adopt
EN-, and yoo may crkelate 'em North; but
| the bznis in hand jist now is to squelch this
| proposed rsin' NV the nlggers. We are for
| peece with 'em, but we kin only hev peeca by
the complete submission Nv the, Radikel ele.
| ment to the powers that he. We are willin'
| the Radikels shel yote-ef they vote with us
| -niggers and white. We will even drop tho
| color line ef the nlggers vote with us. White
| men to the reskoo!"
| And they piled out NV the house, and sich ez
didn't hev their weapons with 'em went and
They returned in about a hour, and tho
meetin reorganizcd to hear the report. Ker.
mel Slogger spoke:
temptid coershun NV the inoiensive citizenl
Nv the county by the bloodthirsty and brooteI
| nlggers, lncltld thereto by selfish disOrgani.
zers wich wosft act with the Dimocrlsy. but
persist in bein radikel firebrands. Soma
thirty, NV 'en assembled to concoot skeems
| agin the naherhood when we surprised 'em,
| Wat happened? myself shot the devil Solo,
| mon Gabril, Il Niger long suspectId NV dis
| organiain and disturbin tendencies thro the
| winder, and ez' he fell the rest NV 'em imme
| 1itly run like deers out NV the back door and
tux to the woods. The runnin' wuz proof
positive that they wuz assembled for an on.
North wood dcnounce the shootin NV Grabili
and the subsekent KILN of halfdoze more
ez they run, ez poltikle murders: but to such
we shood anser that ther runnn was proof
satIsiafiry to the average Pa copiah h County County
white men wuz assembled on an onlaw-
ful purpose. II they .wul not so assembled
wat did they run for ez soon ez they
heered the pleasant sound NV my shotgun,
and the shreek NV GraLill shot through tho
Kianeysh M passes Nv niggers should cum
Not any. Then why did they run? ii wuz be.
ooz they knowed they wuz assembled ez dis.
turbers, and that the avengers nv blood wuz
onto en-. That's what they run for"
MAJOR Pilkins sed that ez they approached
the house he heered Grabl say that the time
had come for aekshen Of they proposed to her
hepubIiken organization in the country.
He didn't perceed with his remarks, for at
that instant the unerrin shotgun NV Kernel
brot his impious life to IN end. Then the ev.
idences NV gilt showed themselves. The mig
gers turned pale and dustd out the back door
| ,'h,, sN,' sPpiNs' uhh We ptTsODu eln, sUOIpun
| In hand, like avengin angels. | myself pop.
pered one OF EN- ez he wuz cmbin a fence In
yane effort to git away from the scenes nv
his crime against order and the other trends
wich stand guard over the peece NV tho coun-
try follered SCOT, Probably ten of the mis-,
creants met their just reward" He wood
move the tollerin reslooshens:
'Resolped, That while the Dimocrisy NV Co.
| piah County desire nothing so much ez peace
and quietnis, and will submit TO almost any
| thing to that end, they must insist that nothin
DO done In opposishun to theregler Dimocrat-
| 10 corganzashun NV tho county.
| "Res0lped. That freedom NV speech and ack.
| It's.
"Resoiped, That we, the Dmocrlsy NV Copinh
i County, insist that we shel define wat tnom
limits Is: and that we Will defend our defini sl-
ems with out lives, our honors, and our sakred
| shot guns.
"nesOlped, That we hartily indorse the nomI-
nashen nv Cleveland and Hendrx espeshly
Hendrix; and pledge ourselves that the vote
| Tor en- shel be yoon m mus In this county, of
| we nave 10 shoot u, cry nigser ail North rn
| man In II thro the kldneys
"A lew miniis wul spent In soshel converse
| ulBcuERIn' Ef.n tI l.,,..