The Portland daily press., 1867-04-26
pIeasipG Miscellany.


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letter TSHi FarsS1 Nas5y.
TsE CONNECTICUT ELECTION THE EFFECT IT
fR)py5ED AT rHFi CORNERS. AND LIKEWISE AT
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ON. 10 REMOVE THE
COLLEGE REJEcrED.
WASHINGTON, April T. 1907
the news NV the election in ConneetscutCsn,sys
ated the most profound sensation az 81 like a
ners. 1t cum to us SO. ohexpecleoor, rIther so
clan NV thunder from clear shy y. Nv over
ELa a clean, OF suniite thro has2 t,ol,suv
nowerin black clouds, so Ike tLe -, a;ta nv col
supljte in the mGrnin aiter = .ie bouse that
era morbis with no brandy III l. The Corners
We IyI,z overpowered WIN ~ ~ s,,asa, : 20
we VIZ " SIGH satisfactory sl,aSnl OF
NC s az the rete ct NV the news Nv u; u
J pg,,or sff,ir. 1t perdleee very sinSNF eiiece
ON Deekin Pogram. n,,1,aaod II ~ A LIN
MI.' he possest tryin to convince Mig
o -T,ich formerly belonged to him, that; af-
All the southerners themselves wuZ the on
iv ones the niggers Good trust, and that when
tIba time cum for EN- to exercise the lectye
franchise eff they he'd any regard for their own
interests they wood turn their back on the
Abshinists, who wuz, to man, hory headed
deceevers, and trust them and them only who
knowd EN-. r
"Samyooel," sed the Deekin, in an affecshun-
ate tone, with one hand on the niggers should
er why shoodent we love 700? You arc bone
NV our bone, and flesh NV our fesh-we are Nv
one blood" (this remark the Deekin got mo
habit some years ago NV gittln on wneh
speekin Nv the Dimocrisy North, anu anus ~,
uses it 1t is ruther effective, tho IN TINS III.
stance, eff L he'd been in his place, snoouen .
have siung it out, OWN to the pecooH!er a con,
struckshen which mite be put onto III anu
our interests is one, Samyooel
"Deekin," seq l, interruptln MN. Oeekihi
Connecticnt hez spoken in thunder tones, and
hez gone DemocratlcF , o.
ssWatp seq he "Dimocrauc! -ue
"Verily," SEE L. "A governor, anu tnree
Congressman out OF four
sieber wuz sudden rupcher NV the friendly
reI.shnns existin between the Deekin and
Samyooel the dark complexioned. Ii he WIZ
Nv ihe Deekins flesh the Deekin wus
in favor of mortfyin it, tor never wuz flesh so
helabored ez wuz that unfortunit chatteps.
The flesh wuz emejitly lasserated. He pitch
ed into him feroshus, and after pummelin the
astonished Atrickin, who didn't see why the re-
suit NV eIeckshun shood work SIGH a change
till he wuz out of breath, he condenst what
strength wuz remainin into one vigorous kick,
eXclaimin- ~ at ~ lIag3
"Take that, you black swindler. I've talked
sweet TO you under false pretenses. I've been
betrayed into wastin soft sawder onto u mig
ger--into a coaxin whar hev ondeniable rite
"What does all this mean?" sed the nigger
family. HsfA -.
Mean sed to him; my friend, this is the
reaction we've heard so much about-itS arrriv.
III IntdDS b0dU UHert lS all cAtcculHSly SOuu
chance Nv your bein redoost agiD to your nor
NAL speer NV your comm down from the high
boss you've bin ridin, and in bein a9in the
servant of your brethren. 1t means that Con
necticut has again spoken, and that yoor good
deal more yalyooabe to us than 700 waZ hour
ago. Go, my friend, and buy salve for your
brooses for unless yoor heeled, your value will
be less in the markit. You'd be ashamed to
sell for low price, woodent YOU
L left the Democracy jubilant and cum on to
Washington, feein that / must go where
Good find kindred soles. The mite l arrived
Their wuZ high carnival at the White House.
The President wuz in tall feather. Their
wuz Connecticut visible all over him.
He he'd wooden nutmeg for buzzum pima
minatoor bass wood ham hung from his watch
fob, and in honor of the occasion he wuz drink
IN punches made of Moo England rum, with
smart slices of Wethesfeld unyons in EN- in
stead ov lemons. Randall sprung toward me
ez opened the door, and clasped me by one
hand, the President by tother, and we then
not altogether onlike the three graces-em-
braced They he'd the advantage NV me, ez
they he'd one odor-the onyon-which 1 he'd
ent, but stood it. Why not, when that odor
wal from the breaths ov those havin the apint-
in power? would hev stood it he'd tina been,
eatin assafetidy. fc 10 sd
At this juncture Secretary Welles cum in.
'Hap SAID he, "why this unwonted hilarity?
why this joy wher greet ginerally has held his
court?" - .eof re
"The Konnettikut elekshun," said Randall.
