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up at the old familyer tavern, where tbe
ticket l knowed to be good. l he'd barely
time to hist in three or four slugs afore IL wuz
noised abroad that l wuz there In twenty
mlnlts person appeared to interview me.
he lnterdoost hisself ez Mr.. Slodgers-a lib
eral Republican, who he'd determined to vote
for honest old Horace Iasked him 10 drink.
which he did and then went on. He wuz
disgusted with the corruption aud rascality
NV the Republiken party and felt that he
must leave 1t. He wanted purity-he vearned
for return to suthin beside office-.eekino
Hence he had decided to support Greeley.
But, resumed he, Il hev made sacrifice. IN
this, and must hev ashurence. + Ixn~ an -,
unsuccessful applicant for the post offs in
this village under Linckin, in 1861; then aoin
in 1865. l succeeded in gitttn it NV Jobnson
1866, when the then incumbent was lismisst
and held it till April 1863, when the tvrapif
Grant dismissed me and reapinted nv prede-
eessor, and left me to languish all these wears
without otfishel posishen, aud to subsist on
the petty earnings NV my wife, wich is a mil
liner Ef Horris is elected, kin hev that
offs? kin control the liberal vote NV this
county, sir. hold it in the holler of my
hand.
Say no more, sir, said 1, Il fally appreciate
your posishun. Wv course | kin make no
POSITIVE promise; but it is safe to saw. sir. that
the poslshen shel be yours. But that Liberal
KePuDlikin vote, sir, must be all polled. We
snel hold you responsible for it,
he left the presence profoose NV thanks.
ana TOOK four more drinks, hand runnin.
Mr. Slodgers hadn't any more than got ont
when another citizen entered and announced
hlsself ez Republican, wich his name yuz
Perkins. He wanted to be understood 10
begin with, ez holdin the Liberal Rennblilxin
vote in his hand. He Good control it, With
out ms AID nothin Good be done with it. He
nrnafn6 onA ho hal a Il.
bin candidate tor treasurer NV the comfy.
reglerly, from 1856 to date, but he'd alluz bin
deteated-by fraud The last time he wuz
defeated-by fraud-he hadn't but two votes
IN the county convention-his uncle and bro
ther-in-law. He was disguised with the offs
seekln party, but could he he ashoored NV the
post oils in the event Nv Greeley's elecshen?
DE M ieit that Ell he ever wuz again to have am
ofns this wuz the time He wanted the most
offs from the time he wuz twenty one vearS
old. Without my inflooence,' said he. 'tbe
liberal Republican vote in this vicinity win be
nothin. |, sir,,hold that vote In the boller Of
my hand Ken hev that offs %
had taken two drinks while talkin to him.
and was obllFlus NV everything that preceded
1t. replied that NV coOrse we coodn't make
promises now, but that he shood rest easy. l
felt that there wood be nothin in the way nv
his appointment the minnit the farmer of
Chappaqua should be inoggerated. "Brt, sir,
the liberal Repupliken vote must all be out
we sEel hold you responsible for it.''
Trust me-" said he, with look Nv glad
ness on his hungry face, wich l never saw
exalted; and he took his leave, and | took
| two more drinks
skasely he'd Perkins disappeared afore
another cum, who announct hisself n,
Mr.. Eli Matchitt. Matchitt remarkt that he
reJolced at the movement which led to
the nomlnashen NV Mr.. Greeley al Cincin-
natl. lie had alluz acted with the Re-
publican party, but the offis-seekin tendency
NV the members thereof had disgusted him.
ana ne determined to quit it, He had influ-
ence He controlled the liberal Republican
,ote-n Iact ne held it in the holler NV his
hand, aud without his inflooence, nothin
Good be done with it. But he he'd made sac
rinces. He wuz an unsuccessful applicant
IOr the assessorship in 1851, and agin in 1865.
| PRESIDENT johnson wuZ pleased to give il to
MN, but he wus removed by the merciless tv-
rant, Grant, in 1859, and one NV his minions
appointed in his place. He he'd said at times.
that he wood accept the post offs, if it was
rendered nm, and ez some site acknowledge
ment NV his services in controlin the liberal
Repu blican vote he shood expect it, ''In case
the good Greeley is elected, kin hev it?''
we drank, and, forgetting all about Per-
kins, replied promptly that, NV course. no
positive promises Good be made at so early a
uay, Dut Good say frankly, that there Good
ent be any doubt about it, And Mr.. Match
lit took his leave thanking me profisely, and
promlsin that the liberal Republican vote.
wleh he controlled shood be out.
then took several drinks by myself.
How got to the train that mite or wat
transpired know not. l hev an indistinct
idea Nv heven mob NV men in nv room. and
Nv much drinkin. Suffice it to say L awoke
on the cars, and found myself some hours af
ter in New York, and then back to my quar-
ters Chappaqua.
Zen days after l received four letters.
Three NV EN- wuz from Messrs. Slodgers.
ferkins and Matchitt, each .reproachin me
with doopllcity in promisin the post offs to
two Others, and each ashoorin me, that he
alone controlled the liberal Republican vote
NV the county. The other wuz from the
landlord enclosin bill for busted furnitoor
and Stain likewise that he'd made an ass nv
myself, ez the only liberal Republicans there
Wuz IN the county wuz Slodgers, Perkins and
Matehitt, and they wuz of that pekooIver
stripe that the Republicans reioist more fer
Vently when they left the party than they did
over their success in North Carolina. must
quit either liker or politics. They don't work
well together. PETROLEUM V. NAsnv
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