The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-08-24
The Aaneoek 9sffsrsonian
Mr.. Ma shy at Last Gets His Post.omce
CosPsDERArR Y RoAps, (wich Ia In tie
Statt OF Bentucky,O Aug. IA 1916. I

CosfkDERArs X RoAps, (wich Ia In the I
StaN OF bentuokyD Aug, IA 1876. !
At last hev it Finally it come!
After five weary trips to w ashingt ton,
after much weary waitin and much
travail Ihev got it. l am now Post
Master at Confedrit X Roads and am
dooly installed in my new position
Ef | ever he'd any doubts ez to A.
johnson bein better man than Paul
the Apostle, look at my commission
removes 1t. Ef / ketch myself feel.
in that he deserted us onHecessarily
i've years ago, another look and my
resentment softens into pity. Ef |
doubt his Democrisy l look at that
blessed commission and am reassur.
ed, for a President who Good turn
out a wounded Federal soldier and
appoint sich man ez Mg, must be
above suspicion.
/ felt it wuz comm two weeks ago.
| received a cirkler from Randall,
now my sooperior in offs, propound-
I in these questions:-
l. Do 700 hev the most implicit
filth in Androo johnson, in all that
he hez done, all that he is doin, and
all he may hereafter DEP
2. Do 700 believe that the Phila
delphia Convenshun will be convo-
cashen Nv saints all actuated by pure
motives, and devoted to the saliva.
tion NV our wunst happy but now
distracted countryp
3. Do 700 blecve that next to A.
Johnson, Seward, Doolittle, Cowan
and Randall are the four greatest,
and purest, and bestest, and self sac
rificinest, and honcstest, and right
consist men this country hez ever pro
doost.
4. Do 700 bleeve that there is
partikelerly hot place reserved in the
next world for Trumbull, hotter for
Wade and the hottest for Sumner
and Thad Stevens.
.. Do 700 approve Nv the canin NV
Grinnell by Rosso1
g. Do 700 consider the keepin out
Nv Congris eleven sovrin states, q
unconstooshnel and unwarrantid as
sumption NV power by se,shnal
Coigiisp
Z. Do 700 blelve the present Con.
girls runp, and that (eleven states
bein nreprescnted) all their acts un
constooshnel and illegal ceptin them
wich provides for payin sal iries?
8. Do 700 bleeve that the Memphis
and Moo Orleans unpleasantncssess
wuz brot about by the uni oily mach
inashens NV them Radical agitators,
actin in CONJUNCTION with ignorant and
besotted niggers TO wreak their spite
on the now loyal citizens NV these
properly reconstructed cities?
9. Are 700 not satisfied that the
African citizens NV Amerilsin descent,
kin be safely trusted to the operations
NV the universal law wich governs
labor and capital q?
10. Are 700 willin to contribute a
reasonable per cent. NV yoor salary
to fund to be used for The defeat NV
Objectionable Congrismen in the dis
loyal states northp
! To all NV these inquiries not only
answered yes, but went afore Jus
tis NV the Peace and took an allldavi,
to EN-, forwarded it back and my com
mission wdz 4thwith sent to me.
The:e wuz joobilee the mite IL ar
riv. The news spread rapidly thro'
the four grt caries NV the town, and
sich anuther spontaneous outb, 81 Nv
INV i N, " AZ Whimsical
The bells rung, and for hour OF
: two the Corners wuz in the widcs
stait NV eggsitcment. The citizens
: congratulated each other on the Ger
tainty NV the acceshun NV the Pres
ident to the Dimocrisy, and in theil
enthoosiasm five niggcr families wer,
cleaned out, two NV EN-, one NAL,
and the tother q female, wuz killed
Then pcrceshun wuz organised n
follers:
Two grocery keepers with bottles
Deekin Pogram.
Me, with my commishun pinned
onto banner and under it written
"In this sign we conker."
Wagon with taboo onto 1t. 4
II nigger on the bottom boards, Bas
com, the grocery keeper, with on
foot onto him, holdin u banner in
scribed;-"The Niggor where h
oughter be-"
Citizen with bottle.
DeeKin Pogram's daughter Mirand
In attitood nv wallopin wench. :
Banner: "We've Regain1d ou
Rites" ..
Two citizens with bottles tryin L
keep in perceshun.
Two more citizens wich he'd emp
tied their bottles, fallin out by til
I'd way side.
- Citizens two and two with bottles
" Wagon loaded with the books an
furnitur Nv a nigger skool, in sta
. NV wreck, with ded Niger layin o
top Nv it, wich he'd bin captOore