The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1864-07-27
A Dssbanded Volunteer.

coln valiantly takes up the cudgels for his
friend, in the following letter, and does
his dsvcir gallantly. He places the hui
NOR of the President in a new light, and
ia kes the broad ground that his Excellen-
ey's broad Jokes constitute the main plank
Of the platform" on which his claims as
candidate for re-eleetion rest. This is
novel line of argument, but we are not
prepared to dispute It's pertiheney:
NAYsHINAL HOTEL, WASHINGTON,
June 80, 1864.
Eadyturs Of the Sunday Mefsdry
When rit my last letter, His ,Eggsel-
lency, the Commander-in3Cheef of the
Army, Navy, and offizh6lders Of the Fed
raj Gtfvertnent was cracki1 his Jokes at
the he'd kwarters Of the Army of the Po-
temac. He tells me he he'd jolly time
thar, trunnin saws on the ginrals, eonyulsin
the privit sogers, and cawsin setch yells
of larfter to reverbulate threo the host
that the Rebels repetedly stud to thar
arms, in eggspectashin of an immedient
attact, AS he walked along the ranks
distributing his button busters right and
left, hull plaYtoons of war-worn yetrans
throo tharselves on the ground, and rolled
about in aggernies Of frantic enjyment'
Ginral Grant, who is as grave man as
you ken find outside of coffin warehus,
and who rarly gives vent to his emoshins
excep by whittlin trifuf faster n ushil,
aud smokin in shorter puffs, was cumple-
atty opset by sum of the Presidents ia,
vorit rib -ticklers, and altho he dident roar
right out like sum of the bragadears, it
was MANIFEST from the quick movement
of his fanks, at the pints whar the larf
came in, that he was innardly shaken by
the Presidenshal humor. 1t would Civ
ne great pleslur to relate few of the
stories to witch my genial friend treted
the heroes of the Grand Army, but onfor-
tnitly, tho tellin in their mater, they are
not of karrickter to be told in prent.
That noble and ussful kwodruped the
hoss fggers in most of EN- conspickusly
so mulch so that altho it hes ben sed
he "goes the entire hog" in his funny
allushins, I. think il would be harder the
mark to say he goes the entire hoss. In
fact, wun of the collsdge bred attaches to
the British legashin here, hes made this
speshiality of Mr.. Lincoln's farseeshus
anakdoats, the sublick Of two or three
wot he calls classical puns. He ses that
most of the Presidents best hits air de-
rived from his os humeros, and that his
happiest reperteus may be properly stiled
fine speciments of the lex stallionis. Not
bein high larnt myself ] den'tsee it, but
| persoom menny OF your readers
will.
For my part I consider it butiful
trate in my esteenable paytrun, that in
the midst Of camppain that hes cost the
nashin seventy thousand men, and while
thar is setch mortality in the horsspittles,
he kin retain his ushil cheerfulness.-
Thar air few men that Wohid hey firm
ness enuf to indulge IN the conTivyai
tale, the roaing pun and the amusin cal
lembore, in the midst of setch frigh full
sorter and hofabul sdferin. 1t cheers
up the nayshinaf hart, and enables us to
look deth and debt in the face with grin
of keerless contempt. As the peick
ses: tsi,
"Thrice is he armed as hes kis kwarril jest.
and amidst slorter never gifts distrest."
Porkin of innsscent mirth, notis
seedishus kwestin in the World of last
Monday. The eddytur axes of Mr.. Lin
coin is Buffof-Which is tauntamount
to inkwirin of the highest indiyidyal in
the kentry is low jester. The inderoga-
tory, is insultion enuff itself, but che
queerest goes on to make matters wRAS by
endevorin to put my wurthy fren6 on the
same level with Gossin and Je Pentland,
and uther perfeshinals of the class that
makes cemmic summersets in the sawdust
The hull drift of the artickle is to despor-
ridge the President, and represent him in
the light Of a Jack Puddin. A purity way
that is to speak of wan who lays awake
nights studdyin cannondrums to dizzypate
the nashinal glum Bf' tHs President
warn't merry man, wouldn't We all fancy
we wus on the rode tt ruein and git inter
the last stagS Of despondency2 Wot but
his skwibs, as they sintillate throo my
curryspendence, keeps the blues outer the
Army AK Ginral Grant eff wun Of my
letters isn't ekwil to an issoo of an extree
rayshin' Of Mungoheeler to the troops
under his command AK him efhe doos-
ent take more cumfort in EN- that he docs
in whiting and smokin the finest regale-
yous. And why? Not bskase thafs en-
nything in my stile SO wound5rfui en-
chantin, but bekase presarve the Presi-
dents wittysehisms, and feed en- out as
ockashin rekwires to a narFuss and too
easily deprest nayshin. Arter despatch
announcin Fedral repulse with hevy loss
wot SO plesent as a batch Of light Presi-
dershal farsesshy !? It's like s suck Of an
orange or mouthful of cream candy arter
doste of ealimsl and joliop. and takes
away the bad tasts kwick as a fash Is
the addytur of the World ssteasa marble.
harted man as to wish TO- deprive the AR
my of the larfter ockashend by the match.
less sallies of its COMMANDER IN Cheef
kennot bleveis Bst him refeck, rs pen
and apologize. Mebbs IT'S envcc on hi,
part. He attelapSs sfhe saytirical vain his
self sometimes and perhaps it desanul
him to find that, in the sourcaustic line
she Preside cumpaired to him is-to: us
the trays of Hamlet Criteion to "a Satire
When 1 cum to 81 eRs afore the peepl
| in faver of A braham Lincoln's claims t.
reelection shell dwell cheeAy upch hi
oommic 7irtoos. 81, s....r ~.
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