Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1869-01-15

VINE not 81
(Wich Is The Executive Manshun,) :

{ EL--lei4 us All-et IN eulic uiti-tFt ot4t7l
my anger, viz:
WHITE HJUsE,
(wieh is The Executive Manshun,)
NtsHINGTON, Dec. %.
i My VENERABLE FEIEND-Never wuz str -ters
more unjust than thrn wich yoo hev piled onto
our mutual friend T. johnson Ef YOU don't
believe it ask Mrs Cobb. The fact is the par
dou biznis, ez biznis wuz played out yeer
ago. Every Constooshnel southern man wich
he'd the cash about his person to procOor per-
don with, AMI WuZ anbI>hua W. hey IN that dOcu-
ment about him, prokoored il long ago. II you
d1n't belteve II ask Ms. Cohb. The biznis wuz
q good one while it lastiI, and then wuz when
yoO shood hev struck in Il required $500 to
sekooT The services NV them wch had the Nv
His EgCslency, and ez ther wuz thousands Nv
ConstOoshne Union mea VII ch served under Lee
and BoTeglnl who wantii pardons that they
mite run for Cougris, hes Post Ofies anil sich.
money come in lively. If yoo don't believe it
ask Mrs. Cobb. But this class wuz ,ggsausted
long since There wuz no more Nv EN- oven Wich
to eggsteud Execootiye mercy, the qualify Nv
wich Is not strained JEFF Davis c-odent be
a>kt Cor money for parton. nor Good any nv
them Wich distinguished themselves in tn late
Onpleasantnis In soO;h heg woodent ask for a
pardon. They felt that they had done no wrong
but on the contrary, that great wrOf 2 hei
bin done them They were willing 10 maguani-
mousy forgive the Felrals, but shood they ask
to lie forgiven, Uv course not.
We, and by We | mean them Wich he'd the run
min Nv the pardon bzuis, he'd every facility
given US Fl yoo don't beleege it ask Hrs. Cobb.
So long ez there wus dollar to be he'll, We got
that dollar When We had squeezed all the joose
there was in that partlkeer er lemon wat less cool
His EgCslency DO than to give away the dry
peel, How generous 70 extend mercy free gra-
tis to them vich hein't stamps to buy with -
Wat wuz the yoose nv holdin the terrors NV the
law ever men NV whom nothln can be made, IF
there was another man in the COntedracy who
hed dollar and who cared a 500 markee about a
pardon, that Procama-hen wood never hev bin
ishoOd, per- lin johnson hed a friend wich
needed that dollar. Vi yoo don't belee'e it ask
Mrs. Cobb.
wooden't come 10 Washington-it amt NO
voose. Nv eaesperience hez bin the eggsper-
ience Nv thousands. | went up to the head
quarters Nv General Grant, and intimatid that
| wood accent q posishen under him. d-spite his
roin back onto the Dimocrisv. bv takin. f.st.a a
nosisben in the Federal army. and second bv
takin the nominashen Nv President AT the hands
Nv the Republican party. | wuz that mornin.
VOC see in A forpiviu mooI Wat WINS the re-
suit, Wbv WIZ sbowd the door. with the on
feeling remark that when the (;overumept wantii
me the Government wood 20 to any amount nv
mains to find me. And | saw thousands NV
Ablisbnists treetel the same wav
Mrs Cobb bez male mn her mind NOT live in
Washington. and Mrs. Perry likewise Mr..
ARRESTED IN the streets nv. Moo York | conrIo.,d
that sba i tr,in 10 rpforn and bez male nr,-
,,rsss
can't cav, ,eba,ber R,OD,rr and WsrIrs will
900, % q o,,s;lIa 7,,,rossso ,;.b NJ P-,s1,.,-
-, 7, - ~ ii os 81 d;3