Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-03-27
THE CHRONICLE.
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NASH V.


Written for the Toledo Blade
Mr.. Nasty desires COufirmatIOn-Is
advised how to Proceed by the Presf-
dent, but rejects the proposition
with ScOFn.
WASHINGTON, D. c., March Is, 1867.
Washington agin! Wat changes hev
bin made in the two last years. Not in
Washington, for that deliteful abode nv
ofishil purity hezn't changed a partkle,
nors never will. From the summit nv
Wizards Hotel l kin see the same signs
Nv steamed oysters in front, the Cap!tle
towrin above the tops Nv the trees at the
other end Nv Inc Ayenoo, and behind, the
Patent Offs and Post Offs buildings, the
first Mecca Nv every Democrat and the
tother NV every Yankee who comes here.
No! Washington amt changed, but / hev.
Formerly when l visitid Washington, it
wuz tite times with me. Wizards wuz
my hotel then ez now. Chadwick, him
NV the towrin hite, rotund abdomen, side
whiskers and round hat, wuz then ez now,
my landlord. In them days, before the
happy return NV A. johnson to reason
put some thousands NV Democrats who
he'd more stumick than money and more
appetite than small change, into offs, and
per conscience. into condition to pay their
bills, 1 wnz a guest at this hotel, witch is
to say l slept on the steps NV the Capltle,
and took or tried TO take my meals at
Chadwickis bountiful board. Eff he'd no
currency 1 he'd taste, and ez l wuz fora
/ gin for subsistence, 1 alluz made 1t a pint
to forage on the richest paster fields. It's
ez easy TO cheek a first class dinner ez it
is a second class, and besides, l felt that
SIGH q hotel ez Wizards wuz better able
to stand SIGH boarders OF l wuz than them
Nv less patronage. l kept away from 10th
or hotels out Nv sympathy for the proprie-
tors. Never shall l forget my last visit
there. I he'd run the dinin-room angel
for q and wuz congratulatin myself on n
other week at least, when Chadwick STOP.
ped me hisself, and the follerin converse
shen ensood:
"My friend, sed he in winnin tones.
"Davis, Carrot, is my nsme l" SEE I
promptly.
ave hear enuff r' seq he. "Listen
I've let 700 run a week becoz it's my reg
lar practis. 700 he'd a hungry look, but
by this time 700 ought to be filed up and
able to go at least a week without eatin.
Ez 700 amt Nv no earthly yoose to any
body, and make no ~pretensions to bein
ornamental-gitl" and three well direct
ed kicks landid me onto the sidewalk.
But l hev forgiven him. He treats me
well. He hez confidence in me now, 1
hevin paid my board in advance. It's q
rool he hez, he loosely remarked, with
men Nv my pecooler cast Nv countenance,
to hev I'm pay in advance. He says it's
much the best way. Hevin Paid, SIGH men
ez me feel more comfortable about the
house and so do the proprietors. It's me
that's ehanged-I hev money to pay my
bills. Bless the Lord for Seward. John
son, Randall and other luxuries.
But pleasant ez it is to contrast my for
mer posishen with my present proud one,
l hev not time to dwell upon reminiscent
ces. Life is short; lam a practical man,
and tho it may be pleasant to linger for a
moment onto memry's pleasant fields, /
cannot. Ny biznis in Washington is pre-
eIsely what every Democrats biznis here
is, to get confirmed. It amt no trouble
for a Kentucky Democrat to git applntld,
for the President hez so far relaxed his
roofs in this partikler, ez to appoint them
ez wuzn't never in the Confed-it army,
but to git confirmed is the pinch. There's
the gauntlet Nv q Ablishen SENT to run,
and good Lord what s knowledge they
hev w the Out-goins and in-comins NV ap
pointees!
The President and Postmaster. General
Randall wuz very anxious for my conir-
mashen, so much so, that they advised me
to resort TO the stratagem so common in
tho North
go back on me for the time bein,"
sed this trooly great and good man who
sdorns the sofas Nv the Presidenshel man
sion. "Wilcoz EN-. That's your only holt,
Wileoux EN-. l advised him to do it, and
see how it worked"
''My dear sir" sed L carried away by
this new unexpected development Nv great
ness, "Kin VOC bear to heY me who bears
yOor banner n Kentucky bend the knee
to q Ablishen SENT, and repoodiate 700,
ever for a hour? 1t is safe in my case,
for my material afinities are with 700, but
don't, L beg Nv 700, advise all NV EN- to
do so. My deer sir, two thirds Nv EN-
will go out for conirmashen, and, eff sue
eessful, will forgit to return"
But the great and good johnson wood
take no denials. "Draw up" sed be "a
letter to q conservativ memberuv Congress,
explainin yeor connection with me,
and"
And overkum with emoshen, he bust
into tears.
Sadly 1 undertook the task, and after
four hours Nv intense labor, the following
wuz completed:
"Hon.- --, House Nv Reps.
ar nE.3 en-. NJ ,oDGrpoashap hu