Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-09-07
NAsBY ATTENDS THE PHILADEL-
PnIA CONVENTION.
From the Toledo Blade !
PosT- OFFICE, CoEFEDRIT X ROADS }
(which is in the Stat NV Kentucky. (
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From the Toledo Blade
PosT. OFFICE, CoNFEDRIT X RoADsl
(which is in the Stiat NV Kentucky.
August IA, 1896.
Peace is into mel | hev spent many happy
perods in the course of Nv eventful life, but
never knowd what pcrleck satisfaction was
till now The first week wu2 married to
my Looizer Jane it was hevenly, for indie
nendent nv the other blisses incident to the
married state bleeved that she wua the I'M
divided possessor of farm, or rather her
father WIZ, which on the old mans decease
would be hern, and the prospeck of life
time witha amiable, well woman, with
farm big enough to support me, with pru-
dence on her part, wuz bliss itself, and en-
loved it with degree Of lnuchness rarely
ekaled until found out that ii wuz kiyered
more deeply with mortgages than it was ever
likely to be with crops, and my dream NV
happiness busted Sweet ez wuz this week
il was misery condensed when compared to
the season hey just passed through
wuza delegate to Philadelphia lwuzn't
elected nor nothin, and hedn't any credcn-
uals, but the door NV the Wigwam passed
nevertheless. The doorkeeper wu2 old
Dimokrat, and my breath helpedme, my nose,
which reely blossoms like the lobster, wuz
NV yoose, hut speet hevn gray coat on
with stand up collar, witha brass star onto
ii, wuz wat finished the biznis. The South
ern delegates fought shy NV me, but the
Northern ones, bless their souls, the mint
they saw the star ON the collar NV my great
cont couldn't do enuif for me. They ad-
dressed me ez Kernal and Gineral, and sed
"this wuz trooly an unmeritid honor" and
paid my drinks, and succeeded in borrowin
hundred and twenty dollars Nv EN- the first
day. might have doubled it, but the fellows
wuS took in so easy that no tlnanceerin wuz
required, and it RELY wuz no amoozment'
The Conyenshun itself wuz the most ailec-
ZIONIST gatherin ever witnist. he'd seat
beside Randall, who wuz managn the con
Germ. and could see 1t all. The crowd
rushed into the bildin and filled it, when
Randall desired attention He bein the Post
master.General, every one of EN- dropped
into his seat ez though he he'd bin shot, ant
lUHIt WuH lu6 luOSl pGiiNNh l'AiNN = NfNt Ne""
Doolittle, who wus the Cheerman, wlnke'
at Randall, and nodded his head, whei
Randall announced that THE DELEGATE
FROM SourH KARLINy AND THE DELEGATE
FROM MASSACHUSETTS WOOD ENTER ARM II
ARM With q slow and measured step the
cum in, and at a signal from Randall, tn
cheerin commenst, and sich cheerinl The
Doolittle pulled out his white hankerche
and applied it to his eyes, and every delegal
simultaneously pulled out white hanke
cher and applied it to his eyes
To me this wuz the proudest moment
nv life, not that there wuz anything partil
ilery inspirtin in the scene atore me, t'
there wuzzent Orr, from South Carolin.
looked partkilerly ashamed of hisselt,
though he wuz going through highly ne
sary but extremely disgustin ceremony, al
wuz determined to keep stifupper lip ov
1t, and Couch looked up to Orras though
wuz afTeared NV him and ez though he II
fattered by Orr's condescension in walk
at I'LL with such umble individiooal.
tony eyes the scene wuz significant. loc
ed into the iucher and what did l see
them two men, one sneakin and tother
hamed NV hisself, walkin up that aisle? "
did / see 4? l saw the Democrisy restored
its condishun-I saw the reunion NV the t
wings-in fact saw the entire Dimocra
bird reunited, The North one wing,
the weakest; Kentucky the beak, sha
hungry, and rapacious; South West,
strong, active wing Virginny, the legs
claws; Ohio, the heart; Pennsylvania,
stomach South Caroluy, the tail feath
and Noo-Jersey the balance of the bird.
saw these parts for five years disseyel
come together holdin niger in one claw
post.offlces in the other, sauin, "Takc
both together-they go in lots" l saw
old Union-the bold, shivelous Southnt
guidin, controlling, and directin the mach
and assomin to hisself the places Nv ho
and the DimoRrat NV the North tollowin
a puppy dog at his heels, takin sich fat tn
ez he Good snap up-the Southerner asha
ny his associations but forced to yoose
the Mortimer, uncomfortable in his
sence but tied to him by sefinterest l
comm back the good old times whe
States met in convenshun and let II rule
and ez contemplated the scene too v
but it wuz in dead earnest.
"What are you blubberin for ?" asl
enthusiastic delegate in front NV me
was swabbin his eyes with handker
''I'm postmaster" SEE / "and l
do my dooty in this crisis Wat arr
sheddin pearls tor, +" retorted l. "Are
postmaster ?"
NO." sez he, "but hope to be, a
swabbed away with renood vgger.
WAITS the matter with the eyes of {
telegates2" sez
They've all go4 estonices in 'em
he, and he worked AWAY faster than e
While gettin fresh handkerchief
| borrered from the hind coat pocke
delegate near me, and 4wich, by the "
my delirious Joy, l forgot to say anyt
him about it), looked over the oonvel
and agin the tears welled Up my heart
soul wuz full and oyerhowin, and 81
over at the eyes there, before me, 81