The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1864-03-10

on earth the grave was for. | saw BIG
black hearse comm and Stantin was dr-
vim it. That kinder startled me, but |
looked again, and see it was bcin drawn
by them War Dimmycrats, Dickinson But
Ter, Meagher, Cochrane, and the hearsc
itself was marked War Dimmycracy.
When Stantin druv up to the grave ses
he, my jackasses had heavy load, but
they pulled it through bravely,' for the
poor War Dimmycrats had heads Of men
on the bodies Of mules. | wondered what
on earth was in the hearSe, for it seemed to
be heavily loaded Right behind the
hearse walking along were you and Sumner
and Greeley and Chase and Beecher and
old Grandfather Welles Pretty soon you all
went to work takin out the collins and get
ting ready to put them in the grave The
first one tux out was marked 'haJeas cor
pas, the second one trial by jury then
the Union, and then the Constitution
When they were all out upon the ground,
some dispute riz as to which should be
buried first, but Greeley cut it short by say
in put the Constitution under, and all else
follows So Greeley got the rope under
one end of the coffin and Sumner under
the other, and began to let it down While
it was going down you looked kinder an
xious at Chase and ses you, Chase, Go you
think it will stay down. And ola Green
backs ses he My God Kernel. it must stay
down or we all will 20 up Greeley was
tickled .cnamost to death, and scs he, we
shall bury il now so that it will never be
heard OF again. Old Grandfather Weles,
however, seemed half frightened to death,
and trcmbled like sick dog, and sos he,
oh that it was al over Sumner WAS
wrathy at this AMI sc5 he Shut up. you
old fool, wait until it is al under And
there, too stood Dcechcr with niger
baby in his arms, looking up to Heaven
and praying all the while as follows: Oh,
Lord, not thy Will bat mine be done
Finally all the collins were put in the
grave and covered up. | wondered where
Seward could be I'll this time, and looking
NJ, there he was flying through the air
with wings and tail, and horns. looking for
all the world Ike an eyi! spirit, and rcs he
IL twere done, when it is done. just rs If!
lie were afraid that day Of resurrection
wa coming. | tell you, j; made ne feel
sorrowlul and SAT. when | saw the cid
Constitutions and the Union Put under
ground, out cfsight and when | woke up
my eyes were full of tears and fclt more
like cryin than have seuce I was born"
After got thru, ses /, Kernel, what
10 you think Of my dream" lie looked
down on the floor and then looked up, then
he looked down ag;,in and then he looked
up sec he was kinder worried, 50 said
nothn. Finally he kicked lis slipper off
and scs he, Najcr do you know what
good leather is :" Wal" ses |, Kernel
used to know somcthin about leather"
Wal, ses he, what do you think OF ,ne
leather in that slipper? Is it good Yes,
sos I, Il think its pretty good "Wal, =
SAYS he, what Kind is it.' Ses |; 'it's
calfskin" Wal ses he, kin you tell
me whether the calf was hefcr or q steer %
No" ses |, Il can't" Wal" scs he,
I'm in jist the same fix about your dream.
1t is a good dream, but cant tell whcth-
cr it's heiier or a steer. But | ruther
recon its steer
Wal, ses |, Kernel, you may think
my dream don't amount to any thing, but
there are thousands Of people will see in it
the fate of their country"
lie didn't seem disposed to talk about il.
however, and ] let it drop Since then
I've been over to the Capitol once or twice,
and looked around Washington Il leetle. |
never see such a change in place since
was born. Its dirtier, naster and meaner
iookin than ever. In fact, it is just like
the country, all GOING to ruin. If the dew
il is ever happy, should think he would
be nigh about tickled to death now a-days
| guess every thing is goin TO suit him to a
frac>hin. Kin tell you one thing. There
is goin to be bigger fife between Iinkin
and Chase for President than NEST pe,i
suppose So look out for the music ahed
shall keep watch ON all the doings, and
write you when the rumatiz, like the green
back market, ain. too stringent.
MAJER JACK DOWNING.
AlAinnn SlnfA Sanitary lnnyNI,