Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1866-09-14
Nasby--He attends the Philadelphia
Convention.
P0sT OFFICE.
Posi- OFFICE,
CoNFEDRIT X ROADS, (wich
is in the Staff NV Centucky,)
Aunust IA 1866.

Is III the SIalJ NV OchUuCNI'J
August IA, 1866.
Peace is into me! | hev spent many
happy periods in the course OF an
evcntlul life. but never knowd what
perfeck satisfaction wuz till now
The first week | wuz narrated to my
Looizer Jane it wuz hevenly, for indie
pendent of the other blisses incident
to the magried state | bleeved that
she was the undivided possesor NV a
farm. or rather her father wuz, which
on the old mans deceasc would be |
hern, and the prospeck Nv a lifetime
with an amiable, well-built woman,
with prudence on her part, wuz bliss
itself, and | enjoyed it with a degree
NV muchness rarely ekaled, until
found out that it was kivered more
deeply with mortgages than it wuz
ever likely to be with crops, and my
dreams of happiness busted. Sweet
ez wuz this week it wuz misery con-
densed when compared to the season
| hev jest passed through.
| wuz a delegate to Philadelphia
| wuznt elected nor nOthin, and
hadn't any credentials, but the door
of the wigwam l passed nevertheless.
The doorkeeper wuz a old Dimokrat,
and my breath helped me, my nose,
which reelv blossoms like the lobster,
wuz NV yoose, but | spect my hevin q
gray coat on with a stand up collar,
with a brass star on it, wuz what fin
ished the bizness. The Southern dele
gates fought shy of me, but the North
ern ones, bless their souls, the mint
they saw the star on the collar NV my
gray coat, couldn't do enuff for me-
They addressed me ez Kurnel and
Gineral and sed "this wuz truly an
unmerited honor aud paid my drinks,
and | succeeded in borrowin a nund-
red and twenty dollars Of en- the first
day. | mite hev doubled it, but the
fellows WIZ took in so easy that no
fnancicriu wuz required, and it rely
wuz no amoozement.
The ConveGshun itself wuz the
most affectiuist gatherin | ever wit
mist. he'd seat beside Randall,
who was a managin the concern, and
| Good see it all. The crowd rushed
into the bildin and flied it when Ran
dali desired attention. He beln the
Postmaster General every one OF en-
dropped into his scat ez tho he he'd
bin shot, and there wuz the most per
feet quiet | ever saw. Doohttle, whC
was the cheerman, winked at Randall
and nodded his head, when Randall
announced that. the delegates iron
Massachusetts and the delegates iron
South Katrina lCood enter arm m arm
With a slow and measured step the.
cum in. and at a signal from Randall
the cheerin commenst, and SIGH cheer
in! Then Doolittlc pulled out hi
white hankcher and applied it to hi
eyes.
To me, this was the prOudest mC
ment Nv my life, not that there wa
anything partikillerly inspiritin
in the scene afore me, for there WI
cent. Orr, from South Karlina, loo
ed particularly o shamed NV his
self ez though he WI
going through a lilly nessary but e
tremely disgusting ceremony, and WI
determined to keep up stiff upp'
lip over it, and Couch looked up
Orr ez though he felt fattered
Orr's condecension in walkin at &
with such a umble individual. B
to my eyes the scene was signiiicaI
Hooked into the fucher and wat d
see ez them two men, one sneak
and tother ashamed NV himself walk,
up that aisle? Wat did | see?
saw the DimocriSy restored to its nj
NAL condishun-I saw reunion Nv t
two wings-in fact | saw the emit
Dimocratic bird reunited. The Nor
one wing and the weakest; KentucE
the beak, sharp, hungry and rapaciou
Southwest, the strong and acti
wing; Virginny the legs and claw
Ohio the heart, Pennsylvania t
stomach, South Carolina The tail fea
ers, and Moo Jersey the balance
the bird. saw these parts, for f
years discovered, come together, no
in niger in one claw and Post offi(
in the other saying "Take EN- both
gether-they 60 in lots" | saw
old Union-the bold, chivalrous Sou
erner a guidin, and controlin and
rectin the machine, and assoOmin
hisself the places NV honor, and
Dimocrat of the North follerin lik'
puppy dog at his heels, takin such
things as he could snap up
Southerner ashamed of his associa
but forced to yoose em-the North
er uncomfortable in his presence,
tied to him by self interest. l say
comm back the good old times wi
"a States met in convenshun, and
IL rule EN-, and ez | contemplat
the scene, | too wept, but it was
dead earnest
"What are you blubberin for
asked a enthusiastic delegate in fir,
of me, who was swabbin his eyes W
a handkerchief.
II am a postmaster" SEE l, "an
must do my dooty in this crisis
Wat are you sheddin pearls for"
torted |. "Are you a postmaster
NO." says he, @but | hope to |
and he swabbed away with rene1
vigger.
awaits the matter with the eyes
oil the dalnpat COZ T