Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-06-18

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Might we but hear
Tho lowering angels high imagined chorus,
Or catch, betimes, with waksful eyes and
clear,
One radiant vista of the realm before us
With one rapt moment given to see and hear
Oh, who would fear2
We're we quite sure
| To find the peerless friend who left us lonely,
| Or there by some celestial stream as pure,
To gaze in eyes that here were lovslit only
| Their weary mortal COLL were we quite sure, /,
Who would endure
MIR. NASBY DREAMS A DREAM ON TIE
STErS OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
CoNrEDRir X ROADS, wich
Ia in the State Nv Kentucky,
April 30, 1866.
] hev bin to Washington. That Ablishin
postmaster at the Corners had become to me
nitemare. Day after day seed him handlin
guvment money, drawin his salery promptly
and TAXI his drinks regularly, while l, con-
sLitutional dimecrat, supporter OF our great
and good President wus forced to the hu mil.
ashun Nv waiting for treats ceptin when new
grocer cum in, which gave me chance to es-
tablish n credit for short time. felt that
sumthin must be done, and, therefore, went
to Washington.
Knowing that fol men of my profound con-
yickshins, holdin my views eE to consliashun
and sich, had no call to go to the Postmaster
General, who is An AbiishAist went dreekly
| TO the Second jackson hiseelf. | succeeded
| in gittin an audience late in the afternoon
| Our patro saint was q sittih at a table egg
sausted with receivin delegashens and sich.
"Well2" sed he. ''Honerd and spected sr,'
| sed I, 'T am an applicant for the postofiice at
wi ia nt hpl
| by an Ablishnist who does not believe in your
| policy, which | do believe in solemnly; and
| spected and honored sir, Of should hev twins
! born to me this mite should name them both
| Policy"
(which State are yoo from2" sed he half
asleep.
"From Kentucky, honerd and spected sir"
sed /.
"well," sed he yawnin fserlully, and turnin
to clerk, "Fill out a pardon and give him
| missioH."
"Honored and speGted sir," said ], in fl
of loonacy, for which can't account, 81 don't
need II pardon. ! wuz never in the late Ia
| mented Confedrit servis."
"What in the thunder then are yon here for
begin postofice? Git out, yoo imposter,"
and wus to wunce iguominiously showed to
the door. didn't quite understand the lay
NV the land around the White House.
| III Vdne tTleu 10 Rft DhCh tuht nlBut COu-
| vince him did ez much for the COntederacy
ez my humble abilities permitted, and that |
needed conciliashun ez badly ez anybody
Then heart broken aud dead broke, not having
the whsrewith to prokoor more suitable lodgin,
| lay me down en- the cold stun steps and
sought refuge from my trouble in sleep.
| dreamed a dream. Methawt wux in a
room in the White House. Stretched ont on
one eide o the room wuz the corpse Of giant,
a monster in size and strength, but withal NV
II pleasin presence and fair to look upon. Onto
its head was "A liberty cap, and by its side a
sword considerably dinted, and with all the
gildin knocked off.
"Wat is these?" sed l, pointing to the corps
askin n sort NV an attendant.
"Tbem," replied he, "is the defunct CARCASS
NV Republcanism. He WAS hefty youth IN
his day, but ho died this rnvruing. Look the
mourners coming to divide his clothes"
And shoor enough they came in. At the
head wuz the Second jackson, wich the Alb
lishunists derisively called Moses who appesr-
ed to be angry, and clost behind him was Mr..
Seward a weepin out nv one eye and smiling
out NV tother and Jim Lane who he'd han
kerchsr which he occasionally put to his eyes
but which notist wus ez dry tz a limekiln,
and Doolittle and Lee and Raymond and Beau
regard and Cowan and Stephens and Thur
low Weed, Vallsndigham aud Gov. Sharkey
SO Ives around the bier.
"He wuz promisin youth, said Seward, a
putin his haukercher to his eyes, but the at
mosphere of the White House wuz too much
for him. ] insist, however, said he, pock.
citing the hankerchei and takin hold of trink.
et the corpse held in his hand labled, "Presi-
dency, 1862 from which hung morn million
Nv smaller trinkets, that eZ twas me that pi-
zeaed him, this is mine."
"Nary," sed Johnson, did the business for
him and its mine."
"Settle it as you please" said Raymond
gently, "but whoever gets it must remember
that this Secretsryship is mine.
"And |, sed Dooitte, "must hev for my as
sistance, this little affair marked st. James
for my seat in the Senit is a goner."
"For my part" said Jim Lane, "the western
appointments is mine. Its worth them all to
wear this collar"
My friends" sed Stephens, al find no am,
resty about the corpse. There must be one
manufactured and stuck in his pocket to b.
prodoost at the funeral"
Thurlow Weed sed nothing, but locke d will
a sardonic smile, knowing perfectly well tina
whoever took the biggest part Nv the plunder
he'd control it any way.
Governor Sharkey laid claim to secreta
ryship, and Boreeard to the place NV Sherman
ana Lee to Grants position, and Yallsndg
|
that and there was teribu hubbub over the
corpse. Wilkes Booths gost came in ant
wanted TO know what he wuz to have in tn,
new deal, for sed he if it hadn't bin for IN
where'd yoo all have been. Talk of the at
mosphere of the White House KILN himl I'm
sure the shadow OF the buil1ing blasted wha
little of his spirit yoo he'd, sed he Il turnin tc
Seward, but eff Lnkin he'd lived, hal h al se'
he in tragedy voice. Then in trooped 10
l. nv otber onsfa There wuz Rill A llen nv tlhio
and Washington Hunt NV New York. and Jeem
. Bookanon NV Pennsylvania, and Eli Thaye
and Lew Campbell and Gsrret d avis, VIII,
started to make speech but the entire e's
semblage stuck their fingers in their ears
wch hint be took for the first time in his lit
and dessted.
1 Finally Johnson swore "by the eternal" (h
J. got that notion from the first A. j., wich h
y resembles, COZ his initials is the same, and COZ
the original vetoed bill wunst,) that he't
d have the Presidency, and gobbled it. Seward
he snatched at it and they tussled. The com
}. pany stood by TO see it out, for it made bu
little difference to them who got ii. In th
l. skrimage johnson happened to ram Seward NJ
agin II window on the north side OF the roou
and smssned it out. Just then blast of nortl
wind poured into the room through the aper
thre AID blowed onto the face Of the corpse
The effect was electrick. Life ran through
his veins, his face flushed and the vivid hu
was changed to the rudy glow of health. The
dead was alive-the giant raised to his feet
and looked around him shakin off them ez wa
= hangin to him like insex. Noticin the trink
!, ct wich he'd caused the skirmage, in Johnson
i hand ha took him by the neck ank twisting i
:, out NV his hand flung him gently thr ough tn
!. winder.
al aint made up my mind who to give thi
% to, but yoo bet it amt 700" sed he
= "Willyum, said he, turning to Seward, IN
surprised at yoo. Wuz this baube the pric
Of your honesty and your principles2 Co. vii