Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-28

a rool he hGz, he 'oosely remarked, with
men Nv my pecooier cast Nv counten'
ance 10 hev EN- pay Ia advance. de says
It's much the best way. HevIn paid,
SIGH men ez mo feel more comfortable
about the house, aud SO do the pvOprie-
tors. It's me that's changed-I hev
money to pay my bills. Bless the Lord
for Seward, Johnson, Randall ana other
luxuries.
But pleasant eZ II is TO contrast my
former posisheu wiSh my prssen. proud
one, heV not time TO dwell upon remin'
iscenses. Life Is short; sm a practl.
cal man, and tho 1t may be pleasant TO
liDger for q moment onto memry's pleas
ant fields, l cannot. My blznis in Wash
linton Is percisely what every Dimokrats
biznis here is, 10 git confirmed. 1t amt
no trouble for Kentucky Dimokrat TO
git spplnted, for the President ht2 30
4. fur relaxed his rules in this partikeler
! eE TO applut them eZ wuzn't never 10 the
Confedrit army, but TO git confirmed Is
the pinch. There's the gauntlet OF
AbIishen SENT to run, and, good Lord,
wat knowledge they lev Nv the out
COINS and in-comins nv appintees
The President and Po5tmaster-Genera
Randall wuZ extremely anxious for my
coDfrmashen, so much so, that they ad.
vised mo TO resort TO the strategy now
so common in the North.
go back on me for the time beiH,"
sed that trooly great and good man who
adorns the sofas in the Presidenshel
| Me nsion. "WilcoX Sm. That's yOOr only
holt, Wilcox EN-. advised him to do it,
and see how II worked
"My dear sir, sed l, carried away by
this new and unexpected development nv
| greatness. kin 700 bear TO hev me
who bears yoor banner in Kentucky bend
the knee TO AOlShn SENT, and repOo.
diate 700, even for hour7 1t is safe
in my case, for my material afiDities are
with 700, but don't, beg Nv 700, advise
all NV EN- TO do so. My deer sir two.
thirds NV EN- will go out .or confrma.
shcn. and, ef successful, will tor2it 70
return"
But the great and good Johnson w0od
take no denials Draw up" sed be a
letter to q conservative member nv Con-
gress, eXplainin yoor connection with
me, and"
And overkum with emoshen, he bust
into tears.
Sadly undertook the task, and after
four hours Nv intense labor, the follow
ing wuL completed
"Hon.-- House Nv Reps.
"MY DEAR SIR My copflrmshcn by
the SENT Nv the Yoonited States to the
posishen nv Postmaster at the Confedrit
| X Roads, witch is in the State nv Ken
lucky, bein somewhat jeopardized by
my operashens in the politikle field
doorin the past two years, hev the
honor 10 expIane that, notwithstandin
the fact that wuz Originel Demokrat,
early in the war l took up arms for the
preservashen Nv our beloved Yoonon.
The precise date | cannot give, OWN to
the demoralized Condshen nv my mind
at the time, but that 700 kin assertane
| for yourselves. 1t WIZ about two weeks
after the fust draft. That | laid down
arms agin ez soon eZ the regiment struck
Suthern sile will not, when the motives
| witch actOoated me are known, be al.
lowed TO weigh agin me. 1t hez bin sed
| deserted to the enemy--so it wuz sed
nv John Champe, but histry subsekently
vindiCated him--he went TO ketch Ar
mold. l will not stop to reply to my
| detamefs, but ef it comes out finally
that | went for the purpose nv satisfyin
rebels by okular demonstrashen that
they he'd nothiu to hope for from the
| Northern Democrats, Nv whom | wuz a
average specimen, what kin my enemies
say then?
I DO not deny that wuz a ardent
supporter nv President Johnson from
the besinnin NV his career. l wuz filed
with drafted mans magnanimity
toward a Conkered foe, and up to the
very day I reserved my commission
| favored COnsIlitory measures. | accom-.
panied him on his-I will not say dis
graceful, for he is my sooperior officer
tour thro the Northern States, and sIung
my hat higher nor anybody else's at his
Il will not say dAunken for reasons
above ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and abOozed
the highly intelligent popuIaces at CIeve-
land, Indianapolis, Springfield aud other
pints in manner wiCh, now that ]
think Nv 1t, wuz trooly shameful. Also
! | Orgsnized Johnson party in various
parts Nv the Northern States, and Wig.
gerously supported members NV Con-
gress pledged to the policy Nv witch l
wuz, st the time, a deceived supporter.
About this time l wuz appinted Post.
master, and, findin I needed coufrma-
shen, my views undergrad a Rsdiklc
change.
Time and observashen hev taught me
that instid Nv Consilashen, Coershen is
oar best holt, and that now military
measures are nessary in the South ontil
them rebeiyus people completely &C
quiesCe in the terms proposed by Con-
girls for restorasheu. Ny present views
on this interestin topic is best defined
by the recent speeches Nv the Hon.
Charles Sumner, the eminent and trooly
great Senator from the enlitened State
Nv Massachusetts,, and also by the recent
utterances Nv them loyal Representa-
tives, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens Nv PENN
sylvany, Hon. & Gen. Benz. F. Butler
Nv Massachusetts, and Hon. James NJ.
Ashley Nv Ohio, in all Nv whose senti.
ments, SIGH ca they hev now, and also
them ez they alluz he'd, eE well e. them
| witch they NAV hereafter bev 7 most