The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-10-20
Mistellaneol1s.
Mr.. Nasty Dreams q Dream.

SAINTS Resi- (which Is the Staff Nv
Moo Jersy,) July IL, 1865. !
preems is becoming the most commones'
recreation I hev. I don't know whether
these dreeus Is the spirit Of prophesy. sugar
coated with sleep. or whether they are 500
perindooet by the rcglar three-quarters Nv
Mound Nv tripe eat at about IL IL p. NJ
but dreemsI hev.
Last knight dreemed that had brigd
time. and wuz set ahead about nine months
which time brings forth events in pollytiks
o. we'll en- in other things to teejus to men,
shun.
slsthot the south he'd bin consillyatid and
reconstructed, and he'd cum back into the
s;,terhood NV States, es sisters ginnslly cum
hack after q quarrel. South Carliny wus
r,preseutid in tho house. by Glnral Swasher,
and all the Rhet,s, ct setry, and Mssippy by
n dozen or 2 Kernels and Ginrals, for that
State scut none to Congress ceptin its heroes.
Geff.on Davis WI, q candidate, but havin sed
in his reel for repudiashen. that he was Tor
rrpudiatin all debts. his constituency wuz
afraid that hemite mcleod the Coutedrit war
debt. so they detected him, and elected Gin
raj McGoujum, who held that the Fedral
war debt wuz unconstooshnel, and must be
repudiatid. while the Confedracy's ought to
b. PAL eza consilatory measure. The GIN
ooine Dimocrisy ov the North had elected
enuff members to give the South controle Nv
Congris.
In my dream wun scatid in the Galliry NV
the House. A member from New York wuz
intsrdoosin q bill appropriatin sum NV
money fer tho purpose Nv erectin a monu-
ment to the memry Nv the Union sojers who
fell at Gettysburg. No sooner he'd the fan
a,ic red the title Nv the bill, than Ginerals
McGoujum and Swasher, and Kernel Pelter,
NV Georgy, walked over to his sect, and with
their canes beet him over the he'd, twenty OF
fifteen minutes. He wuz carried out for ded'
Ginral McGoujum claimed the floor.
"Alr. Speaker, said he, "l'm bilin I! In
diguashen is heevin and tossin my shivelrus
sole in most tremepjusly toomulchus stils'
I am, Mr.. Speaker, n cittyzen Nv this gel
loras Republic. stand here, 2 day. recon-
st,uctid and cousillyated-a loyal man.
hev took the oath. and senco hev violated no
rool or custom NV this House. l hev drawd
my pay promptly hev even vented so fur
in the speris ov fcrgivenis and christian char
i,y. cz to take that pay in greenbax, instid OF
de'nandin gold, notwithstandin evry wun Nv
um bears the portrait NV that fendsh ape.
that thirs,er after gore, that destroyer NV ha
IBIS corpusis and constooshnel rites, our late
lamcnted President. After maxim these sat
riices, shell set hear calmly and allow n
niger stealing Yankee to insult the South
with nlloosions to Gettysburg, and suchg
Never, Shell New York messegcnashunist
in this ere hall, perpose 9 appropriate tho
treasure nv our common country to commem-
crate field, on which my constituency waz
walloped. without rebuke? Never He has
bin rebuked-let him heed the warnin "
Several Ablishun members riz, but the
Dimocrsy wuz firm, and woodent let EN-
spcek. The Southern members wuz eoin
to withdraw in body. when Fcrnandy Wood
rozs and propozed compermise ez follows:
"Tha, harmony and good feelin shood pre-
vale. bentzith and forever.
The word "War" shall never DO yoosed in
these halls, that whenever referred to it shell
be termed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
That the days, cannon andsuch ketroph-
les found by the Federal army in various
parts of the Southern States to DO wunst dis
troyed.
That penshuns be paycd to the misuuder.
standi-ts from both sekshuns, for services
rendered the Government"