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Letter from Barney O'TooI, Esq.
WASHINGTON, DfsrnRIcr OF CoLuMBY. !
DECEMBER the 18th 1873

MtSTaUR MOORE DaGr ISar: Since arrived
at the safe av G9veFnmiut I've ben SO bizzy wild
me ouid fEinds, an gittin meself settled down
in INC quarthers that I've hardly had time to
make We note av the procadins as Congress
an the appearance nv the political horizon. Its
meself that's happy to rasume me correspoh.
dince wild yez ailher long silence, an be the
same token allow me to sind the COMPLIMENTS
av the saisOn. along wild this same, as the hoi-
days 'ull be drhawin near whin it comes % ham
We were all nightly PLACED wild the the Mis-
sage an let me tell ye that ould Misthur Bu-
chanan's in high spirits considerin-what he's
had to go through. cantell ye in confidence
too, that Missage is regarded as wan of the
most extraordinary State papers that has ever
KEN out, barrin that some az the Presidents
frinds think its little too much afther the style
ay Baron Munchauseu to be regarded as iRtirely
original
met wild the ould chaaf afther The attack
made an him by that born tiyil Sinathur Hale,
an the President tould me, seq, he Misthur
o'Ioolc, cud stand anything betther than that
annerable gintleman's quotation az the scripther
agenst me- To hear the likes ay him, seq he,
standin up among his betthers in the Sinate, an
sayin
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it puts me as mad as hare, seq he. But be
dad, seq he, its jist In kaapin wId thin Puritan
divils that won't brew on Saturday for fear the
Deer un work an Sunday, an Yit Whin it comes
to fearin God an anuerin the King, Beelzabub
himself might taEe lessons from thin. But
seq The President 10 me very solemnly, that fel-
ly is outside Nv healthy organization, and the
divil dinner 'ull Lax him to as long as Pm
President
It 'ud ave done yer heart good to hear
the ould gintleman disenoTse an Cuba. I'll
have it Misthur o'Toole, be the powers
viii, seq he; and thin he tould me, seq he
AIsthur o'Toole, have ye read the clasSics ?
Don't ye reminder, seq he, the ould wood
en- legged beggar in Gil Bias seq he, that
put down his ould hat in the road afore
thravelers, an thin sated himself aft be the road.
side wild an ould BlundheTbushi risted an the
hnee an loaded TO the muzzle; an whin Don
KEN foFninst him ridin his mule he dhravs a
sight an him wid his sbootin iron, and seq .'for
the love av the howly Yargin, dhrapa doubloon
or two IN the hat forninst YEP Now wasn't that
persuasive intirely, seq Misthur Buchanan. an'1
Wld that the ould gintlcnan gey me wan AZ his
quiet smiles An noE, seq he, Aff. 0'TooIe I've
axed Congress to give me few Az the surplus
millions IN the ThreAsnry, that we borrowed
an to lind me the loan aV the Army an Navy
an u jist saY,t that O1ld Spanish Don IS an
ye take lar price for yer ould island that re
call the Quaan of the AntilleSi Bekase eff We
don't, jist lux at me Blundherbush y Won't
come the 0stind manifesto over them. Aisthur
0Toole. It list depinds now; sex he An Con.
greSs dom their duty.
o. begoTa, gintlemen, amt that Missessss :
parfect paragon nv truth an logic an shortnrssi
Altsthur Buchanan tould me wild his own mouth ]
that be considered 'bEeVity the soWI az vii.
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