New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-04-13
A SPEECH FKOM q ENER AZ PIRATE

The Washington Chronicle enjoys little
Fun occasionally, If we may Judge from the
following:
General Daniel Pratt, "The Great Ameri-
can Traveller" lot ieeiLng entirely easy III
mind. owing to the announcement made a
few DAYS since that be was willing to with
draw from the Presidential contest IN 1872,
provided the President would do the hand
some thing by him, called on US again yes.
terday afternoon and defined his position.
he thought, on more mature rejection, that
ne would not abandon the deld and disap-
point the hundreds Of thousands of his
earnest supporters in ali parts of the coun-
try. The general waXed both garrelOus and
eloquent on his double hoboy-his ability to
I'LL any position ia the gift of the Govern
ment, and the dllatory conduct Of COngre SIS
in allowing day alter day To pass away with.
out appropriatiDg the funds for the publica-
tion OF his work on the Government La =
boratory," fer purchasing a homestead IN
New Eng and for him, SO That he can marry
and settle down.
The General expressed a desire to address
the compositors, and requested that they be
assembled and apprlsed OF the great treat in
store for them. Having been provided with
diiapidateG chair, the distinguished trave
Ter mysteiiously insisted that reporter
should stand ready with a note book and
pencil, and that some man who had had ex-
perienCe as q collector should hold his we'll
worn hat. These important preiminaries
having been satisfactorily arranged, the
General mounted his improvised rostrum
and begun his speech. He said:
Gentlemen Comprehension speaker
has had the honor of addressing hundreds
OF thousands of compositors in this vast and
widely extended country. Few people COM
prehend the extent OF our national re-
sources. This country is truly great ma
ton. Your speaker has travelled from
Behring's Strait to the Gulf of Mexico, and
from Bangor to st. Augustine. In this
country there are over three millions of
square miles. This is an important fact.
tDeafening applause from every easel 1t
would be well to note that carefully, rs it
will be of great service to congressman in
making up their speeches. Well, gentlemen
compositOrs, in this popular and emaciated
land the march OF mind is in union with the
incorporeal law of physics. The minerals,
gases, and vegetables, az well as all the
other intangible laws insuperably connected
with matter, can not be developed or repro.
duced without regulation. Prolonged ap-
plause.] And while on tits subject, let me
say that nothing, not even watches or the
types, or members Of Congress, can even
tuate without regulation, Applause and
cheers] and this brings me loud applauseI
TO the subject OF the next Presidential CAM
paign: [Gfeat applause. and cries of CLEAR,
near!"l
The General was greatly pleased with the
interest shown III his remarks, and contin.
ued to relate the STORY of how ne WAS nomi-
mated for the Presidency in 1860, but waived
1he nomination in favor of Mr.. Lincoln. He
also recited poem written for him by an
officer in the volunteer army during the
war, the last stanZs Of which alluded to the
Generals Oratorical abilities, and concluded
rs follows:
8 Let's raise to him a monument
monument OF brass
For none ike him have spoken
Since the days OF BSaaul ass.
This poem was greeted with uproarious
laughter aud applause, amid which the
collector before mentioned handed the
general his hat. His eyes sought the depths
OF the greasy tile, and, while he deytrously
conveyed sundry twisted bits of greenish
paper to his capscious pocket, he promised
TO call again and deliver another address.
Before leaving he requested the publication
of the following, which explains itself:
APPEAL TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.
To his ExcelleEcy Ulysses 5. Grant President
United States America, and the Honorable
schuyler Colfsx, and the Honorable the Senate
and house OF Representatives of the United
otates IN Coz sreSs assembled, greeting.
Your humble petitioner, Daniel Pratt, the
great American traveller, OF Boston, Massa-
chusetts, would pray your honorable body
to make an appropriation for me, for my
thirty years. labors at different times, for
Union Loyal Government and helped make
UP companies tor ten regiments during the
war without pay. VIII some honorable
member offer resolutions
DANIEL PRATT,
The Great American Traveller.