Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-11-16
tfrnn the Toledo Blade
mr' Massey DREAMS A DREAm.---A,
JOHNSON KING.
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS,
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: sensual about me that | know NV Troo.
eat PORK, but that is TO offset the effex NV
: Whiskey, ,wich, Of twasn't counteracted, wood
make me entirely too cthorial for this groy.
elln world. eat pork to restrain my exu.
Deraht lmaglnashun and enable me 10 come
uOwh to the dry details NV ofilsh'l life-to fit
! ! me lor the proper discharge NV my dooties OF
! fostin' ster. Whis..ey lifts me above the
poslshun-pork brings me back agin. Its
lat and greasy like the pay and perqusites
NV the Postmasler-it comes from the most
nasty, senseless and uncean ny animals, like
our commishuns--in short, recommend all
NV Johnson's POstmasters to eat nory Its
, their mai al diet.
Last mite partook NV Il pound or so too
much, and eza cOneekonce, didn't sleep well.
Wlnle | wuz eatin, (moistnin my lips with
LoolsVlllo consolation, the While,) wuz n
huslh onto Stewards question whether they
wooI hev johnson President or King, and
Wlillc musin fell ing the arms of Morfus.
MY mind bust loose from the body and sored.
w sunk to sluiLber the narrow room wich
! is al once my offs and DIR, iitory. widened
and enlarged, the In nble c a becu.,l s,u-
denly uphoste. ed in gorgus style, the taller
ulp Decum multiplied into thousands nv gor-
gus ciandieers, the protrats of his IIighness
inc PRESIDENT, and the ether DimoCrats on
ne wall becum alive. | comprehended the
situation TO wunst Andrew johnson hod
cut the Gorian knot with somebody's sword,
and he'd carried out his Policy to its material
c.onclooshun. He wuz reignin under the
lltlo NV Andrew the |, and wuz lin nv
drccm nv eoorse) in his kingly halls.
1t wuz, met awt, reception mite. His
lilgh Mightiness wuz sittin onto elevated
throne cove,ed with rcd velvet and studded
WIN diamonds, and pearls, and onyXs ald
other precious stones-Onto his head Wuz Il
crown, End he wuz cnveloped into robe NV
Dlack velvet, his noze and the balance NV his
lace cleaning out like flash NV litenin from
IL thunder cloud. Lyin plostratc at the foot
NV the throne, d0in the Oflls NV q fOotstOoI
wuz Charles Sumner, wunst Senator. wich
wuz typikle NV the complete lriumphwe he'd
won over our enemies, while doin other
nenlal Offices about the halls wuz Wade,
wilson, Fessenden, Sherman, and others
who had opposed the change from Repub.
lie TO IA Kingdom. They wuz clothed in Il
approprt costoom, knee breeches and sch,
and presented apekoolyerly imposin appear
ance.
Carriages containing the nobility began to
arrive, and cz they entered, the Grand High
Chamberlin NV tho Palis, the Marks Won
Randall announct en-. "Dook de Davisn
was eiackclatid, and Jefferson entered. Earl
Won Toombs,n "Sir Joseph Il. Johnston, I"
Marks de Bouregard," az Count dc Pol.
lard, and so forth.
Noticin that the titles l he'd heerd wuz
mostly tackled to Southern mer, | asked
Giddy Welles who wuz standing by, why it
wuz thus, and he sed that NOrthners wuzn' u
reely III for it. We wuz, he said, low,
groylin race and coodent adapt or selves to
the habits nv nobility. The South wuz shiy-
ulrus and Good do it. They Wuz given to
tournaments and sich-they had got accus-
} toned TO circus clothes and Good wear a
sword without its gettin awkwardly between
their legs. Northern men, sich ez were
faithful, wuz allowed TO bask in the smiles
NV royalty, but il wuz in sieh posishuns ez
sooted ther capacity. He, for instance, he'd
charge NV the royal poultry yard, position
wich he bleeved lie flied TO the entire salts
faction NV his beloved and royal master.
lie he'd now four hens settin each on four
eggs and he hoped in the course nv two
; years, ct there wuz no adverse circuListan-
1 ees to hey fresh eggs for the royal table.
