The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-08-03
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/ We do not always quite agree with our
sarcastic friend, but We always appreciate
his humor, and there is enough Of 1t in
the subjoined letter to make any mans
organ Of airth tingle for an hour. s'
-, .NHYsHINAL HoTTEL, WASHINGTON,
June %, 1864. a''s7s'f YES
i5cidytsrs ef III. Sunday lMerkery; -.
Ginral Chunks .propersishin to make
every man as drord q death or glory ticket
in the cornskripshin rattle, hoe his SwIn
roe, iusted Of fightin by proxcs, is viewed
with onmitigated desgust by large may
jerity of both housen Of Congress. Hen
able Crawley Kreep, Honabls Bob Adiil,
Honable Paul Troon, Honable Craven
Kerr, and msnny uther distinguished
legislators and orators under forty -five
years of age, whoom thar kontry oo6id-
ent afford to loose at no price, pledged
thar lives, thar fortsns, and thar sakrid
honors to defeat the measher sr perish in
the attemp, and it may consekentlJ Be
considerd defunkt. 1t was horrid idee,
that of Skunk Sat wunst democratic and
diaboliexl 0ney think of fashinable
yung man, taifcrd and jeweld up to the
mines, with paytsrt leaver watch and
a big gold chain, and fasest with Night
Bioomin Serious--the offspring, fhebbe,
of sum paytriotic army contractor who
ceuld afford to buy him off at the rats Of
a thousand dollars pound, heving to go
inter the ranks and defend his kentry like
an ernary .mecaniek-er day laberer that
you could purchis for few hundreds
never heerd of ennything more inhuman
In coarse lor so unekwil and onjust
could never gain the sankshin of setch an
enlightend, disintrusted and ilnparshil
boldly Of men as the present Congress of
the United States. Ginfal skunk hes run
his onfortait head inter q herAet's nest
jest as he did at Vienna, and everybody
gives him the cold sholder.z People hese
doosent hesitate to say he s 4 foo foo, and
altogether blind to those soshYl 6istiS rs Nj MS
witch form the bases of our free and ek
vii republican institooshins. Even the |
three hunderd dollar commutashin claws
wont be abolisht Why should it p
Didn't Pope Alexander--or Alexander
Pope, witch was it2--say q
S "Money makes the man and want of it
the feller." ~, alss-
So let us keep our tIseneyed men for ssed,
and send the 'fellats" TO the frunt, to
"meove ON the enemees wufks.
As sun as the new Milentary Bill is
past tharll be perfumptory call for inn
incident reinforcements from civil life to
finish up this offt1 civil war. Ft Son't
do to keep up desultory warfare all
throo the summer. We must put in the
big licks, hot and heavy, new or never. |
Abraham and me hes not yet agreed upon
the number of men it will be nessary to
bring mp to the bellring. The fgur may
be 50O, 900, or 30OO0o, or 20e, ,o0e, His
Egglsency is in fayer of the hafe million
Tie thinks the gratest good will be skew
erd BY the gratest number. His uoshin
is TO make the time short-ssy six nitints !
OF rear My bisef is that the call will |
be for either 100000 or SOC, ,00O--a cup |
pie of huudsrd thousand doosent make
much diffrsnce, you know-for six or
twelve mnIts. But as sed afore, nuthin |
is settled yet. Wun thing you ken take
for granted Affinity little time will BE
gin for rehstkshin. Phe wheel will, be
brorr.out iprobily within two weeks after
the call is issood. The President isa
singlarly -beneFalent man., He doosent
want. his fsllsrcirysins KEEP in Suspense
about thar fate III gambiin FOR flesh ana |
blood despatch and .tlisrcy goes hand in
hand. sIsastways that's his thefyLand
wont he doosent no about human mater
kennot be assertaued IN this subloouary
The Democrats I see, Hss sssySbSisd
thar consenshin lontil the twenty- mint of
August. dispose they ealkiiats tiat Giant
#ilf be IN. .Richinend by that. date, !, Eff
he is psrsoom' tlie'n nbttiiata hfnfs and
in that case l SHAFT trenible for tho pros.
pecks of my ever, honerd friend, Lincoln
But cum wot cun may, Pi1 dS my doSty
by him., I'll stick to himas Marx Amity
stuck to Seizer, aHN ef be skbuid be poi-
fytickiy assassinatedty FIJI crate an totashin
over him that shall Vet the aashins apock.
cts handk echera With antf of,tears. Pm
ouey waitinsto no @hobs to,be the prepcs.
pal oppopentof my rlore. than -bruther to
go strait out intef the HiS hway and hedges
and crack up his virtoos in tfis presence
of assembled milly6fsf Eea' 1T be that
setch an amusin storytelles Ken be defeat
ed, eff placed; id hiks troo. light after, a
troothluvin people, In my Judgment j
don't bleve il. Ef all his cannondrums
could be collected and publisht in a.