Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-07-15
"NaSby Oh Chase

"Nasby OH Chase.
:. Nasby'' has recently had .'dreem'
which gives, in his inimitable manner, the
following very graphic description of the
efforts made by the Chief Justice to get the
Democratic nomination.
Tn my dreem | wuz in a country the like
nv which never seed alore. There wuz
low level place, sort pit indeed, and
not pit either, so much CT it wuz
swamp or bog, with only here and there
drv spot 1t wuz not ez cheerful a lookin
place cz you Good think NV. 1t wuz
full NV skulls and dead mems bones. The
highways leading into it were slushy and
nasty, and an odor Nv seven hundred
thousand million dead cats constantly assem-
ded to vex the pure air above 1t wuz in
habited. it wuz Rolling about in the cor
rupshun. | saw the face NV every Demo
crat | had ever seen, and they wuz all
about ther yoosal avocashons, too. Ben
Wood wuza sellin lottery tickets, Fernandy
Wood he'd his hand into Il city treasury
A. johnson signln Il pardon tor i
counterfeiter (anOther countertelter, who
wa n ted the skill NV the inkarseratcd one ,WuZ
a waitin to carry it to him. a immense con
course Nv OOillt hOITIeStN tpilh lllOOCulo W Clt
organizing a raid onto niger ortan asy-
lums. and another immense mass wuz
furnishing weapons ef for another con-
tli:t with suthin. Rite back uv this place
waz precipice rsin up almost pcrpendlc-
ullr many feet on the top nv wich stretch
ed away a most beautiful prospect. | asked
one who was crawlin out the place what
it all meant and he replied that it wuz the
restin place NV the Dimocrisy.
. Look =" sed he. .'about you. Seest
700 that elevated breezy plain That's the
chosen home ny Republikinism up Their, and
I'm going for it
:. But stay said |, :. fain wood know
more Who's that - | askt, ez a body come
siootin down the abyss, bounding plump in
t Il most friteful mass NV corrupshen below.
= That's Ross, NV Kansas sed he
- Look out, here comes Henderson, too,
ami Fowler fla ha - laffed this escapin
one, ez he see Ross and Henderson scram-
bic out Of the dirt, with it stickin To EN- and
try to crawl up the side NV the precipice.-
Fowler seemed 10 like it, and settled down
as though he intended to stay. There were
Others who got SO close to the verge uy the
precipice, that | RELY trembled for en-, but
they he'd strong hands holdln EN- back.
700 motifs that there is one way NV COM
municashun between the two places, Sed he
= wich is legitimit. 700 observe that lad
der?'' - | hedn't, but do now Ny eyes
is Dim, = scd l, wat is them inskripshens
on the rounds -
They are inscribed ez follows
No. l-(The highest.) Conservatism.
No. -Constitooshnel Doubts
No 3-Southern Rites.
NJ. 4-C;reenbax-"
No. 5-Repoodia>hcn
No. 9-Ameriky for white men.
M ~ friran $laVprN -
= Noo viii observe the last one is partly
under the slush witch kivers the bottom ny
the plain It's q trihe lower than the
original level But look there's suthin
COIN on up there See '''
Troolv. there wuz suthin sJin on Chccf
Justice Chase appeared at the head uy the
stairs on the very brink of the precipice.-
Follcring him and entrcatin ny him to stay.
wuz Theodore Tilton, IIorris Greeley and
more n million ny others, white aud black
who wuz a holdin up their hands in horror
ut the way his face wuz turned The Chcci
Justice was aso"-;,r wv EN- 1t WIZ - rite,
that he shood probably 20 down To the first
round, witch wuz :. Conservatism. as he con
sidered it safer ground. Theodore grabbed
him by the shoulder. to restrain HIM, but
Salmon showed him off roodly. and put his
toot on the first round
| looked closer and saw it all at a
ez to be in site NV any one standing on
that round, and WIZ a wavin flag him
onto witch wuz inscribed - nOmna Shen -
). p. he'd his venerable eyes fixed onto that,
and didu't see nothin else, kind uy par
shall blindness which hez rooiued quite a
many public men. * Don't 20 to EN-. =
cried Theodore and HOrris. = | won / - re-
turned the cheerful old innocent III
bring EN- up 20 me" Infooriated with he
fully moving fore him, he quickly dropt
onto the second step, and tht next, each
step helm longer than the one precedin it,
By this time the attenshen NV the Democ-
risy below wuz attracted toward the spccta-
Gle. and they cheered Justify. not SO much
ut tie prospeck getting the eminent
Judge, ez at the sorrer and chagrin depict
ed ONO the faces NV Greeley, Tilton, ct al.
at the top.
Down he went, amid the plaudits NV the
Dimorisy, who by this time, wuz all
hurranin for him, step by step, till he
come to the last one :. Come - said b.
regari, Forrest, Fernandy Wood and Val
londtgum - come One step morc-one
little tiny step, and it's over. Come, love,
conc -
so" sed he, tremblin like a m.n
with the agcr. Il can't 90 that step
cant, indeed | can't Come up to me
700 must -
'sWell,' sed Belmont. .. it's better for
us t. stand that last step Get hold,
Maple and the strongest of YOU, and lift the
conern out of the miro, and up to the
Chef Justis. Take holt close. Now =
Al together with will -
hey tugged and tugeed, but to no pur-
poe. Pendleton, Hendricks, and a score
uy others, who didn't like this Chase biz
M, he'd slipt down TO the bottom and
pullin back Onst or twist Belmont
aid the others histed so ez 700 Good see the
beds Nv the multitood above the liquid they
vuz under, and few late recroot climbed
pp onto the step, but the weight wun too
heavy, and they staggered back.
= Onct more - shriekt the Cheef Justis
cone more trial. Oh Git EN- up on this
sep. oh git up, for | arnt go no
lever, indeed | can't, and we must come
t,gether- | hev gone down six steps, and
bng ones, and 700 can and 700 must come
Up to this one. Git EN- up
At this pint awoke The screeching of
the wretched man aroused me. It's pity |
the dreem did not continyoo Ez it is DOM .
whether he's agoin to take the last step or
rot. | don't know whether he's agoin to
Ilunge into the mire with us, or whether
he's agoin to climb back again and wash
himself clean the filth that s stuck to him
in the clear waters of repentance, or whether
effort is to be made to lift us up to him. |
left EN- when | returned from the land Nv
dreems, settling back into the mire, and
Chase standing onto the next but last round,
With a expression Nv despair onto his coun-
tenance, .list in the way of the missiles both
parties wuz a THROWN. Consekenly, I'm no
batter off becoz Nv this dream than l wuz be-
fore. | am still on the waters Nv uncertainty.