The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1876-09-27
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fiedian'tsay anStIing particularly ncii
tony mind. because in those days Tho
Kingswaathe But IN in Il giganti,
,rep,Ibiic. M,d Ut this later day, one mar
4 could rise up and say truthfuily, II ian IN.
United States, Why, then. there. woiiff
be something really grind about, it. Tl.sf,
issiich d inail, and his mamie is Zach
EhatdIef.9 g1s ST
/ lad occasion to call ougMr. Chandler
aud went 10 the Department Of the Jnte.
rior Mr. Chandler was mot in, AM, lhs
clerk told me hc had just stepped over tc
tho War Department, l followed. hin
there.
'lIeis engaged 70, q moment with the
General OF Illeeagmy,' said one of the
officials. but will bn out directly. Pray
| beseated.'
took a seat. The door was partly open
and n conversation was going on In th,
Inner room In tones 1T first suppressed
aud earnest, then lUud. Finally heard
u sound aa ifs4ne, one had brought his
fist down yehemeiltly ON the table.
I'll be evcrlastingly d-d seven hum
tlred and forty-ilgc difIcrept ways II I'll
duit. When was befofc'tlie romnitlee
gave plain enough hint ahou. what |
thought of moving troops down South
and ! Thought you'd take IL. You. and
Patterson. and Spencer, inst goand do
your own dirty work inyOur own dirty
way, anu dont expect soldiers to do il.
Who's running tins army, anyl,nw?! 2
Then recognized the voice Of MIR.
Cliaudlef: Il Ium.
Ba. thought Don Cameron was Sec-
retary Of War; 4.
'Nonlinally ho.is, I've got no time 10
waste. viii sou or will you not ? Ifyou
viii, III! right Ii you won't perhaps sou
can get a job bossing street railroad in
ST. Louis ngfin, Fred Gruntor Babcock'l II
take your p.aceany day at hall the pay. /
know itisnss ~ agreeable sort nf work for
you, biit it's got tu Dc done. Yes or No?'
The general Of tie army groaned.
Don'ttake ON 50. my dear young fell
low III prepare the general orders and
seiid them over aud you can Sign them,
and aftci that yor can so on writing me-
moirs and enjoying yourselfand III run
the army
Some conversation iii lower tome fol-
lowed. mid then Nr. Chandler walked cut,
saying merrily
Humpsy~dumsy,
Zachary Chantilers Uossed Tccumseh |!
iii. Secretary sand /.
'Ali, Mi. Ferguson p he replied. Want
10 see ne2 Awiul.y busy, but meet me
4, the Depar,iueu, ii Justice in half all
houi
III haitian imur was ii the Department
ofJuslies, aud announcing my engage
mont was asllcred into the intefior wait
ing-roon. There was nobody there but
the kcyhole, 10 which addressed myself,
.irs; with lliu Eye apd afterwards with the
car. sis. Taill ami Ali. Chandler were
seated Is tho ,alle. an,l the fornler agita-
ted aud flushed, llle latter cain au,l com
iident. Mf. Chandler was Speaking:
How abtml that oainiois' he saii.
iIeah't writo IL, zacl,ary, answered
tho Attorney -ieheriI; i've Thought 1t
over; aud prayed-Lto Our Father, which
Is IN the litn,aiaas heaven &C course lOf
guidance; ami fead all tile authorities; and
can't wrileit. To do so would bring down
my grey hairs with lllegality to the grave
And no, TO do so will bring down your
grey hairs with regret, rs Grant said TO
iIrlknap under similar circumstances, 70
private life. Why can't you write II =
'llisn't constitutional. II isn't legal.
II isn't right. Look at Eyarts' opinion;
sou ran'tget round that. Look ii tile
Supreme Courts decision; yon can't get
round that. Look at the fourth plank IN
tho Republican platform Of 1860; you can't
get rolnd tliat9
My God 2 exclaimed Mr.. Chandler,
'and have we IlaDwn away Williams aud
AIunson for aulan liko this; man who
doesn't know tllat the whole duty of an
Attorney General IL get ~ npinio,ls.
Why bless yaurstupid Soul, II the south.
ern business was constitutional, legal OF
right, what would want your opinion
fof?' nff
4 i don't know; don't know sobbctl
SIr.Tailf, clasIing bis trembling hands
ronnd hisold, gray head, aud bursting iii-
10 tears; but. q, do wish had never
ieft my pcaceIullionici "a Uihcinnati.'
so do T. But you will ret up the
opinione Ifyuu prefer Il, ] will send my
coachmano over 10 writeit fOr you, aud
save on any wear aud tear Of your CON-
science.
MIR. Tans wN still moaning inariicu>
lately, when slr RoJcsun came bfiskiy
into tile room through another door, and
a,l,iressing MI, Chandler, said:
'sec here. Zach, IKE got ul due respect
g, yna As hvad q my department. hut
ain, this SOFT Of runnhg it iuip the