The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1863-03-12
Old Abe,s Yaientin e.

The following is going the rounds of the
press. We don't vouch for its accuracy, but
it's good thipg?ra r1.a- 's7egss ed'
We hear that our worthy President re-
ceived Valentine lately, in the shape of a
picture of the American Eagle, with tinan-
cial allusion. The Bird of Freedom ap-
peared to be engaged in picking up gold
coin, while at the part of the bird most re-
mote from his head there was a pile Of
greenbaeks.' into which this coin seemed
to have been mysteriously transmitted. OIL
The President, who takes such things
philosophically, and always acknowledges a
palpabie hit with grade and good-natured
oh eerfulness, went to his Secretary of the
Treasury, to exhibit his bird in order that
the after might enjoy the joke with him.
Mr. Chase, however, was not disposed to
rake the matter in tho same spirit as the
President but appeared to be much out of
humor at this hieroglyphical attack upon his
departm ent ofIthe Governments. In tones
in which there was evidently a slight ad-
mixture of Variability he remarked to the
President that he would like to know who
had made this uhwarranted attack upon his
financial management of the affairs of the a.
tion-that he feared that some of his subor-
dinates had eot'up this libel upon him Z and
that he would give. a hundred dollars to
know who had done it. The Preside nt,
whose questions asking proclivities are we'll
known, said that the offer seemed liberal;
but, Mr. Chase, said he, before 1 shall
make up my m ind on this subject. will you
allow me to ask you one question:" Seer
tainly,' replied the Secretary. Il merely
wanted to understand said the President,
at which end of the bird you propose to pay,'
'Estf til Brute?' responded the head OF the
Treasury Departm emit fi IF am thus TO be
made the subject of ridicufe, m ust+ renew
my applcation3to be relieved from my du-
ties as Secretary n'Oi never mind! never
mind, Mr. Secretary said the President, we
can soon rem edys all these difficulties. All
we have to do, after we have suppressed
the rebellion, is tostnrn the 'bird endifor end.
and lot the gold and egreenbacks' remain
lust as they are, and all will come out right
The Secretary, restored to goood humor,
agreed not to resign unless Seward did. H1'
= .ssIu 70 sFEsi 10
An EIoquent,Sentiment Applicable to
4g.s the Present Time .s9i.so7I
Que of the finest orators and most liberal
statesm en- Great Britain ever possessed, Chas.
James Fox, upon one occasion, in Parliam emit,
when he was opposing the war with France,
was startled by doctrines from the British
Tories, such as we now hear from the mean
er and, more desRotic, American Tories in
America. Raising his voice to high pitch,
tn great oratorisaid: ~ hsiicIab re- isf'
"'"Say at once that a free Constitution is'no
longer suitable to US; say at once, In a nam
ly manner, that upon an ample review of
the state of the world, a free Constitution is
not fit for you; conduct yourselFat once as
the Senators of Denmark; lay down your
freedom and acknowledge and accept of
despotism. But do not mock the, UNDER
standing s and feelings of mankind, by tell
ing the world that you are free, by telling
me that if. for the purpose of expressing my
sense of the public administration of tn is
country, of the calamities which this war
has occasioned, 2 state a grievance or make
any declaration of my sentiments IN man
ner that may be thought seditious, I am to
be asubjectsd to penalties hitherto unknown
+0rtl,a 10 Nv % .l t+f- aI4r.e3 1j r -liT II
IF man marry q shrew, are to we sup
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