The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-28
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/ This eminent military character. so long
the confidential friend Of Gen. Jackson. has
again turned up. Ii seems the Cabinet of
/ Gen. Pierce was recently in trouble and they
called on the Major 10 help them out of the
difficulty An intercepted letter of the Ma
Jor's appears in the Milwaukee Free Denaocrat.
Now when the Downingville folks heard
that l was wanted in Washington, thar was
a great hubbub and Uakel Joshua KUN run
ming up TO our house. putin and blowin.
and seq he. Major, WHIST on airth's the matters
and when l reli'd him how that the aberlish-
unists were gettin the upperhands of the gov
ernment. and wouldn't ketch runaway niggers
nor lie, ennv body else keteh 'em, and the Tn
you was eena most busted on akkeouht of it.
seq he. chats jest what l telld ye when them
fuiish southern fellers broke down the missu-
~ kompermise. 1t puts me in mind of Deken
Stiles katie when they go tn brake intu our
kornfeeld-his old stag hooks off the top rale
and Jumps over and the rest of the katie tare
down the fens and wauk IN. Now its jest SO
with this ere matter about slavery-the slave
holders have broke down our kumpermise and
Jumped over body and breeches, and now
the aberlishunists ar foilerin suit, and they
have broke 'em all down. and l don't pity tho
shareholders mite neethur. for it saryes em
Jest rite, they hav made do so much dirty
work fur 'em that they think they kin du Jest
about what they like Arter we split so much
blud and spent so much muney fiten Mexi-
ko tn git more pastur land fur thare black cat
TEL they hav turned round and tore down tho
old divishun fens between us, and turnd thar
nggers in our side of the line, and now if thar
live stock runs away shant tuch TO kctch
en- Its no use yur goin to Washinton Ma
jor. | wudn't hav nuihin to du about it; Tell
'em 10 ketch thar own niggers." While un-
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and when he heerd what the matter was. seq
he. You must mind Uukei Joshua. fur Aunt
Keziah has ben redin Uncle Toms Cabin and
uther pesky aberlishun books, and she raly
believes that niggers hav got souls Jest like
white foaks. and she preeches Ia him so much
thai she's almost aberlishunised him, and no
longer ago than last sunday, when parson Fish
sed in his sermon that we must obay all the
laws whether we like 'em no. l seed Aunt
keziah turn up her noze and wink tn Unkel
Joshua. and arter meetin was dun she sed rite
out loud that she wudnt mind the fugitiv
slave law, but she'd help the poor niggers in
spite 81 emmy body. Now. Major, this amt
any better than treeson, and tho it may du for
Unkel Joshua. men like you and 1 orter konk-
er our pregerdises Ir. Webster sed III his
reat speech "Sartenly.' sez |, "Sarjent but
what shall be done TO save the Unyon, the
President and the kabinet are in heep of
trrbbel, and they want me TO help them out
Of It," VOW sez Sarent joel, sez he, ''l'ye
ben thinhkin about this ere, time, and
I've 20, skeem in my head if it is ritely
karFed out. viii save the Unyon, and mock
The aberlishunists into Rocked up hat
Thar had ort to be appinted by the
President tn tend tn this slavery bisncss. and
du nuyhin else and he'd ort tn be wun of the
kabinet, and his department ort tu be kolled
the Niger Department. Let the he'd of the
Niger Department appint men tu act under
him, IN oil the states. and where niger
away, let the he'd Of the department telegraff
him OH over the kuntry, and the fust sunday
artarwards let all the lower law loving min
lsters read the TELEGRAPH nots. TO thar kongre
gashuns. afore singing the doeksology.-
This yu no Will be a ginra notice tu begin
with. Now let all the Office seekers in Wash
ington what kant git any uther offs. be or
ganized into a kompany ofsnigger hunters.
and let the head of the department make
great park near the kapital with CRATE hi fens
seh here tell of in the old kuntry, whar
the big bugs keep thar game, and let him git
a LOT of sleek lively niggers; whats used tu
and turn 'em in this park, and
let him in many wenches, fur the in
KUN will paw fur the hul konsarD. Also turn
in pinter dogs and West ingy munkys.-
lie, tie munkys, hogs ard niggers be we'll
practis Jimnasticks among the kritters. and
sens boun;ys are getting into fashun. let eyrv
man who kecbes emmy OF the yarments. have
100 acfis Of lanI. Now by training 'em in
this way, shall in leetle time hav squad
Of hunters, that VIII ketch emmy thing that
wears hair, or wool ether, and afore they git
as fur as Wlskunsin tu. Then we shant want
emmy fugitive slave law, or blud hounds, and
the abcrlishunists will hav tn suck thar fingers
fur want of sumthin ia gramble about. This
will put ceer stoptu all agestaiion evrywhar
fur when the ngger department wunce gifts
under way It viii du al the nigger ketchin.
and every body kin mind thar own bisness."
AFTER Sarient Joel got thru, teli'd him it wos
a fust rate skeem. and 1 kudnt sec no uther
way tn save the Unyon, and 50 | started off
rs soon IS kud git away for washington; and
when | seed the President and telPd him Sar-
jent Joel's plan, he was nj unon't ticklsd tn
deth. and he kolled the kabbinet and they. all
fell in with it at wunst The President then
appinted me the he'd Of the nu Department.
Arter | git the konsarn under hedway and
save the Unyon, | shall 90 hum, and let Giaral
Rushing take my place fur he wants the job
Of .tkrushinr OUT the aburlishunists. But
1 m 50 full Of bsness | hant got no time to
write any more.
REx.RKsBLE IsvrsTroS.-At a eonversa-
zione az Apothecaries' Hall. London. several
inventions and improvements
were exhibited Perhaps the mos. singular.
If not the most important object of attraction
was curious piece of mechanism recently
invented and actually constructed by Mr-Pe-
ters, the banker, for making microscopic cop
les Of writing. The pencil written with was
attached a. the bottom Of a vertical compound
lever which could be so adiusted that the up