The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-03-29
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It wuz crooel necessity, after al. wich
duv mo into the servis Nv his Essslsucy,
A. Johnson. Crooel. I say, for Whenever
he hez parikelerIy mean piece Nv work
10 perform, suthin 30 inexprcssibly susskin
! that Seward nor Randall won't undertake.
Il. ,ha alluz send for me. Welles 10 slluz
willin, but while he bcz tho disposition to
do anything IN the limo. he lacks tho abili
~. The Others hev the ability 10 do any
thing, and the disposition to do most things,
and therefore hev bcen employed only In
extreme cases.
The success wich attended McCracken's
mission, endin cz Il did in tho resinin Nv
Molly. stimulated Seward to prosecute
similar researches into the actooal opinions
Nv the home crop Nv offiseu regardin him
and his, and my superior, a. johnson.
Randall was applid to to take tour among
Post Masters and sich. He declined the
mission Indignantly, with the remark. ''ls
thy servant dog or the son Nv dog, that
l,c should do this thing'" And ez welles
isn't tr,stcd0ut Nv Washington any more,
WIZ sent for.
The bizncss required Nv mo wuz statid
by Seward in bis yoosual loocid style. Il
wuz merely to cirkelate incosnio twich is
Latin for sneakin) among recently appin,ed
offs holders and ascertain their views upon
general politikle topics, but moro especially
ther feelins towards the President and Sec.
retary Nv StaiL Jest ez WIZ startin, not
at all pleased with the mission, Welles put
in his oar. lie wnz agoin to give mo IN
structions ez to what wuz to do. Wclles
Is a luna,ik never Good abide, and I felt
It my dooty to wither him. Tuns6xin the
venerable Sekre,ary with one Nv my most
piercinest gazes, l remarked: ''Sir, in i'm
i,ashen Nv the man who inflicted you upon
this country, wich wuz not the least Nv
his acts for wich the country cusses him, ]
propose relatin little anec,lote. Their wuz
wunst man who wuz inel'ratid, and that
he might present hisself in stait approx.
ma,in sobriety to the pardner Nv his bus
rifn,, he wuz e.sayin to vomit, tryin thus to
ease his stumik Nv the cause Nv the un-
pleasantniss therein, but he coodent do II.
He heuved and hcnved but ther wuz no re.
suit At this cri,ikle period another man
approached, who remarked kindly that Of
he desired to vomit, his hest holt wood bo
to run his finger down his throat The
drunk individooal looked up indignant
at this unwarranied interference with his
rons,ooshnel rites. "Biast yer eyes, sir"
red he. sare 700 or me bossin this yer
puke p
This, Sskrctnry Welles, Is tho anecdotc.
! respect tho posishcn 700 hold, and dis.
like sayin anything disagrecable, Int, sir,
this . puke, and ] perpose to boss Il my
self.
started to wunst, and found things In a
highly mixed condition. The followin 10
compiled from my reports: In Moo York
the Pos,n,ssten generally sre sound. The
crops wsse poor last year, and all kinds Nv
bizness bein dull, the Postmasten arc gen.
orally anxious to hold on. They arc, ,her
fors, o,,tspoken In the support NV tho Coz.
Them 81 WIZ men Nv good standin and re
l,giously inclined before the rupcher be
tween tho President and tho party wich 70.
doost him. say but very little In public. and
tha, little they dont ssy very long. They
generally can't sec that there 10 any psrtik-
clsr difference between tho Prcsident's .
plan and the plan Nv Congress, and tl'er
bein 10 little, Conyriss ought to yield for
the sake Of peace. The Dimocrats holdin
sich places arc loud enough in support Nv
tho Administration. but good Heaven the
endorsement Nv sich men 10 too heavy q
load for any party to carry. Now that !
think Nv Il, hev at last solved tho mystery
Nv our widespread defeat las, fall In sornc
deostricks tho Dimocucy found johnson
too heavy a load to carry, and In the bal.
ance the Johnson men found the Dimoc.