The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-09-26

The Amnesty Proclnmation-A Cab
inet consultation 0uer it-the safety
Of the President from Impeachment.
fosr OEFYCE, CoNrEDRrr K RoAps.
(~ich Is in the Stait NV Kentucky.
Aug. 10. l-0.
/ wnz brot to Washington BY .
dispatch. His Eggslenty he'd At LAST
determined to put his foot down-to
essert his power, and take measures
sich ez wood bring to the top, whore
they properly belong, that large class
nv the citizens nv the Republic who
wus engaged in the little unpleasant,
mis-. wich the Ablishnists took advan-
tage nv to deprive EN- av thor rites
and TO keep EN- from exercisin the
inflooencc in the Government thcy
are, and alluz wuz, entitled to. In
short, ex Congress wus adjourned,
and coodert, by no means, be got to.
gether till November, the President
wuz convinced that it WINS his dooty
to improve his time and be reely
President.
The consultation over tho Proclama-
tion wuz long and painful. Buckley
who is now runnin tho Government,
he'd written the whereases, which 10
the most nv the document, Seward
he'd tailed onto EN- the proclamation
proper, wich wuz so small a. to
give it tadpole appearance, and it
wuz to be discussed. All nv EN- wux
in favor uvit but me. Ez anxious
ez I wuz to give that blessid saint,
Dcekin Pogram, chance to wallop
. niger agin afore he died, without
bein interferred with by . bIoo-coat.
ed hirelln, still he'd dread. " Dare
yoo," sed I, "go further in this biz.
mis-? lent impeachment at the end
nv it if 700 stir up this matter p
And with Wade in the Presidenshel
chair-my Godl Pollock wood hev
MI post odlsl Ny liege, I he'd .
dream last mite. Methawt-"
go on with tho dream" sed his
eggslency. "Go on and will bs
yoor Joseph to interpret it.
kin 700 asoom the character nv
Joseph and carry it out" sed Ran
dali, "with Mrs Cobb in Washing
ton p
This interup.hen preventid me
from narratin my dreem, 80 resoom-
ed at the pint at which wux inter.
rupted. "And my opinion is the
opinion nv oil yoor appintees. The
otis holder is materially conservative.
Agitashun, my liege, mite shake us
out nv our places. On 700 We hang
700 arc our hope, our anker and our
checfest trust"
And my remarka wich l deliver
ed With q trembiin voice and with
teers . rollin down my furrowed
cheoks-I felt the solemnity Of the
occasion, for wat Good / do ef turned
out into the cold world at my age :
wuz received with peals nv lafture.
My deer sir" sed A. J., "yoor
innosence surprises me. Impeach
me! Never 30 long ex filial and
family love . . distinguishin cArak-
teristic nv the leedin minds nv Amer
ica-never 10 long a. . senator her
nephew to provide for or brother
who wants 3 place. All!
that love Nv blood relashuns !
What q beautiful thing it isl
And how strong is the marriage re-
lation which prompts . man when be
hez promised to love, cherish and
protect wife, to 60 to lovin, cher
ishin and protectin all her brothers
and sisters children--the love goin
frekently like leprosy, to the third
generashun. Thank the Lord for it.
It's my only holt! Set yoor mind at
eeze by perooxin these" and he tost
me 8 bundle nv letters ncatly done
mp and labelled Letters from Rad
icle Members uf the House and Sem
it."
A lite dawned onto me az OPEN
ed the first one. It war from . dis
tinguished Senator and read, e. near
ex kin remcmber now thus: @
SENIr CHANBr., March 8, 81.
To the Presidenf:
Notwithstanding the site di6cr-
ence Nv opinion that may cgxist be-
tween us on certin minor Questins
nv public policy, and despite the un-
guarded expressions may hev in
dulged in in the heet nv debate, /
kin trooly say that / hev ever cher.
ished tho most endoorin faith in the
rectitood nv yoor purpose and the
purity Nv yoor motives. l hev 5
nephew in my State who desires the
posishen NV Assessor nv Internal
Revenoo. He is capable and honest.
and while he hes alluz voted the Re-
publican ticket her dun It 90 mildly
ez not 10 be objeckahenal to thoss
who differ with him. Indeed, last
fall, he wux accooscd, and pcrhaps
justly, NV votin for candidate for
Congress who wus . supporter Nv
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