Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-22
Nasby On Roseersns.

u NA90y en- hO6eGranB-
4 s.Ef Rosecrans hes reely come to u.s.
! I sed, ''let us open our arms aud tax,
him in" They retired not pleased, bu
in sieh state that | hev no doubt tn,
theft of em will vote, ez yoosual, an un
scratched tickit. They took down Mic
klelan; why not Rosecrans?
That mite after 1 retired to my virchu,
couch, L fell into troubled sleep anc
dreemed. The dreem wich afflicted me
wuZ more instructive than entertainin.
Methawt the Dimocrisy uY Ohio wul
in council, seekin for - Ieeder in tht
tcomin eoafiiek. = They trotted out i'll re-
view, all ny EN-, but they COULDN'T tind
man in the party who wuZ not sc
| fearfulIy defective eZ to be Totally and
entirely wOrthlis for the posishen. Val.
landygum wuz eZ spotted e. d leper
Ranney muz tinged with the rather adj
vanced Dimocrisy NV 1868, and the other
men spoken NV wuZ luli Nv politikle
ulcers, biles and running sores. The
menshui. NV their names made the peo-
pie hold their noses. One more Wise
than the rest, in a hit Nv inspiTashun
sung out t.Rosecrans!p and the lice hit
EN-. Roseerans wuZ trotted out and
they ALI fell to admirin him. He wuz
well bilt and comfy, and hiz figgeI
showd strength and endoorance. He
wuz encased into glitterin coat NV bloU
onto which shOne the most gOrgus dec
orashun wichsceod be conceived Iu
letters uy life NV exceedin briiliancy
wuZ the words, West Eirginy, Stone
River" "Iuky." and ''Ghicamaugua,"
with the names of other achievements
more or less notorious, and these decora-
shuns with his epauletts, military sash
. nd "A RI snI, hi.
from head to f.ot in blilliancy the
gorgeounis Nv which iwuZ beyond COM
pare. The managers NV the show which
trotted him out squinted at these things
a mint, but they squinted more pertick-
eriy at the multitood which surrounded
them, to see the effsek which it perdoost
upon EN-, they siidin out OF site as he
advanst, SO that they woodn't OBJ
struct the view.IH The site took the peo-
ple-ther rose up from the threhg, a
most t'enthoosiastic cheer, land hats went
up into the air by thousands. - 11 70
s'It'lldO! it'll Z! Thank the Lord
it'll dOis9 shouted the managers, and
they Immediately fell to enabracin him
in their extacy. Vallandigum fell onto
his neck, but the spot where his hand
struck the General obliterated West
Nirginny;n another delegate now blot
ted out 'StOne River" and the next
embrace busted "Iuka," t'Chickamau-
qua, and the rest of il. An anshent
delegate from Holmes county, which
had taken. AN active part in the resist
ence to drafts, slSly drawed his sword
and threw.it away; another delegate
hacked orf his spurs; a third smaked OFF
his epiletts, and before the poor fellow
knew what was bein done to him, they
he'd gObbled pretty much all NV the, or
Daments which he'd glittered so bravely
onto him. -l7s-
s"Dont--for Heavens sake, don't,"I
ejackilatid one who wuz a candidate for
a county offs in a close county. "Wat
are you doin?u i,ef sat l,a i
s.'These things must come orr NV him
to make him acceptable to our people,
and they eagerly stripped OFF one thing
-ss,5.si |
Git out Nv the way, there!" shouted
another party comm up, .put these res
olooshens unto him and he is ready, Il
They claspped em over him-he stag
gered and gasped, but managed to stand
up. g,e.s3 i.r |
"For Heavens sake!" he said in q
pleadin tone, for Heavens sake take
this OFF, .ses.l. ga l,l..l..f l.t-.a f-5 /
''Impossible." returned them which
he'd the matter iIis hand. Il 'You're all |
rite now stand aside all NV yoo and see
now the people take him nOw.iEs .bia
. They stood aside, but TO their surprise
the people turned up their noses ez Tho
hey smelb suthih, aud Kissed ominous-
y instid Nv cheerin. aEeI.s o. -3s5 81 4
s"ShOw us our Roseerans,p they cried. /
This is Rosecrans,Y y replied Valiandi-
sumy putin his arms around his neck af-
hs - 'ueu .ssao "a 1lueii
1--WE don't know him in them clothes
md in sieh company returned the
leavin in disgust. TO- sisoA
In my dream, tine managers, when [
hey saw the multitood treat their man
10 skornfully, fell to revilin NV him, and
lickin and cuffis uvshifii.- awoke jIst
Y he wtz a itryfn to- GIT away. battered,
bruised, besmeared and besmitched.
l thought, ez lay psnderin on the
1ision, that possibly whenna a soldier
rades bis military repetashen for "a
at cur hands that it does
trike the people jist ez tho he he'd trad
ID uniforms doorin the struggle, and l
hat possibly the specelashen won't pay
ither him or US. But wat kin we do. d
-4.,jn PErRoLEUM V. Massey,
-.i'- if tli ttVich iwuz Post Mastery
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