American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-12-05
9elrrt Mlistellang.
Nasby Attends a Cabinet Meeting.
CoNFEDRlT X ROADS, J
(wich is in the Strait Of Ketucky,) :
November I, 1866. }

(wich is in the Strait OF Ketucky,)
November I, 1866.
wuz called to Washington by ouI pat
isa saint the President, to comfort hi
wounded sperit. Their amt no disguislr
the fact, the sterit NY Androo ,'ohnsun i
wounded. He hes eadoorcd the sllngs &
arrers NV more ontrajus fortun than coy
other man who hez lived sence the day:
NV Hamlick-m indeed, than llam-
lick endoored twice over. Hamlick' !
father wuz poisoned and his mother mar
ried afore her mournin close wuz wore
out, sumthn no prudent woman wood do
but wat wuz that to wat A Johnsun en-
doors evry day ? Nothin.
The cabinet meetin to wich | wu2
summond wuz called for the purpose NV
bheddin n teer or 2 over the elccshun re
turns, and to consider variety Nv letters
wich His Eggscellency he'd received
within fey days. | may remark that
the cabnet he'd a gloomy and mildewcd'
Look.
The fust wuz from Rev. Henry Ward
Beccher. Mr. Beechcr remarked that he
he'd the highest possible respeck for the
otlis wunst held by the good Washington,
the great -,A-n,S and the ssiuted LinkiE.
lie omitted remarkin anything abont
Peerce and Bnokansn out NV regard for
the ieelins Nv the present incumbent wich
eff he he'd red hlstry correck, wuz a arr
deaf supporter NV tho Administrashuns
NV both NV I'm men, wich he considered
stains on the pages NV American histry,
wich he could wish might be obliterated.
But wat he desired t. sa wuz that he
he'd higher regard for the good opinion
NV manklad in general than. he he'd br
the good opinion NV the axidsntal incum-
bent Nv euy otis, and ez he he'd: in a
hour NV temporary abbersshun, wich he'd
happily passed, endorsed the Admins
trashxu, wich insanity he'd worked evil
onto him. he repeated az simple act NV
Justice ,tnat the President shood cause it
te be known that he (Beecher) wuz not
considered by the AdWigistrashun, ez a
supporter thereof.
g / do this" sed tho writer, 'becoz the
,.nptession that | am in the confidence
Nv yoor Eggscel!euey, Rich is onfortu'
natcy abroad, hes seriously damaged my
repFtashun."
Trooly yoors. ct settry.
The recdn NV this letter wuz follered
by mint Nv profound silence wieh wuz
broken by the President
a Let him pass" see the great man who
hez the dispensin NV the post offs, 4" let
him pass. But here's another" sez he,
Dustin in2 tecrs. g Read that
1t wuz from Gen. Custer, him Nv the
yeller hair, wich he'd SUN reputashun
l,oorin the war ez a cavalry commander
1t wuz to the same effect lie bed when
he sposed that the policy Nv the Presi-
dent wich he esteemed cz he must any
han who held the exalted posishun wuust
okkupide by the good Washington, the
great Jefferson aud the sainted Linkin-
- The ongrateful dog duzent respeck
Ne, sed Androo, "its the offs FIJI, /"
aud he bnstin in2 fresh food.
When he spoked the Presidents
policy wuz sich ez soldier and patriot
Good endorse, he endorsed it. But he
diskivered that it led him, back foremost,
in2 company wich, doorin the late war he
he'd alluz visited face foremost and on
hossbaek, and therefore, to save his rep,
utashup. he must beg that the President
good give it out, that he (Gen Custar,
wuz not, nor never had bin, supporter
NV his policy, and oblige
Yoors, trooly, ez before
l wuz hartbroke. at this 2 make euy
reply, and Cow--an d Doolittle wuz in
the same fix. The Kerneley wich wuz
given to Custar to keep him in the po-
sishun. he'd bin promised to denokratic
capting, who wuz led by a company in The
first Bull Run fight, and who threw up
the next day in disgust, not liking the
manner in wich the war was conducted,
but the Keruelcy wuz gone and Custar
90, vat wuz worse, there wuz no such
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