The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-08-04
FoxTowN. August LIST, 1883.

MIR. EDITOR 81 VIII write you
again something for the columns oil
your old time-time Democratic paper
My private letter to you last winter
was mislaid and by some means il
was published in that obnoxious
black Republican paper. / am dis
Outraged. This life seems filled with
discouragements. In my young days
things were better managed, but
since the beginning of the war all has
gone wrong. In the first place all
the boys said the South was sure to
win and the niger would have to
be put down. l voted against Abe
Lincoln and his hirelings, and al
ways done all could to encourage
our party to oppose the war, and
now what is the result: Here am
in my old days; no game, no fish,
lots of my neighbors who were on
the Abolitionist side are getting pen
sions and have good times. and
plenty tobacco and other things and
now they tell me that the Democrats
are going in for free trade. Some.
how we always get on the wrong
side of the fence. Just about the
time that we begin to get in clover
some fool from down South shoves
us over into the briar field again.
Last winter when Tom, Dick and
Cap passed the law to bounce Bart
lett for going back on the ticket
thought it was a good thing. We
would hoist Bartlett and / would
stand chance to get good fat job.
But they say up at the store that
Will Hinebaugh is put in for Exam
ner. l thought you fellows had your
eye on me for School Examiner.
Some people down here say | amt
fit, but they are prejudiced. Because
amt Christ. Snyder and Hen. link
an and Hen. KaIe and Hen. Llnln-
ger and Hen. Davis all got good
offices. [ expect you have heard 1
taught school once. 1t does me good
to look back at the good old times
when | used to send out for a birch
and stand them all up in a row; but
| won't commence. Times have
changed for certain. Now, Mr.. Edi-
tor. put in your paper that the Mills
bill don't mean anything. We first
let on to put everything free to suit
some of our men down South who
are always true to the party. We
did not expect to pass it ANYHOW.
Mr.. Editor. could you have q law
passed to put out Sam Lawton and
Zell Tower, John Durham and Ross
Compton at once. There is lot of
men down this way who are talking
of going back on us, and they are all
good men and you might let me
have Sam LaWtOn's place and that
would leave room for three more.
The Republicans are getting impu-
dent and they need a little taking
down. Mr.. Editor, / hope it amt
so that some niggers are going to
vote for Cleveland for then we can't
say the Democratic party is the white
mans party any more. and lots of
old Democrats will go back on US and
just as likely as not vote for Harri-
son. Mr.. Editor, please write to
German or some one who has all the
money and tell him that unless he
sends some money out here at once
we will lose some votes, or he might
send US key of Whiskey in a box
direct. A lot of us was sitting in the
store the other day when Chauncey
read out of his NeaU York W1rld that
the Republicans were for free whis-
key, sure and certain. and it had
bad effect on every Democrat that
heard it. | will wait anxiOusly for
some word about 1.-THE key L mean.
Yours,
OLD HICKORY.
P. S.-Don't forget about the Wy,
and send it direct to me, and / will
put it where it will do the most good.