The southern aegis, and Harford County intelligencer., 1863-01-10

poniCu w o0C you' Ouibh yOu HdfO
sighted me sence you've been in Washing.
ton. You've been to see nigh about all
the members of the Cabynet except me'
"Wal,' ses l, 81 don't go around much
except on bizness for the Kernel; but
now" ses [, m've cum on another arrand;
I've cum to sec why you don't allow all
the Dimmycratic newspapers to 60 in the
nails oval" ses he, "Majer, that's
jest what I'm goin to do. 1t was bad biz
ness for US that we ever stopped these pa
pers. 1t made more votes for the Dim
mycratic party than .eny other cause
The truth is, it never was my policy. l
never did believe in it, and now they all
see it must be given up" Ses l, ':Mis-
ter Blair, eff you didn't believe in it, you
orter have refused to do it, That ain t
the way the old Ginneral acted, an he's
my model. Eff he thought enything was
rong, there warn't mortal man, high or
low, that could have got him to do it.
lie would have died afore he would do
wat his conscience told him warn't right,
an it's them kind of men that are great
men, an will save our country, eff it ever
is saved.' oval" ses he, "Majer, you're
about right, an I don't think l shall stay
in this boat much longer Things are
goin from bad to wus." eyes," ses |,
"they are like old Sol Hopkins's dyin
COW, 'gettin no better very fast -
"But," ses he, "Majer, you can rest easy
on the papers. We are goin back to the
Free Press Principul, an let the people
have their own way" "Wal,' ses I,
"l'm glad to hear it. It's about time
there was change"
So [ bid him good by, an went back to
see the Kernel, who found in peck of
trubbil. Ses |, "what's the matter now ?"
for saw at a glance that sumthin was
up, Ses l, 'is Burnside whipped aein or
is Stonewall jackson in our rear -
"No,' ses he, "Majer, nothin of that sort,
but sumthin jest about as bad" oval"
scs |, "what is it ?" oval" ses he,
"therc has jest been committy here from
the SENT who demand that | shall change
my Cabbynet. They say we don't have
cny success, an the people demand u
change" "Ses I, "did you kick
EN- down stairs ?" "No," ses he, II
didn't" "Wal,' ses |, "you ortor-
They mite jest as we'll ask you to resign"
Ses |, ''don't your Cabbynet agree in
your policy? Don't they do as you desire
eyes" ses he, "they do" oval"
ses |, "then what's the use of changin p
1t you intend to change your policy, then
ut is reasonable to ask you to change your
Cabbynet, bat otherways not' oval"
ses he, "Majer, that's my idee exactly,
but I didn't tell EN- so, thought I would
wait an see what you thought of it,
Oval" ses | ~ see the hull cause of the
rumpus. The defeat of Burnside has
made EN- so wrathy that they didn't know
what to do, an they thong hit they must
find fault about sumthin" Ses I, eight
in the rebis is jest for all the world like
bar huntn. A good menny years ago,
when it was common up in Maine, nigh
about all the uabors would now an then
turn out to hunt bar. If they caught
him they used to have grand time, get
up big supper an drink whiskey till they
all got how cum you so. But if they
didn't ketch the bar, then one was blamin
tother, an tother anuther, an sumtimes the
affair would end by gettin into a regular
fte all around. Jest so it is now. If
Burnside had whipped the rebils, it would
all have been right" Ses Lnkin, ses he,
"Majer, you're right. But what am to
do? They komplain about the Cabbynet,
an want me to change it" WAL" ses I,
Kernel, tell you how to fix it. Get
the Committy and Cabbynet face to face,
an let 'em quarrel it out" ''That would
be capital idee, Majer, but how am to
do it 7" "Wal,' ses l, "you jest call the
Cabbynet together for twelve o'clock to:
morrow, an then send for the Commltty,
an put 'em in the same ROOM together, an
see how the happy family will manage"
The Kernel was struck with the idee, an
so the next day the Cabbynet were assem-
bled, an pooty soon after the Copmitty,
with Fessenden as Cheerman, made their
appearance You never see more Aus-
treated set of people in this world than
these men were. But there was no back
in out. The Kernel called the meetin to
order, an sed he had received good many
complaints, an he wanted the matter fully
discussed. Fessenden got up, an sed that
the people were gettih tired of the war,
an that the only way to satisfy 'cm was to
change the Cabbynet. Burnsiae had been
defeated, Banks had been sent a great
ways of, when he was wanted at home,