The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1869-03-29
Political Political chit-cIhat.
Beast Butler dominates General Grant

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The Georgia Senate has refused to
consider the fifteenth amendment. lu
[ A scaly appointmcnt-the new Sccre-
tary of State-Nlr. Fish. {, '5rgt
Fayorite reading for oflicc-scckcrs-
"Put yoursclfin his place" .f' 81 r''
Lopgstrcet's Office is worth $4,000 a
year and pickings. -
Changed his vocation General Grant,
from tanning to 'cabuet' making.
A goodatliing for MOrrisscy and Butler
the coppernnd steel bill in Congress, q
sold Pluto" is Brownlow's pet name
in Memphis. Nor is it inappropriate, as
Pluto was one Of the Internal dcities,
In the Illinois Legislature, on Saturday,
'le'bill to rsocaI the registry Inv was de-
The Nashville PAPERS report that some
Of the miliiN'are playing tbepart Of foot
pads in Che suburbs OF the elty,zrd gr y.
Fogney says that circumstances. alter
eases "isrWell. ,Forncyris case, and the
sooner he is altered the better, 7,-l,l
Texasis cul'ivating broom.corn large
with u view. to aaclcan sweep.
Of free labor. .s,, al, sggd -,
General Samuel N Cary is to take the
stump for tho Democratic ticket in Con-,
nccticut. ,,.I.5 h, ..,,.i
Grants inaugural presents arc count
ing up. The last one was Biblc--yeryi
appropriate, .i'e 4.i. ,n ..s'd
The way to get an Office from Grant is
give him present, or prove that you
contributed largely TO the Grant fund. d.
The Louisiana legislature has ratified
tho negro suffrage amendment, But who
ratified the legislature? a..,,.
The departure for Washing.onoftlc
Iowa Office Seeking brigade, Ind ba,,al-
ioA, is chroulcled. :.
A Massachusetts paper says that Sum
ncr isihc coming man," II ke IS The
may como rs ltisu,cly as he pleases. We
eau wait. ar, = ~ III. a.,tr - sr
Henry Ward Bccchcr is retrograding
In n Sermon delivered two weeks ago, he
said-.'I hate black; it is not Gods
color. Wllite'is Gods color" .;.asfr
James Brooks, of New York, is the
Oldest, and G. Bowen, Of Soutl, Caro-.
lima. is said To- be theyoungcss and hand.
soonest Congressman.
The Democrats Of the Hartford, Con-
nscticut, district have nominated Senn-
tor Dixon for Congress. his term as SEN
ator expiring will. the last Congress. .rs
The New York Herald asks the follow.
ing :--."Af,er wheat, what!' Whisky
"Af'o, whisky, who?' Our noble Scna-
tors. .4i-.y..g-- ~.
Nobody who calls on Grant wants
anything. They only drop in to pay
their respects. Never. was such, sclf-ab-
ncsation seen.
The returns Of the spring elections in
all parts Of the State Of New York con-
,inuc very favoraI!s TO tic Democrats.
They have gained everywhere. ~
Andrew johnson, late President Of tho
United States, aid old Ben. Wadc, late
President of the Senate, 60 into private
life. let us see which will emerge from
i. first. l.T' ua ei. 17..4ae
Of thrcciarplican's for tie post Office 1t
Dubuque, one claims i, because his wife
is Il cousin Of Grant, another, says he can
60 him "t@o nitccs better" aud the
third wants it because lie is tanner.
Under tae new franking law, members
Of Congress must nfliv their signatures in
their own handwriting, in all cases. Let
ters to Senators and members are no
longer free Of postage. e. ,-.yrsis II,
~ The war between the radical faction in
,lndiana--tlc Baker and Cunback par.
ties-has, like The small pox, broken out
with renewed violence. 1t promises to
leave deep pits and marks upon the bo,:y
Of the radical party. '' '''"''
.. "a conhiryman' sends us the follow.
ing description Of u rndical:-"A radical
is compound Unconstitutional noun,
black il person, African gender, dc.
"li,ine III number desperate cnSc. nnh Is
governed by negroes under partisan rule,
as QUO ignOramus rules another"
When the lately cmanci pntc1 slavrs o
the Sout, voted for Grant, and. by being
the balance Of power, elected him, they
either had the right to vote or they had
not. : If they dill have It, why this pro.
posed amendment to give it 10 thrm?-
and If they did not. then Grant was
elected by illegal votes.
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