Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-12-21
Letter from New Conner TO his Father =,
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WASHINGTON, Dee. lG. $50 w hen '..,
home, promised that | would write ,ou 81,
soon ~ reached Washington. When ,,,
to the place where the car, stop. a number
of polite gentlemen insisted un rakir,, ,,,,
two carpet bags. which you know ,;rr =,
that don't have t" pay any freight,
know | just slip them under the ,rar. eni
they don't cost anything. We'll. sir. ,y.
|, thank ye;' and one of the grntl.n.o.
took my carpet-bag- and another saws. "r,..
hack, air :" Thinks |, these Wa.hin,,.,.
chaps is kind o'politc, sure enough :" and
was Just about getting III hI> carriage. When
the gentleman who had carried ms rsr..,
bags for me, says he, this way. ,lr,' and
thinks |. I'm kind of obliged L. him. ,,,,..
YOU see he invited ne first. and he u,,,i,
I take it hard. So | turned round and ,,.r q,
his carriage, and the other gentleman sen.
/ laughing Says |, tor did'n Ike D. HIM,
his feelings. says |, I'm very sorry -
and | was going t. tell him Just Ia r.p,.
around, and I'll ride with him any time when
| he was at leisure but just then. me and
the other gentleman drove III. before ,punt
| finish. And the other gentlemen >taul,u,
| by, they set up 4 laughing at the other boar
| gentleman, because would nj ridewitl, HIM
| and he joined IN, too, 10 hide hl> mortlhya
ton. The gentleman wa> with laughed,
kin,l Of easy, {" himself like H. charged
me u dollar. Says | 10 my -ri' that, rather
! funny t. make me pay: but lid 'ut tell hiu
50. So | payed him. and. thinks |, "sur,,
that's the way down here
When got IL the Hotel. says one. "lur,,
| you're a member" Thinks |. wonder il h.
means our Weekly Debating Society Per
| haps he's heard Of our debate, Mayhe he,
heard of my long speech On Tom donc, que,
! ton. where | Went III tor the rights Of ,lu.
women strong as h"rsr-r;ldi>h. Thinks l. H.
means that and 81 says |. YES Nv hc.s
/ from says he. vermont. SAYS l. Hpwr,
| going 10 VOTE" says he. dii'ut like IL toll
him was going t. vote Tor polb~. cause
| YOU see if Uriah Grimc~ heard Was gun,
to vote for DobhS, he wculd'nt lei M get 4
chip of Ice of his pond next winter. Sol
said. SAYS |, lust wait till the time come,
i lDu hllbN buT tlctllt'l NltOt come uT IAN
| April He looked Il lretlr mad. and walk
I'd on, Till came t. where u good MANY
people were all going the same way. - o.
lowed. Free land this. say l. | went int,
| Il large room, where | SAW the other, gong.
and, by and by, some one come, up 10 NJ.
and SAYS, Member. SIR" Say, |. YES
for was kind of pleased at hl> polite wuy
of talking. So took seat by one u til.
other gentlemen, and hy this time the huu,,
was pretty full. and one OF 'em g"t M On a
high place like pulpit and began reading
long speech When h. had done An tie
others began 10 call for Mr. Clark. or Clerk.
as some had it. Then a man upon the high
| place said they must come IL order, ~ VI
Clark couldn't hear word they wanted To-
say to him. Then man near NJ" began
| speaking. SAYS hr. MIR Clark :" ani be-
looked all around. but Mr Clark did'ntc"m,
or take any notice Of him at all but hc kept
on every now and then calling for Mr. Clark
II guess Mr.. Clark's sick = SAYS tony
next neighbor. lie didn't say nothing, bur
began riapping his hands ik" all the others
did, and 50 did l. But III" man IN the pul
pit made 'em all hush, and then another man
got w and said the same thing, all OYER
ugan-but, YOU see, in little different
way-r,t the same ideas, dressed IN new
suit They tell me- they 'vr been doing tint
all the week You see it imprrs,rr 'rm IA
the mind.
BY and by, some man says, let vol"
Agreed" said the others and the man ~
the high place began IL rall EN- over After
awhile, he kind Of stopped, guess t" count
EN- up. Says |. Whats 10 vote for
Speaker SAYS the spruce Ittl" man, that
looked like little man near me You 80,
says he, "the l.cgompt"us, AMI th. au'y
Legomptons, and til" Black Republicans, and
the South hmerkcnS cant at Sprak"r
Says |, ''lct EN- al! have one. says l. IL,
laughed. SAYS l. who's these Lrg"ml
tons? ?" SAYS he they was all p"mokra'-
feeding round the baru-yard peaceful ~ 4
brood Of chickens. and Lcgompt"n h. shot
in 'en, aud now they scattered, and won't
feed together" SAYS he, And who's thc-a
that vote for Gimlrt;" says |. "Sonth
Americans" says he. w hat business has
the people Of South Amerlky 10 do with our
Speakers ," says |. "lm for putting I'm
ont. " says L. No, NO." says he, well Try
and get 'rm on our side. Which >ld"'
that" says |, for wa- getting kind OF ~.
tere-ted. Just then the man III the char,
on the high place, told EN- to adjourn
They tell me they want Black R"pubI'
can but I'll 20 round and 50" all the mem
bers, and try aud prevent "A black Speaker
Or one from South Amrriky. Your loving
son, ABEpxEGo BoNAPARTk NE"toNEE