The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-10-27
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Col. FITZGERALD Dear Siy,-Last
week your friend Peacock, Of the BltE-
tetin, called upon some one to give an.
account of the interview betWfxt Mr.;
Johnson and Senator CoWan after the
Pennsylvania election. have real
pleasure in attending to this matter.
Ayday or two after the great battle, Mr..
Cowan made his appearance at the Ex-
eGuttYe mansion. a After4 having. been
kept waiting q half hour, he was usher
ed into the "presence." :Mf, Johnson
was apparently absorbed In a private
letter, and did not raise his eyes tor at
least three minutes, during which time
the Senator was kept standing, hat in
hand, unnoticed. Finally the Presi-
dent looked up, and said:
"Wel1i YOU'RE here, are you?"
Eyes, sir, replied the Senator.
ssWhen dfd'you leave homer"
"Yesterday.''
ibid you stop at Harrisburgf"
who did you see there P''----.
"Not soul. The ungrateful hounds
have deserted me"
oEverything appears to have gone
wrong, replied the President.
Eyes, /" replied the Senator grimly.
How could you have been 80 mis-
taken in the resultsP Ihaye been de-
ceiYed on all hands, and most gPieVous-
L
we have made of itln < ,3Tsil 3layil.Ls
"You must blame the Postmaster
General. II he had followed my in
functions We should. have done much
better, and perhaps have carried the
State.0 7g.f
ooh, d-n your 'ifsl' You have had
no tifs' about Pennsylvania forthe last
month orsix 'weeks.'1 s'iiE ~.
VI did my best, !" replied the Senator.
tAnd that amounts to Just nothing,n y
testify answered the President. i You
told me that, aided by johnson, Hall,
Glanigani Stoanaker, Zullick, Welsh,
Hulne and the others, we should near
~, II not quite, carry, Philade elphia,
beating Meyers, Kelley and Taylor,
l-certainJ and perhaps make a-cleani
sweep of the State"
"Ididl;n but to my modification, I
have discovered that the men you have
table,"
You should have made this dis
soysEy earlier day. SAs tits, am
the laugh and 1eer Of the country"
81 repeat, 1 did my best" replied the
Senator.
5an,! %Yega6ssE! y. Why haven't carried
can owing to the Postmaster Gener-
ali and to the most Villainous frauds"
Pooh, pooh, that is the cry of all
beaten men. The truth is we have
made great blppder,s thanks to You,
to BMontgomerY Blair, Sam Randall,
Doolittle, Seward, and Wood; and I am
not certain that the Radicals won't un-
dertPke to tmpeach me, and perhaps
turn me out of Office before three
months roll around"
II am great constitutional LAWYER,
and don't think you need be appre.
hensiVe: They VIII hardly RESORT"
'Stuf and nonsense These Radi-
calls will resort to anything. They yhaye
the power, might makes right
Besides, think they have me on tho
et5oA. i. you need not fear, Bils stand by
You"
eyes, but your days are numbered
did Forney, OF That alignant old ste
vens, will take your place: The truth
is, have been outrageously deceived
by all my surroundings. III had ta-
ken the advice which Colonel Fitzger-
gerald gave me last June, / should not
have been In this internal trouble now."
"What did he say3" inquired the Sem
''why, he told me the naked truth.
like an honestiman. He said Pennsvl.
yania would give 5000 for Geary, and
that Forney would smash me and my
DemocEauc-Co -Consefvatiye sBread-and-
Butter friends, Just as he smashed old
Buchanan"
HE was nearly right it seems"
s1ndeed he was. Everything he said
about Philadelp lphia and Pennsylvania
has been verified by results. Six
months ago this house was the resort of
the best men in the country. Now, it
Is run down by the rabbles consisting
mainly of precinct politicians, whose
chief Consumption Is Whisky, onions
and tobacco. FaughI"
share your disgust and Vexation.
i, too, have been unfortunate. Six years
ago my prospects were fair for the Pres
idency, but imam evil hour listened to
the StlVer-tongue of ckinridge, who
made me believe that j should become
the great Conservative candid From
being the foremost Radical ofmy State,
and possessing the respect and conf!
dencel of the wise and the good, I have
become mark for ridicule and con;
tempt. Indeed, sir, have discovered
to my cost, that honesty is the best
policy But all is not lost yet; we have
still time to bout ship. The recent
elections admonish us that we are far
ahead or much behind the people, -
Let us wait for the November cleo
tas5.. taen5s;,it 5aey go sgeinstus' We are ut
"The prospect is gloomy. Personally
amveEy uncomfortable. On all hands
I am spurned by my old nelghbors and
friends: wish You could send me
aDfOHQsS aiHs n Afsl- 7as- Fl
ttAbroad9A Would that I could go
myself We. shall see-we shall see,
In the meantime, study this question
of impeachment, that we may be ready
for the worst, Should YOU meet For
ney, tell HIM 4 always liked him, and 1
even now would be glad to shake hands
with him. After all said and done, he
ts the biggest dog in the. tan-yard.'
What a fool was to quarrel with
him. .'sTasy ,.EatstifE gnF5tliW W lzf 81 .i1a
Exit Cowan, whistllng "Jordan is a
hard Eopd to travel Y i5s'g 4aIs,
Yours, r. A. D.
N. B.4The President considers that
he has been shabbily treated, all things
considered by the Democrats. When
he was opposed, to them theyicalled
him vulgar, drunken tailor; now they
call him snob and d tlemagogueI He
says the Radicals and Democrats 1afe
both agaipst him, and the johnson
party has no existence.
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THE mHA1RoFA TRA1roR.-The ssloyal"
men and women pfst. Louis areabout
to be favored with a privilege which, by
some OF them, protesting Southern
'loyalty," T" viii be most gratefully re-
ceiyed. There is to be a 'sssontharn. Re.
lief Fair' held in that city soon and the
proceeds are to be distributed among
the victims Of the Rebellion victims;
condemned to sorrow by their own folly.
"a ''Iady" Of st. Louis, being fuIl, Of
sympathy and charity for the interest
ing objects of this benevolence. be-
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