Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-09-12

At last hev it Finally it come
After five weary trips to Washington,
after much weary waitin and much
| travail L hev got it. | am now Post
Master at Confedrit Y Roads and am
dooly installed in my new position -
Et L ever he'd any doubts ez to A. John
| son bein better man than Paul the
Apostle, look at my commission re-
moves It, Eff | ketch myself feeIin
that he deserted us unnecessarily five
years ago, another look and my resent
ment sottens into pity. Eff doubt his
Democrisy | look at that blessed com,
mission and am treasured, for a Presi-
dent who Good turn out wounded
I Federal soldier and appoint sich a man
ez NE, must be above suspicion
felt 1T wuz comm two weeks ago.
l received a cirkler from Randall, now
my superior in offs, propoundin these
questions =
l. Do yoo hev the most implicit faith
in AndrOo Johnson, in all that he hez
done, all that he is doin, and all that
he may hereafter do?
2. Do you bleeve that the Philadel-
phia Convention will be a convocashen
Nv saints all actuated by pure motives,
and devoted to the salvation NV our
wunst happy but now distracted coun-
. try?
3. Do you hleeve that next to A.
johnson, Seward, DoolittIe, Cowan,
and Randall are the four greatest, and
purest, and bestest, and self-sacrifcin-
est, and honestest. and righteousist
men this country has ever prodoost.
4. Doc 700 bleeye that there is
partikelerly hot place reserved in the
next world for TrumbuIl, hotter for
Wade, and the hottest for Sumner and
Ihad Stevens.
D. Do 700 approve Nv the canin Nv
GrinnelI by Rosso?
q. Do 700 consider the keepin out
Nv COngris eleven sovrin States, a un-
cOnstooshnel and unwarrantid assump-
| tion Nv power by a secshnaI congris ?
Z. Do 700 bleeve the present congris
a rump, and that eleven states 6ein
| unrepresented) all their acts uncon-
stooshneI and illegal ceptin them wich
provides for payin salaries?
s, Do yoo bleeve that the Memphis
and Moo Orleans unpleasantnesses wuz
brot about by the unholy machina-
shens nv them Radical agitators, actin
in conjunction with ignorant and be-
sOtted niggers to wreak their spite on
the now loyal citizens Nv these prop
| erly reconstructed cities?
9. Are 700 not satisfied that the Af-
rican citizens NV Amerikin descent kin
be safe y trusted to the operations Nv
the universal law wich governs labor
and capital?
10. Are you willin to contribute a
reasonable per cent nv yoor salary to
fund TO be used for the defeat NV OBJ
jectionable congrismen in the disloyal
States north?
To all Nv these inquiries | not only
! answered yes, but went af0re a Justis
NV the Peace and took an affidavy 10
EN-, forwarded it back and my com
mission wuz forthwith sent to me-
There wuz a jooblee the mite it ar.
riv. The news spread rapidly through
the four groceries Nv the town, and
sich anuther spontaneous outburst NV
Joy | never witnessed.
The bells rung, and for hour or
| two the Corners wuz in the widest
! stait NV eggsitement. The citizens
! congratulated each other on the GER
| tainty NV the acceshun Nv the Presi-
dent to the Dimocracy, and in their
enthoosiasm five nigger families were
cleaned out, two nv EN-, one a male
and the tother female, wuz killed -
| Then perceshun wuz organized as
follers -
Two grocery keepers with bottles.
Deekin Pogram
Me, with my commishun pinned onto
a banner and under it written -" In
this sign we conker."
Wagon with tobacco onto it. A mig
ger on the bottom boards, Bascom, the
! grocery keeper, with one foot onto
him, holdin bannerin inscribed :-"The
Nigger where he oughter be-"
Citizen with bottle.
Deekin Pogram's daughter Mirandy
in a attitood Nv wallopin a wencb.-
Banner:-"W We've Regained our Rites" F"
Two citizens with bottles tryin to
keep in perceshun.
Two more citizens which he'd emp
tyed their bottles, fallin out by the
way side.
Citizens two and two with bottles.
Wagon loaded with the books and
furnitur nv niger skool, in a stait
Nv wreck, with ded nigger layin on
top Nv it, wich he'd hin captoored with
III the hour. Bam,rr:-" Ny Policy"
The perceshun m,,oved to the meet.
in hous and Deekjt Pogram takin the
Chair meetin WIZ TO wunst organ
ised, wich passed the followin resolu-
tions: