Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-02-14
The Disbanded Volunteer on the F,eS
Deugl Interview with the Prexident

rom the New York Mercuryl
The late interview between the President ana
the negro delegation, headed by Fred Dour-
lass and G. t. bowling, is described by opT IA
correspondent il his most amusing vein:
a.. NAfshSAL ~ HoTrEL, washington, Fehru-
ary {, lst6.-EdytuTF cf Ae Sunday 4erkarg. The
onterrified African hes he'd a grand tork with
our Democratick feller citysin. President Andv
Johnson. Iesrday forenoon kwite a likely
gang OF el-bodid and asspiren darkeys, he'd
ded by Fred Dugallass and George i. Dow
ling, who bleve formally kep an eister shop
10 II, broao street, New York and was sumwot
ngwished for his hriles, called on the CheeS
Madgistrit TO instruct him as TO his dootles and
obligashins 70 the blacks and tans o. the Sonfh
Butler, the Rottleman, looked in a. the White
House about the same heur. and was an kshn.
for an immedient interview: but Mr. JonnEon
heVing perltely rekwested him 10 cork M and
simmer down ontil the blacks had he'd thar ,urn.
he retired with the same reddy alackri.y thai
caracterised his mo Vemfnts 81 Fert Darling and
Fort Fisher. The delicashiu which represeut
cd our dark Completed brethren in an parts
OF the United States and the conkered Southern
provinces, shuck hands with the President
kwite amcabble, and Citysin Dowling opened
me palayyer with speech that did great
great credit TO his ebony instinks. He remarkt
IN substans, that Jack was as good as MS ynas
ter, and rayther better: that wool had AS much
right to go TO the polls as har, and that ef the
nlggeroes warnt fully admitted inter the male
Of freedom, thar never could be that corral so.
shll intercourse atwiIt the whites and blaeks
witch the similarity OF thar tastes, dispersi-
shins, intellecks, and hzzcal conformashin
rendered nessassary for tharn mutasbeI noy,,
furt, happiness and convenience He sed he
appeerd as the delicate for New England. the
ian isno OF sumner, and Wilson, and Spraig, whar
the Ethiopian and Cawcashian was wnn and
enseparable, and Dingy Dinah was as deepIv
respected by the calico shiveraDy as Mrs.
Beecher's Toe.
Fred Dugallass. who RELY forks ekwiu 70 a
Phlladelfy lawyer, and rs muteh more of a
gentman than Thad Stevens, follered SCOT in A
more eloquent vain. He argged from Coke and
Blackstun, that cutler was no Der To The riSh.s
OF suyer1nty. 'Look at England" he remarkt.
"from the airliest ages she hes reckognised the
ekwality Of the African, and ef the RIack
frence ned a lived, she would have he'd a
culled man for King" He also referd 20 his
great annsister. Black Dugallass of Scotland
as darky universally respeckted in his day,
and te his majesty the King of siam, as a fine
French and Latin skullard, though of the COM
plexshin of the ace Of clubs. Here the Presi-
dent, with that grave humor for which he is
remarkable, Inkwired Of the King ef Siam
didn't pay hummage TO the White Rlepha.f
Frederick sed he bleved he did. and wot ofi III
10 when His Eggsellency replied that be
would advise the culled race in America 70 DO
animals tusks
This dry obseryashin took the charnnvon of
Sambo's rights slightly abaek, but he soon re-
turned TO the charge and pied the caws OF his
people for about fifteen minnits like a perfeck
steamboat.
The President then breefy responded He
sed he he'd taken great plesher in pIayin the
part Of Holy Moses 70 the Sons of Ham, but the
TACT was they wanted too much pork for thar
same time putting on his gluv and oferin 10
shake hands with Dowling,) and was vlIlIn
to lead them inter the land Of Prommiss, but
not right away, inter the land OF Performance
They must be content TO wait awhile on Mount
Plgsah and admire the prospeck afore thew
went the entire hog. The majority, be allowed.
was agen conyartn EN- inter suyrins ontil thew
he'd tested EN- for awhile in thar new canassitv
and seen wot kinder metal they was made ~
IF they didn't want TO be eggsterminated.
they'd better let well enuf alone. Those ss
egeec en- on 10 demand full pollytickle ekvalI
ty was list the kinder trends as Would s.and a.
thar backs and see thar brains blown ont and
snag.
1 dunno as the abuv was precisely the Pres
ldents wurds, but ken vouch for the accu-
racy OF the sentiments. In coarse the remarks
didn't meet the delecashins yew. Thsy ned
jist cum cooked and primed from Thad Stevens
and his whippers in, and warnt prepared TO
To use the langwidge OF poplar poick,
.Dngallass around hIm drew his cIoke,
Folded his arms and thus he spoke"
Ses ne "MIsteT President, shall appeal from
"Do sor' anserd Old Hickory the Seckiud.
3 slS' Do So my nnlatter friend hey amazin con-
Good for him, warnt it9 And his confidence
isent misplaced.
understand the RAIDS air perfeckIy ravin at
the manner in which thar pets was treeted
and you may eXpeck anuther broadslde OF rev.
closes.
CoRsIderin the way they're piteh,n inter ,n.
President, wunder he doosent remooye thar
hangers-on from all the departments OF the
publlck saryls, and put bis troo trends in thar
places. Setch mesher would be very an. 10
bring the Disunion blackgards in Congress To
thar senses; for thar isent wun of EN- that hes
ent got a hull gang of mercynary satellites
dependent on the Government for support.
hafe whose time Is spent in libellin, abusin
and cusIn the Peoples President
Hoping that he will sun put an eggstin-
guisher on these yermin, and NIL thar places
with decent men,
j remain
an Andycrat mp 10 handle,