, 1866-08-24
NASBT.
n1r. NaAby Attends the philadelphia
Convention.
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/ waz delegate to Philadelphia wuzn't
elected nor nothin, and hedn't any crcden-
tials, but the door u. the wigwarn I passed
Dimokrst. and my breath helped nc, my
nose, wich recly blossoms like the lobster, |
WIZ uy yoose, bat spcct my heyin Eray
coat OF. with stand up eollar, with 9 brnss
Southern delegates fought shy Nv mc, but
tic Northern ones, bless their souls, the
mtnuit they saw the star on the collar uy my
grey cost, couldn't do enutr tor me. They
addressed me cx Kernel and Ginernl, and setl
"tlis WIZ trooly an unmerited HONOR and
roTir hundred and twenty dollars Of em
the first day. mite hev doubled it, hut the
fellows wuz took in so easy that no f1uau-
ceerin WIZ required, and It really wuz no
Tic Conyenshun iisss:!!f was the most infect
in satherin ever witni,t. he'd q scst beside
Randall, who. wuz a lnanagfn tne concern,
aud Good sec it all. The cTuwd rushed tnt2
the bl!din and filled it, when Raudall desired |
attention. lie helm the Postmaster General |
though hc he'd bin shot, and thcre wnz thu |
most perftck quiet / eycr saw. Doolittlc, I
who wuz the Chccrma,a, winkcd at Randall,
and nodded his head, when Randall an
nouucel that the delegates from South kaT-
wood enter arm in ar,nt With slow and
measured step they cum in, and at a signal
from Randall the cheerin comulcnst-and
eich checrin! Then Doolittlc pulled cut bis
white hanke5chcr and applled Il to his eyes;
out O white hauke1cher and applied it to bis
eyes.
To ME, THIS w-uz the proudes. moment nv
my life, not that there wuz anything partik-
there wuzzent. Orr, from South Caroliny.
looked partikflcrly ashamed Of Iissclf, tz
though he WIZ going thro highly nessary
but extremely ditgus1in ceremony. and wssz
determined TO keep up stid upper lip over
wuz afsera Nv him aid e though IL fiji
fattcsed by Orrts condecension IN Walkin at
MI with eich uablc indivlljooal. But to
ny eyss the @ SCENE en wuz slsacqnt, Looked
INTO tho fucncr ana wat dIa sec ez them
hisself, walked up that aisles Wat did /
sec! | saw the DeNokrisy restored to Its
normal condishnn-1 saw the reunion uV
the two wings-in fact I saw the entire
wing md the weakest; Kentucky, tho
beak, sharp, hungry anu rapacious South
west, The strong active wing; Virsinny the
legs and claws Ohio the heart, Pennsylvania
the stomach, South caroliny tne tail feathers
saw these parts, for i've years discovered,
Port Offices in tho other, sayin, "Take en-
both togcthcr-thcy 60 III lots" saw tho
| old Cnfon-the bold, sh.yelrous Southncr
Euidin, controllin and dircctin the machine,
and assoomin to hisself the places Nv honor,
and the Dinlok.at uv the North fofierin like
| puppy dog at his heels, takiu sch fat things
cz be Good snap un-tLc Souther1er ashamed
NV lis associations but forced to yoose cm-
the Northcrner uncomfortable In his presence
but tied to him by sclEinterest. ! SAN 4
comm hack the good old times when thirty
| four Stutes met Ii conye.,slun and let eleven
rule en-, and cz contemplated the scene I
too wept, but It 1vuz in dead earnest.
+Wat arc ron blubbcrin for?" asked en-
thoos:astic delegate III front uy Inc who wuz
O swabbin his eyes with handkerchief.
,''I'm Postmaster sez l, t.and must do
| my dooty in this crisis. Wat arc you she'd
din pearls for," retortcd I. faro you Post
,naster:'-
NO" sez he, ''but hope to be- aud hc
. swabbed away with renood y;gser.
'sWat's the matter with the eyes uva1l the
delegates" seq 1.
.SThcT'ye iii eot Post OiIiscs In c,u,' sez
he; and he worked away faster than ever
| Willie gcttiu fresh Handkerchief {wich
borrcrcd from the hind coat pocket nv II del.
esate near me, and wicl1, by the WY, in 1ny
dclirioux joy, forgot to say anythin to him
about it, I looked over the Conycnshen
and agin the tesFs we1lcd up from ny heart