The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-03-23
Mr.. 0asby On the Aituation...A LoOh
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Mr.. Masby On the situation--A Leoh
ffOn Ais Standpoint.
CoKrEDERir. x RoADs (which il in
the Stait nv Kentucky, March H. J
The polihkle sky is orecast with friteful
Clouds Darkness is on the face Nv the
Masers. The waves is q rollin mountin high,
'he n.enin hashes ominous thro the gloom.
ana tae deep mouthed thunder mutters anpri;
ly in the distants. Ez a sentinel on The
watch tower look ont, aud what do / see?
| see the old ship Nv State loded down with q
valuable cargo OF postofises, collectors hips
and sich, laborin in the trough NV the sea.
her bowsprit stove in, her to-gallant lanvards
bnstid, her jib boom q fntterin in the snle.
her capstan sliced, and her sheet anker torn
to ribbons. Not hevin bin a sailor, only as
q driver on the wabash canal, it is possible
my nanilkle terms may not be altogether cor
rect. But it makes no difference il the inte-
rlor Of Kentucky She is striyin to make
her harbor, and is workin manfnlly. Klose
behind her is the long, low, rakish skooner
DimOcrisy, with all sale set, tryin her best
TO eTertake her and board her. For time il
seemed ez tho she wood be successful, but
alas, she is failin astern, and every minnit
the distance between EN- is a widenin, wide
min, widenin. and at present writin there ain t
the remotest prospect Nv their gettin within
hailin distance Nv each other.
To drop mettafor, twich by the way I kin
jerk when feel so disposed. 1.-THE prospect
isn't ez encouragin ez it wuz. and | fear, in
fact feel certain, that the short cut to offs
which the Dimocrisy thought it had found
through Androo Johnson veto, is RELY the
longest way round. / cannot understand
what indoost our chosin standard bearers
to make slch egrejus asses Nv their
selves ez to place emmy dependence on
Jonson at all. What Good they hey bin
thinkin nvy Wuz not our experience in 1864
sufficient to deter EN- from maxim any expe.
riment which involved abandonment Nv any
Nv our principles. Didn, we in the hope Nv
ketchin Abolition war votes nominate Mick
Lellan, and didn't the war men jeer at us.
and fout US, and say, Behold, we hev better
war men nv our own-why should we leave
home to find that Nv which we her plentv?-'
" hen Androo johnson IN fit Nv temporary
indignashun split on Sumner, why did our
people ike idiots pick, him up, and indorse
him without giyin the matter matoor consid-
erashun without waitin for the fax? Didn't
they know that sumner wuz a sort NV q
dose of calumet. wich worked on the Presi-
dents liver. and necessitated the discharge
NV all the offensive matter wich he'd accunu-
lated during his long term nv Dimocracy Z?
Iv course it wuz. and to-day. Androo John
son, hevin in that speech got rid Nv the last
vestiee nv Dimocrisy which infected him.
comes up a stronger man agin US than ever
We made two errors. On the 4th Nv March
1856. ut hrs inoggerashun. when he made a
specktiekle of hisself We murmured gently
TO ourselves. ats all right he's wun NV
u.s. And we said the same after the splurge
nv the I'D Of February last. Oh. my frsends :,
they WIZ both fatal errors Them spasn )
wur the effort nv a noble nacher tryin ,u
q, rid ny Locofocoism. and from the fac t
that be immejitely after commenst a missel.
laneously apinsin Ahilishinsts and Republl
cans to Offices and hezn't showed a sine nv a
,sition to extend his b. to a single
q niident Dimoerat, it nv opinion he's sue.
ceeeded
We bet too heavy on the fight asween the
President and Sumner. Slmner is ordained
to alluz hev gong nv sum kind. wich he is
also ordained 70 keep perpetnally poundiu.
He's bin for several years amusin hisself q
ponndin the Democrisv and when there
WASH enuff nv that to maxi, il nterestiu he
turned on Johnson, and he'll pound al him
till suthin else excites his wrath. He's n
Spanish bull, possessin sharp horns, and a
immense amount Nv strength and agility
which he is continually n wastin by jumpin a,
sich red flags e. are mischeevusly waved afore
him. He's jest ez apt 10 gore his friends cz
his enemies. and his lungn at johnson wuz
no sign that johnson had gone back on Alb
hshusm.
But Ennff Nv this. Senee ii hez become a
fixed fact that the boorish tailor. who now BY
accident okkepies the place nv the marter
Linkin, made vacant BY his untimely death
by the hand w vile assassin. (whose only
redeemin trait wuz that he wuz stanch, un.
compromsin nimocratl-now say that it !
plain that this drunken sot aim agoin to dis.
tribute the patronage amongst US who need
it so much, ask in indignashun wat is it that
We are asked to indorse?
He proposes to continue the Freedmen 1
Buro bizness.
He refooses TO withdraw the military from
the Dimohratic States.
He retooses to restore to cur sufferin breth
rem nv the Dimokratic States the habls cor,
pusses wich the tyrant Linkin wrested from
them.
He keeps Jefferson Davis pinin in loath
some dungeon, and only refooses to bring him
to trial becaz, 4sooth, he halnt ye, got thing:
in the right shape to hang him.
| Good enumerate other insults and oppres
sions he hez piled upon Dimocrats, but for
bear. might If wuz disposed to harrow
up the Dimocrstic sole and lasseratethe Dim
ocratic bosom, state how wuz ,reeted, wher
on the oath of Febrooary last, mede della
gashun NV myself and went to Washington
fur The purpose Nv laying before him the ne
cessitr nv the removal nv the postmaster Al
the Corners, and the appointment NV mysel
in his stead. | found that his speech had
reached all other parts NV the ] oonited States
ez soon ez it he'd Kentucky, for there wu7
suthin over hundred thousand stanch Dim
ocrats there. all with petitions noomerously
signed. which they he'd . over from Boo
lannon's administration. recommendin ny en-
{, places. How wuz we received? how die
Androo Johnson treet us, might say how
emphaticaly WIZ showed out w his room
and with what reckless profanity heerd him
remark that Washington he'd stunk witt
-secesh ever since he vetoed the bill, and tina
fool speech had acted on the whole country
like puke, and that each State he'd spewee
its fowest material onto Washington, ant
that the atmosphere wuz heavy with thei
breath, ct settry, ct settry. but forbear.
Suffice it tc say, that the few Dimocrati,
members of Congress had hard work borreril
money enntf to get the most specialize of th'
crowd home agin, and even then thousands u
en- who wuz drawed there by that speech
shoor nv apartments, wnz obliged to wall
home ignominiously, Nv whom wuz which
Androo johnson may be worthy nv Dino
cratic support, but he hez a queer way u
shown it. | know not what others may do
bus ez.for me and my household. I'll ru,
after no strange god Ef be wants us, lie
him call on Us in language which we kin IN
derstand
PETROLEUM V. NAsBy.
Lait Pastor Nv the Church Nv the Moo Dis
sashun.
A FRIEND at Washington City, whose op