The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1863-04-15
Letter from Jonathan q. Smith
f-;.lfuE to SiOVernOr Tod.
WAsHINroN. April l, 18l

DEER GCvNER You kno you sent me
tdown hear about too munths ago. Your kali
! kerlation was that when / leit Columbus
I he legislator Good accomplish t'air graft
work ol passen the dog law and DRAWN THAR
pay regularly. | sill think tha will be able
tn git them without my aid, tho | sea ,ha
hav put off the time Of adjournment from the
26 OF March 10 the 14th Of April This 10
al orden to the words Of the sacred hymn
I which seztu hIg ,s5ati8n9FE4T
j tHWhen goagit good thing keap it. keap
it,"
EsaY our Legislators is the most valuable meh-
ageric the Stait OF OhioeTer oansd. No bud
dy complanes of what tha du, for no buddy
knows what tha hav dunsg II showed THAR
wlsdem when tina kopklpded to- keap THAR
duins from publick eyes.
Deer Guvner, onest old Abe thinks yod
air the bullest Guvner and the most back
Lonical ruler kinse the time .Nebuchadnazer
was Guvner oi.thel Wyandot Iugens. he
thinks you air such slick lcuss. Likes you
cause be ken turn yen from one hing Two
another Just as easyias feiier ken turn
grndstoan All the epd Of your Akomglished
| administration you will be provided for.-
! That old backbone Of yours is adequate two
emmy emergency and IL wentdus Tor it two
crumbie away in the shadesof retiracy.
4 I've had purity tuff time hear. | hav
bin shown Abe the good what has cum Of
/ his patriotic admnistrashen. We nav abol-
ished slavery in the OSTRICH OF Columby to
overthrow the rebellion but It didn't quite
du it.. We turned all the, locoiocos out ov
offes to overthrow the rebellion but it didn't
qui Q du It! We tdrned niggers into loyal
and contrabands to overthrow the rebellion,
but didn't quite do it. Then we turned
them into "Free Americans Of african de-
SCENT tocrush the rebellion, butthat didn't
quite dn it,, We give profitable contracts
to our relashens and political trends by which
,ttha have maid millions Of munney to kill the
REBELLION, but 1t didn't quite du il. Abe is-
sued several proclamshens TO kill the rebell'
ion but that didntquite du its After tfyen
menny other patriotic measures to crush the
Irebe llion, such as taken meaof to Govern
tnene prisons destroyer breaken
lnp buttelnut meetings, issaen greenba eks,
lsecuren the Services OF The free Americans Of
lsAlriken descent spenden millions OF dollars
to buy up slaves aud setten them free, bull.
11iing tospitals tor runaway slaves and eaden
and tclothen them, and .sich like, lit all didn't
quite kill the rebellion; but now we have lit
on the the right way to kill'it. ist before
Clngress civ her las mortal kieksshe passed
law maken onest old Abe military dictator
and authorizen him to draft all the men
! in j the esleyakaestaifsgas Hei tken tax
every muthers sum ofthem on short notice
and hussel 'em off to fight for to enforce his
Proclamation of freedom tosthe Amerikens Of
Afli1an descent, Most oftbe men will git
Killed, but then the loyal and intelligent free
4 Americans Of African descent will git free
and cum north and marry the Iwlddels and
raise up populashen q heavy shade moar
loyal than the wIte men ever was. This
measure is bound to kill the rebellion.
In addishun to the consoript we hav con-
fcluded to issue about fifteen hundred hun-
Fdred millions inoar greepbacks, Abe finds
the be tway two maik loyal men is to Civ
'em greenbacks THAR is thousands of el~
lers W hat cum hear of doubfuloloyalty, but
i when we stuff trousers with greenbacks tha
git patriotic all over: Us Yankees hav al
waye bin crate on Speculation. We got
the war for a big specuiashens and it has
bin profitable beyond our most sanquine kal.
culashens. Venus keap it up! for too years
moar and by that time the, hole Republican
party will all BE- rich. We doant expect to
run the guverment emmy longer than that
/, We doant care. about .duin IL, lior it will be
as poor distracted and gin out as African
EdeSert.t ~" 549'7 a&A sA~*+
The Minister from I1aysi arrived few
days ago. He Is . fine ,speciman OF mankind
six feet in hite, has bright eyes, white teath,
Beautiful curly hare like that what gro VS. on
q black sleeps back, and is about the cutler
OF a hay h0ss. He is a duck. Of Q man.--
4 When he cum he kissed Abe, the old wo-
man and all the little TLlnkens " The first
might after he cum Abe, swore be was goin
10 sleep With him, 50 be packed the old wos
4 men off with the children sin the tEundlebed
and Abe and the Minister slept together in
1the big ea her bsd Tn next morning me
band1he Minister played doniiuoss for the
whskey but he beat me which pleased Abe
so much tbat he stood the treat,
4 HDegrG @ uvfer yon must mske the Ohio
Buteinuhs' Ike pltbair ~ mquths, shn. Tha
% + maken two much talk. SEA that Union
4 Leages air got upain evssy county to swear
people to support. * ng ARlaham. We don't
care about mans devoshen to the Union,
the CJhst tuition, Or the laws but he must
be loyal to onest old Abe. Men may say
what tha please against the government OF.
Y icer;. Attend to these things, which you
n hav the backbone two dews and yours orders
for greenbacks will always bes oEersd.----
! Hadn't you better civ, the Crisis another
rip 1891 ffi9a9 W9ag a3G8 Gafa
4 s But, my dear Gunner, | must clese for the
present because me and the Ministsr from
I Hay Il and Abe and two other gentleman are
about two talk ride in Abe's ironelad.
i Draw, your pa. regularly, aat Il.
l7'"s'' ~" Y Yours forever,
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