Weekly Trinity journal., 1868-07-04
NUMBER 26.
Nasty at the Chicago Convention.

Nasty at the Chicago Convention.
1 wuz at Chicago one dav. and that one day
satisfied me. My ears wuz stunned with rors
for Grant which ever way turned my eyes
nothing but Grant badges and Grant med
ais; the bands wuz all playin the Star Spanged
Banner" and sich, and even the street organ
grinders he'd attooned their Tyres to the same
Ahlishun melodies.
On my arrival | askt vishus boy (wieh
knowd was Dimekratic, from the fact that his
little shirt wood hev hung out NV his little pants
cf he'd he'd any shirt, eff he Good show me where
the ,Ablishun Convenshun wuz hnldiu itself.
''Certainly l kin, my old buffer" sed he.
It It's in that yere bildin," pntin, he spoke,
to ruther gorgus edefce with steeple to 1T.
l entered it, and wuz surprised not only at the
fewness NV the delegates on the floor, but at
their pecoolyer appearance. They didn't look
like delegates TO any convenshun he'd ever at
tended. Their noses wuzn't the color he'd
been accustomed to. They wuz all solemn look
ing chaps with gold spectacles, black coats, high
forehcads and white neckerchers. ais this,
thot to myself, " the uniform delegates wear to
a Republican conyenshun?' ~
At this plat | turned TO sitting beside
me, and in an undertone askt wch was ahead Oh
the last ballot Colfax or Wade?
"Sir," sed he q are yoo a johnson Postmas-
ter p
81 am," said defantly. " How didst deter
mine that pint ?"
in the place, my friend. This is Methodist
Conference
That wikkid and perverse boy he'd intenshan-
ellv deceived me.
Unable to obtain admission into tho Opera
House, l whiled away the rosy hours vlsiten
the delegashun rooms. The lngeany dolegashun
offered me water when intimated that wuz
athirst The Ohio delegashun knew me on site
and asked me to dust, and the California dele
gashun, NV wich | expected better things, a3kt
me to take wine Wine, to feed such a nose as
l carry about Wine to satisfy the cravings of
such stummik mine? Faugh ! And the
man who did it he'd ben in Calforny twenty
years.
Disguised at the thinress Of the beverages,
retired into friendly hosiery kept by Dennis
O'Shaughnessy, and at his bar soladed my self
with three fingers of Kentucky sustenance.
There wuz no enthusiasm amune the peoi lie
of Chicago whom | naturally fell amung. The
sloon keepers, wch in the remembrance of the
Demekratc Conyenshun Of 1864, he'd mace extra
preparashuns, wuz gloomy, sad and disappoint-
ed. These places, garnsht for the ockashun
wuz sad and lonely. There wuz an entire alb
sence of that gentle gurgle to me pleasen
there wuz none of the generous noses and faces
lighted up with the radience of the barl wch |
am accustomed to. No; Chicago wuz no
place for me.
It's the last Republican Convenshun shall
ever attend. The ice of a conference sittin in
the city with convenshun the lice of
mixin poltix with religion VIII there be
conference in Moo York in Jooly? Mehinks not,
onless my church shood decide to hold one.
Two Poor YoUYG MEN.-The torches are fairly
lighted and the who dwell beside the sea
can behold the glimmer of Libsrty's camp-fres
on the pineclad hills. From the snowy, tempest
crowned dome of Shasta to the orange groves Of
Los Angeles, the names of Grant and Cofax are
in every mans mouth as the coming men The
brilliant military career Of the great captain is
strong grasp upon the peoples affection, but
they honor the courageous and progressive young
statesman none the less. These men are htlv
matched in energy integrity and devotion to the
cause of freedom and the nation. They have
been tried severely in tho past, and can there
fore be implicitly trusted in the future. They
are men OF the people, brought up among the
people, and they know no law so potent or oblg
atory as the will of the people. To both of these
men life has been continuous battle, and it
may truly be said that they have GO fought it out
on that line" Only eight years ago, Grant was
poor farmer, hauling wood to st. Louis for
livelihood. Fifteen years since, Colfax, with
sleeves rolled up and sweating brow, was pa
tiently standing, mallet and shooting-stick in
hand, over the forms of the South Bend Register.
But the day came when our country had need of
these men. Both were men of underable gem
us, but lacked opportunity. Circumstances of
no common nature called one 20 the field, the
other to the forum, and both did honor to their
positions. If % necessity is the mother of nven-
ton, it must also be admitted that peril is the
parent of fame. National emergencies brought
from obscurity the two men most promin-
ent before the people. And when the nations
vote shall have rolled up in thousands Of major
ity for these two poor young men, what COM
ment it will be upon the fallacy of hereditary
arstocracy. ''Mudsills of society" Thank
heaven, the by-word and reproach uttered on tho
| floor of the United States Senate, by pampcred
minion Of demolished empire founded upon
mere natural increase of barbarian serfs, shall
! become a term of honor and distinction wher a
woodchopper shall be inaugurated the Chief
| Magistrate of the nation, and an humble fEp'-
stcker shall presil lie over the most august deEo-
eratiye body in the civilized world.-NeraaG
Gazette.
FALSE PRIDE.-Henry Ward Beecher writes to
the Ledger:- :-'' Explain to me, if you can Mr.
Bonner, why it is that so many young people are
ashamed to have it thought they have no money
or why is ii they are ashamed of economy in ,.a tno
management of slender means, and ci irugailty
in living? There is no disgrace IN oelhs :"
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