The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-16
NASBY.
Mr.. Nasby Attempts 10 Sell q Con.
fession, alter the Manner Of Me-
Lin-How He Succeeded where
Others Failed.

fession, after the Manner OF Nc
Iin-How He Succeeded Wher,
Others Failed.
Moo YORK, May II, 1873.
Ell ever sed good or pleasant wort
for samyooel J. 1'ildea hereby take /
back. Ell ever ASSERTED thathe Wuz
statesman, distinguished for his probity
and high mindldnes, I wish It distinkly
understood that l recant. Ell I ever sed
10 speeches or elsewhere, that he he'd any
bowels, any ieelins, any Nv the milk NJ
hoomin kindnis into him, wish to say
In the most public manner that wuI
crooelly deserved, for he amt no sict
man.
When heard that McLin got S700t
for his conieshn, ! wuz seezed with Sc
we're attack nv hostility to the yooserpel
Hayes, myself. 1 felt that l Good MAKE
conieshns tx fast as McLin Good and that
my opportunities he'd bin quite ekal to
him, In fact, better. For l wuz actilly
down in Looisianer jist afore the e!eck'
shun, assistin in organizin rifle clubs
whose biznis II wuz TO kill sich niggers e1
refoosed to vote for Tilden, and conse'
kently ] knowd all about the frauds wlct
he'd bin committed in that State.
Accordingly wrote out conleshn Nv
irods and SIGH, jist like McLins in wict
I coniessd to heyin manipulated precincts
for Hayes, and hied me to Gramercy
Square with it, ez certin nv comm bach
with FIVE or ten thousand dollars, ez
ever he'd bin nv bein Postmaster at the
Corners.
But wat happened to me? found
when got up In that neighborhood more
than thousand men, in string thai
reached around Irving Place, and dowr
ez fur er 18th street, all nv EN- in uni
form, witch consisted Nv coat worn till i
wuz shiny, buttoned up very close under
the chin, ex close ez II itwuz jealous u,
the shirt collar and wuz bound TO extin
guish il, the pantaloons very baggy at thu
knees, and somewhat frayed about the
bottom, and roll Nv paper under the
left arm, on wich wuz the legend, ICON
fessun." It may be ez well to state here
that the noses nv EN- showd unusual
drouth in the regions they respectively
came from.
1t wux imposin spectacle! The mer
In percession entered by the right ant
went out by the left. Their WIZ no helI
iurit. I took my place in the percessior
and pashently waitd my turn. II wul
neeriy mite before 1t come and some hun
dreds he'd desertid. Them ez he'd bin II
before US, come up to the slowly movir
percussion and warned US agin goin any
futher.
5"Why," sed one Nv em TO me, "Tilder
hez q committy Their to examine our pa
pers, and Their ANITA soul witch hez got I
cent 90 fur. There's too many in the
biznis. Their hez bin a streem ez big ei
this ever sence McLin startid in. At first
the committy listend TO men and they got
sauar meal while Their case wuz beir
considered, but Lord bless 700, now they
don't ez much ez offer 700 drink
Some hundreds dropped out Nv the
rank ez they heerd this, but ! coolly smil
ed and perseyered. knowd my
strength.
FINELY 1 got to the presence Nv the
committy.
7"Let us see yer coniesenp sed the
chairman, q very prompt man Nv bizais
aWat offs did the Yooserper Hayes
refooz yoo"
aNary an ofiisp sed I, DRAWN myself
aWell, then, how big is yoor defalca'
shen and how soon do 700 expect to be
arrested"
BY this time he'd handid EN- my con-
ieshn. II wuz mild eonfeshin. Icon
fest to KILN perhaps hundred Dino
Gratis, and alterin the returns nv perhaps
forty precinx in Louisiana.
ave can't yoose this !" sed the chair
man. "Good mornin !"
"Excoose me for not bein in 80 much
Nv hurry" remarkt. II may b
that you don't RELY like this conieshn
and more than half spectid 700 woodent
But have another which perhaps voc
will look att
Iwhipt out from under my coat con
ieshn Nv what l dktlly did do in LooiSana
and he'd taken the precaushen TO hey I
all igned and sworn to, in doc legl'
form.
The Cheerman Nv the committy looket
at It, and turned first pale and then red
Then q change come over him. His &C.
we're face relaxed in 10 pleasant smile
and he extendid his hand corjelly.
ave know you, Mr.. Nasty. John, AL
Mr.. Nasty Of be will take suthin.n
at okkurred 70 me that 700 wood b
glad TO see mep wuz my reply. "Anl
now TO biznis.n
| We WuE q comfortable party. Til,
Cheerman discoursed eE aoodidly 10 me e
tho II wuL before the eleckshun instid n
after.
aInvesigashens, my deer sir,p sed b.
lAyin his hand afieckshnately on m,
shoulder, sis all very we'll, ef the inyes
tigashens 10 confined within proper limits
To make 'em pleasant. they must be, how
ever, all one side. We are willin EMU
to investigate Hayes, but serious "
vooden't keer TO have Hayes inyestigat
us. John, another glass nv that choie
old Bourbon for the gentleman. Nov
my deer sir, wat do you perpose 10 d
with that dockymentP BE-
1Iwill be strate forred, y wux my 70
ply, Gtor ther amt any double deeli
about me. leone here to sell eonieshr
| / am in The conieshn biInis. I hey on
yich / offer 700. 700 don't want 1
Perhaps 700 don't think Il troo. All rit
Il may hey doubts Nv Il myself. The
| I show you another which l know 10 b
troo. All nv Il I saw and part ny II
wux. 700 may buy and pay for No. /
, 700 needn't yoose Il onless 700 want to
-or / shall take No. 9, witch Is troo, ;
Washington and see 81 can't dispose n
Il 70 the Republican Copgreshnel commit
", which I understand wants dockmen
tary evidences sI 10 the transactions i
some Nv the parishes In Looiseaner.
don't wish to coeree-I am gilelis sol
nv nacher; bat that's watts goin TO hap
es