The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1866-11-01

by's Opinion on the Cause Of the
Defeat of the President.
Posr OFFIs, CoNFEDRIr X RoADs,
(Which is in the Stait NV Kentucky,) !
October IA, 1855.
wuz called in haste to Washington
to be present at a Cabinet meetin called
to consider the causes NV the onparal-
leled loosenin Nv the Nashnel Union
Johnson Dimekratic party in the various
Stats which held elections on the 9th
Nv October last. There was Seward
Welles, McCulloch and Randall present,
but we missed Raymond and Beecher,
they heyin, | understand, played off on
to us. #.ss ....
The President wuz gloomy. He
hedn't anticipated the defeat, He espec-
ted that hevin showd hisself through all
the Northern States ther ought to hev
ben enthoosiasm enough evolved to hev
carried EN- without trouble. The fault
he remarked coodent be with his policy.
Their wuz suthing so grand, so sublime
ly simple in it, that it wuz incompre-
hensible to him why the people hedn't
at once adopted it. "Why look at it,"
sed he. 81 offer the people Nv the
North peace, on the simple condishn NV
saying nothin more about the war, or
the mutual trouble wich they found
themselves into, and rushin into the
arms NV their Southern brethren and
takip Nv EN- back jist ez they went out.
How, oh. how Good they be so blind ez
to retoose these olive branches ?"
Randall replied that he coodent un-
derstand it, but he he'd summoned a
Postmaster to. attend, wich he he'd ap-
pinted on his solemn asshoorance that
he Good carry enough Republicans over
to our new party to defeat the Union
member in that District, wich he notist
by the papers wuz elected by larger
majority then he he'd ever reserved, and
he wuz in waitin
"Bring in the wretch" shouted the
President, and the guard brung him in.
A mizable lookin objick he wuz. Ez
soon ez he saw the stern eye Nv the
President fixed onto him, he sunk to
his knees and lifted up his hands implo-
rinly, without sayin word.
Speak" sed the President, "why
the result in yoor Deestrik 7"
my liege," replied the wretChed
man, IL know not, Faithfully l labor.
ed, but the people wood come into the
house holdin their noses and set hol-
din nv EN- so long ez | wuz speakin,
wich wuz'nt conducive to displays Of or
atorye The papers wood publish my
own utterances six months before, wich
confused me somewhat, and the ablish-
nists would read at me yoor speeches
WITCH | couldn't akkount for. seekoor-
ed for yoo suthin like dozen votes,
but they wuz them ez stipulated for
places under me and he'd hard work
to get 'em from the Union party, and
they were such ez did us more harm
than good. And besides" < E&
"EnufF!" sed Johnson, "remove
him." .........
And the poor fellow was bundled out.
Secretary Weles knowd wat wuz the
matter. 1t come Nv takin Grant and
Farrygut along on the excursion 1t
distracted the attention NV the people,
He'd there bin nobody but the Presi-
dent and the Cabinet along there wood
ent hev bin nobody to hurrah for, and
the sublime trooths wich the President
kin only jerk wood hev impressed the
people more than they did
Seward wuz confident that the elec-
ton wood hev bin all right Good it hev
bin postponed ninety days, while Nc
Culloch attributed it to the limited
knowledge the masses he'd Nv lnjeany
bankin, .e s.
l wuz rekested to give my views,
which | did.
"My lords," sed l, "none NV you hev
got the ice. We wuz beet because we
left the 'landmarks-that's wat allied us
-wuz the anshent landmarks. Wat
he'd we to 90 into this canvass with 7
Democrisy7 Not any, for that wuz
squelched at Philadelphia Wat then ?
Why the offises Ofises in the abstract
is good. That little one which hold
in Kentucky l coodent be indoost to
part with on no account, but yoo can't
run party on 'em, because there amt
enough Nv 'em.
"My liege, on my return from The
Philadelphia Convention, / tarriid a
while in Berks county, which isin Penn
sylvania, and is distinguished for the
unanimity with which they vote De-
mocracy They learned down there