The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-09-06

August Ia, 1866
Peace i into me, ! hev spent many |
happy periods in the course ~ event
ful life. but never knowed what per- /
feck satisfaction Wuz till now. The first
week WIZ married to my Looizer Jane
it wrz heavenly, for independent nv the
other biisses incident to the married
state, I believed that she wuz the undi-
vided possessor NV farm, or ruther her
father wuz wich on the old man 5 de
cease would lie hern, and the prospeck
Nv life tine "ith Il smiabIe, well built
woman, with farm big enough to sup
port me, with prudence oa her part, WIZ
bliss itself, and | enjoyed it with q de
gree NV muchneSs rarely eIlaled, until
found out that It wuz kivered more deep
ly with mortgage than it wuz ever likely
To be with crops and my dreem NV hap
ness busted Sweet ez wuz this week,
it wuz misery condensed when com
pared to the season hev Just passed
through.
wuz delegate to Philadelphia. l
wuzn't elected nor nothin, and hedn't any
credentials, but the door of the wigw am
i pas sed nevertheless. The door keeper
WIZ old Dimokrat, and my breath hel
ped me, my nose, which RELY blossoms
like the lobster, wuz NV yoose, but
spect my hevin gray coat on, with a
stand up collar, with brass star onto it,
wuz wat finished the biznis The South
ern delegates fought shy Nv me, but the
Northern ones, bless their souls, the
minnit they saw the star on the collar NV
my grey coat, couldn't do enuf for me.
They addressed me ez Kernel and Gin
eral, and sed "this wuz trooly an unmer
tied honor" and paid for my drinks, and
| succeeded in borrowin a hundred and
twenty dollars of EN- the first day. /
mite hev doubled it, but the fellows wuz
took in so easy that no financeerin was
required, and it really wuz no amooze
ment.
The Convenshun itself WIS the most
affecting gatherin I ever witnist. l he'd
a seat beside Randall, who wuz a mana
gin the concern, and 1 Good see it all,
The crowd rushed into the biiden and
filed it, wien Randall desired attention.
He bein the Postmaster General every
one of EN- dropped into hisse ez he he'd
bin shot, and there vuz the nest perfeck
auietI ever saw. Doolittle who wuz the
Cheermen, winked at Randall, and nod
ded his head, when Randall announced
that the delegates from South Karliry
and the delegates from Massachusetts
wood enter arm in arm! With a slow
and measured step they cum in, and at
signal from Randall the cheerin com
menst---and SIGH cheer:n Then Doc
little pulled out his white Handkerchief
and applied it to his ewes, and every
Al
white handkerchief and applied it to his
eyes
To me, this wuz the proudest moment
nv my life, not that there wuz any par
tikilerly inspiriten in the scene afore me
for th9re wuzzent Orr, from South
Caroliny, looked partikilerly ashamed of
hisself, ez though he wuz going thro a
highly nessary but extremely disgustin
ceremony, and wuz determined to keep
up y stiff upper lip over il. aud Couch
looked up to Orr ez though lie wuz aferd
Nv him and ez though he felt fattered by
Orrs condecension ia walkin at all with
sich umble indi, idiooal But to my eyes
the scene wuz significant Hooked into
the fucher and whnt did see ez them
two men, one sDeekin and totner asham
Cd Nv hisself, walked up that aisle? Wat
cid see? / saw the Demokrisy restored
TO iss normal condishun--I saw the re-
union NV the two wings-in fact saw
the entire Dimccratic bird re united
The North one wing and the weakest;
Kentucky, the beak, sharp, hungry and
rapacious, Southwest, the strong active
wing; Virginny the legs and claws; Ohio
the heart, Pennsylvania the stomach
South Caroliny the tail feathers and Noe
Jersey the balance of the bird. l saw
these parts, for five. years discovered
come together holdin nigger in one claw
and Post Offices in the oth or, "sayin
Take EN- both together--tliey go in lot
| saw the old Union--the bold. shivel
rous Southner guidin, controllin and
dlreetin the machine, and assoomin tc
hisself the places NV houor, and the Dim
okrat Nv the North follerin like pupp,
dog ut his heels, taken SIGH fat things ei
he Good snap up-the Southerner as
named NV his associations but forced t,
yoose em--thc Northerner uncomforta
BILE in his presence but tied to him b,
self-interest. l saw a comm back tn
good old times when thirty four State
met in convenshun, and let CLEVER
rule EN-, and ez contemplated the seen
too wept, but it wuz not in dead earn
est.
w NJ are YOU piuObSftH TOT aShSu
enthusiastic delegate in front NV m
who wuz swabbin his eyes with a har
kereher.
I'm Postmaster,' SCI I. aud must d
my dooty in this crisis Wat are you shed
din pearls for retorted l. Are you
Postmaster 40
mo, seq he, ''but l hope to be,
and he swabbed away with renood vis
ger:
ats the matter with the eyes NV q
the delegates" SEE I.
They've all got Post Oftises in EN-,
SEE he: and he worked away faster thu
,evesIolo sSsfh-x ag3a hrs soe~
84isWAite g~ssin fresh handkerch,
(wichI Eorroeresi from the hind CO.
packet Nv delegote near me, and vic
blythe way.-in my deiirous Joy, forg'
to ssy anyshin to him about il. locke
over the Convenshen and agin the steel
welied up from my heart My sole ",
full and over6owin, and sfoped over
tho araS Thar hoFora "a IN q n