The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1867-06-10
THE MADISON REGENCY.
Initiation Of Schuyler CoIfax.
To the Eddetur of the Times.
MADERsUN, Wis, June G.

To the Eddetur of the Times.
MADERsUN, Wis, June c.
We (the rejensy( have had big meetin'
since l rote you last, which was held for the
perpus of innishiatin' intwo owr soslety, as
an ornorary membur, Hon. Skier koldtacts,
who kane here osstensibly to deliver his
CRATE leckshur, "Akros the kontinunt," but
really to see if the relensy weer in favor of
him as thur candidate for the presidency, in
kase Ande Jonson should be impeeched
| 1t amt nessersary to say mulch abowt the
leckshur, as it didn't amownt to mulch as a
litterraree produckshun. We awl agreed
| that Mr. Rewble, the eddetur of owr organ,
had ritten better wun, entituled "The
| Klowd with Cilvur Linn" althow we kan t
say mulch fur his orretorikal powurs.
| In komplyance with the wishes of owr
| distinguished bruther Hon. B. f. Hopkins,
! the meetin' was held at his reserdense, as he
wished to let his kongreshunal chumm, kold-
| facts, see that he kud afford to have SPLEEN
did howse, gorgerslee FINISHED, awltho he
had ben in kongres but short time.
After Mr.. koldfacts had ben maid mem
bur, he was kalled on to eckspres his opin-
yum abowt the Greelee-Daviss affair. He
maid quite a long speech on the subjeckt
He said Mr. Rewble had kommitted a CRATE
in the Jernul; but as it WOE the fust time
Mr.. r. had ever ecksprest an opinyun OF
emmy subjeckt before he new whether it wo1
goin' to be populer or not, he ort to be fol
| given. He sed his object in traveln allow
the kountrv woz not to make mummy by the
deliveree of his leckshur, but to see if the
partee were dewin' awl they kould to helE
along the good kaws. He had found owt, tt
his CRATE sOrro. that the masseys of the par
tee wer gettin' less raderkul evvera daa. Ii
fakt, if sumthin WOE not quicklee dun t.
, | prevent it. Greelee and the koncervativ pour
ton of the partee wood soon hev it awl the
: own wa But Thadd Stevuns, Butlur, Wen
J dull Philups and won or too othur leedurs
wer nou matewerin plan which he thow
: wood inshur the nomernashun OF a raderku
E for preserdunt; when Greelee kould b
bowt of, and the masses who foller in his wal
i wood fawl bakk intew the rancks.
e Mr.. Hopkins then sed he wished t
, | maik a few remarks, and but q few, as spec
, maxim was not egzacklee his fourt, as HI
r friend, Koldfacts, had dowtles diskovere
= while they wur both in kongress. He didn
like to sa whuther he thowt Greelee he'd du
rong or not in bein' so friendly to JET
Dekon Benedickt here arrows, his lbs tias
I'M and his face redder then ewshual, and Sc
Their wuz no okkashun for Hopkins to
r non-committul now, as he he'd got the orr
y he he'd ben fshun fur so many years. Z
n fur him, he wuz FIRE to sa that he wood hi
a to see jeff Davis, and EVERY luther suthern
u who fowt aginst US, hung.
IT, The dekon's remarks were grately apia
nj ded; Tor, althew awl of us dident agre Wi
y him egzacklee, we new that his opinyun "
u entitued to CRATE respeckt, on akount OF
distinguished services durin the war as sol
gers nurce, and more especially for the ps
he took in the memorable Bulls Run
treet, when he eskaped without n skratch.
>, Hon. Jim Ross then entered the room, "a
ii sed his cullered trend, the kook, had rekw
ted him to annownce that the "refreshmun
ne wood sower if we dident partaik OF the
ny soon; so we adorned the meetin to the d
in room.
nj The konvivial part of the meetin' "
strickte privit, so it wunt do two sa EN-
nd thing abowt it. | wood remarck, in t
me konneckshun, however, that Koldfacts
Vi up so late next mornin' that he kane NJ
"a missin' the trane. Yewrs, &c,
I, REJENT