Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-03-24
.r,f.h Letter from Blynnk..
No. 236 NATIONAL HOTEL.
WASHINGTON. March 81, 1861. {


| To the Editors of the Daily Patriot:
GESrLEMEN:-H you know number Of
| intelligent, energetic and reliable young
men about town who would like to procure
situations in a post-ofice, tell them not to
make any engagements for the year till get
back. 1 want them. shall need some eight
or ten clerks, and as most of the young
gentlemen now employed in the establish
ment will probably wish to retire at the in
coming of my administration, shall have to
look out for some fresh ones. Bnt if they
wish to stay, and will solemnIy agree to char
ter the grocery there and give me the run
of it, I'd as soon have them as anybody. for
they are all clever fellows, and understand
the postoffice business as well, perhaps, as 1
do. You may make bargain with them up
on this basis if you will. l don't care about
the term5--the Government pays it.
1 have delayed writing for something over
week, with the hope that l would be able
to announce my appointment in this letter;
but there are a great many Office seekers
here who are nearly out of money, and OLD
ABE is benevolently letting them off first. We
fellows who are so fortunate as to have more
funds are to be appointed last. If had MT
been so thoughtless as to let OLD ABE see
considerable roll of bills when he and 1 went
into place to get drink soon after came
here, / would have b ID my commission long
ago But those bills were all small, and as
living and Ticker are rather high in Wash
ington, my means begin to run low, and
have got to make rise, dodge my hotel
bill, or strike out for home in less than
a week. / must do one of these things;
but which, depends upon circumstan-
ces. / negotiated a loan of twenty
five dollars with Congressman QUARLEs
the day he left here. and could proba-
bly, have done the same thing with
HATToN and STOKES, but they informed me
| that they had lent all their surplus cash to
certain individuals-their Immediate constit-
uents-who are here engaged in the wild
hunt after office. am thus fifty dollars out
of pocket by the mere accident of Bot being
from their districts. If you will pay QUARLEs
the little sum owe him and take up my due
bill, won't mind making you present oft.
Perhaps you may fad my autograph useful
in making up your next batch of donations
| to the Historical Society. l believe the Soci-
ETY. have no autograph of mine, as they new
er sold me anything nor lent me any money.
With much cheerfulness grant you the privi-
lege of getting the one in question and send
ing it up to them.
wish to do the handsome thing by my
friends, and it is my intention to give them
a champagne supper the night after 1 take
possession of the Postoffice. But l would
rather you would 1t mention the matter to
Mrs. B., if you chance to meet her, as she has
a violent prejudice against champagne sup
pers; unless induce some body else to get
them up, and bring them off in my house. In
that case she is reconciled to them. Hold
yourselves in readiness TO be On hand, and
you will see and hear some fun, for l have
already written out for the occasion a speech
covering sixtythree closely written pages of
foolscap, and mean to call it my Inaugural
Address" You will be delighted with it.
1t is unquestionably one OF the best things
you ever saw.
l am going with parcel of Western ladies
to look through the Patent Office, and only
had five minutes in which to scribe this let
ter, The time is up, and must bid you, in
great haste, Adieu. BLYNNKs.