Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-03-09
Nasby.
Written for the Toledo Ria

Written for the Toledo Rlade.
Wr. Nasby is dispatched by the President
amt Mission, Similar i'm It's nature TO that
OF EEr. Mic CiacExin.-EEis Report.
PcsT OFFIs CoNFEDE1T Y ROADS, Stait NV Kentucky
FEBRARY II 1861.
1t wuz a crooel necessity, after all,
wich druv Inc into the servis NV His
Eggslency A johnson. Crooel I say,
for whenever he has a partikeerly mean
piece of work to perform, suthin SO in
expressibly sneakin thet Seward nor
Randall won't undertake it, they alluz
send for me- Welles is alluz willin, but
while he hez the disposition to do anythin
in the line, he lacks the ability. The
others, however, hev the ability to do
anythin and the disposition to do most
things, and / hev been employed in only
extreme cases..
The success wich ATTENDED McCrackin's
mission, endin ez it did in the resinin Nv
Motley, stimulated Seward to prosecute
similar researches into the actooal opin-
ions NV the home crop NV officers regar-
din him and his, and my sooperior, A
Johnson. Randall wuz applied to take
tour among Pestmasters and sich. He
declined the mission Indignantly, with
the remark, 'Is thy servant a dog or the
son ofa dog, that he shood do this thing?"
And ez Welles isn't trusted out NV
Washington any more, l wuz sent for.
The biznis required Nv me wuz statid
by Seward III his yoosual style. 1t wuz
merely to clikelate incognito (wich is
Latin for sneakin) amorg g therecently APP
pointed offs holders and ascertain their
views upon general politikle topics, but
more especially their teelins towards
the President and Secretary Nv State.
Jest AS wuz startin, not at all pleased
with the mission, Welles put in his oar.
He wuz gein to give me instructions. ez
to wat wus to do. Welles is lunatik
| never Good abide and felt it my dooty
to wither 'hm. Transfixing the venera-
BIC Secretary with one NV my most piercin
gazes. remarked /: 'sSir in imitashen NV
the man who inflicted 700 upon this
country, wich wuz not the least NV his
acts for wich the country cusses him, |
propose relatin little anecdote. There
wuz wunst man who was inebrated,
and that he might present hisself in a
state approxmating sobriety, to the part
ner NV his buzzum, he WIZ essayin TO
vomit, tryin thus to ease his stomlck NV
the cause nv the onpleasantnis therein,
but he fcoodent do it. He beaved and
heaved, but there wuz no result. At
this critikle period arother man approach
ed, who remarked kindly that, eff he de-
sired to vomit, his best holt wood be to
run his finger down his throat. The
drunk individooal looked up indigncnt at
this unwarrented interference in his con-
| stooshnel rites "Blast yoor eyes, sir, y
sed he, are yoo or me bossin this yer
puke %
sThis Secretary Welles, is the anec-
dote. I respek the posishen yoo hold,
and dislike sayin anythin disagreeable,
but sir, this is a puke, and perpose to
boss it myself
| startid at wunst, and found things IN
highly mixed condition. The follwln
is compiled from my report: In Moo
York the Postmasters generally are
sound. The crops were poor last year
and all kind of biznis bein dull, the Post
masters are generally anxious to hold or
They are, therefore, outspoken In then
! supnort NV the coz Them wuz men Nv
good standin, and religzouly inclined
before the rupcher between the President
and the party wich redoost him, they say
but very little in public, and that little
they don't say very long. They generally
can't see ther is any partikeler difference
between the plan Nv the President an(
the plan NV Congress and ther bein Sc
little, Congress ought to yield for th'
sake NV peace. The Democrats holdll
sich places are loud enough IN thel
support nv the Administration, bat goof
heaven! the Endorsement NV slch men Il
too heavy load for any party to carry
Now, that think Nv it, l hev at las
solved the mystery NV our widespread
defeat last fall In some Deestricks tn
democracy found Johnson too heavy