Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-02-21

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FEBRUARY ., 1867.
hev ic-t returned from a campalg
W, \ hts proved eminently successful,
ant .nr my s. rytces In wich, ct he'd my
Just ooze, HIS Eggslensy, the President
WOO, raise th, salary Nv the ofilS witch
/ nov hold. The circumstances is
suthin like these
Their wuE In WashInton a young gen.
tleman nv the old school, whose name,
his innate modesty forbids me to men
shen. 1t wuz his modesty, his retirln
disposition which procoord fur me the
prouc distinkshun NV assistin at the
biznis. Il, he remarked to me as l ar
rived in Washintou, in response to his
invitashen, "Nssby, I've a id mean
thing 10 do, aud I'm a Virginian. |
must hev Northern Dimocrat to take
the heft ont orr my shoulders. They've
slluz done it aud they'r used to it,"
This friend, for such am proud to call
him, wuz originally a clerk IN the Pay
masters Department under thr Sainted
BOokauan, aud he held on, for reasons
NV his own, under the gUrjiicr Linkin,
EMIL the proper time arrived, when he
throwd or: all disgse and flew to Lee TO
Richmond, and served the balance Nv
the war ~ major onto his staff. My
friend he'd a farm near Washinton; witch,
OWN TO the facilities for money maxim
under the rain NV Bookanan, he he'd
saved out NV two years salary. This
property the Linkin government, with
the diseustin coopidity Characteristic NV
nTV iQCla rod 1L0usJosyaJ hurnv a YypnDp
stoonshnelly raised army wuz between
1t and It's owner; and see2ed it for
government y0ose and to add insult to
injury turned 1T over to parcel Nv
wlmin, mostly the wives NV Senators nv
the unc0nstoOshnel Congress, who he'd or
ganized themselves into a AssOsiashen to
reverse the DEGREES Of nacher, and eddi-
cate the materially degraded children NV
Ham, witch Is and must be aIluZ serv-
ance unto ther brethren. Senator Trum-
bulls wife and the wife Of that hoary-
heded skoffer at oar !nstitooshens, Ben
Wade, wuZ the leadin sperits nv this i'm
pious movement, and they he'd abslootly
gathered together suthin like 80 orfans,
ez they caIld em, Nv niggars, who died
at Arlinton lltes, and put EN- onto the
farm NV my friend, and employed teach
ers and SIGH, aud wuz actiIly tryin 10
ram learnin into EN-! Wuz ther ever
SIGH nonsense Learnin for niggers 7
How many DmoCrats is Their who hev
good appetites without particle Nv 1T ?
Time rolled ou IA biznis Time hez fol-
Tered with distinguished success for Il
great many years), and the war ended.
The stars and bars went down, and our
coz wuz a lost COZ. My friend surren
dered with Leland cum back to Washin-
ton. He wuz reconstructed, and wuz in
apgelk and lam like temper. He he'd
failed, but he foreave them 81 he'd bin
the coz Nv his failyoor. He cherished
no hard feelins agin anybody. He wuz
In Washinton on the mite NV the Odd NV
Febrooary, 1866, and wuz the loudest ap-
plauder Nv the Presidents speech. The
next morning he went to the President.
"Let us" sea he, bury the Ratchet. Let
the era nv good feelin be ushered in. |
wug "A Conledrit. | am yit, but we
failed. l am wlllin to be pacifcated.
Let by cones be by-goues. | forgive
yoo. Give me back my position in the
Paymaster's Department witch used to
hold, and let things be normel agin."
President Johnson graspt hs hands
and bust into teers. He Good not give
him back his posshen becoz, and he
wept beoo1 1t wuz so, it was okkepled by
q korthern supporter NV his policy witch
he'd jest returned from protraktid resi-
dence in Ksnady. Washington" sed
Johnson, is the troo golden mean.
Here extremes meet. hev supporters
who want otiisis from the extreme North
and the extreme South. Wood, oh wood
| Good git em from the middle. Is ther
anything else kin DO for 700 :"
''Notbin, std he" "nothin," aud he
turnd sadly away.
Time continyood 10 roll. ReeonstruC.
3hen nv means Nv consiliashen wuz pro
gressjn President johnson wuz pard-
min the supporters Nv the lost coz, and
wher hat woodent consulate he wuy
givtn back Their C0ntisukatid property,
and 'casionally, sumboddy else's. My
tfena heard Nv this and come up from
Richmond. Sed he to johnson:
"Ay property" sed this friend NV mine,
who was reconstructed, sis 10 the hands
NV association NV wimmiu, who per
init its saCrid soil to be contaminated by
free Niger babies There Is 80 or a 100
nv EN-, from the tender pickaniny who
has jest entered the vale NV teers, up to
the girl nv IL, who in two years more
wood, eff things wuz normal, be old enuff
for market. Good hev that property
agin, /"
"Yoo shell" sed Johnson, WOO shell.
Here Is a pardon, and here is a order
for the restorsshcn NV yoor property
Shell 80 or 100 niggers stan in the way
uu csnciliatln erin brother2 Heaven
forbid" And my friend went out with
lite hart.
But alas he wuz sumwat troubled to
git possession, so he sent for nae, and
come. Their wuz difficulties in our path.
The wimmin he'd possession Nv the place
and wood not go. They wuz distinct.
They kept the doors locked, but l wuz
excl to the emergency. Gttin in sta
BILE, holered 'fre !" My freud wux at
the door, and when the affrited teechers
not comprehendin the strategy, rushed
out, he slipt 10, and dared EN- to assault
him. / immejitiy jined him, and posses
sion Wuz sekoored.