Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1866-04-18
VOL. l2.-NO. 30.
Mr.. Nasty and the President.
CONFEDERATE \ ROADS (which is in the

o1iaie Nv Achtuchy, rep. 10, 1866.
l hev he'd hopes Nv Androo johnson
My waitin soul hez been centered onto him
for year back. He was the Moses which
L spected wood lead the Democracy out NV
the desolate Egypt onto which We have been
making bricks without straw, for five long
weary and dreary years o how / hey
yearned for johnson! o how hev waited.
day after day, week after week, and month
after month, for some manifestation NV
DImocrisy, which is. satisfactory -suthin
tangible-suthin that Good take hold on
Faith Is the substance NV things hoped
Tor and the evidence Nv things not seen,
which is all rite SO far ez religion is concern.
ed, but Nv no account in politix. A friend
uv mine who wuz monomaniack on the
subject Nv faith, undertook to live by II.
under the insane belief that eff he he'd faith,
pork wuz unnecessary. Wuz the expert
ment success? Not any. When he com
menst the trial he weighed 200, in week he
wuz down to l25, and In fourteen DAYS he
slept in the valley
more, and too am thin. My bones show,
light shines through me- am faint and
sick Oh for suthin that can see and
feel suthin solid
Our Dlm0eratic noospapers are suppor-
TIN Androo johnson. They claim that his
polsy Is our pohsy, and that he is ourn and
we are hlzn. They are singin hosanners to
hlm-at his every act they exclaim halle
loogy III korus. What is it all about? In
what pafkkular hez Androo johnson show
ed himself to be Dimmykrat2 In the
name NV Dimocrasy let me ask "WHERE is
THE OFFICES p Who's got EN-? What
is the pOlitikle convickshuns Nv the wretch
at the Corners, and who only last mite re-
fused in the most heartless manner to trust
me for postage stamps? Who is the col
lectors, the assessors. ct settery? Are they
constoonel Dimmykrats2 Is Stanton and
Seward and Welles histed out Nv the Cabi-
net, and Vallandham and Brite and Wood
appointed in their places? Not onct Eve
ry postmaster, every collector, every assessor,
every officer, is abolishnist, dyed deeply
and in fast colors. ss8 =
Faith without work is weak institution
its Like whisky punch with the whisky
omitted, which is a disgustin mixture nv
warm water and sugar. What is 1t to me
(who hey bin ready to accept any posishun
Nv which the salary wuz sufficient to mann
tain individooal Nv simple habits) who is
beheaded, SO long ez don't get place
Androo johnson may cut OF offishul heads
ez dextrousy and profoosely ez he chooses,
but my sole refuses to thrill, when [ know
that Ablishnists, though Nv different stripe
will be appointed. So long ez Dimmykrats
are kept out, what care | who has the pla-
ces? Paul may plant and Apolus water,
but Nv what account is the plant'n and wa
term to me if I.dont get the increase? |
take no delight in sich spectacles. Eff An
droo Johnson proposed to be Dimmykrat,
if he desires the honest, hearty support of
the party, let him seel his faith with works.
L visited Washington for the express
purpose Nv seein the second jackson. |
told him that the Postmaster at the Cor
ners was opposin his polisy and aboosin him
continooally; that it wez an outrage that
men heldin places under the administrator
should not sustain the administrator. La
the name Nv right l demanded change
| supposed to wunst that the posishun
would be offered to me, and alter protestin
a sufficient time that / did not want it-and
would prefer the appointment NV some
more worthy man, | should accept it,
and go home provided for three years. Inn
imagine my deep and unutterable disgust,
when he told me that he would investigate
the matter, probably would make the change,
pro0ided he could f,sd in the vicsnsty some
original Union man 1ho ,ooutd accept the
posishsaa!
Then the iron entered my soul. Then
Our principles are Nv very comprehen-
sive nature. We are wilhn to endorse An
droo johnson, or any other man. We will
indorse his theories Nv reconstruction, or
any mans theories. We are elastic like
Injy rubber The boy who set hen on
hundred eggs, acknowledged to his maternal
parent that she couldn't kiver EN- but re-
marked he wanted to see the old thing
spread herself. We have that spreadin :
We kin accommodate the preju-
dices Nv the people Nv the varius localities.
In Connecticut we are slngin John Browns
body lies moulderin in the grave, In a
loud tone, and supportin Ablish-
mist who voted for doin away with slavery
Constitooshnel Amendment. In Kentucky
we are hangin men Nv the John Brown style,
and mobbin all Nv the persuasion Nv the
Connecticut nominee. Sich a party Nv
Nv SIGH adaptability kin
Lev but one great central idee on which
there Is no diversity Nv opinion, and to
which all other ideas is subordinate That
Idea Is Posi- OFFICE! and eff Androo John
son could be got rite on that question, we'd
care not what case he required Nv us.
We hev our arms around Androo-we
are hugein him to our buzzums. but he has
left his baggage to hum-that baggage Il
what we want, and we shell fling him off
shortly onless he changes his polisy IN this
respeck. He kin hev US on easy terms
but he must furnish. the amunishun with
which to fight his battles. viii he do it?
That's the question Nv hundred thousan
hungry soes who banker even ez do are
iaily askin. PETROLEUM " Massey.
Lait Pastur Nv the Church Nv the Moo
Old Snarl says that love is combination
,f deSease-an affection of the heart. and