The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1864-03-17
MlstellanCOas.
Mr.. Nasty "Hez A interview with the
President"
Church NV st. -
Nov. the /, SO.


did, and therefore I determined to see
wat Good be effected by persnsl in
tsrvew with the President.
InterdOOsin myself [ opened upon
him dslikitly, thus;
"Linkin," sez I, "ez Dimoorat, a
frsOborn dimicrat, who is prepared to
die with neetnis and dispatch and on
short notis for the inalienable rite NV
free sPeech-noin also that you or
"goriller, fcsndlsh ape, a lank thirs.
ter after blud, ISpsOk."
"Speek on" seq he.
III am a Ohio dimocrat," scS 7, "whO
hes rapoodiated Vallandiggum."
"B fore or since the elscshin, did yoo
rspoOdiato himP" sez he.
"Sinse," retortid 1.
II thot so," sed he. "I would hov
dun it too, he'd 1 been you," continued
he with goriler. like grin.
1--WE air now in favor Nv wiggerus
prOseCushen Nv the war, and we want
you to SO alter yoOr poliSy that we kin
act with 700, corjelly," sell.
"Say on, sez he.
II will. We don't want 700 to
'handso your polisy, materially. We
are nodrit. Anshus to support 700 we
ask yOo to adopt the fellerin trifin and
unimportant changis;
RestOar to us our habis corpusses as
good az new.
Arrest no moar men, wimmin and
children, fer opinyun's saik'
Repele the ojis confsoashen bill, i,
irrytaits the Suthern mind and fires the
Suthern hart.
Do away with the drafts and con-
skripsbuns.
Revoak the Emansipashen procla.
mashen, and Civ bonds that you II never
ishoo a mother.
Do away with treasury oats and siCh
and pay nothin but gold.
Protect our dawters from niger
eqwality.
Disarm yoOr niger soJers and send
back tho niggers to their owners to con-
sillate EN-.
Offer to assoom the war indstsdnis Nv
the South, and plej the Government to
remunerate our Sutherin brethrin fer
the losses they have sustained in this
unnatural war.
Gall a eonvenshen Nv such men es
F. Peerce, ]. Bookannun, Fernan-
dough Wood, Sabin Huff and my
self, to agree upon the terms Nv re-
union.
ais that all, sez the goriller.
"No, see promptly. "Es a guaraA-
tee Nv good faith to US, we shell insist
that the best haf Nv the orfses be given
to Dimicrats who repOodiate Valllau-
diggum. Do this, LinkiD, and 700 thro
lard lie on the troubled waters. Do this
and 700 rally to yoOr support thowsends
Nv noble Dimocrats, who went out Nv
offs with BOokannonj and hev been
gitten their whisky on tick ever siuse.
We hev maid sacrifices. We hev re-
poodiatid Vallandiggum-we care not
Of he rots in Canady-ws are willin to
jine the war party resorvin to ourselves
the poor privilidg Nv dictatin how and
on wat principles il shel DO carrid on
Linkin! Gorriller! Ape! I hev dun"
ThS President replied that be wood
Civ the matter serious considerasheu.-
IIe wood menshen the jse NV resiuin
to Seward, Chase, and Blair, and wood
address a serkular to the Postmasters ct
Ssttry, and see how menny Nv EN-
wood be willin to resinO to akomodait
DimOkrats. He he'd no doubt ssvral
wood do it tO-wonst. as thsr any little
thing l kendo fer yoof" seq he.
"Nothin pcrtikler, l wood accept
small Post OrfS, If sitooated within esy
range of distilry. My pOlitikle dazo
is well nigh ovcr.-Let me but soc the
old party wunst moar in the asSendency
let these old izs cnct moar behold the
ConstoOshen es it is, the Union es it
wuz, and the niger ware he ought 2 be,
aud l will rap the mantel Nv privit life
around me, and 60 in delrum trem ems
happy. | bcv no ambishsn. am in
the scar and yaller leaf. Thes withrin
lOT, thss Sunksn chsaks warn me that
age and whisky hOv dun their perfect
work, and that shell go hsnts. Lincoln
soorn not my words. 1 heV kcd.-