Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-07-17
NASBY.
The Boston Excursion = Preparatory Discus
sion-The Masonic Festival vat

when LIS Serene I1ighness determin
ed upon acceptin the Boston invita-
shun. His coriel reception in North
karliny gave him sort Of appetite
| for popler applause, and he determin,
ed upon trvin it IN the North agin.-
At the Cabinet Meetin. held to dis
cuss tile question, Seward expressed a
desire to go; Wells follered Seward
but Randall, who, since the decease 0t
SIR lse6 Newton, Is considered the
/ strongest man connected with the Ad
ministrashun, and therefore assooms
diktatorial airs opposed it.
But sed Johnson, I feel e1
though | must make one more effort
to save our errla Southren brethren. "
Mr.. President" returned Randall
." / recently went to raise a corner
stun to the memory Of your lamented
father, who deceest in 1872 onto wich
wuz engraved these words;
" JacoJ Johnson died .flono tie cfe1
! Of q disease su?er:Rl0ost Jy 4 orer e35,t to
sare has friends tion, drc-~"in''
Nov. ef YOU persist in vour loon
acy ! Shall be compelled, after 6 time.
IN my quiet Wisconsin home, where
an appreciatiye constituency viii per
nit me to forever stay, to indite an
epitaph for thC cornor,stun over your
politikle grave, wich | shall do thus
:. Hic jacet ANDREW JOHNsoS.
who died from the efiex NV a disease
superindoost by over efIert in q great
many attempts to save his pcriitikle
friends from bcin strangled
a. Z. s. The friends wuzn't wttth
the sayin.
But, upon selond thot, I've no
objection to this toor. \ on kin do
us no damage cf Won deliver only sich
speechs cz we dcrermiu upon before
hand. You go through Delaware
wich is onrn Moo jersey you've been
through wunst. and they know wat to
expect; New York wood give en-.
thoosiastic reception ef Norrisy and
Wood viii take holt NV it Seward
telegraph EN- and in Connecticut
you're shoore nv a coriel rccepshun.
The State is full ny demoralized Yam
kce Dcmokrats, who hev been out to
I Michigan and left there all their pu-
ritauism, bringing bak with them. in
It's stead, all the cussidness indigenous
TO that soil, wich cussiduiss, grated
onto their hatral cuteniss, makes EN-
rather cuterprisin i'll their worthless
ness. III Boston, itself, the prospek
is good. Therc'll be a immense crowd
present to dedicate the Masonik TEN
pie, which we shall claim the credit
ny bringin ez we did The throngs that
come to see US on the toOr north, but
wiCh wood persist IN hollerin Grant.
The trooiy good men uv Boston are
Ablishnists; but there is some thou
sands Wich want oaice-, ard them
with a sprinkIin Of Demokrats md
konservatiyes, ought to make - a
handsome recepshcn. There IS yet
men in Boston who returned fugitive
slaves and there IL, besides, the en-
| inently respectable gentlemen whc
are so conservative THAT they hold on
to sin becoz It's old and established by
precedent, and so aristokratik that
! they wont do right, Jest becoz doing
rite Is quite a kommon thlag in that
seckshun who hold on to the cote
( tale NV Progress and holler stop !
and who, if they tie themselves to a
good cause load il down with dignity
Like the second lootenants Of 1861
the;r baggage IS worth more'n they
are. But the trip wont hurt US
You cant make the Ablishnists more
Ablishn and them ez foller us fol
the loves and fishes We dispense. wood
still foller us. ef the road we took led
Us slratc through pcrdishcn ez q pig
/ con wood fly. It may be that its the
method By wicltwe shall finally carry
Moo England. Pope sez;
Vice is monster of such hidius moin,
That to be hated needs but to be seem
/ Now, if we foilered the poet no furtb.
er we should never 20, but each one
wood keep ez close IN his respective
apartment ez possible But KNOWN
mankind. he goes on:
But seen to oft, familiar with it, face,
We first endure, then pity then embrace.
That is it. We must be seen too oft.
We must make en- familiar with ouI
face. IF we STAY long enuf' I don't
despair Of seem Boston eiyin YOU "a
ovashun. and Seein YOU locked n the
arms Of Wendell Phillips. IF they
. commence pitvin you, the reaction
viii take EN- 20 the embracen. and i
seems % though lhey ought 20 be at
that pins br this time And then et
YOU make this tour and say nothing
idiotilS, the very novelty az it VIII d
rect attention from y hat we lfev lie
cided to DO with Sheridan, SickIes
. Pope. Ct al. j will bcwilder the peo.
PIE"
And 50 it vuz decided to GO
Through Delaware the reecrshuus
vuz all that we desired and IN Ma
ryland tAe people came IN crowds to
greet Us, though tie cheers partook
50 much Nv the naohur ~ the vells 1t
the Confe3rit. soldiers when they
charged, that Sekreiary Seward :
nerves were somewhat shokt. Ez
Philadelphia didn't offer IL tne hoss-
FATALITIES ~ the city. we didn't stop
there at all The train ran roGnd
It. the Presidents nose bcin elevated
all the tins cz though ht :mait saith