Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-11-22
N A s B Y i.
A CABINET MEETING-LETTERs FROM REV. HENRY
WARD BEECHER GEN. GUSTAV, HENRY j. RAY
MoND AND Hon. JOHN MoRRIssEY.

MoND AND Hon. JOHN MoRRIssEY.
From the Toledo Bladel
CoNFEDRT Y ROADS,
| (wich IL in the Stait nv Kentucky,) :
November 7th, 1866.
wuz called to Washington by our pat
ron saint, the President, to comfort his
wounded sperrit There aint no disguisin
the fact, the sperit of Androo johnson is
wounded. He has endoored the stings
and arrers NV more outrajus fortune than
any other man who hes lived sence the
days Nv Hamlick-more, indeed, than Ham
lick endoored---twice over. Hamlick's
father wuz pizoned, and his mother married
agin afore her mouruin clothes wuz wore
out, suthln no savin, prudent woman would
do but what was that to what A. John
son endoors every day? Nothin.
| The cabinet meetin to witch | wuz sum-
mened wuz called for the purpose NV she'd
din tear or two over the election returns,
and to consider a variety Nv letters witch
His Eggscellency had received within a
few days | may remark that the cabinet
had a gloomy and mildew look
The fust wuz from Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher. Mr.. Beecher remarked that be
he'd the highest possible respect for the
offs wunst held by the good Washington,
the great Adams and the sainted Linkin.
lie omitted remarkin anything about Pierce
and Bookannan, out Nv regard for the feel
ms OF the present incumbent, w;ch, If he
he'd read history correct wuz a ardent sup
porter Nv the Administrations of both Nv
them men, wich he considered stains upon
the pages Nv American history wich he
Good wish might be obliterated But what
he desired to say wuz 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 incumbent Nv any offs,
and ez he he'd, in an hour Nv temporary
mental aberashen, wich he'd happily passed,
endorsed the Administration. wich insan-
ity he'd worked evil unto him, he reques-
ted ez a simple act Nv justice that the
President shood cause it to be known that
he Beecher) wuz not considered by the
Administration ez supporter thereof
81 do this" sed the writer, "becoz the
impression that | am in the confidence Nv
yoor Eggsclency, wich is unfortunately
abroad, hez seriously damaged my reputa.
tion
Trooly yours, ct settery.
The readin of this letter wuz follered by
mint Nv profound silence, witch was brok.
Ell by the President.
"Let him pass" sed the CRATE man who
hez the dispeusin NV post orfices, "let him
pass But here is another" sed he, Dustin
into tears, read that"
1t wuz from Gen. Custar, him Nv the
yaller hair, witch he'd some reputation door
in the war as a cavalry comma nder. 1t
wuz to the same effect. He he'd when he
spoused the policy Nv the President, wich
he esteemed ez he must any man who held
the exalted position wunst occupied by
the good Washington, the CRATE Jefferson
and the sainted Linkin-
"The ongrateful dog doesn't respect me-"
sed Androo, "it's the offs fill" and he
burst into a fresh flood
When he sposed the Presidents poll
cy wuz sich ez a soldier and patriot Good
endorse, he endorsed it. But he diskivered
that it led him, back foremost, into COM
pany wich doorin the late war he he'd alluz
visited face foremost and on horseback,
and therefore to save his reputation, he
must beg that the President wood give it
out that he Gen. Custar) wuz not nor
never he'd been a supporter Nv his policy,
and oblige,
Yours trooly, ez before.
j. wuz too hart-broken at this to make
any reply, and Cowan and Doolittle wuz in
the same fix. The Kernelcy witch wuz Civ
en- to Custar to keep him in poishen, he'd
bin promised to a demokratic captin, who
wuz led by company in the first Bull Run
fight, and who threw up in disgust the
next day, not liking the manner in witch
the war wuz bein conducted, but now the
Kernelcy wuz gone and Custar too, and
wat wuz worse, there wuz no sich thing to
be thot Nv ez dismissing him. The entire
company yoounited in minglin their teers.
The next letter wuz read by Seward ez
it wuz addressed to him. 1t wuz from
Raymond. He opened with the remark
that for the Presidential offs he he'd the !
highest respeck. Aside from the consider
ashen that it he'd bin wunst okkepied by
the good Washington, the great Adams, :
and the sainted Linkin, the President mite
be considered the Father of his country,
hevin so large number OF helpless chill
dren to provide for and besides he ned a
instinktive respeck for the dispenser of
anything. 1t was difficult for him, being a
open and simple minded man, not to ad-
here to the President, but
"Good Heavens p shreeked johnson,
that little fox amt a goin to speak Nv HIS
reputashen?
'fDooty requires the reedin Nv the entire
dockeyment, painful to my feelins ez it