Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-09-06
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: there wuzzent. Orr, from South Caroliny
; looked partikilery ashamed of hisself, e.
though he wuz going through highly
} necessary but extremely disgustin ceremo
! ny, and wuz determined to keep stiff
upper lip over it, and Couch looked up tc
Orr as though he wus Altered Nv him and
ex though he felt fattered by 0rr's conde
sension in walkin at all with such umble
individjooal But to my eyes the scene
wuz significant looked into fucher and
what did see ez them two men, ,one sneak
in and tother ashamed NV hisself, walked
up that aisle? Wat did see? saw the
Democrisy restored to its condishun | saw
the reunion Nv the two wings-in fact
saw the entire Dimmocratic bird reunited
The North one wing and the weakest, Ken
lucky the beak, sharp, hungry and rape
cious Southwest, the strong active wing;
Virginy, the legs and iclaws; Ohio, the
heart Pennsylvania the stomach; South
Caroliny, the tail fethers, and Noo-Jersey,
the balance of the bird. l saw these parts
for five years discovered, come together
holdin nigger in one claw and post-offices
in the other, sayin. "Take 'em both to-
gether-they go in lots" | saw the old
Union-the bold shivelrous Southerner a
guidin, controllin, and directin the machine,
and assomin to hisself the places Nv honor,
and the Dmokrat Nv the North folIerin
like puppy dog at his heels, taking sich
fat things ez he Good snap up-the South
erner ashamed Nv hiz associations but
forced to yoose 'em-the Northerner uncom-
Portable in his presence but tied to him by
self interest | saw comm back the good
old times when "a States met in cOnven-
shun and let | l rule 'em, and ez | contem-
plated the scene too wept, but it wuz in
dead earnest.
"What are you blubberin for ?" asked
enthusiastic dele gate i'll front Nv me who
was swabbing his eyes with banker
cher.
O. Pm postmaster" sez |, "and must do
my dooty in this crisis. Wat are you
sheddin pearls for" retorted l. "Are you
a postmaster Z"
"No," sez he, "but hope to be-" and he
swabbed away with renood vigger
"Wat's the matter with the eyes Nv all
the delegates 2" sez /.
"They've all got postoffises in em," sez
he, and he worked away faster than ever
While gettn fresh hankercher (which
| borrered from the hind coat pocket Nv
delegate near me, and witch, by the way, in
my delirious joy, forgot to say anything
to him about it), looked over the Conven-
shun, and again the teers welled up from
my heart Ny soul wuz full and overflow
in, and | stopped over at the eyes there,
before me, sat that hero Dick Taylor and
Cuth Dullitt, and there wuz the Nelson's and
Yeadons and the representatives Nv the first
families of the South, and in Philadelphia,
at Convenshun, with all the leadin Dem
ocrats Nv the North ceptin Vallandigham
and Wood, and they wuz skulkin around
within call, with their watchful eyes on the
proceedings. Here is prospeck Here is
fatnis The President into our confidence
The Postmaster runnin the Convention
The bands play Dixie and the Star Span
gled Banner alternitly, so that nobody Good
complain Nv partality, or tell reelly wich
side the Convention wuz on, or witch side
it had been on in the past. All my too
susceptible sole filled up agin, the teers
started, but that vent wuznt enuf, and
fell fainting on the floor. Twenty or 80
Northern delegates seed me fallin, and ketch-
in site Nv the grey coat with the brass star
onto it, rushed to ketch me, and they bore
me out Nv the Wigwam Sed one: "Wat
a techin scene, ,overpowered by his feelins !"
"Yes," sed another che desirves a apint-
ment ~
didn't go back to the Convenshun COZ l
knowd it want no yoose, and besides, after
all the teers that had been shed, the men,
bers wringin their hankerchers onto the
floor, it wuz sloppy underfoot. Cancellation
and tenderness gushed out Nv EN-. knowd
it would be all right--it couldn't be other
wise. There wuz bonds which held the
members together and prevented the pos
sibilty Nv trouble johnson hevin a am
bition to he'd party, must hev party to
head The Northern delegashun, wich he'd
formerly actid with the Abolishnists, couldn't
do nothin without the Democracy North,
and both on EN- combined couldn't do moth
in without the Democracy South. The Pres.
ident Good depend on the Democracy North,
COZ he holds the Offices the Democracy
North could depend on the President COZ he
must hev their votes the President Good
depend on the Democracy South coz they
want him to make a fight agin Abolishen
Congris, witch is a uncOnstooshenelly keep
in Nv EN- out and preventin EN- from
wolloping their niggers the Democracy
South Good depend on the President COZ he
must hev their Representatives in their
seats to beat the Abolishnists in Congris
all Good depend on all, each Good depend
on the other, COZ each faction or rather each
stripe he'd its little private axe to grind
witch it coodent do without the others to
turn the grindstone.
The Southern delegates, some on 'em,
wuznt so well pleased. "What in thun-
der" sed one Nv EN-, "did they mean by
pilin on the agony over the Yanks we kill
ed by pledgin us to give up the ice Nv
seceshin, and by pledgin on us to pay the
Nashnel Yankee debt 2"
"'Sh !" sed l, "easy over the rough
places. My friend, they didn't mean it, or
eff they did ace didn't. Is an oath so hard
to break Wood it trouble that eminent
patriot Breckenridge, after all the times he
swore to support the Constitution, to sware
to it wunst more ? and wood it trouble him
to break it any more than it did in '6l !?
Nay verify. Dismiss them gloomy thots.
Vallandingham was kicked out, but thou
sand mules, and all NV EN- old and expert
enced cooden't kick him out Nv our service.
Doolittle talked Northern talk coz it's a
habit he got into doorin the war, but he'll
get over it. Raymond will be on our side
this year, certain, for last year he was agin
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