The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-09-07

UeIlteu uOuoI, anu pau lot my ufinkS, ana
| succeeded in borrowin a hundred and
twenty dollars Of EN- the 6rst day. mite
hev doubled it, but the fellows wuz took in
so easy that no hnancoerin wuz required,
and il really wuz no amoozment
The Convenshun itself wuz the most af.
fectinist gatheriu ever witnist. he'd
seat beside Randall who wuz managin
the concern, and Good see it all. The
crowd rushed into the bildin and filed it,
when Randall desired attention He bein
the Postmaster General every one of EN-
dropped into his seat ez though he had
been shot, and there wuz the most pertcck
quiet ever saw. DOolittle, who WIZ the
Cheerman, winked at Randall, aud nodded
his head, whom Randall announced that the
delegates from South Kwliay and the dele.
gates from Massachusetts rood enter arm
in dFmg With a slow aud measured step
they come in, and at a siginal from Randall,
the choerin commenst, aud sich cheern J
Then Doolittle pulled out his white hat ker.
cher and applied it to his eyes, aud every
delegate simultaneously pulled out a white
hankercher and applied il to his eyes.
To me, this wuz the proudest moment NV
my life, not that there wuz ANYTHING par.
tikilerly inspifitin in the scene afore me.
for there wuszent Orr, from South Caro-
lny. looked partikilerly ashamed of hisself
ez thc1gh he wuz going thro highly ues
sary but extremely disgustin ceremony,
and wuz determined to keep mp stiff up.
per lip over it, and Couch looked up to Orr
ez though he wuz afeefd NV him and ez
though he felt hattered by 0rr's condeceu.
Sion in walkin at all with sich a umble in.
dividjooal. But to my eyes the scene wuz
significant. | looked into the fucher aud
wat did see ez them two men, one sneekn
and tother ashamed Of hisself, walk up that
aisle? Wat did l seer | saw the Democ.
rlsy restored to its normal cohlishuu-I
saw the reunion nv the two wings-n fact
saw the entire Dimokratic bird reunited.
The North one wing aud the weakest !;
Kentucky the beak, sharp, hungry and
radacious Southwest, the strong active
wing Virginny tho legs aud claws Ohio
the heart, Pennsylvania the stomache; South
Carolina the tail feathers, and Moo Jersey
the balance of the bird. saw there parts,
for five years discovered, come together,
holdin nigger in one claw and Postolfises
in the other, sayin, Take EN- both together
they go in lots" saw the old Union
the bold, shivelrOus Southner guidin, con-
trolin aud directin the machine, and as.
sOomin to hisself the places NV horor, and
u
puppy dog at his heels, talln sich fat things
ez he Good snap up--the Southern ashamed
NV his associations but forced to yoose EN-
the Northern uncomfortable in lis pres
euce but tied to him by self-interest. / saw
cufnin back the good old times when
thirty-four States met in couvenshun and
let eleven rule EN-, aud ez | contemplated
the scene too wept, but it wuz in dead
earnest.
Wat are you blubbcring for ?" asked n
enthusiastic delegate in front NV me who
wuz a swabbing his eyes with handker-
cher.
I'm Postmaster SCI l. "aud must do
my dooty in this crisis. Wat are 700
sheddn pearls for" retorted, "ars yoo a
Postmaster
NO" seq he, "but hope to bel" and
he swabLed away with renood vigger.
Watts the matter with the eyes NV all
the delegatesS" sez |.
They've all got Postoffices in en-" seq
he, and he worked away faster than ovur.
While gettin fresh handkerchief, (wich
| borrered from the hind coat pocket NV
delegate near me, and wich, by the way, in
my delirious jor, forgot to say anything to
him about it,) looked over the Convenshun
and agin the teers welled up from my heart
My sole wuz full and overhowin, and
stopped over at the eyes. There, before
me. sat that hero Dix Taylor and Cuth
Bullitt, and there WIZ the Nelson's and Yea
dons and the representatives Nv the first
families nv the South, and in Philadelphia
at Convenshun. with all the leadin Demo.
Gratis nv the North. ceptin Vallan6igham
and Wood, and they was skulkin around
within call, with their watchtul eyes on the
percedins Here in a prOspeck Here is
iatnlsl The President into our confidence
The Postmaster "a runnin the Convenshun
The bands play'n Dixie and the Star
Spangle Banner alternitly, 30 that no body
Good complain Nv Partially, or tell reely
wich side the Convenshun wuz on, or witch
side it had been on in the past. All ! my
too susceptible sole filled up agin, the teers
started, but that vent wuznt enuff, and |
fell fairtn onto the floor. Twenty or thirty
Northern Delegates seed me falln, and
ketchin site Nv the gray coat with the brass
star outo it, rushed to ketch me and they
bore me out NV the wigwam. Sed one:
" Wat techin scene overpowered by his
feelins u" Yes" sed another, 9" he deserves
a apintmentl"
didn't 60 back to the Convenshun coz |
knowd it want no yoose, and besides, after
all the teers that had been shed, the mem
bers wringin their hankerchers onto the
floor, 1t wuz sloppy under foot. COncilia-
ton and tenderness gushed out NV EN-. |
knowd it would be all right-it couldn't be
otherwise. There wuz bonds wich held
the members together and prevented the
possibility NV trouble. johnson hevin a
ambition to head party, must hev a party
to head. The Northern delegashnn, witch
he'd formerly actd with tho Ablishnists.
couldn't do nothin without the Democracy
North. and both on them combined couldn't
do nothin without the Democracy South.
The President Good depend on the Democ
racy North, coz he holds all the offices
the Democracy North Good depend on the
Democracy South COZ they want him to
make fight agin Abolishun Congris, wich
is a unconstooshutl keeping NV en- out
and preventin Elm from w0llOpin their mig.
gers the Democracy South coold depend
0n the President COZ he must hev their
Representatives in their seats to beat the
Ablshnisis in Congris all Good depend on
all. each, Good depend on the other, coz
each faction or ruther each static he'd its
little private axe to grind wich it coodn't
do without the others TO turn the grind
stone.
The Southern delegates some on em wuz-
zent 30 well pleased. Wat in thunder
sed one nv em, " did they mean by piin on
the agony over the Yanks we killed ?-by
pledgin us to give up the lee Nv seceshun,
and by pledgln on us to pay the Nationel
Yankee debit"
"Sh! sed !, easy over the rough places.
My friend, they didn't mean it, or el they
dad are didn't. Is oath so hard to break ?