The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-29
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orities asin him in northern Ohio and In

jorities agin him in northern Ohio and In
jiany.
Capt. Hoolan, late quartermaster in the
FEDERAL army, wuz satisfied that the aboose NV
| vote. '0'
| Major Biggins Nv Virginia, late C. S. A.,
knowd that his cokettin with the federal
~ YIyeis iosl MN the support Nv the friends NV
Tue south In three states.
10 all Nv wich listened and than oavs
my views We wuz beaten-or tn nnt + or
uinuly 'ny {. possible, We failed to achieve a de-
| cisNe victory by attemptin too mucb-we
uieu 10 hiYer TOO much ground. The ornat
anu Soou norrls, under whom fondly no, ed
10 new postoffls, Is too versateel in princi :
PEE IN MS Wfilin ne Is rigid, but in princir-
pie he is versateel 1t wood be money in ~ :
pocket eff he Good reverse the order. Ef h .
prinsiples wuz ez strateforwartl ez his meth
NV callin man d-n villain he wood he
entirely great. When man runs for presi-
dent, and tries to consulate free traders, pre-
teckshinists, fedral sogers, confedrits, abolish
nists, pro-slavery men, with a dozen other
varieties huv in, he undertakes large job.
never dld win yit, and never will. wuz with
the deceest-that is our noble cheef-al the
way. IL wuz not encouragin when he wuz
maxim speech, say in Pittsburg. supportin
tariff to see on a bulletin board opposit the
ldentlkle speech he made the day afore, i'll
Moo Jersey, leavin tariff entirely to the con-
gressional distriks. 1t wuz not altogether a
pleasant thing at JefieLsonyille, when we felt
1t our dooty to opologise for our hevin bin a
aboitionist, to hev the speeches wich we
made three days afore in Penusylvany de-
nouncein slavery, poked into our face. In
snort, we wuz ridin too MANY bosses
and the taouble WOE, them bosses
all pintin in different direckshens. We un-
dertook to sit on dozen different stools, and
ez we are IN that portion NV our body, we
am broad enuif. Ii doesn't matter TO me
or to Cochrane, or Tilton or Mcclure With
us 1t is simple question NV winnin There
is the camp NV the enemy to plunder, and TO
us the method NV takin it don't matter. 1
,onnd sevral sich in evry township. The fel-
low whose sole pants for past offs ez the
heart panteth for the water course, will do
jest ez did. He'll hist his hat enthoosiastjc
ally Tor tariff at Johnstown to-day and for
Iree trade IN lllinoy tomorrow But the Deo-
pie don't all want post ofiises ez bad ez we do
and consekently don't hist with that ease. So
far ez am concered, L
Here Mr.. Greeley interrupted me-. He wuz
entirely convinced that success in November
wuz asshoored. He he'd bin embarrassed in
the October election with county, deestrict
and state tickets. Now that it is retoosed TO
strate ishoe between me and Grant. IL is
different. l shel accept invitashens to adj
dress asricultooral societies, and shell make a
personal toor-
"Don'tv' exclaimed the entire assemb,aoe
THROWN theirseives on their knees before nm
ez one man, with tears streamin down their
cheeks. ''Dont''-
''SirP' sed l, sternly (for 1 felt the time
he'd come for plain TALK, ''ef you will 90. NV
course you must. There is nothn i'm the con-
stitushen NV the Yoonited States that nre-
vents man from maxim a fool NV hisself
Ihat Is one NV our reserved rites
But, gentle sir, listen to advice
repeat, Don't l kin stand it. I am an
old man, and hev but few days to Inoer
You are an old man, and wof bannens 10
you don't matter. We hev neether NV ns
much OF life or character to lose. But hey
pity on these young men! Think nv Tilton
and Reid, and don't carry them any further
down than possible. They kin. II is troo.
change their names and go west, but il will
foiler EN-. Hev pity on em. But eff YOU will
go-go prepared, SO that ez little damage will
be done ez possible. Cut all the TELEGRAPH
wires, so that reports NV your speeches kin
by no means be sent out. To make asboor-
ence douby sheer, leave behind two skilful
burglars, who shall destroy the mails, that re-
ports shel not go out in that way. Kill re-
morseilsly eyry man you see with a note
book and pencil Put yourself in posishen to
deny what you hev sed, whenever it NAV be
deemed necessary. By sich thorough and
radical treatment, you wood be comparative
ly harmless, and your speeches wood not
weigh onto us ez terrible ez did the last VOC
made Ell yoo persist in goin without takin
them precautions, do it; but VOC do It with
out me- shel wash my hands NV the whole
plznls. and go back to the Cross Roads.
where, ef the Twin amt so good, | commune
oally with better men. hev sed''
Inc sage conclooded, finally, not to 90, but
rather nat fHao o<x1xn,