The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-12-05
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WAsdirsros, Nov. 8.
We he'd messin IN wAlhidgson lest sits
70 consider tAisss. Thses 1ee. nsny tAiees
% consider jeat nov, and il was doomed
proper TO consider em. Il vux . Lodge nv
sorrow. Their wus faint glimrins nv hope
onto the countenanees w few nv hose
present. but nuthin " certAinty-nutAin ~
ashoorsnce. Secretary Randall remarked
that 80 far Is he wsa concerned he he'd made
up his mind. Hs shood not take offs under
the incumin administration. He mite yeeld
in other matters (for be was nv yssldin ma
cher, but on this hs vuz inflexible. McOul-
loch aud Browning were also Determined
but Seward had other ideas. He chirped in
that the oldest man coodn't tell what sixty
days wood bring forth.
.'Wa. shall We do?" askt . postmaster
from Ohio.
II seje.t for President Jchuson," sid
Randall, that be apply for tho Spanish
throne. He wood ba acceptable 70 the Span>
ish people for he b. all his Ii . been rstting
the Bourbon down.
Randall has no longer any fear nv the Pres
ident. st e ~ ssstss
"Gsntlenen,' remarkt /. II her an idea,
wick ii acted onto will pull 10 out ~ ous sea
Of troubles. y
esps.hl" e.s.ai.sd sAU al Win ons
breath; '1pesfi" IS
my iAss = Crbs. ,C.ba, tAs ~ " he
Antiliss-tAe bsitsa jewslia The crown Nv
spain. La ASsAsstaAry 8s~ArA, MO her 1
talent for reel estate, buy il nov before the
new government has lis internal rsvenoo
system establish, and while it is hard up for
money. Let Cuba be the poiitikie Roiany
Bay w this country. Let II be bought By
Seward aud then lei the President 70 to work
to wunst film offses for its government,
while he still her the power of appointm ent
He must not wait 70 hev EN- hold elections,
| for We aluz succeed better in getain offises
| by appoirtm-n than by elections Wat !
| Heaven see open before Va! hev been
| readin Cubs MP, and iind that that island
| pays the home government SOS, 900. 900 per
annrm. II the Spanish government kin git
$4,000, 600 out Nv EN-, We kin double ],
with our experience. There's enuff for all
nv us, Give Randall place correspondent
with that he nov holds; make Ben. Woed
/ superintendent Nv the Havana lotteries
| give Frank, r. suthin else, wat, it don't mat
ter, ez he'll take ennything make good
/ places for Ross, Fullerton, Binkley, Mrs
Cobb, vallandigham, Brite, Mrs. Perry
John Quincy Ada ms, Jr Frank Pierce, Gen
Forrest, jim Htssdman, Rosso, Doolttls
Cowan, Dixon, Secretary wells, and eli Nv
that unnumbered throng Nv hungry soiss
who hev lived on pap % long that any Other
diet sonrs on their stonicks. And then
i ''Bnt sposin Congress, when it meets r..
fosaes to ra,ify the parchis b maxim a. 40.
propriashen7" askt doubtsr.
''ksfooze 10 make the appropriations Re.
foozei IA! Put before Gineral Grant the
prospect Nv never xgin ssein the Blair family
put afore Congress and the Ansrikin peo
pie the hope Nv never aeein agin the faces Nv
any nv the men l hev menshund, With tbs
thousands Nv others Nv similar tastas, habits
4 and necessities, and wat wood twenty or thir,
i ~ millions, more or ess. be to emf Moth.
in Congress wood vote it instantaneously
and the peope would all say Amen Lord
how quick the slil wood go through and how
quick Grant wood sign it,
] but sposn Congress shood refoose, wal
them Jest ez we'll. The Blars wood hev
their posishuns, and the Cuban officials, 81
they are yersed IN American poIitikle histo.
ry, know, etthey know anything, the. when
the Btars get into place, nothln but death
loosens EN-. We shood hist the banner Nv
Indepsndence-ws shouId paint onto the ban
ner the lnscripshen: s.Offises tor All, in q
Country where Likker 10 not Taxed.'' and
in . week's time IN Army nv Dlnokraas, big
ennff to capcher Spain herself wood Be on
j theAa shorss; AAd rho oosld a,Asd ekorg
emp Whispsr "Poss Olics'' in der esr,,
and they'd w11s kaee deep II bloo1. Lord
how the Spanish soljsry wood 70 down afore
EN-! How Frank Blair wood 10 for Lersun
dit asw ali the traiasd cohorts Nv Dinoc.
risy wich hev bin sbstainin from obs 90 many
years, wood risk their oil for Z taste Nv the
sweets of posishen
ooh! the deliciousnis o. the prospeck /!
| Think NV an island with enuff nigsers onto il
to do our labor, and enuff white Cubans Who
can't read to vote for usl Why, it wood re-
call recollections w them happy days befors
the war when the Dimocrisy wnz thus consti.
tuted. hunger and thirst for SIGH
"Ro'l swiftly round SO wheels Of time
And bring the happy day"
ssThen Ginral Grant Good hev peece, Then
/ he wood only hev the Ablishnists on his
hands, Then the niggers ~ tho United
States mite hsv suffrage, for il wood make no
difference to US. We wood her o..isis TO live
onto, and pure niggare 10 look down npon.
| and wat more Good We want? The ouly diff
ference wood be, ~ wood hev to accustom
our stumicks to Santa Cruz rum in place ~
wh'sky, hnt that ws Good do. The eject
npos iAs bowels = the same--it differs only
~ taste, and | An told thas whes both are
ne. thers aiast nuch di19encs il HAT"
i IAs e9s4a lnes k1si n seiee1vei. nd
4 | hev no dduos Il WI g 80 rboa' N !,
lm-but Why this .,fr' Il nm s. dore-;t
shell be done.
| PrrsolEun v. NAs,r. pm
tWich 10 foeeassssr