The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1868-06-05


Prom Ne Toledo BLADE -.
WASHINGTON, ID. c.. May 10, 1868.
The hspriest hours ! hev enjoyed fol
years passed over me last mite. The Gail
yoor 70 imPeach filed mo with JOY. mex
prcssible.
Thank Hssin. iialieloogy' Ef ! wuz
David / shood restring my harp, ef ] wuk
Herodius shood dance afore the Ming
For wo hcv prevailed. Our shepherd BOY
has met this IColiah NV radicalissn, and with
weapons With no took from bis poach nee
konkercd him. This rapsoly hsz reference
10 impeachment exclusively.
When thu vote ~uz announced tner muH
the wikica entl,oosiasm manifested. Inc
streets wuz iinmejiily filled WIN he
faithful. Baliimorr and the Giles 'ur'he'
South he'd vomitid all over Washington
Mrs. Cobb, no longer in teers, he'd return
ed, the pardon. brokers, whisky spek''aiers'
and those Who he'd he'd diffScultics win
court, on account NV irregularities IN The
currency they manufactured, wuz OIL here
and ioyiuL Coniedrit Captains, Kernels
aud Brieadiers forgot their respective runks
and embraced each other in the public
streets, the gray coats witch hesl seen ser
Wis at An,eeinm and llarper's Ferry made
their appearance as;n, the driukin sloons
filed up ca ef by magic, in fsct, tho sceen
reminded me very much Nv the revival NV
the coz on the 2ad NV febrooary, 1866.
Al the White House there wuz tho most
terrific cShilerashun. The President sat
smilin serenly, Secretary welles (blessins
on his frosty pow wuz ez lively ca the
Dlnderberg, and Patterson wuz normal.
The room wuz crowded with persons Gag
or to congratoolstc tho President on his
success, and every mint congratulatory
dispatches wuz bcin receeyed from all
parts NV the country, Nv witch the follerin
10 samples:
Moo YoRK. 10Th.
arc rodeeoraiin our club room PoStratss nv Pcs
sender. Chase and rrumbull now sdorn our wall
between thoss Of fsrnandy Wood, Bookahan and
Pssrse. The city 10 jubilant. Hale 10 the noble
seven ,
Tho Dimoerscy Nv Moo IIampsheere send greet |
In 10 Moo liAmpsheer's poblest son, Salmon y. |
Chase We forgive and weleum him f.PEncE.
Tho city IL ablass with enthooslAsm. My old |
poleecs Is nov parsd,n the streets, cheerin for
Chase. Fessenden and rrumbuli. M I write they |
are givin nine cheers and tiger % they pas the
spot at which Dostie wuz shot. Judge Abell de-
sires me " add mis- ecngratulashuns MrSRox,
PEORIA. H., 18Th.
The circles which he's - interest In the handlin
Prssidsns on Sis triumph over his tand oarS enc
niles Their confidence In the integrity nv the Sen
II wux not misplaced. They consider the money
they contributed TO brins about this result wsll
spent. and will promptly honor any dram made
upon EN- for means to carry his Esysieney sale
by order Nv the Circle.
The President promptly anserd this telc.
gram Stain that no more money was need
ed to be yoosed for impeachment purposes,
ez the contrnct with Senators kiyercd the
entire eleven articles
There were others from Morrissey, Val
landighaip, and others, all brcthin the same
sperit NV thankinlnis for the result, and all
Acknowledged indebednis to the noble Re-
publikins wich he'd brol il about, These
come from my old Kentucky home:
I.iisioegy, I'll hev my nigs.n agin, Thank
their whereabouts, The Lord be praised, Iley al
ready snorgatsi three NV en-. selah Bells Is
Tie Corner" sonsrs,%Ia,os 700 and the rSs.iasn.
commence work To morrer on tho enlargement
nv my distillery, wich wus suspended when th.
Impeachment onpisasan.nis was begun. All hale
Halo all hale Amid the general rejoiein, can't
you oorrer snuG 10 gAy The bill ySo owe me, The
the public .qsars and PoIloeL's store Is In state
.gy sis:e: The boys arc bound 10 clean him out
Coursers jist In nom sosrds 0arresto.n. with.
In ton minutes AFTER the news reached em the mig
ger settlement wua In bla,s and the two Burow /
tsaeher:, there wus reported missin. Glory enur
pr hentaokyj Pusr-
"why," sed to Randall. who 81, moody
and alone, "dontt 700 aud the President
share in the general exhileration Tie does
not sccm to DO the least eggscited."
"Why shood We 7" rctorted bo. "Doth
the shepherd 90 into spasins over the sheep
he hez safe in his fold 7 The fact is, our
eggscitin time wuz scyral weeks ago, while
we wuz buyin NV EN-, aud arrnngin for
this. The Black Crook Is ruther startlin TO
tho bcl,ollcr from the front. but to the inan
ayers who contracted for the legs at 30
much pair, and arranged the table, amt
NO siarlin."
"Thinkst though the new programme
will result ez the President hopcs!"
mo, the new party can't succeed, no
more than Our last vencher did. II ain't
made up NV the rite material. There
more inteleck than solo in it-morc bowels |
than heart. There's Chase. fessenden,
Tumbull AMI Grimes. Chase hez ambit- |
ion, Grimes hate, and Tnimbull and Fes- |
scndcn dyspepsia, making the Emergencies |
in the new organization half ambition and
hate and half dyspepsia. Never trust q
man whose stimick Is out NV order-take |
no stock in him whose bowels is unsoun,l. |
lntelcck is nothin, heart is nothin, onless |
there's stumick under them OH witch to |
build. Chase hcz no conshcnc, Truinbull
AMI Fcssenden no gastric joose. Sicb men
alluz conspirc and alluz fail. Still, I'm
glad the things occurred"
"Efit amounts tn nothin. why gla,l?"
"lSecoz il lets Johnosn and me out.
When Arnold went back on his country |
mon his countrymen forgot Joodus lskariot;
when Aaron burr III ariz they wunst forgot
Arnold; Pierce drove Burr out NV the pub |
JIG mind; Bookannan made eur forgot Pierce, |
johnson made EN- forget l,ookannan, and |
now Chase and Trunbull will make EN-
forget Johnson and me. That's what WINS
driving ut. Under the storm . shell lecvc
my quiet Wisconsin home and live in
peace, for besi,lc these later cuascs shell
loom up into comparative responsibility.
Good mite. AL is we'll"
At a late hour retired to my yirchus
couch, and fallen into the deep sleep wich
only visits the pilles NV them whose con-
shcncc aint bothered much, Nv whome I
am w'ch. ez my Conscience sheds con-
Sickshen NV wrath To como CT a duck
doos spring rain, droemcd most curis
dnrem. ...
Metl,awt the Presiienshel course wus
rSel and irooly race course, and the cl,l,-
,lidatcs he'd to run that course, the winner
NV the RICE la 10 gloriiiod. Al one end NV the
track wuz wcighin stand AMI at the other
the winners posi-, witch wuz the White
House. The runners wuz TO carry the
tho candidates for Vice President and SIGH
other weights CT their hackers shood pat
onto EN-.
The Republicans he'd Gn.Sr on tho