Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-12
A Great hssax.
rnE fREsIpEsrs nnslaE.

One az the most barviaeed and
slupendons ''h0axes' Or SELLS" ever
attempted on the American e0nti-
henL not even excepting tho mar
riage Of Lord Alhsley" TO a New
! York belle. turns out 10 be the doe
ument recently read in the halls Of
Congress and sent abroad by teles
graph as the Presidents Message.
The deception was the more easi.
ly accomplished from the fact that
the eopperhead joarnals Of tho
North and tho rebel sheets OF tho
South had been continually villifs-
ing the President by the assertion
that he could not write n message
and that ho employed Mr.. Hoar TO
do il for him. But how tho base
intriguers succeeded In palming or
the long-winded jargon eoneoeted
by them for their own selfish ends,
upon such men as Sumner and But
Ter, Is the most extra ordinary fta-
tnre Of the entire matter.
Tho message read in Congress,
criticised by Congress and manipu.
lated by tho now rebellious tole-
graphers, was not the message. II
had none Of the ring Of the genuine
Galena metal, and il totally failed
TO touch upon the topics so near
and so dear 10 the heart of him
who, il not first in peace and war,
is at least first in the pockets of his
countrymen.
Scorning TO permit his glorious
namo TO bc used TO give publicity TO
the bosh of such fellows us Boutwell,,
Creswoll and Hoar, tho heroic SON
Of Jesse lrns transmitted to Con.
gress the following message, which
is so characteristic Of the writer MS
to ut once silence all doubts as TO
its gcnuinencss:
Gentlemen Of the senat.
and the House Of Representative.
As the custodian of tho White
House and the stables attached, and
owner Of the valuable horses In tho
latter, it becomes my duty to in
form you that | visited Long Branch,
drove over all the roads there and
danced the Lancers with Olive Lo.
gan and | hope shall do it again.
rode over the Erie railroad and
didn't got killed, and 1 hope shall
do it again.
visited Pennsylvania in the oil
regions, fishcd for trout out of sea.
son, didn't get fined, and ! shall
visit it again and catch more trout.
visited Rhode Island, and nt-
tended clam-bakc, which l should
not have attended if had not been
there, AMI l hope l shall not go
there again.
visited the White Mountains
and saw many Yankee notions,
which ! should not have seen if
had not been there, and hope to
sec them again.
L visited Saratoga Springs and
changed drinks, which came nearer
killing me than tho ride on the Erie
railroad. changed back my drinks
and soon became able to dance the
Lancers, and hope the change will
continue.
visited Pennsylvania again and
stopped at Lancaster, but l should
not have stopped if the cars had not
stopped for little while.
have visited Bonner and Wilkes
several times. l drove their fine
horses, and hopo l shall drive
them again.
visited the Maryland State Fair.
They have fine horses and old rye,
and hope l shall attend IL again.
have put all my relations and
my wife's relations in office. They
have all made some money, and I
hope they will make more money
by it.
have received great many
presents since ] was elected Prcsi-
dent, and | hope l shall be elected
again.
! don't know much about the bu.
siness of the country, but everybody
havc appointed to Office appears
to have plenty Of money, and I
hope other people have plenty of it.
don't know much about the gold
business, but if any of you wish to
know ! will 60 and ask my wife
about it.
don't know what the people
want, but they want something.
and perhaps they will make you
present if you will grant it.