Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-09-14

ton to tears when the grand "arm.in-
arm procession entered and with slow
and measured tread" advanced to the
speakers stand. The only satisfactory
solution of the matter we have seen is
given by that truly unterrifed Democrat,
petroleum v. Nasty" who ATTENDED the
Convention as delegate and in this way
succeeded in getting deeper insight into
the affairs than outsiders did. His ex-
PLANTATION is really affecting. He says:
Iwaz a delegate TO Philadelphia! I
want elected nor nothin, and hedn't any
credentials, but the door of the wigwam
passed nevertheless. The doorkeeper
wuz old Dimocrat, and my breath help
ed me, my nose, which RELY blossoms like
the lobster, waz Nv yoose, but I spect my
hevin gray coat on with stand up col
lar, with brass star onto it, wuz wat fin
ished the bizness. The Southern dele
gates fought shy NV me, but the Northern
ones, bless their souls, the mint they saw
the star on the collar Nv my gray coat,
couldn't do enutf for me. They addressed
me ez Kernel and Gineral, and sed " this
wuz trooly an unmerited honor" and paid
my drinks, and succeeded in borrowin
Hundred and twenty dollars Of EN-
the first day. mite hev doubled it,
but the fellows wuz took in so easy that
no financierin wuz required, and it RELY
wuz no amusement.
The Convenshun itself wuz. the most
afectinist gatherin ever witnist. I he'd
a seat beside Randall, who wuz a managin
the concern. and Good see it all. The
crowd rushed into the bildin and filled it,
when Randall desired attention. He bein
the Postmaster Gineral, every. one drop
ped into his seat ez, tho he he'd bin Shot,
and there wuz the most perfeck quiet l
ever saw. Doolittle, who wuz the cheer
man, winked at Randall, and nodded his
he'd, when Randall announced that the
delegates from South Karliny and the del
egates from Massachusetts rood enter
arns-in-aym With slow and measured
step they cum in, and at signal from
Randall the chheerin commenst, and SIGH
cheerin Then Doolittlc pulled out his
white handkerchief and applied it TO his
eyes, and every delegate simultaneously
pulled out white handkerchief and APP
piled it TO his eyes.
To me, this wux the proudest moment
nv my life, not that there wuz anything
partikilerly inspiriten in the scene afore
me, fur there wuzen't. Orr, from South
X arliny, looked particularly ashamed Nv
hissef, ez tho he wuz goin thro highly
nessary, but extremely disgustin cere-
mony, and wux determined to keed up a
stiff upper lip over it, and Couch looked
up to Orr cz tho he wuz afeerd NV him
and ez tho he felt flattered by Orr's con-
descenscion in walking in at all with sucl
a umble individjoeal. But to my eyes
thc scrnr rua sisniivn1t. look into tht
iuchcr aud wat did ! see ez them two, the
one sneakin and the other ashamed U,
hisself, walked up that aisle? Wat did
see? ! saw the Dimocrisy restored to it
normal condishun--I saw the reunion o
the two wings--in fact ! saw the entire
Dimocratic bird reunited. The North
one wing and the weakest; Kentucky, thu
beak. sharp, hungry and rapacous
Southwest, the strong, active wing; Vir
GINA, the legs and claws; Ohio, the heart
Pennsylvania, the stomach; South Kar
liny, the tail feathers, and Moo Jersy TIL
balance of the bird. I saw these paris
for five years discovered, come together
holdin niger in one claw and Post Office
in the other. sayin, " Take EN- both to
gether-they go in lots" ! saw the oil
Union-the bold chivelrous Southner
guidin, controlin and directin the machn
ond assoomin to hisself the places Nv hon
or, and the Dimocrat Nv the North folleri
like puppy dog at his heels, takin sicl
fat things ez he could snap up-th
Southerner ashamed of his associations
but forced to yoose em-the Northerne
uncomfortable in his presence, but tied t
him by self-interest. ! saw comm bacl
the good old times when "a States met il
convention and let IL rule EN-, and ez
contemplated the scene, /, too, wept, bu
it wuz in dead earnest.
What are you blubberin for Z" aske'
enthusiastic delegate in front of me
who was a swabbin his eyes with hand
kercher.
J. / IN a postmaster" SEE l, and mus
40 nv dooty in this crisis. What are yo
sheddin pearls for" retorted l. Ar
you postmaster Z"
"No," sed he, "but / hope to be- an
he swabbed away with renood vigger.
aWhat's the matter with the eyes u
all the delegates" SEE l.
They've all got postofiises in en-