Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-06
Posr ORr1s, CoNFEDRT X RoAps,


 doored-twisct over. Hamlick's father wuz pizoned, and his mother married agin afore her moufnin clothes wuz wore out, suthin no sayin,,1 prudent woman would debut what sw11z that to what A. Johnson endoors evefY day? Nothin ,,i.,rI ,l, ;; ,,s[.sg f,.,.
 The cabinet meetin to which I WIZ sum moned WIZ all called for the purpose of shed din tear or two over the election returns, and to consider g variety uv letters which Hiz EgggsSell llency he'd received within a few days, II may remark that, the cabinet he'd gloomy and mildewed look ,,1z.g ,lieTd
 The. fust vas from Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. MT. ,Beecher remarked that he he'd the, highest possible respeck for the offs, Winst held by the good Washington. the great, Adams, and the sainted Linkin. He omitted remarkin anything about Peerce and Bo0kanan, out of regard for the feel- ins uy the present incumbent vich, if he'd red History correct, Wuz a ardent supporter uv the Administrations uy both uy them men,, which, he considered stains upon the pages ny American history, wich h. oeod wish mite, bet tobliterated. spRut ws,15 Fe- sired to say WIZ that he, he'd s,te5St.gaeT aaa gard f0r the good euY mankind i:l general than he,hed for the good opinions uv the accidental incumbent uv any. offs, and ez he s bed in an hour of lta7laorary mental aberrashun, iWich he'd happi e passed, in dorsedt the admin ministrahon, VI n insanity had worked evil unto him, he rekessed, ez simple act uy justice that the President shood cause 1t to be known that he Beech er) WIZ not, considered by the administra- tion ez 2 supporter thereof. i :. .in.s .i .a-
 "I. do this, !, said the writer, :, becoz the impression that l am n the confidence uy yoor .Eggslency, wieh is unfortunately abroad, hez seriously damaged by reputa- shepr,o ssTrooly yoors, ct settry. " p l., is
 The readip uy this letter wuz follored by mMipit M 9f profound silence, wich WIZ bro- ken by tha President !4ssl In .,,4...sl-s 5 hez the dispensin uv, the post offses, let him pass. But here is another" said he, burStin into tears, If {. read that 7 ,n .. :.
 ltiWuz. from Gen, Custer, him of the yell Ter .Aaar. Wich, he'd some reputashun doorin the war ezI a cavalry commander. 1t wuz to the. same effect. He he'd, when he spoz- ed that the policy uv the president, wich he esteemed ez he must any man who held theTexalted position .wunst okkepied by the good Washington, the great Jefferson and the .sainted Linkin ,r;i.ta... ss,o Il ge9Ie
 TIhet nungrateful dog doesn't respect met" sed. .Androo, '' it's the offs fill, ? and he burst into fresh foodo4 sa4lt ii .a
 4oaWhen hesposed the Presidents pol icy Wuz sieh ez 8 soldier and patriot cood spdarse,. he endorsed it.. But he diskiv-. cred that it led him, back foremost, into company which, doorin the late war, he had alluz visited face foremost and on horse back, and therefore. to save his reputa- shun, he must beg that the president wood give, 1t out. that, lGen: Custer) was not, nor never he'd bin, 2 supporter uv his pol- icy, and ehlige Yoors truly, .ez before. !.
 lwuz too hart broken at this to make any reply, and Cowan and Doolittle wuz in the same fix. The kernelcy which was giv- en to Custer to keep him in posishen had who; Yuz led by company in the first Bull Rnn fight, and who threw them up in dis: gust the next day, not ikin the manner in which the war was being conducted, but now the, kernelcy was gone, and Custer too, and wat wuZ worse, there wuz no sich thing to be thought ,ny ez ,dismissin him. The entETEe cqppany yopnited in mingling theia
 The next, letter Yuz g read d by Seward, ezit wuz addressed to, him. It wuz from Ray mopd. He opened with the remark thai for the presidential, office he had the high. est respeck. Aside from the considerashen that ,it had bin; ;Y,lnst okkepied by the good Washington, the great Adams, and the sainted Lincoln, the president might be considered, the father of his country, hevin so large ga number of helpless children to provide for, and besides, he had an instinck- tive ,respeck for the dispenser of anything. It was difficult for him. bein open and simple minded man, not to adhere to the President butT b.a ,.ni.,i 4o. [
 5lGoad sheavens!ii shreked Johnson, that Little fox aint a going to speak of his repNtashen !n's4s.i s.5 .s!Jn. 4og I.9 al'f sil
 SR9ety requires the raedin uN the entire dockyment, painful to my feelins ez it may beanoRaid Seward a" He concludes thussly: 7 confidential relations with him who occu- pies the ,pgesidenshal chair, to hev vit given outothat I stand in opposition to him. A duelregard to my reputashen impells me to this course, iils4 eilI io zit,a44 o,I ata'..
 remain, Yoors Trooly."
 There wuz ? or three more. Gen. Carey, uv Ohio, requested the President to remove hin, from his collectorship, ez the holdin uvit whdz injoofin his reputashen editor out West who wez sedooced into takin a post offs begged to, hey it taken off his hands, that he might save his circulashun before 1t wuz everlshngly too late; and f. nallY we come to, Yupathe seal of which wuzla cont of arms, bull dog rampant, bowie knife couchant, supported by trottin horses, on field fuv green cloth. It wuz from Hon John Morrissy, who he'd jes been elected to Congress from Noo York;
 MT, Morrissy remarked, that ez one Of the pillars ry the Democrisy, he felt he he'd rite to speek. He wished it to be under stooS that El he washed l his hands nv any con- nettton with Johnson 7, or his party. He he'd seed lite: In States where the De. mocriissy, uy' which he wuz piller, he'd fled thenssFess,to5 JHolIhIlRson. HlIIl they he'd gone down to apefmato oorI grave. Respeck for the high offs fSstraipsa him ffrpm .saying, that the but he Would say that the resultuy the cleo ton in Moo York, where they depended sole ly on muscle and niggef, which is the real Democf atic capital, and succeeded, while where. the Democrisy WIZ loaded down with thesJFohns nsoniansgn gnn they failed, satisfied him That thG President iwuz a inkubus He sed this with all d6o resp pek for the offs Mir. Motfissey further remarked that he had al- so petsonal reason for making this request. He t6mmenced in a.humble position, and hedfHed the public eye long enuff to satis- fy His modist ambishun he he'd whalloped Sullivan and HeenanAhe he'd owned the fasxsf hSrSas and xyrY, n o,.o noo, av ot faro