Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-09-06
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'dTlu-lu'dllu procession GnlcTtu anu
with "slow and measured tread" ad-
vanced to the speakers stand. The only
satisfactory solution of the matter which
we have seen is given by that truly I'M
terrified democrat, Petroleum V. Nasty
who attended the Convention as q dele
gate and In this way succeeded In get
ting deeper insight into the affair
than outsiders did, His explanation is
really affecting. He says:
wuZ delegate to Philadelphia I
wuzn't elected nor nothin, and hedn't
any credentials, but the door NV the wig
wan passed nevertheless. The door
keeper wuz u old Dimokrat, and my
breth helped me, my nose, which RELY
blossoms tike the lobster, wuz Nv yoose,
but speCt my hayin q gray coat on
with stand up collar, with q brass star
onto it, wuZ wat finished the biznls.
The Southern delegates fought shy NV
me- but the Northern ones, bless their
souls, the mint they saw the star on the
collar NV my gray coat, couldn't do enuf'
for me. They addressed me ez Kernel,
and Gineral, and sed "thiS wuz trOOly
an unmerited honor" and paid my
drinks, and | succeeded in bOrrowin Il
hundred and twenty dollars of EN- the
first day. | mite hev doubled it, but the
fellows wuZ took in so easy that no
tlnanCeerin wuz required, aud it Ieely
wuz no amoozement.
The Convenshun itself wuZ the most
afiectionit gatherin | ever witnist, |
he'd q seat beside Randall, who wuz Il
managin the concern, and Good see it
all. The crowd rushed into the hildn
and filed it, when Randall desired at
tention. He bein the Postmaster Gen
eral every one of EN- dropped into his
seat ez tho he he'd bin shot, and there
wuz the most perflck quiet | ever saw.
Doolittle, who wuz the cheermau, winked
at Randall and nodded his head, when
Randall announced that the dfieqateS from
SONth Kar0IlHy and the delegates from Mossa-
ch00SttS tC0ul9 enteitarm IN arm I With q
slow step and measured tired they cum
in, and at signal from Randall the
cheerin commenst, and SIGH cheerin
Then Doolittle pulled out his white
hankercher and applied it to his eyes,
every delegate simultaneously pulled
out white Handkerchief and applied it to
his eyes.
To me, this wuz the proudest moment
Nv my life not that there wuz anything
particularly inspirin in the scene afore
me, for there wuZzent. Orr, from South
Carolina, looked partikilerly ashamed Of
hisself, ez though he wuz going thro a
high nessary, but extremely disgustin
ceremony, and wuz determined to keep
up a stiff upper lip over it, and Couch
looked up to Orr ez though he wuz
Altered Nv him and ez though he felt
fattered by Orr's condecension in walk
in at all with SIGH umble individooaL
But to my eyes the scene wuz signia-
cant. | looked into the fucher and wat
did | see eZ them two, one sneakin and
tother ashamed Nv hissef, walked up
that aisle ? Wat did | see?
saw the Democrisy restored to its nor
nal COndishun-I saw the reunion of
the two wings-in fact ! saw the entire
Dimokratic bird reunited. 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-leathers, and
Moo Jersey, the balance Of the bird. |
saw these parts, for five years discovered
come together, holdin niggers in one
claw and pOstoffices in the other saying
take EN- both together-they 90 in
lots" | saw the old Union-the bold
chivelrus Southerner guidin, controllin
and directin the machine, and assOomin
to hisself the places NV honor, and the
DimOkrat of the North follerin like a
puppy dog at his heels, takin SIGH fat
things ez he could snap up-the South
erner ashamed of his associations, but
forced to yOose em-the NOrtherner I'M
comfortable in his presence, but tied to
him by selfinterest. l saw a comm
back the good old times when "a states
met in convenshun and let II rule EN-,
and ez l contemplated the scene, |, too,
wept, but it wuz in dead earnest.
What are you blubberin for 2" asked
enthusiastic delegate in front OF me,
who was a swabbin his eyes with q
handkerchief.
''Im postmaster" SEE |, "and | must
do my dooty in this crisis. What are
you sheddin pearls for 2" retorted |.
"Are you postmaster %
"NO," SEE he, "but hope to be" And
he swabbed away with renooed vigger.
whats the matter with the eyes Nv
all the delegates 2" SEE |.
They've all got postoflises in EN-,
SEE he; and he worked away harder than
ever.
While getting fresh handkerchief,
(Which | borried from the hind coat pock-
ct of delegate near me, and witch, by
the way, in my delirious joy I forgot to
say anything TO him about it, looked
over the Convenshun, and agin the
tears welled up from my heart. Ny
sole wuz full and overfiowin, and /
stopped over at the eyes; there, before
me, sat that hero, Dick Taylor, and Cuth
Bahlitt, and there was the Nelson's and
Yeadons and the representatives NV tie
first families Nv the South, and in Phil
adelphia, at convention with all the
leadin DimOkrats nv the North, Ceptiu
Vallandigham and Wood, and they wuz
skulkin around within call, with their
watchful eyes on the perceedns. Here
is prospek here is fatnis The Presi-
dent into our confidence! The postmas-
tiers runnin the convention The bands