Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-12

Altt4aECNJlls IL lS0Is II = 81
'ers, but We're men wlip hnd done real SER
vice 4tq the Party-hDDeat,a y hard work,
stump sPeRking, and sueh things, aud each,
man iail,a secret conviction that Sc Old
ADO done what Was right lie would imme-
liRtely seek out him. that special lindiyid-
uHl, aud say itOihiIn; l'NaIhe what you viii
ihaSe zehpose it, select II, pick il out Mt
once and 1t Is yours ] myselt.hnd made
up my mind not toaask for IN Office unless
AhRham should come to me, and with.
tears In sllis eyes dbeseeeh me to accent
SOMETHING particularly fat anil nice, as n
token Of his remembrance and npfeciation
bt!Dy great seFvices-then was going to
accept so that Abraham needntt5 cry his
eyes sore over my nefusal-then was 20.
lng to RpPointhi deputy Co do the work.
1llen1 was going tpdplwthe aalary--lhen-
lt%as going 20 spend it--4then Twas going.
70 have = good time.!40 -ins5,l.f
iweigot 20 Washington all alive with our
arms and a4l.iQur IpOd's 7Bittersy though
there wasn't quite 80 much sDol'si MS when,
We started lowing TO the way the, fellows
had bitteFed Rll'the Raysthers. be.
HIheAFd great neWs--7G;d A De going 70 be
Ass assineted $50 awpsatben gauIleman tile
l9amg of Scott so twas Seward, soywasi
f3reele ksafWere i,Rll the, fFienls of the
aforesaid pa ies-++our party. looked wei to
lheiF aEmS, and itook5a little, Dod-we Dre-
paFed fOraetion, loaded ali tho barrels of
Al our rIplstols, and hOOed our knives down
10 a sharp iedge-7athenl ne went and took
~ little sl1d,i lIs7gIf,,,5 ~ 3z,,it ,,,.t,,
ssskhen wessallted out into the crowd TO get
3cq cq0ainted.hYss sgsd .rasaaijs.se sl54; OH p
q tAeFer saw such aieFQNd II and every fell,
low WAS wanting an Office fVrlhimself or IL
friend y. there were .at atsleasta,bnndred ap-
pliSapts Tor every Office the president Has
70 give. ultl you could believe their stories
LeeTe. wasn't mon tiRnll the world blessed
;glth sucllYn ihost77a perfect myriad of
ltrieldsr-as Abraham Lincoln--eaeh one
ou&bragged theiothers as topwhat he had
loqe ilgrfAbe7-not u man there but had
elected lim solely by Ihe; force of his own
man tllorc bnt had iH-s
n4enced al tile other.mensin thsicrowdltos
lSole ioF AbezTuOt,N a mau there but could
nave defeated Abesingle=handed, ifhe lad
closen To- do it-nQt AMMAN there Who
hadn't borne ABE Into. the Presidential
lehalFs on bis own personal shoulders. ana
.9qtrl mql there but expected tho biggest
Eild, OF, airewArl fuF,whatt be had done.
~ D4rs paEtE hadn't pargaIHed for. any such
e9npeua9pis SO we retired . eonsuit;Itook
4 Little D0di then took some 5bitteFs: .then
9'ttered u little; then 4Dodded ~ little; then
9tvnk aime9tl'HI OF SO ofsDodsi, ,Bilters,
and, then took some. .bitlers. is6t,a s7st iiTf :
by this time, we tllought we stood As
good aclanGe as any; ami by the time
each man had played with his private
Dol ttle uot medicinal fluid, iDod,s zL1iiterEl
Until helhRdE lost 1t down his, throat, eatiii
man was satisfied fLhat Il place, in the Jabfs
;net WNs reserved for him, aud began 10.
look goupd on the other members io(lthei
parry witb . kind OF plying contsmntoa 8
4F Saw aprIvRte secretary of A6ers; brtv.
sec toldime thai AbelhadlFeeei petftfoa5
tor 6titce Gts theiViito % Of
uHy toFa the olRst tour days; tIieytused to
ssef,d them in By tho cart load. Mt one ilnor
HHd they were Carried away 6Y, the wagon
Ioadiat ihe tOther; applicants fpokeU t,cm
under thetdoots; they adr6pped them down
the chimneySe they tossed them IN AZ the
WINDOWS they wrapped them round par
iceis OF goodssto resent home iftoni torres.
ithey hired thelWhiters TO fold them in .the
Nnap ktnsi ut the dinner tahIe;j they hired
spelntersi To- prtht Them as isubplements to
their i. reguldr edition, soEas 10 inyeigle old
Aoe into reading them under the iFSsral lIy.
1disgUise of adi9exLra;v they y ots ii(sn, ~,
the back of fine pictures; and sent them
to Mrs! Lincoln; they bribed the tailor to
stnH them into the pockets of ;Abets M ",
'eiothesi they crammedi them Into Abu,z
umbrella, so that when therc came n show
,sEIa,qP wen the gpbrella,s and down
tnmbled the documents; they sent them n 4
leleg hlc dep atcl es; they engraved thcm
on the tea-shoons. The s6rewdrst dodge
was played by q fellow from .TGnnessee.
ne S9Ptsd MS petition on u hinge piece of
paper, got some 9ns % pin It between his
siblouldsrs, and then walked up. 10 shake
nahq1!s ~! with Abs when, Abe caught sight
ot t9e paper On the fell lows back, he tllougbt
some 9pe had been playipgin n Practiral Joke.
iop She isllow' and with bis usual good
nHtuFe. he stopped the man and Dulleti ar
The paper, when he found il TO be 4 recon-,
incubation that tIle bearer, DC GppointedIto,
The Gllaplpeoge l Posi- Qffice,5 ~,
had nuts0F personal applicants for
Off 9 .lWO weeks befOre,,ithoueh: fellows
Sthl, ,smnggies thenselve inf.tlId prescnre'
"a .yariuus disguised They.4were always
lktckedlO out before they had Il aehnnce TO sSy.
mlsh.s sOneingenions chaps though, dress
'ed 1lmSelf ihs a waiteriy got bebiud Abetsi
chair at dinner, F,.dndp uuden :Dretence ,of
asking him ifsheid hRgeiroast- beefor tnr-
Key niNvhisPered, In his earn claim To ffe
pPPotnted Surveyor OF the Port of NsTt
.1prk,sil ABS .spFang for the catSinF- knife.
mar lanSanished,iand has not been heard of.
since tlathonr - .6i gfi s.i4I.g-57.
'iil thought ont clIagcesalooked slim; so did
an lhe resi- Of Partyi took n Jlils Did; D6d
frightened the chances forusto mlicil. that
we.took somo~ Of 6itters-then-- some OF,
lpod's BitteEs to Prerept mistakesJ
Heard shOEt that Abraham vas coming.
party cooked their IreYoIy Iyersn1tooki their
knives between their teeth, aud rus he'd into
crowd, got tda wide and tldhdsomc styeet.:
gen tfemnn OF the, name Of. .Scolt bad posFtS
s6nie cannon ithere-also soidfsr.ne2i aiso,
Some som horses, also some powder, and balls.
ana nc. IBID ss, ip case the gentleRa1 Of the
ssllsheard there was 70 De 4 moi "a sbatS.
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