Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1866-11-22
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A Cabinet Meeting-Letters from
Rev. henry Ward Beeeher, Gen
! Custar, Henry J. Raymond ant
I Hon. John Morrissey.
CoSFRDERrr Y ROADS,
! wich Is in the Stait NV Kentucky, "
! November :. 1866.
l wuz called ia Washington BY
I eur patron Saint. the President, &c
comfort his wounded sperit- There
amt no diskuisin the fact. the sperii
OF Androo johnson is wounded He
hez endoored the sings and arrers
Nv more outrsius fortune than any
other man who hez lived scnce the
days NV Hamlick-more, indeed,
than Hamlick, endoored--twice over.
Hamlick's father wuz piznned, and
his mother married sgin afore her
mOurnin clothes wuz wore out, suthin
no savin, prudent woman would do;
but what wuz that to wat A John
son endoors every day?--Nethin.
The cabinet meetin to .wich / yuz
summoned wuz called for the pur-
pose nv sheddin a tear or two over
the election returns, and TO consider
s variety NV letters wich His Egg
scellency he'd received within few
days. Imay remark that the cabi-
net he'd a gloomy and mildewed look.
The fust wuz from Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher. Mr.. Beecher re-
marked that he he'd the highest pos.
sible respoek for the otis wunst held
bythc good Washington, the great
Adams and the ssinted' Linkin. He
omitted rennarkia any thing about
Peeroe and Booksnan cut Nv regard
for the fcelins uv the present incum-
bent, wfoh, ef he he'd read history
correct, uuz a ardent supporter Nv
the Administrations nv both of
them men, wieh &c considered stains
upon the pages OF American history
wich he Good wish mite be obliterat
ed. But wat he desired to say wllz
that he he'd higher regard for the
good opinion nv mankind in general
than he he'd for the good opinion NV
the accidental ineupabeat NV any
offs, and ez he he'd; IA q hour NV.
temporary mental sberrashen, wich
he'd happily passed. endorsed the
administrator, wich insanity he'd
worded evil unto him, he rekested,
ez 8 simple act NV justice. that tue
President shood cause it 10 be knows
that he (Beecher) wuz net consider
ed by the Administrator ez a sup-
porter thereof
Il do this sed the writer, sbecoz
the impression that / am in the con-
fidence nv yoor Eggslency. wich is
onfortunstely abroad, hez seriously
DAMAGED MY REPUTATION.
Trooly yoors, ct settry.'
The readin wv this letter WIZ fol
Tered BY minituv pf6r0uDu sitrnee.
wlch wuz broken by the President
Let him pass" sed the great man
who hez the despensin NY the post
offisis, "let him pass But here IS
another" sed be, Dustin into teers;
''read that"
1t wuz from General Cnstar, him
nv the yaller hair, wish he'd some
reputsskun doorin the war ez cav
airy commander 1t wuz to the
same effect He sed when he spozed
that the policy Nv the President,
wich he esteemed as he must any
man who held the exalted position
wunst okkepied by the good Waeh-
ington, the great Jefferson and the
ssinted Linkin--
THE ongrateful dog desen't re-
spect NE, sed Androo; "it's the Of
tis / fll," and he bustinto fresh
food.
When he spezed the Presidents
policy wuz sich ez a soljer and pat
riot Good endorse, he endorsed it.
But he dIskivered that it led him.
back foremost, into company wieh,
doorin the late war he he'd alluz Wis
tied face foremost and on horseback,
and therefore, TO save his reputation,
he must beg that the President wood
give it out, that he General Custar)
was not nor never had. bin a suppor-
ter nv his policy and eblige,
Yoors treoly, as before.
Iwug too hart. broken at this TO
make any reply, and Cowan and
Doolittle wuz In the same fix. The
Kerneley wich wus given 10 Custar
to keep kim in posishen, he'd bin
promised TO a Demokratlc captin,
who wuz led by company in the
first Bull Run fight, and who threw
up in disgust the next day, not likin
the manner in wich the war wuz bein
conducted, but now the kernelcy
wuz gone and Custar toe, and wat
wuz worse, there wuz no sich thing
to be thot NV ez disnissiu him. The
entire company yoonited in minglln
their teers.
The next letter wuz read by Sew
ard, or it wuz addressed to him. 1t
wuz. from Raymond. He opened
with the remark that for the Presi-
dental Office, he he'd the highest re-
speck. Aside from the censidera-
shen that it he'd bin wunst okkepied
by the good WsshintOn. the great
Adams, and the sainted Linkin, the
President mite be considered the
Father of his country. hevin so large
a number Of helpless children to pro-
vide for, and besides he he'd a in-
stinktive respeck for the dispenser
of any thing. 1t wuz difficult for
him, heia open and simple-minded
man, not 20 adhere to the President,
but