Litchfield enquirer., 1863-12-03
WHOLE NO. 2O11

oHce seekers. ne also sald, II ne were OQcE p in New York. making speech in order to get
 0otes, he would use very different language, and pretend to be kinder for the Union, and
 a vigorous prosecution of the war. But as he was away up Salt River he spoke his real sentiments
 , Mcclellan Pie and Woodward Ile' wsre now passed round. All took a piece of the , pie, though they ate but little of it. Some , said 1t got musty on the! Peninsula others
 said 1t laid too long in front of Washington be- fore 1t was moved at all. and some declared it was soured during the Pennsylvania ielection.
 All said they they thought it was tip-top food when Ii was ttrst made, and they seemed to , wonder why it spoiled so soon. A stranger /. suggested it was too highly seasoned with , Presidential aspirations and fear of iniuring our Southern brethren The stranger was immediately hustled out of the room, placed upon plank, and sent adrift down Salt Riv- er' The company agreed he was out of the
 place ap thete.
 Not single man would taste of the Wood. ward Ae. They all said they had enough of the article after the Pennsylvania election, and
 before they came up Salt River. and they did
 not want any more because it went so much against their stomachs.' It was strongly re- commended in consequence of it's passage ) through the CWrtiH refinery. But it was no go.
 Tom Seymour offered tho company some
 Connect1cut Nutmegs.' But they all shook } their heads and refused to take them, saying they ate too many last Spring, and were re.
 ally sick of them
 The McCunn B,'oti' was greedily sought
 tor.by nlost of the guests. But Gov Sey- mour ate very little of it, thoagh he admitted it exactly suited lis taste. His excuse was, ) It always made bis political bowels yearn for r hsiNew York friends so he sometimes over.
 stepped the bounds Of good policy in express ing his love for them, hnd for their fanilies,'
 as was the case during the July riots.
 O'Flanagan, Mctiuire and Peter Cagger said it Was not quite us good as Know-Nothing syrup, or half as strengthening to the De.
 mocracy. This was heartily endorsed. by r Philadelphia Church burner, who obtained much favor by the assertion that he not ouly f set the Catholic churches on fire in Philadel- [ phla in 1855, but helped Kill thirteen mig. gers during the New York riots in lS53. He 3 was loudly che, red by the whole company. and
 then unanimously elected Tycoon of al the 5 Democracy on Salt River.
 7 Fillmore called for some New York Pull
 backs He said he di! not like them at first, but he had eaten 50 many of them he rather liked them now-they were so healthy. He
 declared that any taste for them was wholly artificial and acquired. He thought Gov. SeY- |. nour must now like them-he had had so ma- ny, and took 80 large an one in the recent cleo 5 tion. Seymour said nothlng-but shook his ) head and groaned. Load calls were now made . for him and he finally rose and said, Friends. countrymen and fellow democrats Do you f sec the rock on which split P Richmond - see in disloyalty Bsu Wood-'I see 1t 9 riding two horses--lhats all.' Comstoct.-'I s see it-a vigorous prosecution of the war s that's it. Kernan-'I 1 see it-the Irish riots
 and hanging negroes in New York that's it. ? O O'Fldnaqan--' see it !; want of pluck that's it.. Gauson--' see it it's the cid Federal
 nag you have rodo-that's the animal Oak- , ley HaH--I see it-you did not consult my pamphlet on Greeley that's the mistake.-
 Mc Guue-'1 eeit-poor whiskey that's it. , , Stetson-' see t-your pause in tas support } of the Government; that's it. Ferris I t see i. your New York friends and their families j that's it. Kyd-I see it; want of 7 votes that's it. Fernaado Wood-' see it taking cold at my peace meeting that's it.
 Nirer-'l see it-caying in If CT pl omising to : taking me in that's it. iSetson-'I see it {; f arbitrary arrests that's it. Church-' see : it, Liucons Barn burner Proclamation that's 5 it. Qgden--' see it-runDing away to Fox
 River when the rebellion broke out that's it. C5rning-' see it your correspondence with . Gen. Dix; that's 1t Han AUen-'I see it 1; interfering with your friends in New York
 when they were haHgng niggers that's it.
 ". r Allen.-'I see it sitting up so much , nights with the constitution; that's it. Nc r GuIc--'I see it; being unconstitutional all
 the time; that's it. Ogden-'I see it-ap. : pointing copperheads to command the militia {; that's it. Rookstaper-'I see it-refusing to t allow the soldiers to vote {; that's it. Church |, - see it resisting the draft, and helping Jeff Davis; that's it. Goo. Seymour--'None of you see it. The people are crazy and have wrong notions'
 r This is the rock on which have split :-. 8 They have sent me and my best friends way 9 up Salt River this year to prevent me being 9 elected President next year. This is too bad.
 If they had only known how it would hurt my feelings, am sure they would not have done so cruel an act. Martin Van Buren once said, ; 'our sufferings IS intoerable.' But nina are worse than that-they grieve me by night as , well as by day the reflection that can not
 be President, and that I must spend the re. mainder of my days way up Salt River is more terrible than death, and more cruel than
 the grave. But SD it is. Here am way up
 Salt River,' with but few friends ; and their fa-
 ces are 50 do'efnl and long, cannot bear to
 look upon he
 | Friends countrymen and Democrats :-I fear
 the people have marked us to die but if not,
 Lincons soldiers will keep voting, and pre-
 veat us ever leaving this unpleasant place. this
 dreadful abode. Our late is sealed by 40,000
 Cnon majority in the Empire State
 The Gods made Us mad, and then abandon
 ed Us and here we are, poor and needy, sick
 an sore, bereh of all patriotism. and bound
 for destruction. How the mighty fallen,
 and our whisky sweapons perished Had l
 served my country with but half tho zeal
 have served my party. the people would not
 have abandoned me just when was putting
 forth the tender buds of hope, to blossom into Presidential honors. aud sent me, naked and
 shorn of glory, to pine away and die, way up
 Salt River.
 1 Oh th, ifes of November,
 | Eighteen hundred sixty l always shall remember
 The dreadful chills they gave me. It is with the bitterest sorrow that announce
 the only thing we copperhead Democrats can
 now do, is to beg for mercy of Lincoln; and the
 most we can expect is that he will grant us I AL