Their wuz pleasant gatherin Cowan wuz
ther, and Salisbury and Carrot Davis and
Brooks and Doolittle and Seymour, and more
congratulatory addresses was red than wood
fill page of the Moo York Herald. John @.
Breckenridge hoped this suspicious event wuz
the beginnin Nv good feelin, presagin, ez he
trusted it did, the evenchooel triumph OF them
which he he'd alluz bin proud to call his frens.
Mayor Monroe, NV Moo Orleans, hoped that,
after this evidence of returnin reason, Pres-
dent johnson wood not hesitate TO remove
that second Butler, General Sheridan, who
was ojious to every friend the President had in
the city NV wich he was lately mayor. Gener-
al Wise sent his congratulations, but ez they
okkepied thirty eight pages of legal cap paper,
closely written, they wuzzent read; MOsby sent
a allegorlcle pipe made NV corn cob, onto wlch
wuz carved a symbolicle niger with the
American eagle with his claws into his wool,
with his congratulations; and Fernando Wood
and Jesse d. Bright and Dan Voorhees, sent
thern, and Vallandigham wanted to know
now. whether or not the President wuz
goin to accept the situashun and take the
Dimocratic party to his buzzuln? Eff SO, he
he'd list of apartments for Southern Ohio
witch he wished made. At this pint the ques-
tion arose whether or not / he'd not better
move my Classikle and Military Institoot to
Konnetikut? 1 am practice man, and 1 to-
wunst asked, ez pertinent to the question,
whether or not Their wuz distillery in Kon-
neticnt and sekond whether or not Their wuz a
vakant post ophis within four miles NV it.
"Oh, to be sure,' said the venerable old man,
vacantly, Il remember. Hawley, wuz it, or
some other man who was elected over-over-,
what wuz his name Pour candidate?"
THAT wuz last yeer!" sed Seward angrily.
swell, perhaps it wuz. When did that State
vote agin?" asked he, innocently, to witch no
anser was given. But very little attention is
paid to Secretary Welles by any one ceptin
Seward. 4l'
Secretary Randall replied He woodent
hold out Endorsements that he coodent fulfill.
He wuz onest. Onesty wuz his holt-simple,
child-lige strate-forw ardness in his deelins in
politix wuz his cheef falin and had well nigh
bin his room. The 1urst query wuz easy to an
ser-the elekshun returns wood indicate to eny
man ov ordinary intelek that ther wuz distil-
cries either in Konetikut or very handy 10 the
State, but Their wuz no Post Ofisis to spair.
10 kary the State every wun ov EN- had bin
solumly promised
The Presidunt remarkt that he really shood-
ent think that tri1in circumstance wood in
tertear with givin ov EN- to other men
At this pint broke in. told EN- firmly that
onles Good hev better post offs than the |
move wat Their is .ov the Kollig bildins. 1t |
woodent cost much to pay frate on that korner |
stun. spose better one Good be got in Kon-
netikut at less than the cost of transportin it.
but wherever that Dimokratik Kollig is bilt
that must be the korner stun ov it. That stun
Is hallowed. Their ar tender assoseashuns hang
in round it. 1t wuz the korner stun oy a Mig
ger skool house witch we burnt to the grownd
Ine ulGe we uru OV the veto OV the SlV1l Kites
bill. But wont go to Konetikut onles nv
subsistence is asshoored. Their is more money
ther than in kentucky, but doubt whether
they wood support me ez well. speek frank
ly. kin understand why a man kin be a
Dimokrat in Kentucky-he's interested in mig.
gers. l kin approximate the Dimokrisy ov
Suthern Injeany, Illinois and Ohio, coz thay
come from that rejun, and the sekond genera /
shun amt got to be voters. kin understand
the Dimokrasy in Morrissy's and Fernando
Woo rs districks, but pardon mel want TO
keep very klear ov Konnetikut Dimokrats. A
people anywhere in Moo England wich kin de-
hberatvely sell themselves to us is list the kind
ov people don't want to be among. instinct
lively mistrust a Yankey who dickered away his
interest in Bunker Hill. hev notist that
Moo Englander wich come South and marrid
an old maid, or wilder with a plantashun
that demoralized Yankey-one Who hez shed
his early trainin and took up anybody else's
moral close, is about the meenest spesimen oy
white man on the Ease of the green earth
Thay hev the acootness witch is born ov q bar
rem soil, without the Puritanism to keep it
WITHIN bounds-thay possess the ability to maik
a iivin on Their native rox, but his laziness inn
peis MN to an eazier subsistence In milder
Silmes, and instid of ishin for makerel he gose
South ana hshes for men. A Moo Enolander
nnrestraned by grace is pizen, and fbeIeeye
Nonnetkug ls tuil oy EN-. / hey h,lrd Massa-
enusetos reilglon aboozed, but its sumthin we
nay " 'nank ai Tor; hev allus bin thankful
ez brains and will. 'on eA "eii
Among the Connecticut Dimokrisv r sbood
stand no sho, and, beside, hev too mntcb lie
respeck to sosheiate with EN- on terms or 800,
ity. Instid OF phorridging on them +ha,;d