1t wuz position NV great responsibility and
; one Wlch weighed upon him. Seward wu2
priyy counsler, Doolittle wuz Steward NV
c the household, and Thurlow Weed wuz
! Keeper NV the Kings Revenue, and wuz
, dOin very well indeed.
i By this time the company assembled His
o llighness wuz In merry mood and unben
Y did hisselG Ther was knot NV the nobility
+ gathered in corner, and after earnest in
4 tcrView NV u minnit, Count Won Cowan nd
u
0 bendid knee demanded boon.
b "What, my faithful serv.tor, dost thor
Il most desireYn sed His Highness.
). 1--WE wood, Your Majesty, hey the prison
d ers NV state brot into the presence, that W.
c may make merry over 'em"
8 "lt s.Iel be DONE" sed His Mriesty, ant
r forthwith Baron Won Stecdman, who het
com. .ald NV the Kings Household Body
y Guard, wuz sent for them. In a momen
g they wuz brot in, They wuz a mizablt
II lookin set Forney and Wendell Phillips
d wuz chained together, Fred. Douglass ant
" Anna Dickinson, Dick Yates and Gov. Nor
c ton, Ben Butler and Carl Schurz, Kelley ant
Q Covode, while Chase wuz tied to Hori
IS Greedy, onto wht c back wu2 placard in
Is scribcd, "Hhe last NV the Tribunes," a
Ii wicll Raymond, who lett the Radikes an,
n declared for the empire at precisely the rit
IS time, and wuz now editor of the Cour
d journal, lailed immodritly. Some one ex
n claimed, "Bring in Thad Stevens" at wicl
10 His Majesty turned pale and his knee
d smote together, "DO ", don't, sez he, "he'
a strength enough left to wag his tongue
r Keep him away keep him awayl" and III
Y showed ez much fear ez men do in deliriun
II tremens when they sec snakes
Methawt made inquiries and found tha
< things wuz workin satisfactory Gen. Gran
&c wuz in exile, and Gen Sheridan he'd bin dc
NJ capitatid for refOosin to acquiesce in Til
IS new arrangement. The country he'd bin di
IS vided into dOokdoms and earldoms, an
H. sicll, over wich the nobility rooled with I'm
S. dispooted authority The principal men u
n the North had been capchered and subdooed
ID and wuz film menial positions in the palace
III NV the nobility. No Lord or Dock or Eal
20 considered himself well served unless he he
:, Il half dozen Northern Congressman in Iii
I'd house, while the higher grade Nv nobilit
ut wuzn't content with anythin less tina
! GuVners. The indebtednis NV the South j
~ the North he'd bin adjustid. A decree he
ut been ishood to the effect that Northern mel
~ chants who shood press claim agin
lis Southerner shoOd be behoded and his good
" conilstikated. The question Nv slavery lie
I'd bin settled forever for the Dmekratic lie
Ill NV one class to r0ol and one class to sery
x wuz fully established. There wuz no
cd three classes of society, the hereditary III
it, bilty, the untitled officials, and the people
mt the latter, black and white, wuz ali scrf
ite and all attached to the soil. Biznis wuz
nd done by foreigners, the policy NV the govern
IT. mont bein to make the native horn peop
as purely agricultural peasantry. The nobil
1t. ty desirn to make it easy for EN-, Civ el
sh one-siXtlI Nv the produx NV the soil, reservi
le- the balance for their own uses.
sy My dream didn't oontinyoo long enuf fl
re me TO ascertain whether | wuz n nOblcma
of OF not, but am NV the opinion that WI
is for servant handin me pin to stick int
mt Gen. Butler to make him rear fur Il
,p- amoOzement NV the company, addressed n
ay ez "Yoor Grace" from which | inierre
yn tibet wuz one of the Lords spiritooal. III
ir. fortunitly at this pint | awole and a 50
We awakenin ii wuz. The gorjus halls he'd val
cs, ished, the chandeliers he'd vanished, u
lot robes NV stait and jewels and sch wuz gor
he and wuz in my offs, not "Yoor Grace,
nil but merely Postmaster in u Kentuck