The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-27

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shen, and agin the .teers welled up
from my heart Ny sole wuz full and
overfowin, and | stopped over at the
eyes. There, before me, sat that hero
Dick Taylor and Cuth Bullitt, and
there wuz the Nelson's and Yeadons
and the representatives NV the first
families Nv the South, and in PHILA-
DELPHIA, AT A CONVENTION, with all
the leadin Democrats Nv the North.
ceptin Vallandingham and Wood. and
they wuz skulkin around within call.
with their watchful eyes on the per-
ceedins. Here is a prospeckl Here
is fatnis! The President into our
confidence The Postmaster rum
n in the Convention. -
/" The bands playin Dixie and the
Star Spangled Banner alternitly, SO
that no body Good complain NV par
TALLY, or tell REILLY wich side the
Convention wuZ on, or witch side it
had been on in the past. Ali my too
susceptible sole filed up agin, the
teers started, but that vent wuznt
enuff, and I fell faintin onto the floor.
Twenty or thirty Northern Delegates
seed me fallin, and ketchin site NV the
gray coat with the brass star onto it,
rushed to ketch me and they bore me
out Nv the wigwam. Sed one: Wat
a techin scene overpowered by his
feelinsl" Yes" sed another, he
deserves apintmenti
[ didn't go back to the Convenshun,
coz / knew itwan't no yoose; and be-
sides, after all the teers that had been
shed, the members wringin their han
kerchers onto the floor, it wuz sloppy
under foot. Conciliashun and tender
ness gushed out NV EN-. / knowd
it would be all right-it couldn't be
otherwise. There wuz bonds wich
held the members together, and pre-
vented the possibility Nv trouble.
johnson, heyin a ambition to head
party, must hey party to head. The
Northern delegashun. witch he'd for
merly acted with the Ablishnists.
couldn't do nuthin without the Dino
krisy North, and both on EN- combined
couldn't do nothin without the Dino
krisy South The President Good de-
pend on the Dimokrisy North, COZ
he holds the Offices; the Dimokrisy
North Good depend on the President,
COZ he must hey their votes
the President could depend ON the
Democracy South coz they want him
to make a fight agin a Abolishen
Congrls, wlch is a unconstooshnelly
keepin Nv EN- out and preventin EN-
from wollopin their niggers; the De-
mocracy South coed depend, on the
President, coz he must hev their Rep
resentatives in their seats to beat the
Ablishnists In Congris-all Good de-
pend on all, each Good depend on the
other, coz each faction or ruther each
stripe he'd its little private axe to
grind witch it coodent do without the
others to turn the grind-stone.
The Southern delegates some on
EN- wuznt so we'll pleased. What in
thunder" sed one, Nv EN-, " did they
mean by pllln on the agony over the
Yanks we killed?-by pledgin US to
give up the ice NV seceshen, and by
pledgln on us to pay the Nashnel
Yankee debt?"48ls ll .anlas99
! 'Sh! sed I, easy over the rough !
places. My friend, they didn't mean
it, or eff they did zoe didn't. Is oath
so hard to break? Wood it trouble |
that eminent patriot Breekinridge af-
ter all the times he .swore to support |
the Constitution, to sware to it wunst
more? and wood it trouble him to
break it any more than it did in 81? |
Nay verify Dismiss them gloomy |
thots. Vallandigham wuz kicked out, |
but thousand mules, and al luv EN-
old and experienced, cooden't kick |
him out Nv our service. Doolittle |
talked Northern talk coz its habit |
he got into doorin the war, but he'll |
git over it. Raymond will be on our
side this year, certain, for last year he |
wuZ agln US, and by the time he is |
ready to turn agin he'll be worn to so
small a pint that he wont be worth |
hevin, and the Democracy Nv the
North wuz alluz ourn, and eff they |
the Offices johnson hez in
reserve will draw EN- like lode stun.
My deer sir, wanst knowd Irish
man, who wuz sence killed in a Fenian
raid, employed as artist in well dig
gin. 1t wuz his lot to go to the bot
tom NV the excavation and load the
buckets with earth. The dinner horn
sounded, and he, with the alacrity |
characteristic Nv the race, sprang into
5he bucket aud told them to hist away,
and they histed, but ez they histed
hey amoozed themselves droopin
earth onto him. "Shtop!" sed he, |
put they didn't. Shtopl' sed he,
or be gorra I'll cut the rope My
lear sir, Randall, and Doolittle. and
Seward and Johsnon are histin us
lut Nv the pit we fell into in 1860.
Then their little talk about debts and
slavery and SIGH, is the earth they'r
lroppin onto US for fun, but shell we
ike ijeots cut the rope? Naryl Let |
I'm hist, and when we're safe out and
IN solid ground, we kin, eff we desire,
Il Il 4 IL !