Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1869 — NASBY. [ARTICLE]

NASBY.

TYrom the T<*•«• BMO the nomination or wmcßAim m onto —A QXUK. ftrm'lTmn, H«m» Co .O. l : > Jooljr U. I***. f I*nrr the Corner* the day after l lost my position and without any apeehl pur po«e wandered up into my old ttanopin grounds In Ohio 1 wuz reoeeved with a oorjaltty wich affected me profoundly. Them wich bed bin turned out *V offise* cood sympathize with me, and them wich bed never got em, felt it still more deeply, ec they rgssaggerate the benefit* to be derived from offish) poMshen and actilly wonder how a man wich ever held an offl* kin survive decapltashen 1 hed no difficulty in borrowin enuff dollar* uvltae sturdy yeomanry *v this section, to not only keep me afloat here for a time, but to pervide agin a passage through *n A Wish n country es sich need be.* My expenses here will be light, e* I am boardiu and drlnkln on tick exclusively i tald-tbe landlord the drat day to mark it down et it wus inconvenient to make change fifty times per day. He possibly may wish he hed taken the trouble to make change. The 4*y af\c r the Democratic. State at poln’-. bos we held a in formal meetln uv thr Democracy at the tavern, to wich I wez stay in, the most uv the veterans bein tn re. The sceen reminded me uv Banom’s so much that

I actilbL Hied,. tears. Dimocrasy is alike. ev«y#keret Ther wtu the bar, with bottle with tansy in jit, and the big bellied bottle without tansy"in it: thcr vni tbe box uv pipes, the two brows wich are doomed never to bejroo'fcdl cz lemon Jooke weakens likkcr; ther wuz Pepper, the landlord, with his sleeves rolled up, a Danin onto his elbows onto the bar; behind him a port rate nv Jackson an hi? fpnen Bteed, wavin his sword toward ttie British ; beside it a hand-hill for a mass Convenehun uv the ! > csirfok fast year, common sin with the tr#«ffJ*hrthouox line: “Do you want to marry a nigger!” in large black type, with a -picter uv Wendell Phillins kissin a wench, at wich the Dimocrasy have indig nated regterly f<ir ten veers. Seetid on bu^tidjChC'rs, ernpy n»il kegs, and leaning An tbebar, wuz a groop wich was simply a doftpltkif uv the X R ■ads, and so aMBMt-th*t 1 caught myself *ayin “ Deekin ” lots uv t'mes. I sed “ Capttn ”to a map Who wuz so neer like McPelgr, ez to justify the suspicion that the father uv the present Hugh hed many yeers before bin a cit:zin uv that visinity, but I keerful not to do so agin. Krtciin me by the thmtcMvb sternly remarkt: ‘“Sir! don’t put anv uv them titles onto me sir, I;yJfc*no Capttn. tha’k Heven." He wuz paghtlTcd when T told him that his remat k able resemblance to a Confcdrit Cap'in occasioned the mistake, wich pleased him so rhathe ! o-Wunsi aikt me to takesuth'n. This Ppcftflff a new field to me, wich I work cl ! dtsktvered to wunst an amazin r a -mbl'-ncc between all uv e m and distin gu*slST "Southern commanders. While waitin the rctnrn uv Squire Pet'.ibone, wich wuz a deligate to the State Convenshn. ' fell to talkln uv the old times wich tried mens’ soles, in the earlier uv the war. Pepper, the landlord, gave a remeniscence uv the shootin uv tw tfUfisP¥ in the very room iivwvm w* » 't. ’ The spot em wich they they fell, he bed. put the stove over that it mite be kept sakred- Mr. Bortle, an old sviat, whose nose wuz light in his pathway to the a mere tragide tale to tellJ tHe. wuz on* uv them wich sholderw his f rwlin peeceto resist the draft up in this county, and wuz taken by b'oo-c a’ed t'j-elms and oar’ed off s o Camp CTt‘>se where he wuz k< pt m d >o a ce ' ile so. weeks, witu nothin v. atever to live on*o bet the yooenal rasbema uv * *<>ljer ! Onetil« the war wich his nafneit waz Bibbift, accompanied Vsll indygum thrqujrb the lines, wich lines wuz com mancidoy Rosecrans. ITe wuz present when that accursed villain—that tool ny the despotic ape Iffnkin—hed the’ impuden*n<> rfbooee our rfiartymi “Saint, and his blood Idled ez be heered it. At this pins, Abe entire assemblage profaned The letter uv ltitfeorana to the Legislature uv Ohio wuz dooly read, and the audaahus sentiment theiein contained wuz dooly and emphatically damned. Ez the likker ci rttulawd, we got m <re afid more enthoi l<»-t c on this tit, and our blood ■waruiei and throbbed more vilently through our veins cz we toasted Vallandygum and f irever and ever cursed the wigtohed hirelios who opprest him, and through him, us. : —— Finally we hcerd the rumblin uv wheels ovfer the hill and we knowff that it wuz Square Pettibone a corn in from the st.ashuts with the news uv the convenshun He drove Up and we rushed out to greet ttfßjp J “ Ror for—wh*> shel we ’rpr for ? ’’ exclaimed Pepper. ‘ For R*»nty,. uv course!” shouted one. “For Vallaiuh’gura ! ” sed another. “ For tarev!sed another. * *My friends! ” shouted Petti lion e, “My frieyiio, ’.r or, fir—Rosi>cranß and victory! ” “AVUt? ” rtnwrkk a dozen uv us. “Who? ” remarkt the others “ Hell! ” r< markt the balance. “ Yoor triflin with us!” remarkt Pepper. “None uv yoor jokes?” ejickilatod Bortle. And the astonisht PettiboAe wuz in danger uv bein roughly handled. But he flualjy convinst them that Rosecrans wu2 reely and trooly the Dimocratic nominee, a net that it wuz no joke watever. T hed a great deel uv trouble with em. They Wtz bound not to touch Rosecrans, and they swore they hadfbinbetrayed aud sold put. The platform, however, saved ua When bread it to em and explaned how cleerly it condemned the war by refoosin to pay the indebtedness inkurred in prosekootin it, and how indignantly it spurned the administrashen and so on, they became cool “Es Rosecrans hi z reely come to us,” I sed, “ let us open our arms and take him They retired not pleased, but in sich a state that I hev no doubt the heft uvem will vote.ezyoosual.anuDScratched tickit. .They, took/down Mickiclao; why not Rosecrans!

