Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-08-22
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mr.. Nasty AZ last gets his Post Ohiee.
CoNFEDRIT y ROADS, ewieh
is in the Stait NV Kentuek.)

At last l hex IT. Finally it come!
After five weary trips to Washington,
after much weary waitin and much tray
all 1 hev got it. I am GOV Post Master
at Confedrit Y Roads, and am dooly in
stalled in my new position. III ever
ned kny doubts ez TO A. johnson bein q
better man than Paul the Apostle. q look
at nv commission removes it. Eff l keteh
myself q feelin that he deserted US onne-
-cessariIY five years ago, another look and
my resentment softens into pity. II l
doubt his Democrisy, l look at that bles-
sed commission and am treasured, Tor a
President who Good turn out a wounded
Federal soldier and appoint sich a man ez
me- must be above suspicion
l felt il wuZ comm two weeks ago l
received a cirkler from Randall, now my
-sooperior in offs, propoundin these ques-
tiens; -
-. Do VOC hev the most implicit faithln
Androo johnson, IN all he hez done, all
that heis doin, and all he may hereafter
do?
" Doyou bleeve that the Philadelphia
Convenshun will be a eonvocashen nv
saints all ~aetuated by pure motives, ana
devoted to the salvation Nv our Yunst
happy but now distracted country
3. Do you believe that next to a
johnson, Seward, Doolittle, Ccwan and
Randall, are the four greatest and Purest
and hestest and self-sacri6cinest4 and
honestest, and righeousists men this coun-
Try ever ~prodoostA
4. Doc VOC believe that there is a par
tikelerly hot place reserved in the next
world for Trumbull, a hotter for Wade
and the hottest for Sumner and ThsdSte-
yens2
5. Do 700 approve Nv the csnin NV
Grinnell by Rosso?
6. Do You consider the keepin out Nv
| congris eleven soyrin states, q ~unconstoo-
shnel and-unwarrntid assumption Nv pow
er by s secshnal congris2
Il. Do yeo bleeve the present eongris a
rump, and that eleven states bein uRrep-
resentcd) all their acts unconsteoshnel and
Illegal ceptin them witch provides for pay
in salaries? 81 '-aS
3 Do 700 bleeve that the Memphissnd
Moo Orleans unpfessantnessess wuz brot
about by the unholy machinsshens NV
| them radical agitators, actin in conjunc-
ton with ignorant and besotted niggers to
wreak their spite on the now loyal citi-
zens NV these properly reconstructed cit
ies2
9. Are yoo net satisfied that the Afri-
can citizens NV Amerikin descent kin be
safely trusted to the operations NV the uni
veTsal law which governs labor and capt.
tai?
10. Are you willin to. contribute a rea-
sonable per cent. Nv yoor salary to a fund
| to be used for the defeat Nv Objectionable
eongrismen in the disloyal states north2
To all of these inquiries 1 not only an
| swered yes, but went sfore a Justis Nv the
Peace and took an affidavit to EN-, for
warded it back, and my commission wuz
forthwith sent to me.
There was a joobilee the mite it arriv.
The news spread rapidly through the four
groceries Nv the town, and SIGH anuther
spontaneous outburst NV JOY I never wit
messed.
The bells rung, and for a hour or two
the corners wuz in the widest staff Nv
eggitment. The citizens congratulated
each other on the certainty Nv the accession
Nv the President to the Dimocrisy, and in
Their enthoosiasm five Niger families were
cleaned out two ny them, one amale and
| the tother a female wuz killed Then a
perceshun wuz organised ez folders;
Two grocery keepers with bottles.
H Deekin Pogram.
Me, with my commishun pinned onto a
banner and under It written 80 In this
sign we conker."
Wagon with taboo onto it. A Niger
on the bottom boards. Baseom the groc-
ery keeper, with one foot onto him, holdin
a banner inscribed 1.-THE Niger where
he oughter to be"
Citizen with bottle.
Deekin POgram's daughter Mirandy in
q attitood-uv wallopina weneh. Banner
"W6ye Regsined our Rites
Two citizens with bottles tryin to keep
in perceshun.
Two more citizens which he'd emptyed
their bottles, fallen out by the wayside.
Citizens two and two with bottles.
Wagon loaded with the books and fur
niture Nv a niger skool, in q staff Nv
wreck, with a ded Niger layin on top Nv
it, wich he'd bin captoored within the hour.
Banner: my Policy"
The pereeshun mooved to the meetin
hous and Deekin Pogram takin the Chair
a meetin WIZ to Wunst organised
The Deekin remarked that this wuz the
proudest moment Nv his life. He wuz
gratified at the appointment NV his es-
teemed friend, beeOz he appreciated the
noble qualities which wuz so conspicuous
into him, and becoz his arduous services
in the coz NV Dimokrisy entitled him to
the posishun. All these wuz aside Nv and
entirely disconnected from the fact that
there wood now be a probability Nv his
gittin back a little matter NV nine dollars |
and sixty-two cents Hear, hear witch
he he'd loaned him about eighteen months
ago, afore he he'd knowed him well or
larned to luv him. But thare wuz anothur
reason why he met to rejoyee to-nite. 1t
showed that A. johnson meant bizness-
that a. johnson wuz troo to the Democ-
rssy, and that he he'd fully nad3 up his
mind to hurl the bolts NV ofishl thunder
gich he held in his Presidenshal hands at
his enemies, and to make fight in earnest;
that he wuz goin to reward his friends, |
them ez he Good trust. Our venerable
friends bein put in condishun to paw the
confdin residents Nv the Corners the little
sums he owes them, is a good thing, hear,
hear-troo, troo-with singular unanimity |
from every man in the bildin,) but wat
was SIGH conside-ashuns when compared
to the CRATE moral effect Nv the decisive
movement. GA id site" shouted one |
grocery keeper, and ave don't want no
moral effect, cried another.) Ny friends,
when the news Nv this bold step NV the
President goes forth 10 the South, the price
NY Confederit skrip will go up, and the
shootin Nv niggers will cease; for the re-
dempshun NV the first 1 consider ashoored,
and the redoosih NV the latter to their nor
NAL condishun, I count ez good ez done.
Squire Gayitt remarked that be wu- too
much overpowered with emoshun TO
speak. For four years, nearly five, the
only newspaper witch come to that offs
he'd passed thro' the polluted hands Nv 9
Ablishnist. He had no partikler objee-
shun to the misguided man, but he wuz a
symbol NV tyranny, and SC long as he sat
there he reminded EN- that they were
wearin chains. Thank the Lord that dav
is overl The Corners is redeemed, the
second Jaxson hez risin and struck of
the shackles. BE would not sllood to the
trife NV twelve dollars and a half that he
loaned the appintee some months ago,
KNOWN that it wood be paid out Nv the
first money.
Bascom, the principal grocery keeper,
rose and called the Squire to order. He
wanted to know eff it wuz fair play TO
telk SIGH talk. No man Good feel q more
hart-felt satisfaction at the appointment
NV our honored friend than him, shown
as it did that the President he'd cut loose
from Abfshniem wioh he 1iepiead b,,+ h. !