The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-22
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Written for the Toledo Blade.l
Mr.. Nasty at Last gets his POst.OffiCe.
CONFEDRIT = ROADS, witch !

OONr EDhlI y hOADS, NWlcH
is in the staff NV Kentucky
August Il, 1866.
| At last / hev It'll Finally it come !
After five weary trips to Washington,
after much weary waitin and much
travil L hev got it. | am now Post
Master at Confedrit X Roads, and am
dooly installed in my new position.
Eff | ever he'd any doubts ez to John
son bein better man than Paul the
Apostle, look at my commission re-
moves it. Eff [ ketch myself feelin
that he deserted us unnecessarily five
years ago, another look and my re
sentiment softens into pity. EFF [ doubt
his Democrisy l look at that blessed
commission and am treasured, for a
President who Good turn out a
wounded Federal soldier and APPOINT
SIGH man ez NE, must be above sus-
picion.
felt it wuz comm two weeks ago.
| received cirkler from Randall, now
my superior in offs, propoundin these
questions:
l. Do 700 hev the most implicit
faith in Androo Johnson, in all that
he hez done, all that he is dom, and
all he may hereafter do2
2 Do you bleeve that the Philadel-
phia Convenshun will be convoca-
shen of saints all actuated by pure
motives, and devoted to the salvation
NV our wunst happy but now distracted
country? - -
3. Do you bleeve that next to A.
johnson, Seward, Doolittle, Cowan
and Randall are the four greatest, and
purest, and bestest, and self-sacrficin-
list, and honestest, and righteousist
men this country hez ever prodoost?
4. Doc 700 bleeye that there is a
partikelerly hot place reserved in the
next world for Trumbull, hotter for
Wade, and the hottest for Sumner and
Thad. Stevens?
5. Do 700 approve NV the canin Nv
Grinnell by Rosso?
6. Do 700 consider the keepin out
Nv congris eleven sovrin states, un-
constooshnel and unwarrantid as
sumption Nv power by a secshnal
congris?
z. Do 700 bleeve the present con-
girls a rump, and that eleven states
bein unrepresented) all their acts un-
constooshnel and illegal ceptin them
witch provides for payin salaries?
8. Do 700 bleeve that the Memphis
and Moo Orleans unpleasantness wuz
brot about by the unholy machina-
shens NV them Radical agitators, actin
in conjunction with ignorand and be-
sotted niggers to wreak their spite on
the now loyal citizens Nv these proper
ly reconstructed cities?
9. Are 700 not satisfied that the
African citizens NV American descent
kin be safely trusted to the operations
Nv the universal law wich governs
labor and capital?
10. Are 700 willin to contribute a
reasonable per cent NV yoor salary to
a fund to be used for the defeat NV
Objectionable congrismen in the dis
loyal states north?
To all Nv these inquiries [ not only
answered yes, but went afore Justis
Nv the Peace and took an affidavit to
EN-, forwarded it back, and my COM
mission wuz forthwith sent to me.
There wuz a jubilee the mite it ar
riv. The news spread rapidly through
the four groceries NV the town, and
such anuther spontaneous outburst Nv
joy / never witnessed
The bells rung and for an hour or
two the Corners wuz in the widest
staff Nv eggsitement. The citizens
congratulated e. n other on the GER
tainty Nv the acceshun NV the Presi-
dent to the democracy, and in their
enthoosiasm five niger families were
cleaned out, two Nv EN-, one a male
and the tother female, wuz killed.
Then perseshun wuz organized as
follows: sI
Two grocery keepers with bottles.
Deekin Pogrum.
Me, with my commission pinned
onto banner, and under it written:
In this sign we conker."
Wagon with taboo onto it. A mig
ger on the bottom boards, Bascom,
the grocery keeper, with one foot onto
him, holdin a banner inscribed
The Niger where he ought to be-"
Citizen with bottle.
Deekin Pogram's daughter, Miriam
dy, in attitood Nv wallopin wench. |
Banner" We've Regained our
Rites"
Two citizens with bottles tryin to
keep in perceshun.
Two more citizens which he'd |
emptyed their bottles, fallin out by |
the wayside.
Citizens two and two with bottles.
Wagon loaded with the books and |
furnitur Nv a niger skool, in a staff
Nv wreck, with big niger layin on
top Nv it, witch he'd bin captoored
within the hour. Banner =" My
Policy"
The perceshun mooved to the
meetln hous, and Deekin Pogram
takln the Chair a meetin wuz to
wunst organised.
The Deekin remarked that thisAwuz