The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-05-13
q iten ~ q 70ledo. Blade.


The President is nv the opinion that
he will be impeached, wich opinion is
shared by his confdenshel friends. In
deed. Randall fell onto his neck when
| he told him that he he'd come to that
conclooshun, and remarkt that that
wuZ the first correct conclooshun he
he'd come to sence he he'd bin Presi.
dent. Ell anything will stop II, It will
be the speeches witch are delivered for
the prosecooshun. He hez some hope
that the people, when they see the ava
| lanshe nv words that hez bin piled
onto him, will hev their hatred turned
| into pity, and that pity, will in this, ez
in other matters, melt into love. But
that's thin reliance, and he knows IL,
| and Isl therefore,, prepaIin to leave
| Washington. He hez alreddy bid adOo
to Mrs. Cobb. They met for the last
time this mornin. She wood hsv ac-
companiei him TO Greenyiller but he
sed May" To yoose the words NV
another
"My fate It Is too cold for thee. Mn. Cobb.
'1would chill thy dearest Joyi .-
I'd rather weep 10 see thee free, Mrs, Cobb,
Than keep thee TO destroy.
"Here we part. hev no longer the
pardnin power, or the disposal NV Of
ices. Eff I shood get to be Mayor of
Greenville, witch is in the State NV
Tennessee, 1 mite, perchance, give 700
| the disposal of one poleece OF that an
teek town, but alars! he Good not af-
ford to pay enuf to keep 700 In gar
tiers. Mol no! FAREWELL Pm scooped.
A. Johnsonis okkepashun's gone."
Mrs. Cobb wu1 led out, bathed in
teers. lam informed, however, that
she is In comfortable circumstances,
hevin bin ruther savin doorin that
halcyon period nv pardnin rebels. She
for a rainy day. i told the President
this, and he WIZ Yfsibly relieved. II
wuz sejested by a counsel nv his
friends that he shood return quietly
and by the neerest route, to which he
assented. He would 90, he said, unos-
tentashnsly and without display, to
Philadelphia, Moo York, Moo Haven,
Conn, Savannah, Nobel, Louisville,
Moo Orleans and Dubuke, Iowa.
Write to all my friends, !" said he, "and
beg oV EN- not to offer any ova-
shens or anything nv the sort
desire to glide into history ez
marter, with halo round my head, }
witch bowed meekly and uncomplainin.
" to the behe6Is nv the d-dest tyranny
on the globe. Tell EN- that the most 1
desire in the larger cities Is professions,
with approprit moosic, banners, and
sich, TO receive me at the cars and TO
escort me TO my hotel. and simple
balcony from wtch to address my fell
low citizens, that 1 may set their harris
at rest by ashoorin nv EN- that am eZ
devoted 10 the constitooshen now ez
ever, and to tell EN- how much / hev
suffered in their BEHALF / want NO
wreaths, no gaudy chaplets woye for
me; no illuminashens, no nothen.
wood meerly sejest that at each place
the procession be headed by tomb-R
mausolem-on wheels, drawn by ten
black HOSES, all clothen in mournin,
the tomb TO bear thesImple inscription,
"Impeachmeut. In this Is buried An
droo johnson, and with him The consti-
tooshen, the flag and the liberties nv
his country, wlCh he wood h6V saved"
II mite be we'll to hev another follerin
behind 1t with wax hgger OF Columby
Dustin the mausoleum, and histin q
wax hgger ny me out Nv 1t, chuckin the
constlLooshen at me ez she does II, ex-
| clAimin the while, Rise, second Wash
| ington-rise, step father nv your eOuns
try" These little allegories wood in
cuicate a great moral lesson, and wood
inspire the people with awe"
| Randell objected. WAITS the yoose?"
he sed. Ell am in. the carriage with
700 and I sp0se shell hey to see this
thing out, the Aollshnists will jeer and
fluut me, and say, Go up baldheadl
rhe Inscriptions they will Ian at, and
they WON'T do our own people eny good,
| Tor not one in ten kin read en-"
Welles wuz in favor nv the mauso.
leuLn, only he wood hey site change.
He wool hev Columbia supported by
him, eZ Neptoon the God Nv the briny
deep, putin wax sceptre labeled
| "veto, ~ in the hands nv the wax Prest-
dent, with the inscripshen, with this
| he wood hev saved the ConRtistooshen.t
Randall wuz oyerpowered, but he did
not give up his pint. Ef 700 viii go
| into the wax figger bizness,n sed heS
''I perpose that wax fggers be made
| nv family nv nigRers, with another
wax figger nv the President regardin
NV EN- with q sorrowful look, with this
inscripshen, CHOW often wood 1 hey
gathered themez q hen-hawk gathereth
| chickens but they wood not" but TINS
sejestion wuz rooled out to-wunst.
1T hey decided on this,n sed the
President. 81 shell not prevent the
people from testifyin their devoshen 10
| me and bearin witness to my many
| yirchoos. / have already received ten-
ders nv percessions ez terrible ez armies
with banners. The SBlood Tubs nv
Baltimore, the Killers nv PhtladeIfy
and the Ded Rabbits nv Moo York hev
all expressed desire to do me tbs
honor. In Moo Haven the Moo 1oEk-
ers kin go ther 10 make me PeIs - 1ota
/ list ez easy ez they went up tner 70 Vots
our ticket in the spring, ez shet nos
/ be in two places the same day. In the
South, eff the confedEitR 1 heY PARDON
| ed will all turn ont the PROFESSIONS VIII
be miles IN length, and ef they DO NOT
the Ku-Klux will be on hand.
Randall cautioned him not 10 coun !,
double. "Yoo are probably aware
sed he "that the Ku-Rlux is made up
almost entirely nv the patriots VOC
pardoned. But that don't matter, yoo
viii still be ovated to your hearts =! ee
sire. I hev correspondence here e1i y :
letter from a prominent Moo YORK I'LL LII.
ocrat: .-HsY him come this way: 1 l.a.s
| Niger oFfan asylum burnt In 1903 ~ ~
been rebilt, and the boys are ecnln L To-
| a chance 10 go for it agtn. HIS conI
| wood stir mp our voters to some e1 Ss.,
and help to swell the majority Ior Sey
mour." - ~. -
Another one SEE: .,,oral
81 hev no objeckshun 70 your Iunet
percession passin thro MOO hA y. Nd
| don't think il wood hurt us. u 49, -
hev the efeck nv gtthn up so nm
citement, witch possibly We coui9I y. :,
/ to account in the fall eiecaon'
mu- { be managed nicely"
Another remarks: 2,.h,,ond L
"He he'd better come 70 hlcIsHSsion
think. We Good git up q PEI ,-5ite
Wich wood terrffy the nlggere anu ~, ,-,r5-
| ioyalists, and possibly keep ett iii Iii
/ ratityin the constitooshnn. ,ood
| 100 -, s,,sa1lIs and Will say any 49,