The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15
N A S B Y
A Cabinet HeetiRg---Letters from Rev
Henry Ward Beecher. General Gustav
Henry J. RAY IN ond, and Hon. .'oha Nor.
rissey.

From the Toledo BAde.
Posre=Fss. eosrso-rr X Rosss. ~iehf-
Is in the Staff hentueky,}
November :, lsss.
wiz called to Washington by oar
patron Saint. the president, TO comfort
his wounded sperit. There aint no dis
guisin the fact, the sperit of AndrooH
johnson is wounded He hez endoored
the sings and arrers nv more outrajus
fortune than any other man who heZ
lived sencc the days nv HamHck-more,
indeed, than Hamlick endoored-twict
| over. Hamfick's father wuz pizoned and
his mother married again after her
mourning clothes WIZ wore ont, suthin
no sayin, prudent woman would do, but
what WIZ that to wat A Johnson endoors
every day2--Not
The Cabinet meetin to witch / waZ
summoned wuz called for the purpose NV
shedQTn a tear or two over the election
returns, and to consider variety OF
| letters which His Eggsceliency has re
ceiyed within few days L may remark
that the Cabinet he'd Il gloomy and mil
dew ed look
The fust wuz from Rev. Henry Ward
Beechcr. Mr.. Beecher remarked that
| he he'd the hi CHEST possible respeck for
the otis wunst held Icy the good Wash
ington, the grea. Adams and the sainted
Linkin- He omitted remarkiR anytliiu-
about Pceree and Bookanan out nv re
| gard for the feelins nv the present in
| cumbent, which, eff he he'd read History
correct, wuz ardent supporter nv the
Administrations nv both nv them men
wich he considered stains upon the pages
nv American history witch he could wish
mite be ohlitersted But what he de
sired to say wuz that he he'd q higher re
| gard for the good opinion NV mankind
in general than he he'd for the good
! opinion NY the accidental incumbent nv
any oils, and eli he he'd, in a hour Nv TEN
! porary mental aberrashen, wich he'd
! happily passed, endorsed the Admins
/ trash@n, wich insanity he'd woI ked evil
/ unto him, he rekested ez q similar act w
! justice that the President shood cause it
! to be known that he (Beecnerl WIZ not
/ considered by the administrator cz q
supporter thereof
Il do this. sed the writer ''becoz the
| impression that | am in the confidence
/ nv yoor Eggsiency. wliicn is unfortunate
] " abroad. hez seriously DAMAGED MY
REPUTAsHEN."
/ Trooiy yoors, ct settry.
! The readin nv this letter WIZ follerei
4 by a mint Nv profound silence, witch WIZ
! broken t,y the President
.Let him pass, sed tie great man who
| hez the dispensin NV the post otlsis, '.Ict
/ him pass. But here is another said he,
1 Dustin into teeTs, tread that "
! 1t wuz from Gen. Cnstar, him ny the
| yaller hair, witch he'd some reputashun
/ doorin the war ez n cavalry commander
| 1t WIZ to the same effect. He he'd when
he spozd that the policy ny the President,
wicll he esteemed ez he must any man
who held the exalted position wunst
okkepied by the good Washinton, the
| great jefferson and the saintcd Linkin-
The ongratefu' dog doesn't respect
,IE, sed AndFoo, ,its the oils | gil,
and he bust into fresh food
When he spozed the Presidents
! policy WIZ sich ez a solier and patriot
Good endorse, he endorsed it. But he
/ diskiVered that it led him, back foremost,
/ into company witch, doorin the late war
/ he he'd alluz visited face foremost and on
/ hossback, and therefore, to SAVE HIS
REPurAsHUN, he must beg that the Prcsi-
| dent would give it out, that he (Gcn.
/ CuStar) wuz not nor never he'd bin y
| supporter uy his policy, and oblige
ioors trooiy, ez before
| / wuz TIA heart broilin at this to make
any reply, and Cowan and Doolittle WIZ
! in the same fix. The kernelcy witch wuz
! given tn Custar to keep him in position,
! he'd bin promised to u Dcmokratic cap
tin, who WIZ led by n kumpany in the
fust Bal Ran iite, and who threw up in
disgust the next day, not lilin the man
ner in which the war WIZ hein conducted,
but now the kerneicy wuz gone to Gustav
too, and wat wuz worse, there wnz no
such thing 10 be thought of az dsmissin
him. The entire company yoonited in
minglin their tears.
The next letter WIZ read BY Seward,
az it wuz addressed to i1im 1t wuz
from Raymond. He opcncd with the
remark that for the Presidential oils he
he'd the highest resp ect Aside fIom the
considerashun that it he'd been wonst.
| occupied by the good Washington. the
great Adams, and the sainted Iin]len.
the President might be k0nsidcred the
Father Of his country, havin so large n
number OF helpless children tn provide
| for, and besides he he'd a instinktive res
| peek for the dispenser OF anything II
WIZ diffikult for him, bein open and
/ simple minded man, not 10 adhere TO the
/ President but
| Good Heavens, shreeked johnson,
THAT little fox Amt goin to speak Nv
HIS reputashen?''
''Booty requires the reedin NV the en-
! tire dockeyment, painful to my feelins ez
| it may be-, sed Seward. Gle concloods
I thusly:"
/ y am forced 10 ask VOC ez one enioyin
| confidenshel relashus with Him who oc-
| cupies the Presidenshel chair. to hev it
/ given out that | stand in opposition to
! him a doc REGARD FOR AIY RgPVTAsHEN
F. impels me to this course. remain,
Yours trooly-'
There WIZ = or three more General
4 Cary. NV Ohio, requested the President
4 to remove him from the CoIlectorship,
| ez the loldin Nv it was INsURIN HIS REPU-
/ TAsHEN; q editor out west. who Sc
! doosed into taken a Post Otis. begged to
| hev it taken Oft his hands, that he might
| save his circulashen before it WIZ ever
lastingly too late: and finally We come to
one. the seal NV which was a coat NV arms,