Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-03-27
WAsnneroy. D. Z. March ;. I,6S.

The most atlectin time eyereggsperienced
in this vale o. teers wuz in Washinton last
mite. His Egyslency telerratit me to come
On 10 Nashinton. and obeyed. ! heyn't
tied much to him recently, but | coodent for
git that he first gave me the offs live on.
that his honored name is at the bottom NV
the cOmmishn / hold, and | felt that | ought
at least TO be with him while he wuz disso-
lutin ! determined that he shood dr9r bis
last oihshl breath onto my faithful buzzIm.
arrived late, and ar wunst pereeded to
the Executive Manshen. 1t wuz "a iamilyer
sceen. There wuz Seward, Randall. Secreta-
~ Welles and the President, and all uv cIn
grayer than the sanity raven nv thr stately
DAYS NV yorc. The President WIZ tryin o.
keep a stiff upper lip, but ] Good see tears "a
follerin each other down his h.lirr cheeks
in rapid succession. '' IIe'sa goner tiot J.
- no man kin stand that drain on bis floods
No matter how much he may Jak, .n that
pace VIII kill any one.
The President wuz a reedin tclcZum- and
letters, and they wuz not Nv a carikter to
pleeze him. The first was from August Bel
mont, and red thus:
81 hev, ez YOU know, the highest possible
regard for yoor Eggslency, and shel regret
exceedinly TO see yoo deprived as yoor high
offics; but, RELY, You kin scarcely cggspect
the Dimocrisy to embarrass themselves by
espousin your coz. The fact Is. no party hey
IN fucher before it kin tie itself to a ded
past The teemster draws a sigh over a ded
mule, but ez a ded mule cant draw his cart,
he naturally turns his ewes onto them still
possest US vitality l hope You see the pint
without my explainin it. Excuze me for
,4..I-
wuz the first that segested itself to me.
81 With profound respect, am, etc.
"P. S-Should biznis call me To Tennes-
see, shel do myself the honor to call on VOC
in yoor dignifed retirement.
The President wiped an avalanche NV teers
wich folered the reedin NV this unfeeln
letter, and the next wuz opened.
MATsyMIE, Ky, Feb. 80, '6S.
Wood a regiment Nv Irish raised in this
place be NV any seryis? Anser IA"
- Hell =" sed Randall. the whole county
only polls $50 votes, and that cuss hez bin
bJrin me for a place in the department for
over year. Drive on"
The next wuz from Nallandvgum
d" Since the isgracetui exLibi-hn yoJr
friends made uv theirsehcs at the Philadel-
phia Conyenshn, | didn't consider myself
bound to yoo. |, ez yoo know, never took
any stock in halEand-half mixters. Nv de-
feet by Thurman heznt increased my love for
700 and yoors. | hey no objecshn to yoor
hGldin yoor sect to the end NV yoor term. but
really il a matter Nv but little conscience
to me. Shood you pass thro Dayton ON yoor
way to Tennessee. shood be glad TO extend
the hospitalities nv my humble house to
goo
The next wuz from Franklin Pierce. and
Suz dated at Conk0rd. y. H..
- feel for yoo ; that is, | feel for yoo on
general principles (Thad. Stevens, permit
me to say. in parenthasis, hez ben leelin for
%, and hez at last. ! am satisfied, found
VOC. feel for VOC ez | DO for every man
who l,ez a offs and is obleeged to leave it.
Neverth elcss, | can't help yoo. | wood, but
WOO see We hev all we kin do to help ourselves.
Oy coorse y0o don't expect the Dimocracy to
take any part in the struggle between yoo
and Congriss Elected ez a Republican. with
Republicans in your Cabinet, the Dimocrisy,
while they applaud wat yoo hey done, can't
Nv coorze make yoor quarrel theirs. When
Voc leave Washington for tennessee can't
y0o take Concord in your way? | hey no
oblecshen to mingin teers with You.
The next wuz from Western p1litishen
lately appointed Postmaster
''Sir u return the appintment VOC gave
me last month with loathin and skorn.
survived the Moo Orleans and Memphis mas
sacres, yoor opposition TO the will Nv Con-
girls. and all the other damnin iniquities uv
voor most damnabe administration. but this
last attempt TO hist Stanton J can't endorse.
Therefore | bolt. GOOr successor Will, hOEe
do me justis. and likewise the SENT
Lord g" sed Randall, that cuss bored
me for better nor a yeer for the appintment,
but the SENT won't confirm him. Oh, Wade,
what heyent yoo to undergo On, johnson,
IRON what hey yoo escaped.
foliows
" DEFY Congriss and let EN- impeech yoo.
Dare EN- TO do ther dirty d-dcSt Eff they
shoOd hist yoo, all the better. II will he an
immense help toward the elerksbun nv Nc
Clellan. Think how much yoo kin do FIR tb,,
coz in this way. and stand firm Visit Hart
ford on voor way to Tennessee
\ western Dimokrat wrote:
Nv all applaud yoor courage and resol-
ooshun. Let the Rump impeech and remove
VOC, and it makes certain the triumph NV
Pendleton. Stand by yoOr colors. Yoor i'm
psechment is our hope. Shel We see yoo at
cincinnati on yoor way 10 Tennessee -
4 Southern Dimokrat wrote
.'Be frm-be firm. The impeachment Nv
yoorself will raise sich Stone NV indignashur
in the North, and sich sympathy for South
ern Dimokrats ez to make the nominashun
Nv even such a man ez Breckenridge certin.
o! stand firm Let EN- impeech yoo Voc
are, now, Nv vast yoose to the COZ. | viii
meet 700 at Looisyile and accompany 700 te
Tennessee.
Mcclellan Pendleton Breckenridge -
shouted the President; '.what NV me Z? Am
l to bleed soley for their good don't want
TO 20 10 Tennessee, nor l won't. Never ~
And Androo, who isn't quite ez much NV q
philosopher as Sokratees, busted into teers
swearin that he'd see EN- blest afore he'd SAX
riffs mint Nv his term for anybody's yoos,
but his own.
The next wuz from an assessor in Illinoy, ,whC
went to remark that ne woud be glad to sup
him h1t decopt rr.rorI A.