Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-04-28
N.shv on the Situation-A Look from his
Standpoint.
CoSrKprRrr X ROADS (which 10 In the Srait /
nv Kentucky, March II, 1865. !

CoxrrprRrr ROADS (which is in the stait
Kentucky) March l2 1865.
The politkle sky is oercast with friteful clouds.
Dark ness is on the face Nv the waters. The waves
is rollin mountin high, the litenin flashes omi-
nous thro the gloom. and the deep-mouthed thun-
der mutters angrily in the distants. Ez senti-
mel on the watch tower look out, and what do
see2 Isee the old ship Nv State loded down with
a valuable cargo of Postoffses, Collectorships
and sich, laborin in the trough NV the sea, her
bowsprit stove in, her top-gallant lanyards bust
id. her iib-boom q futtern in the gale, her cap
stan spliced and her sheet anker torn TO riooons.
Not hevin been a sailor, only ez driver on the
Wabash kanal, it is possible my nautikle terms
may not be altogether correct. But it makes no
difference in the interior NV kentucky) she Is
striyin to make her harbor and is workin man
fully. Klose behind her is the long, low, rakish
skooner Dimocrisy with all sale set, tryin her
best to overtake and board her. For time 1t
seemed ez tho she would be successful, but alas
she is fallin astern, and every minnlt the distance
between EN- is widenin, widenin, widenin, and
at present writn there amt the remotest pros
pect nv their gettin within hailin distance NV
each other.
To drop the metator (wch by the way kin
jerk when feel so disposed), the prospect isn't
ez entouragin ez it wuz, and fear, in fact feel
certain that the short cuts to offs which the DIM
ocrisy thought it had found through Androo
Johnsons veto, is the longest way around.
cannot understand what indoost the Dimocratc
leaders, our chosin standard-bearers, to make
such egrejus asses of themselves ez to place emmy
dependence on Johnson at all What Good they
hey BIN thinkin NV? Wuz not our experience In
1864 sufficient to deter em from maxim any ex-
pertinent which involved abandonment w any Nv
our principles? Didn't we in the hope Nv ketch-
in Abolition votes nominate Mick Lelan-
and didn't the war men jeer at US, and hout us,
and say " Behold, we hev better war men nv
our own-why should we leave home to find that
NV which hev plenty? When Androo John-
son in n fit NV temporary indignashun split on
Sumner, why did our people like idiots pick him
up, and indorse him without waitin for the fax
Didn't they know that Sumner wuz a sort NV a
dose calumet, wch worked on the Presidents
liver and pecessiated the discharge NV all the Of
fensve matter wch had accumulated durn his
long term NV Dimocrisy2 Wv coarse it wuz, and
to-day Androo Johnson, hevin in that speech got
rid NV the last vestage Dimocrisy which in
fected him, comes up stronger man agin us than
ever. Wemade two errors. On the 4th Nv March,
1865, at his inoggerashun, when he madea spek-
tikle of hisself, murmured gently to ourselves,
% It's all right-he's one Nv us ~ And we sed
the same after the splurge NV the 22d NV Febru
ary last. Oh, my friends, they wuz both fatal
errers Them spasms wuz the effort NV a noble
nachera tryin to git rid NV Locofocoism, and from
laneously apintn Abilishnists and Republicans
to Offices, and hezn't showed sine Nv DISPOSE
tion to extend his hand to single confdin DEM
ocrat, it's my opinion he's succeeded.
We bet too heavy on the fight atween the Pres
ident and Sumner. Sumner is ordained to aliuz
hev gong nv sum kind, witch he he is also Or
dained to keep perpetualy poundin. He's bin
for several years amusin hisself poundin the
Dmocrsy, and when there wasn't enuff nv that
q = .-xz l..
he'll pound at him till suthin else excitcs his
wrath. He's Spanish bull, possessn sharp
horns, and immense amount Nv strength and a
gility which he is continooally wastin by jump
in at sich red flags ez are mischeevusy waved a
fore him. He's jest ez apt to gore his friends
his enemies, and his lungn at Johnson wuz no
sign that Johnson had gone back on Ablishnism.
But enuff Nv this. Since it hez become a fixed
fact that the boorish tailor, who now BY accident
okkepies the place the marter Linkin, made
vacant by his untimely death by the hend
vile assassin Whose only redeemin trait wuz that
he wuz stanch, uncompromisin Dimocrat)-now
| say that it's plain that this drunkin sot amt
agoin to distribute the patronage amongst US who
need it so much, l ask in ndignashun wat is it
that we are asked to indorse?
He proposes to continue the Freedmen's Buro
biZness.
He refooses to withdraw the military from the
He refooses to restore to our sufferin brethren
nv the Dimocratic States the habis corpusses
wich the tyrant Linkin wrested from them.
He keeps Jefferson Davis pinin in loathe-
some dungeon, and only refooses to bring him
to trial becaz 4sooth, he haint yet got things in
the right shape to hang him.
Good enumerate other insults and expressions
he hez piled upon Dimocrats, but forbear.
might if wuz disposed to harrow up the Dino
cratic sole and lasserate the Dimocratic bosom,
state how wuz trceted when on the Gath Nv
Febrooary last made a delegashun nv myself
and went to Washington for the purpose Nv lay
ing before him the necessity Nv the removal Nv
the postmaster at the Corners and the appoint
ment NV myself in his stead. found that his
speech had reached all other parts Of the Yoo-
nited States ez soon ez it he'd Kentucky, for there
wuz suthin over hundred thousand stanch Dim
ocrats there, all with petitions noomerously sign
ed, which they he'd held over from Bookannou's
recommendin NV EN- to places
How wuz we received? How did Androo John
son treet us l might say how emphatcally l
wuz showed out nv his room and with what
reckless profanity heerd him remark that Wash
ington had stunk with secesh ever since he vetoed
the bill. and that fool speech had acted the
whole country like puke, and that each State
had spewed its foulest material onto Washing
ton and that the atmosphere wuz heavy with
their breath, ct settry, ct settry, but forbear.
Androo johnson may be worthy Of Dimocratic
support, but he hez queer way NV shown it.
| know not what others may do, but for me
and my household, I'll run after no strange gods.
Eff be wants US, let him call on us in language
which we kin understand.
PETRoLEUH v. NAsBY
Late Pastor the Church nv the Moo Dispsnsashan.