Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1867-10-11

TION OVER THE SPEECH OF THE PREsI-
DENT, AND THE MANNER IN WHICH 1T
WAS sHORN OF ITS FAIR PROPORTIONS
Posi- OFFS, CoNFEDR1r K ROADS,
witch is in the Staff Nv Kentucky
September 3d. 1857.
Frum Ohio to Washington Their is
nary peece for mel The sole Nv my foot
knows no rest. Wher Democracy is in
danger ther am. wuz called to Wash
ington to consult with the friends Nv the
President in regard TO the Antietam Dedi-
cashun. The part his Eggslency Wuz TO
take in that affair-wat he wuz to say
wat others wuz to say, ez well ez who wuZ
to say it, wuz matter witch required not
only the profound thought, but the most
careful considerasbun. Hence ] wuz
called.
| found assembled the entire Cabinet,
with the addishun Nv Buckley, gentle
man recently arrived from forrin mishun,
named AIcCracken, Gov. Swami, of Mary
land, ex-Gov. Bradford the poet NV the
day. Gen. McPounder, late Nv Lees staff,
now Nv the Maryland Melishy; Kernul
Screw, ditto, and twelve or twenty more
who he'd held posishens NV trust and profit
under the Confederacy, and who wuz now
holdin corresponding posiahens under the
Goyner Nv Maryland, all Nv witch wuz
digcussin the various piDts involved in
this matter, The President he'd prepared
a speech witch kivered thirty ait pages ny
legle cap paper, and 1t wuz suggested that
he read it, In the impressive manner for
which he is celebrated, he began:
Fellow Countrymen--
81 obiek to that phrase" aed Gen. Nc
Founder. It's liable to misc0nstruCshun.
Sposin that upon that stand shood be them
witch, during the fratrisidle struggle WITCH
lost me my niggers,. wuz in the Fedral
army? | objek to bein considered the fel-
lows uv SIGH" .a.s
The obiekshun wuz finally got over by
the Presidents agreeing to turn to the
the most ultra felt ii wuZ enuH eff the
President shood address himself exclusively
to Maryland Dimekraia ez hi countrymen.
He perceeded l.ae7o "a sisof
Gathered together onto field witch the
valor NV loyal arms made forever memora
BILE" 4.h
Gov. Swami obiekted He wuz for con.
siliashen. How Good our Southern breth-
rem who had taken the oath be consolidated
eft tho fact that they wuz WollCped wuz
bein continooolly flung at en-? Besides
the word "loyaP wuz offensive to the heft
Nv the Democrisy. MIR. Seward thought
eff references wuz made to the late onples-
antness they ought to be diluted. sus-
tanned the Objekshun WIZ stricken out
The President resoomd:
Feelin this day an uncomOn solemnity,
standin ez we do over the mortal remanes
Nv the thousands witch died in the sacred
caused Nv liberty and in defence NV the flag
Nv our coun--"
Hold |" sed the impetuous Mary land
General, 81 protest In the name Nv Ma
ryland. protest Shell the Conservatives
| w that glorious State be insulted by al
loosions to liberty, NV wich they are de-
prived, and to the flag, witch is the symbol
Nv oppreshun, and under wich we didn't
fght?"
I sustained the obiekshun, and that wuz
struk out. He went on
"When cast niy eye over this field and
| let it rest for an instant on this spot where
the impetuous foeman wuz driven south
| ward by our brave troops"
Gov. Swami remarked that on SIGH an
occashun it wood be perhaps better not to
menshun the particular direkshun in witch
anybody wuz driven. Let it read, | wood
say, thus "On this spot where the i'm
petuous foeman wuz driven by our brave
troops" Left thus it woodent be speshely
offensive to any body. 1t wood read ez
well South ez North, for in that encounter
both sides WIZ, at times, driven. | sus-
taned the amendment and the President
went on:
"In fuchir years the pilgrim to the 81 rine
Nv liberty will paws moment on this spot,
TO drop teer over the graves Nv them
who here checked the advance NV tho hosts
Nv rebelyun, and"
Gov. Swami wuz averse to this. 1t wuz
not sooihin to the party wich wuz checkt.
1t wood be better to reed, drop q teer
over the spot onto witch fraternal blud wuz
she'd" Seem no obiekshun to the amend
ment, he'd it done. He went on: .-.f
"The wilder in her Northern home may
weep, but she may console herself that her
husband died for his country. She"
Gov Swami broke in. "Sposen," sed
he +" you shood say THE wilder in her
Northern, or Southern, home, ez the case
may be, may weep &c. Woodent it be
better?" L thot SO, and it wuz altered &C.
cordlnly The President persedid
"Here upon this spot the armed hosts of
rebellion were met and hurled back"
Gov. Swami seiestld that that be omitted.
The word "rebellyun," when applied to o
| brave people, who wuz strugglin Tor what
they deemed their rites wuz, to say the
| least, too harsh 1t WIZ struk out, and
| the President went on:
"Upon thie spot, amid the roar Nv can
non, the rattle Nv musketry, and the clash
| Nv contendin arms thousands NV the brave
sons Nv patriotic sires gave up their lives. "
There wuz nothin in this oblekshuable.
| It Good apply to either side or to both, but
ez everything before it he'd been striker
out, and ez there wuZ aloosions follerin 1t
that he'd to be, it wuz advisable to bust it,
and accordinly drew my pencil over 1t.
The President then wanted to know wat
in thunder he ahood say. Feelin that he
must say suthin, prepared for him the
| follerin remarks: aar .s.isaa5 .5tf3es .a7v 81
My fellow countrymen appear afore
you, not for the purpose Nv maxim any
lengthy remarks. l simply desire to ex-
press my appreciation Nv the ceremonies
witch hev taken phase. MY appearance is
the speech witch will make. lcood make
a speech witch wood tech yoor feelins, but
my thots is in communion with the ded--uv
both sides-Whose deecs We air here to
| commemorate shell not attempt to give
utterance to the feelins and emoshuns in
spired by the ceremonies Nv the day. Not
any. I shell attempt no SIGH thing. 1 am
here to Civ countenanse to the perceeding
Ito offishally beam onto en-but must
be permitted to hope chat we may fo]ler
the example set US by the llustrious dead
-uv both sides--and think Nv the brave
men-uv both sides-who fell in the fierce
struggle Nv battle and who sleep silent in
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