Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-01-16

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CoNFEDERIT x ROADS, J
WITCH is in the State NV Kentucky, :
January 1, 1886. J
have forrerded the follern to the
President:
To Grover Cleveland, President:
SIR would like to say" honored
sir" but when look at the wrecked
condishn NV my trowsls, my boots
out at the toes, and my coat out al
the elboze, and feel that constant
gnawing at the pit NV my stumlck, ]
can't. 1t hez bin, sir, in yoor power
any time sence last March, to hes
bettered my condishn, but 700 hey
crooelly refoosed. Yoo hev permit
ted me to live on hope, onto wicl
nothin ever got fat, even when rein
forced by faith, when, by one stroke
NV yoor pen, 700 mite hav made me
comfortable and happy. To yoor in
difference, sir, owe q nose wich is
more like the lilly than the red, red
rose, for want NV fooel to feed it's
blaze. To 700, sir, [ owe the rags
that hang about my emashiated
form, and to yo the constant
yearning for fride sassige, wich is
never satisfid; to 700 the thirst
wich, like the horse-leech's dawter
constantly cries "give, give"
To address 700 ez "honored SIR
under these distresin circumstances
is simply impossible. 1t is to my
credit that I rite at all without adj
dressin you ez "onfeelin monster
wuz wun nv them wich hurled
up my hat wen 700 wus nommatid
1t wuz not much NV hat, but 1t wu2
the best l he'd, and / hurled it. ]
he'd sum eggsperience with Moo
York pollptishns, and I wuz rejoist
that 700, wun nv EN-, wuz elevated
to the Presidency, fur, l sed, now is
our millennium cum. Eff we elect a
Moo Yorker Their won't be no ques.
ton about the offisis, nor will we
hev any doubt as to everybody beiu
pervided fur.
Their never wuz SIGH work dun ful
candidate afore. Our nominee fur
Congris got us together, and be
ashoored us that we shood immejitl.
hev the three prinsiple offises in the
deestrik, and more, that Their wood
be enuff moo offises created to satisfy
every Dimocrat in the village. In
the Cross Roads, frinstance, ther is
254 Dimocra.s, and we kalkilatid
that three NV us wood be made Post.
master, Collector NV Reyenoo and
uv Customs, and that you wood re-
commend the appointment NV 251
deputies to serve until we Good git
bills thro Congris slackwatrin
Seceshn erik, and bildin moo Post
offs and Custom House, when we
Good immejitly let up on the Deppi-
ties, ez all NV EN- wood hev contrax
on these Public Works.
1t wuz with this prospeck in We v
that we laberd ez men never laberd
to sekoor poor eleckshun. We gard.
ed the poles zelusley that no niger
shood vote fur Blame, nay more, we
didn't permit white Republicans to
vote ceptin them wich wuz dangerus
and woodent stand no NONSENSE
We rased money to send Kentuck
lans into Injeany to make shoor nv
yoor carryin that state, and we
never gave over our efforts till victry
wuz ashoored.
Wat hez happeneds
A disgustin niger, appointed by
goriller, Linkin, originally, still holds
the Postoffis, and Pollock and Big
Ter (wich is pizen) are still Collectors
Bascom is well-nigh bankrupt
He is still pourin out whiskey to the
faithful, OH tick, and it hez gone tt
that point wher he feels tibet be vii
hev to employ perfeshnel boob
keeper to keep the run ny his biz
mis-.
The prinsiple offises are still il
the hands Nv our enemies, and thel
isn't a Dimekrat at the Corners il
any posishea wher theft is possible
The Corners is, therefore, bankrupt
Wat want to know is, are 700 {
Dimekrat or amt 700! 1.-THE
voice is the voice nv Jacob, but tn,
hands is the hands nv Essaw.u Yo,
are labelled Dimecrat, but wat 80,
are playin into the hands ny tn,