Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-04-09

IFrom the Toledo Blade.l

From the Toledo Blade.l
MR.. NAsBY WITNESSES A PROCESSION OF THE
SONS OF ERIN IN HONOR OF ST. PATRICK
HE READS AN ACCOUNT OF THE FEsTIv-
ITIES IN THE EVENING, AND DREAMS
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Posr OFrIs, CoNFEDRrr ROADS, -
March 20, 1859. J
HAPPENED to be in Albany, wich is in
the State NV Moo. York, on st. Patrick's
Day, and wuzi gratified and pleased OBJ
server Nv the percession in honor Nv the
patron saint of the Green Isle. 1t wuz
gorgeous site, and one which warmed my
heart. Their wuz men in cockt hats on
horseback, with green sashes onto eIn
ther wuz officers Nv the various societies
in carriages with green sashes onto em;
ther wuz the sturdy sons Nv Erin on foot
with sashes onto EN-, all walkin or ridin,
serene in the knowledge Nv the fact that
no matter wat cussed masheens mite be
invented for diggen on railroads or carryin
brick and mortar to the tops Nv buildins,
none Nv them sed masheens Good ever
VOTE Then the enthoosiasm nv the Dims
ocratic offs holders Nv Albany exceeded
anything ever witnest. The Dimocratic
members NV the Legislacher, and the
State and county ofishis wuz all in con-
spikuous posishens, the high ones bowin
urbanely, and the low ones cheerin vOclf-
erously. wuz at winder Nv the Della
van House-at wich, ez hedn't no bag
gage, he'd taken the precaution to pay in
advance for fear l mite, -mindedly,
leave without payin my board, wich / did
at the suggestion NV the gentlemanly and
urbane clerk-when wuz roodly pusht
aside by an impetuous gentleman. No.
ticin that he wuz small man seized him
and demanded wat in blazes he meant by
pushin me. i"iMy dear tsirl" sed he in
agony, "please give me yoor place-do
give me yoor place / am candidate
for Alderman nextlspring Pityin him,
I yielded, and in a mint he wuz wavin
a green flag from the winder and shoutin
"Rah u with all the venom that wuz in
him. Ez lookt at him and the other ex-
,pectants, Z Good not help thinkin wat a
happiness it must be to be an Irishman in
Ameriky. : 9iiia3.A3~ 24 il'L
The next mornin I opened the paper
and read the account Nv the banquet the
previous evenin. MY respeck for the
Celtic race increased largely ek 1 read. I
learned from the speeches made at that
banquet by invited Democratic guests
who wuz present, and the letters from dis
tinguisht Democrats who he'd bin invitid
but who w1z not present, that the Irish
not only diskivered Ameriky,, but that
they won the independence nv the Colo
MES, beat the British in 1912, carried on
the Mexikin war, and finally, alone and
unaided, put down the late onpleasantnis. |
One speeker, who expects to be Mayor Nv
Albany, exprest it ez his beleef that the |
magnetic needle, gunpowder and the |
TELEGRAPH wuz the invenshun Nv Irishmen. |
The letters written by the leadin Demo- |
Gratis Nv the State, to be read at the BAN
quet, fetched me- Governor Hoffman |
paid fittin triboot to st. Patrick, and re-
markt that it was the first time for years |
that he he'd omitted to take some part in |
the celebrashen Nv st. Patrick's Day, and |
that the thought cut him to the quick.
Champlain, the Attorney General Nv Moo |
York, remarkt that ez Irishmen he'd borne |
so honorable a part in every thing that |
tooal and physikle strength Nv the coun-
try, his sympathy twines closter and
closter around em, and that he consekent- |
strucshen bein placed in the way Nv their
bein made citizins ez fast ez possible.
The other letters from distinguish Moo
Workers wuz mostly Nv the same tenor.
Ez I Wuz readin this, and thinkin to
myself how the leadin Dimocrats Nv Moo
York never forget that there's an eleck-
shun ahead, fell asleep, and in that sleep
he'd most curious vision.
Methawt wus set ahead twenty years.
The fifteenth Amendment he'd bin passed
and the niggers wuz all voters. / wuz
sttin at winder in the Delevan House
when the sound Nv brass mossic broke the
fearful stillnis that yoosally pervadessthe
streets Nv that city. A percession hove in
site, and to my horror they wuz niggers.
There wuz niggers in cockt hats on horse
back, niggers in carriages with banners,
and niggers on foot.
wat is this 2" askt in indignashen.
"Why, it's celebration of the birthday
NV st. Gumbo, the patron saint Nv Afriky?"
remarkt a Dimocratic Alderman, who
stood beside me. "Hurrah! Hurrah!"
shreeked he pushin me aside and bendin
his head out Nv the winder so ez to be |
seen, wavin vociferously black flag, wich
l learned he'd bin adopted ez the nashnel
color Nv the Afrikins in Ameriky. The
enthusiastic Alderman wuz rewarded for
his eggsertions with grashus smile from
a peekoolerly .disgustin black niger with
a sash onto him, who wuz seeted in g ba-
roosh. - @t
"Rah Rah!" shouted the Democracy
from all the winders ez the percession filed
by. Ez they wound their way up to the
capitol, 7 notistt The entire buildin wuz deco.
rated with black flags, in bonor Nv the day,
and to my disgust, wuz informed that the
State officers wuz all Dinocrats.
In my dream l picked up the Democrat
icpapers the next morning, and read there
in an account of the banquet that took
place that evening. / notist some famil-
yer names appended to ruther familyer-
looking letters.
Hoffman, who he'd got to be a Senator,
addrest the Chairman Nv the Committee
on Invitashens ez" CEEzER SQUASH, Ess
My deer sir" and remarkt that it wuz the
first time for yeers that he'd not taken some
part in the celebrashen Nv "St. Gumbo's
Day" bat biznis preventid. He regretted
deeply that he could not be present and
jine in the festivities. Convey to the
noble sons NV Afriky present." he went
on to say, "my sense Nv the honor con-
ferred upon me, and my sshooran ce that
so long ez my heart beats. it shel beat in
yoonison with theirn. I recognize the
valyoo Nv the Afrikin populashen to our
common country, and yield to no one in
admirashen Nv their noble qualities.
81 am, sir, your most obedient servant"
Smotherin my disgust at this perform
ance, / read on.
Champlain, who wuz by this time Gov
ernor NV Moo York, hevin received all the
nigger votes, and wuZ candidate for re.
eleckshen, remarkt in his letter that of1shl
h;rx,;g ,>~ovortod him from attandin eft