Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-12-27
NASBY.
MR.. Nasty HEARS OF TIE CoNKLING
STRUGGLE AND AXE COURAGE.

When the yooserpef hayes atGehnp-
ed wat he calls civil service reform,
he struck a blow at the Dimocratic
party WITCH, eff he succeeds, will wreck
it.
Efhe and his Cabinit is going to
take the appintin power out NV the
hands NV the Senators and Represen-
tatives, and Of the absurd noshun that
any sich humbug ez ftnis is to be the
rool in film the ~oflises, why chaos
comes agin.
Wat interest wood 1 hev in politics
eff it wuzn't for the postofiis at the
corners, witch to me is like faith, the
evidence NV things not seen, and the
substance Nv things hoped for.
Eff a Senator can't fill the Custom
houses NV his State and the Postofli-
SEES ez well, with them ez packt the
caucuses for him, and run the Con-
venshuns for him, wat earthly show
hez he'for gittin reelected and keepin
his grip onto his sect? =
Take from the Senators ard Rep
resentatives the patronage wich they
dispense, and half NV EN- wood be
DISPLACED. at the next eleckshun, and
SIGH men ez me wood hev to resign
all hope NV Twin on the fat NV Oils
holdin and become tramps, Il only
alternative bein the disgustin one NV
work, wlch l never, V will do,
while a holds its throne, or there
is a man left that L kin borrow a dol
lar and Il half Nv.
Take away the patronage and there
is no incentive to patriotism for SIGH
men ez me, and wat wood our poor
country do then?
Takin away the patronage makes
orfIns NV sich men ez l am. The
Treasury NV Our glorious country is
our father and mother, and rich mai
den aunt. From it we draw susie
nance now, and hcv hopes uy better
pickin in the fucher.
The glorious fight that Senator
Conkling is maxim in behalf NV the
Nasbys uvthe IoOnited States endeers
him to every man NV en-. l yoost to
think him the vilest Of the vile. l
hev denounst his ~partisanship, ridi-
cooled his vanity, and otherwise
aboosed him, but | take it all back.
luv Senator Conkling, and from
this time out my hat, cf l hev one,
will allus be ready to be throwd up
for him.
Senator Conkling is u standin re-
book to them Ell jcdge hastily NV en-.
/ hatid him becoz he iallus appeared
afore the public ez a honest man.. i
WIZ mistaken. but / am not to blame
for hein deceived. He wore perpct-
y~ooally sich an eXpresshun NV 500
perior morality, he. talked with SIGH
unkshcn about,purity and SIGH, that
[ never sposed that so small Il thing
ez patronage ever entered his mind.
/ sposed that he never mixed in the
small matters that SIGH men ez me
are interested in, and that the men-
shun NV Il post-ollis, or a humble
place in q custom house, wood make
him sick; and ez for yoosin SIGH pla-
ces and the people which fill EN- for
his own purposes-I wood hev e2
500 thought NV Summers doin it.
In short, L supposed that Conk-
ling wuz a small pattern Nv Sumner
a dilootid imitashen NV that Mas
sachoosits fanatic. / figgered that
he had all NV Summers pride, eff he
didn't hev Summers ability. liz
bore the same relashun to SumnCl
that watered milk does to the gen.
yooiue dairy product. It's very thin
but it's milk after all.
Thank heaven / wuz deceived
Sumner didn't leeve so much ez ~
imitashen behind him. The favorit'
son NV Moo York is now my man
even ez Patterson is. He hanker
after custom-houses, for custom
houses made him, and he won't re
linquish his hold on EN-.
The fight he made for his plunde
fills my soul with admirashen.
cherished hard feelins agin him whel
he permitted the yooserper to turI
out five hundred men from the No,
York Custom-house last Spring, 70
it looked as tho he wuZ on too high
plane to | ,ok after SIGH things. Blu
the fife he is maxim now justifies hir
in my eyes. see it all. He WI
willin to let half nv EN- go, for al
p~earances sake, provided he wuz al
lowed to keep control NV wat WI
left. He Good pack c wit
the half ez well ez with the whole, fC
them ez wuc left wood make up j
zeel wat they lacked in numbers
And besides it M necessary to thro
a sop to the unreasonable people vic
is clamorin for reform.
But when the yOoserper put h
profane hand on to the collector an
naval o%ffiser, and perposed to pr
men in their places witch wuzn't d,
votid to the Senator, his blood r
and he showd fife. And a very Wig
fife he made. He forgot I'll
silver bill, he forgot resumpshen,
forgot everything. Conkling WI
assailed, his persnel property WI