That nite, after I retired to my virchus couch, I feH unto a troubled s'eep, and dreetned. The dr< em. wich afflicted me wuz more instructive than cnteriainin. Methawt the Di .• ocfisy uv Ohio wuz in council, seek in for a leedcr in the comin conflick They trotted out in review, all utem, box they couldn’t find a man in the party who wuz not so fearfully defective ez to Ixj legally apd entirely, wonhlis for TalUndygum wuz ee spotted ez a leper; Ranney wuz tinged 7?!')? th ® ruther advanced Dunccrisy uv 1863, and the other men spoken nV wnz full uv pplilikleulcers. Miles and running sores. The mensoun uv their names made the people hold thpir nosea Qne more wise than the rent, in a fit uv inspirashun sun* out “Rosecransr and the ijee hit J wuz tr ‘>ttea out and ft, ‘ 40 fdmirin ’ him. He Wuz well blit and comly, and hiz figger showd strehth and endoorance. He wuz encased into a glitierin coat uv blooouto wich shone the most gorgus decorashen wich oood be concetved. In letters uv lit* uv epwedia brilliancy wnz the words “West .Y&fe" “Stone River,” “Inky,” and Chtcamauga,” with the names uv other •cbeeveinents more or less notorious, and these decorashens with bis epaulettes, military sash and sword, spurs and sich, enveloped him from head to foot in a brilgorgeousuw uv wick wuz be*

yo*d compare. The manager* uv the show wich trotted him out iquinted at these things a mlnit, but thev squinted more pertickclerly at the multjtood wich surrounded them, to see tbe edfek wich it perdoost upon em, they slidln out uv site es be advanst, so that they -woodcut ob struct the view. Tbe site took the people —ther rose up from the throng a most in thooslastic cheer, and hat* went up into the air by thousands. ' •* It’ll do! it’ll do! Thank the Lord It’ll do!” shouted the managers, and they immejitly fell to embracin hint in their eztmcy. Vallandigutn fell onto his nur-k. but the spot where his hands struck the General obliterated ‘‘West Virgmny;" another delegate’s paw blotted out “ Stone River,” and the next embrace bustid •• iuka“ Chicamauga,” and the rust uv it. An ansbent delegate from Holmes county, which had taken an active part in the resistance to draiu, silly drawd, Ids sword and threw it away ; another delegate hacked off his spurs; a third snaked ors hts opilela, and before the poor fellow knew wat wuz bein done !b hint, they Tied gobbled pretty much all uv the ornaments wich hed glittered so bravely onto him. “ Don’t —for Heveu’s sake, don’t," ejackilated one who waz a candida'e for a county offl* in * close county. “ Wat are you doin ! " “ These things must come ors uv him to make him acceptable to our people," and they eagerly stripped ors one thing after another.

“ Gil out uv the way, there ! ” shouted another party comin up, “ put these reso looebens onto him and he’s ready .” They clapped ent over him—he staggered and gasped, but managed to stand up. •* For Heaven’s sake!” he said in a pleadin’ tone, “ for Heaven’s sake take tliis ors.” “Impossible!” returned them wich lied the muter in hand. “ Y,,u’r all rite now. Stand aside all uv yoo and fee now the people tike him now." They stood aside, hut to their surprise the people turned up their noses cz tumtgb they smelt suUitu, and hissed cuiiuourly insiid uv cheenn. . -—— “ Bhow us our Rosecrans,” they cried. “ This is Rosecrans 1 ” replied Vallandygum, puttin’ his arm rouutl his neck affecksnmtly. “ We don’t know him in them clothes and in sich company,” returned the inuititood, leavin in uisgust, In my dteem, the managers, when they saw the multilood treat their man so skorctally, fell to revilln uv him and kickin and cuffln nv him I awoke, jut ez he wuz a try in to git away, battered, bruised; be smeared and besmiched. I thought, ezl lay ponderin on the vision, that possibly, when asbljer trades his military repetashc-n fir a nomenashtn at our hands that it does strike the people jist ez tho he hed traded uniforms doortu the struggle, anil.that possibly the spccelashen won’t pay either him or us. But wat kin we do v

Petroleum V. Nasby,

(Wich wuz Post Master.)