The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1867-04-19
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witch prOcoorrd for me the proud distinc-
iion NV assisiin M the bizneS. f:x nc ~
marked to me when ! arrived in Washing.
ton IN response to his invitation, 'Nasby,
I've Id mean thing In do, aud ez
I'm Nirginian, ] must hev Northern
Democrat to take tho hcR ont OFT my
shoulders. They've alhn done u and
they re- yoose tn H." This trend, for SIGH
am proud tn call him. w,iz originally y
rhrk in the Paymas,crs Department under
the Saintcd l'ookaDan, aud he held Oh. ios
rcosons NV his own, under ths gorilla Link.
in, until the proper time arrived, when be
throwed OF all disguise, and flew to Lee
nj Richmon,i aud served the balance nv
the wnr GA major oato his staff Ny Trend
he'd n farm neur Washington. wich, OWN
to the facilities for money In.kin under the
rain NV Bookanan, he he'd saved out NV
two years salary. This property the Link,
IN government, with the disg,,s,in coopid
my carac,cristic NV en-, declared abandon
ell, becos unrenssoOshnely Yaisosl army
w,z between u and its owner, and scclcd
IL Tor government yoose and to saki insult
to injury turned /, over tn parcel Nv vim
Ia, s,osily the wives NV Senators NV the UNI
consioo~i,ncl Congress, who hed organised
themselves into a Association TO reverse the
DEGREES NV nacher, mud cddikatc tho mater.
ally degraded chiklrcn Nv the accused
sous NV Ham, witch is, and must be ali,'t,
servants unto Their brethren. Senator Trim'
bulls wife and the wife Nv the hoary bed
ed skoticr nj Our insio0shuns, Ben Wade,
wtx the lcadin sperits NV this iinpious
movement, and they he'd absoloosely gath.
cred together suthin like 80 orians, ez tina
called EN-, NV niggers who died ut Airing.
ton Iliies, and put EN- onto the farm Nv
INV trend. and employed teachers and SIGH,
and WIZ actilly tryin to run Ieanin into
EN-. Wuz Their ever SIGH nonsense
l.rarnin for niggers! How many Demo
cmis is thcr who hcv good appctites with
ont n particle NV ID Time rolled on. Ia
birnis Time hcz follrrrd with distinguish
r,l success for great many years,l and the
war ended. The sinrs and bars went
down, and our coz w,iz q lost coz. My
friend surrendered with Lee, and cum
back To Washington. lie WIZ reconstruct.
cd, and WIZ in angclk and lam like tem-
pcr. lie he'd failed. but he forgive them
en- he'd bin the COZ nv h,s iailyoor. lie
cherished no hard feelins agin anybody.
lie wuz in Washington ON the mite NV the
22d NV Febrooary, 1864 and WIZ the loud
est applaudcr NV the Presidents speech.
The next nlornin he went In the President.
"l.et us. scz he, .bury The Ratchet Let
the era of good feelin bc ushered in. j
wuz Conie,lrit-f am yet, but we failed.
Bui am willin TO be paciiicated. Let by
cones be By cones 1 forgive yoo., Give
-
Drrsrment wieh used to hold, and let
things ls' worst,al agin." -. So -. -
President Johnson graspt his hands and
hurst in,oo tecrs. Tie Good not give him
back his posisl,un bcco,, aud hc wcW be-
con il wuz 50, il wus okkepied by u North
ern supporter nv his policy witch he'd Jest
returned from u protrnkiid residence in
kanatly. "Wasl,ingioI,," says johnson,
.'is Tie iroo golden mean. Here extremes
meet. her s,pportcrs who want otlises
from the extreme North AMI extreme South.
Wood, oh wood I cood git EN- irom the
mLldle. Esther anything clse kin do for
yoo2'A
"Nd,kin,' scd he, "noil,in, and he turn
el sadly away.
Tnne eonin,yood +, roll Reconstruct
shen Ivy mem,s NV coniliehen WIZ progress.
sin. President Johnson wuz par,inin the
supporters OF the lost coz, and where That
woul,lent consulate, he was giving hack
iLer con6skaicd propcry aud cnsionally in
eNir,snc cases. somebody else'A My friend
heard NV this and come ny from Richmond.
Se,l he tn Johnson:
My property" se,i this friend NV mine.
VIII, wux reconstructed, ia in tho hands
NV association NV winniin, WHO permits
ils sacred s,h Ia 10 contaminated y Tree
n,rcer babies. There h 80 o< l00 nv "m
from the tenier pickaniny who has Jest en-
icrc,l the vale nv ,cer, up to the girl Nv l.
who in two years more. wool, Ct things
wun worus,l. l,g oil cnnf Cor market. Good
I hev that properly ngin. l."
"Yoo si,el, sc,i John~,n, yoo sliel. Here
il n pardon. anil here is order for the res
iorasLen Nv yo,T property. Shel 80 ar
100 niggcrs stand IN the way NV consilain
y erring bro,l,cr2 Heaven forbid. And my
friend went oUi with u lite har.
But Mas, hc w,iz soinwat troubled TO git
possession, So be- sent for me, and ] come.
There was difficulties in our path. The
wimn,in hal possession NV the place AMI
wool not go. They WIZ distinct. They
Kept the .d,s,~iSekcii, bad Z w,rsek,i tn the
emergency. Gi,tin in stable hollercd
'irs," My friend wuI M tho door AMI
when the ailiiied tcechers. not comprehend.
in the strategy, rushed out. he slipt In, AMI
dared EN- tn assolt him. ! i'nmeiitly jIne'i
him, anil possession was seko0rcd.
Sill tl,cy rs,use,i to vxesio, hat my friend
displaye,i grntc presence nv mind.
It's cohl!" sez he.
"You bet" sez ].
"Dos, think ri we shouLl take the win
,lers out, and the doors orr their hinges, that
thrss wimcn WOOL cars sbout staying. with
the mercury in tho THERMOMETERS eocketiin
with zsrR" ii |...
.My dear sir" sell I. struck with the
loLlness NV tho concepshun, 'yoo had n
nasty job on hand, but rrcly wat need had
WOO Cor me!'
scra,s nscsl. The very presence NV q
Nonhen Dimoerat inspires me. hut To
And NO dill Il, AMI slioor enur, tho VIM
en-. after stickin il out two mites, moved
their trsps sni tho nisIer children Ia quar-.
,rrs pesviied Coz cm by that man Nv Bcl,e',
Gen. Howard, and we hal won. The
property wux ourn, and another sep wuI
taken in the great won Nv Cancellation.
But my friend w~s not sa,is6ed. tie re.
mcmbcred that f1 months his property hal
hin defiie,l ny the presence NV these nlgcerS
that his house he'd sheltered c,n, anil from
his land they hcj sutsiste,i, and he felt tina,
raparnshen mus, be dun. Tho stigma must
I've washed orr, aud akkoniinly he scod the
managers NV tho insioo~lcu for yoosc NV
Ibis place, laying tho damages ut SloOOO'
Troo the wimcn hc.l fixed up the property,
sni il wsr IN isaisy shspe ti,an when he
klt il, bat be- w.nisI Icpanshen f"r injury
DIM his icelins, md tho .opporcori'y Nv
l~nrkoo,in the wives NV two sch An'aIe.
k,,cs,z 'rrumball aud Wade. WIZ too good
o. be lost. How the soot WIZ decided !
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