Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1867-04-11


lowed to weigh agin me- 1t hez bin
sed desertid to the enemy-so it
wuz sed Nv JohH Champe, but histry
subsekently vindicated him-he went
to ketch Arnold. | will not stop to
reply to my defamers, but ef it comes
out finally that ] went for the purpose
Nv satisfyin the rebels by okular do
monstrashen that they he'd nothin to
hope for from the Northern Demo
crars, NV whom ! wuz a average
specimen, wat kin my enemies say
theni
do not deny that l wuz a ardent
supporter nv President johnson from
the beginnin nv his career. l wuz
filled with drafted mans magnani-
nifty toward a conkered foe, and up
to the very day l reserved my CON-
mishen | favored consilitory meas
ures. | accompanied him ON his-l
will not say disgraceful, for he is my
sooperior officer-.tour thro the North
ern States, aRd slung my hat higher
nor anybody else's at his--I will not
say drunken, for reasons above men
shuned-speeches, and aboozed the
highly intelligent populaces at Cleve-
land, Indianapolis, Springfield, and
other pints in manner wich, now
that think Of it, wuz trooly shame
ful. Also organized a johnson
party in various parts Nv the North.
ern States, and vigorously support
in members Nv Congress pledged to
the policy NV wich | wuz, at the time,
deceived supporter. About this
time | wuz appinted Postmaster, and,
findin | needed conirmashen, my
views undergoed Radikle change.
Time and observashen hev taught
ne that instid Nv consilae hen, cOer-
sheu is our best holt, and that now
military measures are necessary in
the South, ,ontil them rebeIlyus people
completely acquiesce in the terms
imposed by Congris for restorashen.
My present views on this interestin
tropic is best defined by the resent
speeches Nv Hon. Charles Sumner,
the eminent and trooly great Senator
from the enlitened State NV Massa-
chusetts, and also by the recent ut
tersnces NV them lovable Represent
atives, Hon Thadeus Stevens, Nv
Pennsylvsny. Hon. &Gen. Benz. F.
Butler, Nv Massachusetts,, and Hon.
Jas. NJ. Ashley, NV Ohio, in all nv
whose sentiments, sich ez they hev
now, and also them ez they hev alluz
he'd, ez we'll ez them wich they may
hereafter hev, | most heartily and en-
tirely concur.
With this explanashen wich hope
will prove entirely satisfactory, and
with the addishinel asshoorence that
| am now very warm supporter nv
the Congressional policy, and that
when look back and see wat | hev
bin doin for the past two years,
SO loathe myself that | kin hardly
be restrained from sooisidin, may |
ask 700 to personally urge my con-
firmashen in the SENT
Trooly and Respectfully Yoors,
PETROLEUM V. Massey.
read this epitle to A. johnson,
who wuz pleased to approve it, and
also to Randall, who wuz delited
with it, and to Wells, who after fore
ing me to read it twice over, wantid
to know if it had anything to do
with the Navy Department, and, and
then returned to the President with
my mind fully made up that l never
would send that document.
"Wat?" said he, startin hack AS
tonished. Not send it ?"
Never !" sed !, Never /! Sich
things may do for Postmasters and
Assessors witch you took from the
Republican ranks, bat not for me. l
hev done many things which perhaps
woodent hold out so lbs. to the bushel
i voted for Peerce, and likewise
for Bookannon, and supported EN- in
all their various doins, besides other
mean things too tejus to menshur,
but my sensitive soul recoils at this,
my proud stumick revolts. / leave
it for yoor Clusters and Wilcoxes and
sich, no Kentucky Dimokrat kin
Let EN- refoose to confirm me at
their peril am the only Dimokrat
in ten miles who kin write, and they
dare not, by turnin me out, deprive
Kentucky, wich never seeded, Nv
mail facilities.
Brave man T. exclaimed johnson,
in husky voice, and his eyes suE
fused with tears, fallin onto my neck
and weepin profoosely down my
back, "let em hist 700. Eff they do, |
pledge 700 my word, and will give
700 sekorrity now if 700 desire it,
that 700 shell hev a partnership with
Mrs. Cobb, which ia worth score NV
Post Offices.
hev alluz noticed that vichoo is
it's own reward By bein troo, wat
a field is now open to me Let the
SENT do it's worst.
PETROLEUM '. Massey, 7. NJ,
(Wich is Postmaster), and likewise Profess
or Nv Biblikle Politicks ih the Southern
Classikle & Military Institoot.
A Young lawyer, who had long paid
his court to lady without much ad-
vanoing his suit, accused her one day