Litchfield enquirer., 1866-08-16
PROPHETIC VIEW OF THE CON.
 ..,-..r- a MENTION

s ...,s...t. ;. VENTION. .t ..s l Petroleum V Nasby has had another dream a while in visionary state beheld the gathe:. ing of the Philadelphia Convention. In the hope that his method of setting all trlfine diff lerences between the opposing factions may be found useful to the manaa CTS for their ref erencr next week, we quote briefly: .4. i The Secretaries was apinted, and then the committees-two on each from the South nd one from the North-which wuz consiliatin. WIZ rut on the committee on credenshals I Randall. the Postmaster General. bcin the Northern Representative. We he'd our hands inl There wuz rush made on us so many clnimin Seats that we locked the doors for two hours to decide what shood be the proper qualification for place Finally we agreed to admit eZ delegates ... FROM THE NoRTH-All Dimocrats who had been arrested by Lnkin s minyuns-all officers who had resined rather than to serve in Alb llshun war, and all Republikins who cood show commission ez Postmaster and sicl, , land this wnz considered necessary to guard agn lmposition) who wuz willin to take his solemn oath that he wuz steadfas bleeyer in everything A. Johnson he'd did sence Janoea. ry 66, (ceptin some small items which wuz specihed) and all he wuz doin, and all he mite do. ' '0 '"'N
 FROM HE SoUTH-All who cood show of. fcer's commishun in the late Confedrit army = all who he'd received pardon form A John son, and all who he'd lost their niggers in an unholy war, wich ,nclooded all present.
 This decided upon, the work wuz done. The delegates took their seats. and the grate work uv Reconstructin in the Yoouyvn commenced Garret Davis wanted to make a speech and hall wuz hired for him in anoth- CT part nv the city, and fifty or sixty German, emigrants; who coodent understand word uv English, hired at shillin an hour to act ez audience. Five kegs uv lager beer, aooid which l hey bin told Germans tie to, he'd bin rolled in the hall, and most uv em stayed seven hours and a half
 In the regler hall there wuz comminglin which wuz edifyin. Doolittle wood make a motion and Vallandingham wood second it. Forrest made speech and Randall en- dorsed it. Seward and John Morrissy were on committee on Resolushuns, and Dick Taylor ard Cowan were occupien one seat The resolushuns were brief and to the hint. They resolved that, . ...'. ..
 Whereas, There had bin season of un- pleasantness in our national history which, ow- in to circumstances over wich nobody he'd any control, extended over seviral periods uv nine ty days each and, .asa
 Whereas, The unpleasantness resulted from the two sections viewin things from it's own standpoint, instead uv viewin things from the others standpoint and, - n.-'
 Whereas, Both parties wuz highly in the wrong, particklerly the North and,
 Whereas, The South, with magnanimity unknown in history he'd thrown down her arms. and wuz ready to resoom her old posi- tion in the Government-nay. more, to take more than her old share in the trouble uv run min the Government; therefore be it
 Resolced, That we are for the Yoonyun ez it wuz.
 Resolued, That the persistency uv section al Congress in continuin the unpleasantness wich hez to some extent disturbed our system uv Government, in legislatin while eleven sov- ereign States is unrepresented, is pisen.
 Resolved, That we view with alarm the man ifest determination uv Congress to centralize in themselves the law-making power uv the Government and we pledge our support to our worthy Chief Magistrate, who is a second Jaxon .in his efforts to check their centralizin schemes by vetoin all they may do.
 Resolred That the citizens uv the Southern States wich lost their lives and legs, and sich, in the late unpleasantness wich hez bin refer red to, ought to be placed on the pension rol,s, the same ez the Northern citizens who suffer- ed likewise, and that the debt incurred by the South in upholding things ez viewed from it's standpoint, is entitled to be paid the same ez the debt incurred by the North in upholding things ez viewed from it's standpoint.
 Resolued, That We are willing for the sake uv harmony to admit that Sherman and Grant were, all things considered, worthy nv being ranked wrth Lee and Jackson.
 Resolevd, That the safety uv the Govern. ment demands that sich ez took part in the late unpleasantness from the Southern States, to be wunst admitted to Congress, and to the other posishens which they yoost to ornament and that the more unpleasant they was door. ing the trouble, the more they ought to be ad- mltted.