The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1866-12-07

gust the next day, not likin the manner 10
wich tho war wuz bein conducted. but
now the Kornelcy wrM gone and Custar
too, und wat wuz worse, there wux no sieh
thing to be ez that NV dismissin him. Tho
entire company yoonited In minglin their
teers.
The mex, letter wuz read by Seward. ez
|, wus addressed to him. It was from Ray.
mond. He opened with the remark that for
tho Presidential Office he he'd tho highest
respeck. Aside from the considerashen
,ha, Il he'd bin wunst okkepied by the good
Washington, tho great Adams and the
sainted Linkin, the President might be con-
sidered the father Of his country, hevin %
large number Of helpless children to pro-
vide for, and besides, ho he'd instink,ive
respeck for the dispenser Of anything. IT
was difficult for him, bein an open and sim
ple.minded man, n9 to adhere to tho Pres
ident, but
sGood heavens!" shrceked Johnson,
a that little fox aint agoin to speak Nv his
reputashen ?"
"Dooty requires the rcadin Nv the entire
dockeyment, painful to my feelings ez Il
may be-" sed Seward. He concloodes
thusIy:"
81 am forced to ask you ez ono enjoyin
confidenshel relations with him who occu
pies the Presidential chair to hev It given
ont thn, stand in opposition to him. A
poo REGARD FOR Mt REPurAsnEN impels
inc to this course. ! remain,
"Yoors trooIy."
There wuz 2 or three more. Gen. karey
Nv Ohio requested the President to remove
him frofi, his collectorship, ez the holdin
NV il wuz IsJooRIS MS REPUrAsHEN edi-
tor out West, who wus sedooced into takin
po,,oflis, begged to hcv it taken off his
hands. that he might save his circulashen
before il wuz cverlastinly too late; and f.
nalIy, we come to wun, the seal Nv which
wuz coat Nv arms, bulldog rampant, bow
ieknife couchant, supported by trottin hor.
scs, on field Nv green cloth. 1t wuz from
Hon. John Morrisey, who he'd jest ben
elected to Congress in Moo York.
Mr.. Morrisscy remarked, that ez ono Nv
the pillars Nv The Democracy. he felt he he'd
right to speak. He wished to be under
stood that he washed his hands Nv any con-
nec,ion with Johnson or his party. He he'd
seed q lite. In States where the Democ-
racy, Nv which he wuz pillar, he'd tied
themselves to Johnson, they he'd gone down
to a prematoor grave. Respeck for the
high offs restrained him from saying ,ha.
the Dcmocrusy coodcnt carry sich cussid
load. but he wood say that the result Nv
the election in Moo York, where they de-
pended solely on muscle and nigger, wich
Is the reel Democratic capital, and sue
ceedcd. while where the Democracy wuz
loaded down with Johnsonianism they
failed, satisfied him that the President wuz
n inkubus. Tie sell this with all doc 70
spcck for the otis. Mr.. Morrisscy further
remarked that he he'd also pcronel reas-
ons for maxim this request. He COM
menced in humble position, and he'd filed
the public eye long enuff.o satisfy his mod.
is, ambishen -he he'd walloped Sullivan
and Heenan-he he'd owned the fastest hor-
ses and won more money at faro than eny
man in Amerika. His ambishen wuz sat-
isicd so Ear ez he WIZ concerned, but he
hoped to leave behind him for his infant
son (wich WIZ only l2 years Nv ago, and
wich he'd development Nv intelleck and
muscle remarkable for one so tender, havin
already wallopcd every boy in the stool to
wich he was goinh he desired to leave
that son honorable name. II he'd bin
given out that he WIZ supporter Nv the
individooal who okkepied the Presidenshel
offs. and It wuz injoorin him. Tie wished
the stigma removed-a REGARD FOR HIS
sErurAsHEv forced him to insist upon Il.
And the cpis,le wuz dooly signed,
JOHN y MORRlSSEY, N. C.
mark.
There wus silence IN the Cabinet. This
Inst stroke intensified tho gloom which he'd
settled onto the Government, and ez Itnm.
ed my tcar.bedcwcd eyes saw the grea,
drops coursin down the cheeks NV every one