The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-08-07
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MOO JERSEY July Il, 1865.
Dreems is becomin the "nost commonest
reation l hev. / don't know whether
- dreems is the sperit of prophecy, sugar.
ted with sleep, or whethersthey are sooper
loost by the reglar three quarters, NV
und Nv tripe eat about liz p. M, but
SENS hev.
Last mite dreemed that he'd brigd time,
d vas set ahead about nine months, which
ne brings forth events in pollytiks ez vel ez
other things too tejus to menshun.
Methot the South he'd bin consolidated and
Pconstructid, and he'd cum into the sisterhood
states, ez sisters ginrally cum back after a
uarrel. South Carliny wuz representa- in
ne house by Gineral Swasher, and all the
thetts, ct setry, and Missippy by dozen or 2
Kernels and Ginrals for that staff sent none
10 Congress ceptin its heroes Geffson Davis
wuz candidate but hevin sed, in his zeal for
Eepudiashun, that he wuz fer repudiatin all
debts, his constituency wuz afraid that he
mite mcleod the Confedrit war debt so they
detected him, and electid Ginral McGoujum,
who held that the Fedral war debt wuz un-
constooshnel, end must be repudiatid, while
the Confedracy' ought to be paid ez consil-
atory measure. The ginooine Dimocrisy NV
the North he'd electid enuff members to give
the South controle Nv Congris.
In my dreem / wuz seatid in the Gallery NV
interdoosing bill appropriatin a sum of
money for the purpose NV erectn monument
to the memry Wv the Union soers who fell at
Gettysburg. No sooner he'd the fanatic red
the title NV the bill, than Ginrals McGoujum
and Swasher, Kernel Pelter, nv Georgy.
walked over to his sect, and with their canes
beet him over the head, twenty or fifteen
minits. He wuz carried out for ded
Ginral McGoujum claimed the floor q
Mr.. Speaker" said he. I'm bilin In
dignashen is heevin and tossin my shivelrus
sole in a most tremendously toomulchus stile
| am, Mr.. Speaker, cittyzen NV this gellorus
Republic. stand here. day, RECONSTRUCTED
and consillyated---a loyal man. / hev took
the oath. and sence have violated no rool or
custom NV this House. / hev drawed nv pey
promptly hev even vented so fur in the
sperit Nv fergivenis AID christian charity, ez
to take that pay in greenbax, instd NV de-
mandin gold, notwthstandin every wun Nv
EN- bears the portrait NV that fendish ape,
that thirster after gore, that destroyer NV habis
corpusis and constooshnel rites, our late la
mentid President. After maxim these sacri-
fees shell | sit here calmly and allow Niger
steelin Yankee to insult the South with alloo-
sious to Gettysburg, and sieh? Never Shell
Moo York mlsegennygenashunist in this
ere hall propose appropriate the treasure NV
cur common country to commemorate a field,
on wich my constituency was walloped with
out rebuke? Neverl He hes bin rebuked-
let him heed the warninn
Sevral Ablishn members riz but the DIM
ocrisy wuz firm, and woodent let EN- speek.
The southern members wuz a goin to withdraw
IN body wen Fernandy wood rose and per.
posed compromise, ez follows:
That harmony and good feelin shood prevale,
hentz4th and forever.
lhp yr..rH i. Ia art hnI1 l..
tllcse halls, that whenever referred to it shell
be termed MISUNDERSTANDING.
ihat the flags. cannon and sieh like tro-
phies found by the Federal army in various
parts NV the Southern Stats, be to-wunst de-
stroved.
That penshuns be pade to the misunder-
standinists from both seckshuns, for servises
rendered the Government.
That the rariCua fields on2which these mis-
understandings occurred be plowed over at the
expense NV the Government
That no book be publisht given any akount
NV prison life or sch.
That bnnSum orators in this House draw
their halloosions to our military fame solely
from the Mexican war.
The compromise wuz NV coarse adopted.
Ez the vote wuz announst Gineral McGoujin
and Fernandy Wood rusht in2 eech uthers'
arms, and went down eech uthers' bax. while
Kernel Pelter waved flag over em, forming
picter trooly tetchin
THANK hevin," exclaimed ez | awoke
trum this retreshin sleep, Brooks is ded, but
his sperit still lves-his sole is Il marchin on.
So long ez we hey Southern Dmocrasy to
demand, and Northern Dimocrat to give,
all viii be well. Bless the Lord p
raanuL4u.; J. Nasty,
Faster NV the Church NV the Moo Dispen,
sashun.