Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-16
TERRENCE MIGRANT.
Terence siOcs 60 COmMccGicut-lnE1-
ses too Much Spirit into the Cox
ored Voters, and is Denounced by
His Cousin, UIisses,


ses too Much Spirit into the COl-
ored Voters, and is Denounced by
His Cousin, UIisses.
Correspondence of the New York Democrat.
New HAVEN, CONNECT l Cur, April
mkt day afther ELECTION. -Misther IditoT:
If there: could be some amendment till
the Constitution be which could pass
one week of me life widout getting in a
schrape in thrying to be loyal and help
me Cousin Ulisses, am sure l should be
happy as we Place Whin the San Do
mingo Commissioners came home wild
their shnskes and report, and other poi
sonous reptiles, me cousin was discour-
aged, and said he didn't care dam that
come of himself nor the country, as 1t
was ivident the country didn't care that
the divil become of him, but some of the
officehowlders whit till me cousin and
towld him it was childish to lay down and
cry jist for one batting, and that he had
bether take a drink and thry and look on
the bright side of things. They towld
him the defeat in New Hampshire was
aisily accounted for be the fact that the
dimmecrats had OverpOWered the republi-
cane, that was all. They said such acci-
dents were liable to occur, and that if he
had studied political economy he could
aisily see that if the republicans had had
more members belonging 10 their party
the thing would not have occurred. Me
cousin said he had not heretofore looked
at it in that light, aud he was glad they
had called his attention to it. Then they
tOwld me cousin that it was nicissary to
make a grand effort TO save Connecticut,
and if he knew of ony documentary wi
dence he could send there to Influence
vote, it was duty he owed to his cOun-
thry to sind it. Me cousin said the only
documentary Evidence he had at hand
was his cousin Terence, and he would
be happy to sind him. That was mesilf
he meant. thought he was joking, but
begOria, it was earnest he was. lie
tOwld me that il Connecticut was carried
il would be by the mayer votes, and he
wanted me t. go to New Haven and iu-
fuse little shpirit until them. If there
is won qualification have, it is that of
infusing shpirits, so l wint to New Ha
van and began operations on election day
by ordering ten barrels of fishky, which
| had charged to me cousin Ulisses. l
had papers 10 show that l was an ac-
credited representative of the government,
so l had no difficulty in obtaining the
fishky. Thin | collected all the nagers
could find, and made spache till them.
Says l:
''Fellow citizens lis wild pleasure l
accipt the task assigned me be me cousin
Ulisses, the great President of this glori-
Gus country, of infusing spirit until the
colored voters. Spirit is that we all made
in thrying times. We're it not for infps-
ing shpiIit, many's the time me cousin
Ulsses would have been incapacitated
from drawing his salary, or performing
ony of his onerOus duties. Now, the
more shpirit can be afther infusing in
to yez, the bether l will carry out me in-
shtructiOns POmpey, knock the head
into that barrel, and pass the infusion. y
Be CORA, if me cousin Ulisses could
have sane the Elegant manner in finch
those poor, do Rn trOdden Africans asser-
ted their right to be considered men, he
concealing about their person that fishky,
he would niver lose faith in human ma
ture again. They drank all they could,
and thin came wild pals, and wash bowls,
aud sllillets, and CARED it home, and be
foic an hour there wasn't mayer in New
Ii wen but that was as drunk as a SLa
tor. | hated to see the fhisky going to
washte, but ! was conscious of doing me
dooty and carrying out the instructions
of me cousin Ulisses. SIveral times pTa-
viOusly, whin me cousin has stint me On
important diplomatic missions, he has ex
pressed himself as dissatisfied wild the
way / carried out me instructions, so |
was determined that there shouldn't be q
mayer in NeW Haven that had not been
infused, so | remained at me pOsht until
they quit coming, Bhin / shipped flat
fishky remained to me cousin at Wash
iugton, and whit 10 get the election re
turns.
The election returns come in foiBly,
and tilegraph2d me cousin Ulisses that
Jewell was elicted, and Everything was
lovely, and thin | whit 10 bed, happily
conscious that for Gonce me cousin
musht be satisfied wild the result Of ua
labors. had not shlept long before |
was awakened be noise outside The hO:il,
and q mayer gintleman called me and said
he was delegated to call me out to receive
surprise at the hands OF his coloFcd
fellow citizens. ! thought, av coOIse,
they were going 70 make ne p-isent,
and as,l TO hyye sGL.e mayer appointed
Poshtmashtel at New Haven, so l wint
out. Och, murdher, bad luck 10 the day
| came here. Those nagcrs s1zcd he
and bate me wild all kinds Of wta-
pons, and wan of thin asked permits
sion to cut me tIoat wild razor. | could
not permit that, So they continued thin
silves wild batting me sinsible. They said
l was copperhid in disguise Chat the
civil is that ! dunuuN and they accpst /
NE of getting ihim drunk so they could
not vote, and that, consequently, Eng
lish, the DimmiCrat, was elicted. l, IS
Gods blessing they didn't murlhcr nc,
but they left me hopeless cripple, and
the Sishters OF Charity have got me in
quarantine. To make n4a,hers worse !
rccaved dispatch from me cousin accus-
ing me of selling cut till the DimocTat Is
be getting the nagurs drunk so they could
not vote, and he says if he liver sets oyts
on me again he will murdher me. | am
HART broken, and shall put that little
money have mil nutm"gs fhi2h sro4
here, and go bidding as soon as l get
able to run away from the hosbpital.
Yers, scrambled worse than eggs,
TRREECE MCGRANT.