The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-25


them ez wuzut in the Confedrit army,
but to git confirmed is the pinch.
There's the gauntlet nv a Ablishin
SENT to run, and good Lord wat a
knowledge they hev NV the out-goins
and in-comins Nv appintees!
I he President and Postmaster-Gen-
eral Randall wuz extremely anxious
1 for my contirmashen, so much so, that
they advised me 10 resort to the strate-
gy now so common in the North.
$50 back on me for the time bein -
sed that trooly great and good man
who adorns the sofafds in the Presiden-
shel Mansion. Wilcox EN-. That's
yoor only holt, Wilcox en. advised
| him to do 1t, and see how it worked "
! "My dear sir, /" sed /, carried away bv
this new and onexpectid development
nv greatness, "Kin 700 bear to hev me.
who bears yoor banner in Kentucky,
bend the knee to Ahlishn SENT, and
repoodiate yoo, even for a hour9 1t is
safe In my case, for my material affini-
ties are with yoo, but don't, l beg Ev
you, advise all of em to so do. NY deer
sir, two-thirds nv EN- will go out for
confirmashen, and, eff successful, will
| forgit to return"
But the great and good johnson wood
take no denials. DRAW up" sed he,
"a letter to conservative member NV
Congress-, explainin yoor connection
with me, and"
And overkum with emoshen, he burst
into tears. TI1I
Sadly I undertook the task, and after
four hours Nv intense labor, the follow
ing wuz completed: ---
"Hon. .--House Nv Reps.
my DEAR Sir: My confirmashen by
the SENT NV the YoOnited States to the
posishen Nv Postmaster at the Confed-
rit Y Roads, wich is in the State nv
Kentucky, bein somewhat jeopardIzed
| by my operashens in the pOlitikle field
| doorin the past two yeers, hey the
honor to explane that, notwithstand-
in the fact that wuZ a originel Demo-
krat, early in the war IltoOk up arms
for the preservashen NV our beloved
| Yoonion. The precise date cannot
give, OWN to the demoralized condish-
en- NV my mind at the time, but that
yoo kin ascertane-for yourselves. 1t
wuz about two weeks after the fust
| draft. That laid down arms again ez
soon eZ the regiment struck Suthrin
sile, will not, when the motives wich
actooated me are known, be. allowed to
weigh aEin me. 1t hez bin sed de-
John Champe, but histry subsekently
vindicated him-he went to ketch Ar
mold. will not stop to reply to NV
defamers, but ef it comes out finally
that went for thepurpose NV satisfyin
| rebels by okular demonstration that
they he'd nothin to hope for from the
| Northern Democrats, nv whom l wuz a
average specimen, what kin my enc
mics say then?
| do not deny that I wuz a ardent
supporter Nv President johnson from
the beginnin Nv his career. wuzfilled
with drafted mans magnanimity
toward conkered foe, and sup to the
very day reserved my commission 1
favored consilitory measures. / ac-
companied him on his-I will not say
disgraceful, for he is my sooperior Off
cer-tour thro the Northern States. and
slung my hat higher nor any body eIse's
at his-l will not say drunken, for rea-
sons above ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and
sooozed the highly intelligent popu-
laces at Cleveland, Indianapolis,
Springfield, and other pints in n man
ner wich, now that 1 think NV it, wuz
trooly shameful. Also, organized a
Johnson party in various parts NV the
Northern States, and vigorously sup
portid members nv Congress pledged d
| - the policy NV wich wuz, at the time,
a deceived supporter. Aboat this time
wuz appinted Postmaster, and, findin
needed con6rmashep, my views uu-
dergoed a Radikle change. Time and
observashen hev taught me that instid
NV consilashen, coershen is our best
holt, and that now military measures
are necessary In the South, ontil them
rebelly us people completely acquiesce
in the terms imposed by Congris for re-
storashen. My present views on this
interestin topic is best defined by the
recent speeches Nv Hon. Chas. Sumner.
the eminent and trooly great Senator
from the enlitened State of Massachoo
sits, and also by the receut uttertdnces
NV them lovable Representatives, Hon.
Thadeus Stevens, NV Pennsylvany,
Hon. 81 Gen. Benz IF. Butler, NV Massa-
choosits, and Hon. James NJ. Ashley,
n Ty tn n,
sich ez they hev now, and also them ez
they hev alluz he'd, as well sz them
witch they may hereafter hev, l most
heartily and entirely concur.
With this explanation, wich hope
will prove entirely satisfactory, and
with the adishinel ashoorance that 1
am now very warm supporter Nv the
Congressional policy, and that when
look back and see what L hev bin a
dotn for the past two years, so loathe
myself that kin hardly be restrained
from sooisidin, may 1 ask 700 to per
sonally urge my confirmation in the
r. Trooly and Respectfully Yours,
PETROLEUM V. NAsBY.
1 read this epistle to A johnson, who
wuz pleased to approve it, and also to
Randall, who Wuz delited with it, and
10 Weltes, who, after forcing me to read
II twice over, wantid to know If it he'd
anything to do with the Navy Depart
ment, and then returned to the Presi-
dent with my mind fully made mp that
NEVER WOULD SEND THAT DOCUMENT.
Wat :" sed he, startin back aston
ished. mot send 1t ?"
"Neverw sed I, "Never! Such
things may do for Postmasters and As
SCISSORS wich 700 took from the Repub-
iken ranks, but not for me. l hey
done many things witch perhaps
wOOdn't hold out 60 lbs to the bushel-T
voted for Peerce, and likewise for Boo
kannon, and supported em in all their
various dooins, besides other mean
things too tejus 10 menshun, but nv
sensitive soul recoils at this, my proud
stumick revolts. L leave it for Eyoor
Clusters and Wilcoxes and sich, no Ken
lucky Dimokrat kin. Let EN- refooze
to confirm me at their peril. am the
only Dimocrat in ten miles who kin
write. and they dare not, by turnin me
out, deprive Kentucky, wich never se-
ceded, nv mail facilities.
Brave manP exclaimed johnson,
in a husky voice, and his eyes suffused
with. tears, fallin onto my neck and
weepin profoOsely down my back, ''let
my word, and will give yoo sekoority
now if yoo desire it, that 700 shell hev
partnership with Mrs. Cobb, wich is
worth a score Nv Post Offices.ii
1 hev alluz noticed that virchoo is its
own reward: By bein troo, wat a feeld
IS now open to mel Let the SENT do its
worst. PETROLEUM v. Massey, p. NJ
+ fessor nv Biblikle Politicks in the
Southern Classikle & Military Insti-
toot.
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