, 1866-11-14

A Cabinet Meettng-Lcttcrs from
Rev. Henry Ward Bceclscr,
General Custer, Henry
J. Raymond and John
M0rrissey.

wien is IN The Statt Nv ll3lsHckE,
November :, ii.
wuz called to Washington by our Patron
Saint, the President, to comfort his wound
ed spcrit. There mint no disguisin the fact,
the sperlt OF Anaroo johnson is wounded.
he hez enfooEed the sliog7 md arrers Nv
who hcz lived since the days or Han,lick-
more, indeed, than Hamlick endoored-twict
over. 1lnnatick's father waz pizoned aoi Ills
mother lnarrlcd ngin afure her mousuiu
dent woman would do; bat what
,wnz that 70 what A. johnson enluors every
day9 Nothin.
fhc cabinet mcctln to wich Twuz sum-
moned wuz called for the purpose uv slel- !
din tear Of two over the election returns, |
and to consider variety uv letters wic!, Ills |
EEgsccl1cncy he'd received within few days. |
may remark that the cabinet htd gloomy /
and mildewed look
The fust wuz from Rev. Henry Ward Beech. t
cr. atr. Beecher remarked that he he'd the
highest possible respeck for the oils wunst
held By tho good Washfnton, tue great Ad-
ANS aud the sainted Linkin. H.: omitted
tcmarkiu anythtn abnus Pccrcc and Roo-
kanan ont " regard for the fseiins Nv the
present incumbent, wich.. Ct he he'd read
History correct, WIZ ardent supporter nv
the Administrations nv both OF thcm men,
Hfch he considered stains upon the ra.es ur
American history wich h. Good " .sh mt. be
oblitesated. But wat he desired to ray wuz
opinion uv mankind In general than he he'd
for the good opinion Nv the accidental In
cumhent nv my oils, and ez he lied. in q
hour nv temporary mental aberrasllen. wich
he'd happily passed, endorsed the AdminIs-
trashen, wlch insanity he'd worked evil unto
him, he rekes'cd ez simple act Of justice
that the President shood cause 1t to be
known that he {Beeeher) wuz not cousid-
ered BY the Adninistrasheu cz supporter
thereof
preston that am In the confidence Nv yoor
Ecgslency, wich is unfortunately abroad, llez
seriously DAMAGED VT REPCrAsHES.'
7. ooly yoors, ct settry.
The readln uv this letter wuz toltercd By q
mint NJ profound silence, wich wuz broken
Let him pass" sed the great maa who
SCI the despensln Nv the Post Offlss. let
him pass. But here Ia another" sed he,
Dustin into teers, read that"
Il WIZ from General Custer, him nv the
| yaller hair, wlch he'd some rcputashun d,osin
/ ihe war ez . carslry commander. It wuz to
1 the same effect. He he'd when he spozcd
/ that the policy nv the President. wieh he cs-
l teemcd ez lie must any man who held the
exalted rosiiien wuntt okkepied By the good
Mashlngten: the great Jefferson. and the
The ongratefai dog doesn't respect Me-"
sed Androo, ''lte the otis ILL.," and he bust
Into fresh flood.
| When he spozed the Presidents policy
j w,us s!ch ez sol(er and patriot Good endurse,
he endofsedit. But he dfskivered that IT. led
him. back foremost, into company wich,
doorin the late war, be had allus visited face
foremost, and cn hossback, md therefore, to
SAVE MS REPTrAsHCN, he must beg that the
President wood i've Il out, that be General
| CUSTER WE not nor never he'd bin q sup
rortcsus his policy, and oblige
1oors troolY, cz before.
| wuz too hart-broken At this to make any
reply, snd Cowan and Doolittle WIFE in the
same dx. The Kerne'cy wlch Wis given to
custar 70 keep him in posishen, bed bin
promised to 3 Demokaatic cap:in, who wuz
led By. company in the first Bull Run q -ht,
ard who threw up In disgust the next day,
not likln the manner IN wict the war WIZ
t'ein conducted, but now the Kernelcy wux
gone and Custar too, and vat wuz worse,
missln him. The entire company yoooitea
| in ulipglin their teers.
