The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1866-09-26
Mr.. Nasty at last gets his
Post Office.
CoNFEDRrr y ROADS,
(wich is in Stait NV Kentucky, =
August IL, 1866.

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August II, 1866.
AT last / lcv i'll After five weary
trips to Washington, after much weary
watin and much travel l hev got it. /
am now Post Master mt Confedrit Y
Roads and am dooly installed in my moo
position. Ef | ever had cny doubts ez to
A. johnson bein better man than Paul
the Aposscl, a look at my commission
removes it. Eff | ketch myself a feelin
that he deserted us unnecessarily five
years ago, another look and my resent
ment softens into pity. IF doubt his
Dimocrasy, | look at that blessed com
mission and am re assured, for President
who Good turn out wounded Federal
soldier and appoint sich man ez ME
must be above suspicion.
felt it was comm two weeks ago. l
received a cirkler from Randall, now my
sooperior in offs, propou ndin the followin
questions:
l. Do yoo hcv the most implicit faith
in Androo johnson, in all that he hcz
done, aud that he is doin, and all that he
NAV hereafter do
2. Do yoo bleeve that the Philadelphia
Convcnshun will he a convocashun Nv
saints, all actuatel by pure motives and
devoted TO the salvation of our wunst
happy but now distracted country?
3 Do 700 bleeve that, next to A.
Johnson Seward, Doolittle, Cowan and
Randall are the four create t, and pur, st,
and bestest, and self sacrficincst and
honrstest. and lightcouscst men this coun-
try hez ever plodoost
4 DO 700 blcevc that there is par
tikeerly hot place reserved in the next
world for Trumbnll, hotter for Wade,
and the hottest for Sumner and Thad.
Stevens!
5. Do yoo approve NV the canin Of
Grinnel by Rosso
6. Do yoo consi'ler the keepin out Nv
Congris eleven sovrin States uncOnstitu-
tioDal and unwarrntid assumption NV
power by sechnel Congris
Z. Do yoo bccve the present Congris
rump, and that eleven States brin I'M
rrpresentetD all their acts unconstooshncl
and illegal ccp'in them which provides
for pawn salaries
g. Do 700 bleeve that the Memphis
and Moo Orleans unpleasaniniscs wuz
brot about by the unholy machn ashnns
Nv them radical agitaiors. actin in con.
juncshun with ignorant and bcsottel nig.
gers to wrcak thcir spite on the now loyal
citizens Nv these poorly ro"""''""s'o'
cities
0. Are you not satisfied that the Afri-
kin citizens Nv American descent kan be
safely trusted to the operashuns NV the
universal law which governs labor and
capital ?
10. Are you willn to contribute a
reasonable per cent. nv yoor salry to a
fund to be used for the defeat Nv olicc-
tionable congrismcn in the disloyal stat, S
North
Tu al Nv these inquiries I only answer
ed yes, but went before Justice Nv the
Peace and took an aili ,avit to EN-, for
wardcd it back and my commishun wuz
forthwith sent TO me
There wuz joobilee the mite it aliv.
The news spread rapidly through the
four groceries NV the town, AMI sicl
another spontaneous outburst Nv joy |
never witnessed.
The bells run2, and for an hour or
two the Corners wuz in the widest stait
eggsiicmcnt. The citizens congratoolated
each other on the certainty NV the acccsh-
un Nv the President 10 the Dimocrisy,
and in their enthoosasm five nggcr fam
lilies were cleaned out, two Nv m, one a
male and the 'ioiher female, was killed.
Then n pcrceshun wus organized as fol-
lows
Two grocery keepers with bottles.
Deckin Pogram.
NlE, with my commission pinned onto
banner, and under it written: "In this
sign we conker."
Wagon with taboo onto it. A niger
on the bottom boards, Bascom, the gro
Gerry keeper, with one foot onto him,
holdin a banner Inscribed: "The niggcr
where he oughter be"
Citizen with hottie.
Deekin Pogram's daughter Mran,ly in
% 's'''oo' Nv "Nhi'
"We'vc Reganed our Rites"
Two citizens with bottles tryin TO keep
in perccsEun.
Two more citizens wich he'd emptyed
their bottle, f,llin out by the waysidc.
Citizens two aud two with bottles.
Wagon loaded with the books and fur
nitur Nv nigger skool, in stait Nv
wreck, with dead Niger layin on top
Nv it, which he'd bin captoorcd within
the hour. Banner "My Policy"
The perceshun moved to the meetin
hous and Deekin Pogram takin the chair
a meeting wuz at wunst organized.
The Deekin remarked that this wuz the
protest moment Nv his life. lie wuz
gratifed at the appointment Nv his es-
teemed friend, becoz he appreciated the
noble qualities which wuz so conspicuous
into him, and becoz his arduous services
in the cause of Dimokrisy entitled him TO
the posishun. All these wuz aside Nv
and entire disconnected from the fact that
there wood now be probability of his get
tin back a little matter NV nine dollars
and sixly-two cents 'heer, hcer r) which
| ha he'd lnnnad ahnnt aiuhtaan rnnntha