The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1867-04-19
Massey.
The Connecticut Elcction--The
Eject IL Produced ai the Cor
ners, and Likewise mt WASH
ington Proposition TO Re
move the College Rejected.
WASHINGTON, April I, 1867.

thunder from clear sky, or ruther
so like a CLEAN NV sunlite thro mass
fuv ovcrpowerin black clouds, SO like
the first streak NV sunlite in the
morning after a long mite NV colera
morbus with no brandy in the house,
that we WIZ overpowered with it,
The Corners heven't cxpcrienct sich
a satisfactory spasm NV JOY sence the
reject NV tile news NV the Fort Pillcr
affair 1t pcrdoost very singler
effect on Deekin Pogram. When /
cum up to him with all the clokence
he possest a tryin to convince mig
ger, wich formerly belonged to him,
that, after all, the Southerners them
selves wuz the only ones they Good
trust, and that when the time cum
for EN- TO exercise the 'lective fran
chisc cf they he'd any regard for their
own interests they wood turn their
back on the Ablishinists, who wuz,
to a man hory headed deceevers, and
trust them and them only who knowd
en-.
"Samyooel," sed the Deekin, in q
aHccshunit tone, with one hand on
the nigger's shoulder, Why shood
ent we love yoo9 Yoo are bone NV
our bone, and flesh nv our fiesh--we
are Nv one blood (this remark the
Deekin got into q habit some years
ago nv gittin Off when speckin nv
the Dimocrisy North, and alluz uses
| it. IL is very effective tho in this in.
stance, ef l he'd hin in his Place, |
shoodent hev slung it out, OWN to
the pccooliar cons:ruckshen wich
mite be put onto it)--" and our in.
terests is one, Samyooel.'
Dcckin," sez /, interruptin him.
"Deekin I! Connecticut hez spoken in
thunder tones, and hez gone Dino.
cratic -
WAT ~ sez he, Dimocratic y
verify" sez /. "A Governor,
and three Congressman out of four"
Their wuz a sudden rupcher NV the
friendly relashens existin between
the deekin and Samyooel the dark
complexioncd If he wuz NV the
Deekin's flesh the Deeliin wuz in ia.
vor of mortifyin it, for never wuz
flesh so belabored eZ wuz that unfor.
tunit chattcl's, The flesh wuz ime
IjItly lasseratcd He pitched into
him feroshus, and after pummt Lin
the astonished Atcrbin, who didn't
see why the result of q elecshur
shood work sich change, till he wu2
out Nv breath, he condenst wat
strength wuz remainin into one Wig
rous kick, cxclaimin--
Take that, yco black swindler
I've talked sweet to 700 under false
pretenses. I've bin betrayed into
wastin soft sawder onto a nigger--
into coaXin wher have a ondenia.
ble rite to command-into-"
"Wat does all dis mean p sed
the niggssr l!.ssGI fain9!t.!!y, 9!.!y TO MN: IN,
trend this is the reaction we've heard
so much about--its ariv. Ii means
that there is q exceedingly good
chance nv yoor being redoost agir
to yoor normal speer, Nv yoor comir
down from the high boss yoove biz
n ridin and in bein agin servant un
to yoor brethrin. 1t means that Con
necticut hez spoken, and that yoor {
good deal more valyooable to us now
than yoo wuz Il hour ago Go, my
friend, and buy salve tor yoor bru
ses, for unless yoor heeld yoor value
will be less in the markit. Yoo'd be
ashamed to sell for low price, wood.
ent yoo?"
left the Dimocrisy jubilatin and
come on to Washington, fcclin that
| must 90 where | Good find kindred
soles. The mite arrived there wuz
high carnival at tile White House.
The President wuz in tall feather
There wuZ Connecticut visible all
over him. He he'd 4 wooden nutmeg
for a buzzum pima minatoor bass
wood ham hung from his watch fob,
and in honor Nv the occashun they
wuz drinkin punches made of Moo
Englond rum, with small slices Nv
eatherfeld onyuns in EN- instead
NV lemons. Randall sprung toward
mo ez entered the room, and clasped
me by one hand, and the President
by the tother, and we then not al
together onlike the three graces--em
craced, They he'd the advantage Nv
me, ez they he'd one odor, the onion
wich l hedent, but | stood it. Why
not, when that odor wuz from the
breatbs of those hevin the apintir
power | wood hev. stood it het
they bin eatin assoietida.
At this juncter Sekretary Welle;
come in
"Ha" said he, why this hilari
ty! why this joy wher greet general
ly holds her court!"
"The Connecticut elecshun," sale
Seward.
"Oh, to be sure" sed the venera
BILE old man vacantly, :" remember
Hawley, wuz it, or some other mat
who wuz elected over--over--wa
wuz his name Y--our candidate ?"
THAT wuz last yecr = sed SewarC
, angrily.
"Well, perhaps it wuz. When die
that State vote agin p asked he in
noct ntly, to wich no answer wuz Civ
en-. But very little attention is paiC
to Sekretary Welles by any one ex
ceptin Seward, and the fact that hC
occasionally undertakes to keep hin
postid on current events is ginerally
taken ez evidence that he's breakir
up. Poor William, it's evident thai
he's passin into his dotage.