The next letter WIZ read By Seward ez It
WE addressed to him. It wuz from Ray
mond. H opened with the remark that for
the Presidential Office, he hed the highest
Iespek.. Aside from the cousidcrashca that
Il he'd ben wunst okkepied By the good
Washtnton, the great Adams, and the saiutcd
Ltnkin, the President might be considered
the Fs,her of bis eoust heTen 20 isrss
and besides he he'd tnstinktlve resp=ck for
the dispenser Of anything. Il was difficult
for him, betn ol,eu and elmple minded man,
not 70 adhere to the Prrstdcot, but
"that little fox aint agoia to speak Ut HIS
reputashsn!"
-. Dooty requires the red:n NJ the entire
dockeymtpt, painful to ms teeltns ez 1t m.y
be,n tcd Seward. He concloods thus!y ~
conddenshel relations With Him who occo-
pies the Prcsidenshel chair, to hev It given
out that stand In opposition 70 him. A
doc REGARD FOE MT REPCTAsuES inpc!s me
to this course. 1remain, yoors t,ooly.
Cnrey, Nv Ohio requested The President to
remove hinl from his Cotlcctosship, ez the
holdin w It WIZ 1SJooE1S u13 KHPurAsHKS;
q editor ont west, who wuz seaooced into
talin Post Oils, begged to Aev it taken of
bis hands, that he might save h!s cireula-
and finally We coma to wun the seal uv wich
WIZ a coat uv arns, bull doc ram pant, bowie
knife conchant, supported b. trotttn horses.
on field uy green cloth. It uuz from Hon.
John AorsteeT, who bed Jest ben eaected to
Congress in Moo Tork-
81. Aor1isey remarked, that cE one ur the
pillars ur the Democracy, he FELT he he'd j
lite to sreek- he wished 1t to be under
stood that he washed his hands NV aag con
ncctIon with johnson or his party. He he'd
nv wtch he VILE pl1ler, he'd tied themselves
to johnson, thcy he'd gone down to prcmA.
toor grave. Respeck for the high offs re-
strained him from sayin that the Dcnoceasy
coodent carry sich \ cnEsstd load. but he
wood saT that the result nv tn ] election In
Moo York, where they depeudid solely on
muscle and nigrer, wich Is the reel Demo.
crstic capital, and succeeded: while whese
the Democracy VIE 1oaled down Win 1
Johnsoniapism they fai1ed. aatAneo
Lin that the President VIE ankn'
bus. He said this With all doo r.
speck tor the offs. Mr. MoEr1ley furthet
remarked that he he'd also personnel reasons
for maxim this request. He commenced U =
humble position, and he'd f1i1ed the puol'c
eye long cuuG to satisfy bis modl5t amosshsn
he he'd vallopcd Sullivan and Hecn1n-ae
he'd owned the fastest horses and Won mEse
money at faro than any man IN A1eslhA.
. Uis afnbisben wux satisfied 80 fur 9 ne VIZ
concerned. but he hoped to Leave beMnd
lin for his infant son, (wich wuz only twelve
incnt Nv iniellcck and muscle remaskAhle
for ore 30 tender, hevin already walloped
eyery boy In the skuol to wien he Wuz a
roin', ht desired to leave that sou honor
nhic name. 1t he'd hin given out that he wuz
q supporter nv the lndiVidool who okktpied
thc frcsidcnsael oils, and It WAS ln}po,iu
him. lie wished that stigma removed-s
RsaARD TOR MS REPrTAsaES forced him to
Insist upon It.
And this epistle wuz dooly signed.
his
JouS x NoRRIssET, u. c.
mars.