The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-10-15
from the Toledo Blade.I
4; NASBY.
The ABtletam Dedication Consult.
alton Over the Speech OF the Presi-
dent, and the Manner In Which Ii
Was ShOrn OF its Fair Proportions.

POST -COHFEDERIT ROADS,
(Which is in the Staff NV Kentucky)
@ts~ September 30. 1857.
From Ohio to Washington Thar
is nary peece for me! The sole of my
foot knows no rest. Wher Democracy
is in danger Their am [. wuz called
to Washington to consult with the
friends of. the President in regard to
the Anteetam dedicashun. The part
his Eggslehcy wuz to takein that af-
fair-wat he wuz to say-wat others
wuz to say, ez well ez who wuz to say
lit, wuz a. matter (Which required not
onlylprofound thought, but the most
careful Consideration. Hence I wuz
called. q !. IssI fiitI sHlii Il
| 1 found assembled the entire Cabi-
net, with the addishen NV Buckley, a
gentleman recently arrived from d
foreign mission named McCrackSn.
Governor Swami Nv Maryland, Ex-
Governor Bradford, the poet NV. the
day, General McPounder, late NV
Lees staff, now Wv. the Maryland me-
lishy, Kernel Screw, ditto, and twelve
or twenty more who he'd held no.
sishons Nv trust and profit under the
Confederaey, and who wuz now holdin
correspondent posishens under the
Gunner. NV Maryland, all NV wich
wuz a discussin the various pints in
volyed in this matter. The President
had prepared a speech witch kixered
thirty Eight pages Nv legle cap paper,
and it was segested that he reed it.
In the impressive manner for witch he
is celebrated, he began. - r.
Fellow countrymen-"z -,....4et
| object to that fraze." said Gen
eral McPouuder. 6 Its liable to mis-
construcshun. Sposen tibet upon thet
stand shood be them witch, doorin the
fratrisidle struggle which lost me my
niggers, wuz IL the Federal army? I
object to beln considered the fellows
NV sich." ang l.
The objeckshun wuz finally got over
Oy the Presidents sagreein to turn. ez5
he uttered the words, to the MARYLAND
delegashun, witch satisfied en-. ez the,
most ultra felt it wuz enough eff the
President sheod address himself ex-
cloosively to Maryland imakrats ezi
his eountrymen. He5perceeded:
.Gathered~ together field
wich the valor,u NV loyal arms made
forever memorable-nlL--... a : =
Governor Swami objected. He wuz
for consultation. How Good our
Southern brethren, who had taken
the oath, be consolidated eff the
fact that they wuz walloped wuz
bein continually flung at EN-! a.q !
Besides the word g, loyal WIZ of
fensive TO the heft .ov the Democracy.
Mr. Seward thought eff references
wuz made to the late onpleasantness
they ought to be diluted. I sustain
ed the objeckshun and it wuz stricken
out, The President res oomed: TFaJ
"9Feefin this day al uncommon u
solemnity, standen az We do over tie
moral remains Nv the thousands who
died in che sacred cause NV liberty
and in defense of the flag Nv our
couD-
Hold said the faspetu6ds Mary.
land General, protest. In the
name of Maryland Epref4s iShef the
Conservatives of that glorious State
be insulted by. alloosionsr~to liberty.
Nv which we are aepriEedsand to the
flag which is the symbol Nv oppression,
and under ,yhchrye sdidnit>fghtT I A
1 sustained the 0objeckshun. and
that was struck out He went, on:
When [ cast my eye foter this
held and let it rest for an instant on
the spot where the impetuous fore. |
men wuz driven southwark by orr
brave tEoeps|" 70Anr v1H-f
Govefnor Swami remarKed That an
such an OCCASION it wood perhaps be
better not to meoshuns the partickeler
direckshun in which any BODY WIZ
driven. letit -ead. / wood saw thn-
:" On this spot where che imnefnoua
foemen wus driven by our brave
troops.y left thussait woodent be
offensive to ianybodvs- r,
wood read ex we'll South ez Nortb for
10 that encounter both sides wuz At
times, driven L sustained the amend.
ment, and the President went on:
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