Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-04-03

THE LAST CABINET MEET1NG-THR END oR
THE JOHNSON REIGN, As DESCRIBED by
MR.NAsBY.
WAsnlSGToN, d. c., March G. 1869.
The agony is over ! A. johnson. spurn-
ed by an ungratefu people, wich didn't de-
serve so sweet boon, is wunst more q p1i-
vate citizen, and Nv no more account than !
am nor ez mnch, for ] am still @ pestmas-
ter. ~. ID. .--... ... .. ...r 81.
Ez wuz in at the birth NV the johnson
party, sd it was my painful duty to be in at
the death. ! wuz present at the fret and
the last uv its Cabinet meetins. The first
wuz eggsileratin scene-the last the most
mournful | ever witnis.. At the FIRST we
started out with high hopes fresh in our
uffiss, with Treasury to draw on wich
seemed to us to hev no bottom, and With
slch men cz Raymond, Weed, ct al. to give
us character, and the voices NV the thou.
sands Nv patriots wich wantid offs biddin
US God specdat the last there wuz left
only those who he'd become so fixed that
they couldn't get away, and every one NV
, EN- cunshus that the next day at 3 NJ. they
wuz forever lost. The harlet commencin
her career with youth, beauty, strength, and
store clothes. is one thRg-the same ben
ho'lcr eyed, sunken checks, dirty and drab-
blcd, turned out to die on a dunghiil, aint
So pleasant TO look at.
The meetin was held in The same old
room, in wich hev seen more wecpin than
ever fell to the lot Nv one man. The nd,
ministrashen of A. johnson will be know n
in hstry ca tho moist Ad!ninstrashen. 1t
wuz in this room that We decided to veto
the Frce4men's Buro and Civil Rites Bills
and all the other acts Nv the 3Qth and 40th
Congccsses-it wuz in this room that we re-
ceived the news of the eeckshcns Nv 1866
"a, and 'GS; it wuz in this room that the
Philadelphia convenshen wuz determined
upon, and the tetchcn march Nv Couch and
Orr, arm in arm, up TIE aisle wuz arranged
the President written at the same time hi:
little speech in which he menshund the fact
that cZ he read the account thereof lIt
couldn't restrane his emosheu, but bustid
into q food NV teers it wuA in this room
that the spontaneous triboOts Nv respeck
toward His Eggslency at various times ant
places wuz arranged, and the details theres
fixed up; in short, it wuz in this room tha
al the acts wich gid the memry Nv the lat'
administrator was decided upon and even
chooally wept over.
Ez | entered it-for the last time proba
bly, bust into tecrs on the threshold anC
ined the other weepers who he'd been dis
tilln briny greet fo- some hours Indeed 81
long he'd they bin weepn that one frient
nv the President who he'd a Eentuck.
counteaance, howlcd piteously for som
liquid to replace that wich he he'd lost. I
bottle was handed him and he wept m
more. | tried it to strengthen me agin tn
waste that knowd must ensoo. lngrati
TODD is not my failure. Till A. Johnson git
back to Tennessee, my eyes shel not he dry
The President wuz terribly calm and com
posed. ......
Weep my friends ~ scd he."wccp.
can't blame goo, for y0u are dd0ct 10 be d.
priced Of nc =! .'ut ir this tryin hour wi
be calm. hev swung around the entir
circle wv otilshel honor. l hev bin"
At this pint his voice tgemO!ed Gud hi
eyes was tufioosed
, "Bu. no ] will be myself. Sekretar
Seward, is there any more acts Nv uncoE
stitooshnel Congress to yetnl"
"No-pocketin Nv EN- ansers the purpose
as there anybody to pardon" 2"
mo onc-but stay. Now that l thin
, NV it, two counterieiters, ole whisky specl
lator, a Confedrt officer. or two, and wa
left Nv the assassinashen party still languis
either in Basteels or in exile"
! ~ must finish my work. Hand me thel
, blank pardoIs."
He wrote with firm hand, q film uv e.
ont wich only took n second, ez he h,
blanks printed for ell the various otfens
men kin be guilty NV
I Now, then, my dooties is accompishe
' and cheerfy resine the power wich wouI
! hey laid down long ago but for the sake |
+ nv bleedin country. | wood hev saved n
native land but. EnuF. Admit o
friends"
6 Mayor Munro Nv Moo Orleans, Mrs. Cob
q score or more Nv Confedrit officers and
food Nv unforchenct men who he'd bin q
I coosed NV tamperin with m unconstitooshr
f currency, aud hundred, more or less, ,
Pedral oilisholders fled in and shook Il
President corjelly by the hand, droppin
silent tho elokent teer ez they passe
4 There wuz, in addishen to these, sevral hu
dred poor wrctches who had bin layin abo
:. Washington for months waitin for posisher
"a but who hedn't got EN-. They he'd |
,. money to get home with, and they insist
II that the President must and shoOd turni
II EN- means. One Nv EN- demanded NV liza
dali $500, but that great man finally got :
- Nv him by loanin him clean shirt ano
d boz w paper collars.
le Tie man wus deprest, though still hoI
4 full. "rhis," sed he, wayin tue shirt in
it air, "this is all hey to start ON agin--w b
d embarkt into Johnsonism my friends
Or of. In remorseI took to likker and step
s. step went down till became the luathso
0, ebiecll 700 behold. Butt shell now refo
Of and try to be somebody. Disguised in q
ID shirt may inspire confidence, and find
10 helrjn hand. But don't none Nv you spe
Y, to me on the street"
le Ez | saw him the next evenin in St
II, Nv hiliarity hangin to lamp post, repea
of porshens Nv the late Presidents address
ne passers.by without any clean shirt on, judl
I'd remorse led overcome him agin, and Il
Id the ceat shirt he'd bin pawned. Poor
,r. low
Then come the most saddest scene Nv
The President he'd to bid adoo to his Ca
vi net.
"My tried and trustid friends" he CO
ry menced, when Randall broke in with
ne onfeelng remark that he'd better say "trr
rs id friends" without the tried"
ut "My liege, your tried friends wuz IN &
n gang w countezfeiters which jest left
3, presence. They wuz not only tried but c
Ut yicted."
N, Sekrstary Seward wuz vizably affect
ut That afternoon he had heerd nv an lslt
he for sale, the principal volcano on wieh
mostly stopped gushin, and he wspt to tn
IL ~. IL