The weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1872-1882, 1872-08-31

thing after all, provided he kin be ashore
nv the collectors OTIS which Grant r.
fused to give him, and which is now hel
by minyun and nepot. In short we he
all shades here, and its bother to tax
care ny EN- all. / don't like mnlAtto ba
| bies, becoz every one Nv em is proof posi-
tive that there's bin adultry somewhere
For theisame reason I don't ike coalishul
parties. They amt natzal and every ON
Nv the. sin thro wich it come into th
world. Ours is mule party, ef ther eve
wuz one, and I heartily wish we wuz thr'
with it. '.' -. =
I he'd q fearful time nv It yesterday
Our picket guard wayedthis A.e. Har
ris got up his tres, andin a aaoiil& Ahert
appeared o deleeashen Nv Moo Yorker.
escortin delegashen nv Southerners. ]
took EN- out under the tree, Horris come
down, and we went to the howse, and
commenst immejitly discussin the ques.
tons nv the day. The Moo Workers wuz
importers and conseSently free traders,
and Southerners wuz free traders Nv
course. The great and good Greeley wuz
ekal to the emergency. He did not deny
that varius periods nv his life he he'd
leaned somewhat to the doctrine nv per-
teckshun. What his views were now on
this important suljeck he wood not at
this time state, that is in full. By refer
ence to his letter it wood be seen that all
such miner questions he'd been left to the
people. Ef the people wanted Free Trade
Free Trade they should hev. Ef the pee
pie wanted perteckshun, while his views
he'd modified somewhat on thet question,
he shoold.
At this pint interrupted him. My
horrifed vision saw that internal dag va
vim. Hooris started for his tree from sheer
forco Nv habit, but I checked him and
went out myself to meet them. l wuz not
long left in suspense ez to who they wuz.
They wus Manufacturers from Aassychoo-
sits! Here wuz fix. Southerners and
Moo York importers, and Moo England
manufacturers, all calm on Presiden-
shul candidate to-wunts 1twuz too late
10 git Greeley out nv the wny, and there
vuz no way but 10 let em come together
and trust to luck. l interdoost en-. and
stood by to sea the result. Poor Hooris
saw the fix he wuz in, and perspired.
The Moo Enslanders opened by direct
reference to the tariff question, when I
throwd myself into the breach. l remarked
that this wuz no time to tech questions
Nv 80 little moment-that all these mat
ters he'd been left to the people, who wuz
snairely competent to say what they want
our principal biznis WIZ to clasp
hands over bloody chasms, that reconsi]a-
ion and brotherly feelin wuz our best holt
that wat every patriot most desired wuz
% see tho flag nv our common country,
without star missin, agin aoatin in the
oreeze, and that ef aay gentleman desired
o see wat perfekshen the next President
led brought turnip culture, I should he
,leased to show EN- over the firm, and
luaff with EN- the coolin waters nv the
pring which he'd become ez famous, al
most, ez the Pool of Bethesda.
One of the Moo Englanders remarked
het the flag wuz all very well-the tur-
dps wuz oil very well, and thet the spring
rux very like the Pool nv Bethesda, for
II the halt and blind, and them with
orss, he'd congreeated there, but wat he
rnntid TO know about wuz the tariff on
otton goods.
Here thought I, Is trouble, but there
vuxsnt At the critikle moment the great !
nd good Greeley wus 10 overcome with
he heat thst he tainted and fell from his
hair, wich I, with ekal presence nv mind,
eezed him and toted him to his room.
Z I laid him on his bed his child-hke
,oe wuz Illuminated with the segestion
Y smile * he remarkt, ''Git EN- out,
n en-, e. quick e. 700 kin"
1 hev loved Horris Greeley from that
,inlt.
To avoid the constant dander nv two
arties nv sornsxot different views comm
, wunst innditly he'd the house at
happaqua alteasd asoorlin to this paaa:,
.. REAR. III
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