The Portland daily press., 1880-08-06
GOVERNORS ISLAND,
Wich is in the State NV Moo York,
Jnolv 16 1890

| hev bin for sevral days over at Governors
Island assistin Gen. Hancock, ez a sort NV a
| doorkeeper, wich, inezmuch ez am certin NV
wat kin eat an drink, is better thing than
| the prekarious life Iced at the Corners. Also,
| when the struggle is over. he can't, eff he is
electid, help givin me some posishen sootable
to my age and abilities. 1t scots me very well
| and shell stay here, probably, doorin the cam
| pane. hev succeeded in receivin quite an
amount NV money, already, from patriots wich
wantid to be admittid to the presence out NV
| their turn.
| Yesterday wuz a feeld day. We he'd delega-
shuns from almost every state in the Yoonyun,
all wantin to know suthin about the generals
views on the various questions now before the
people, and they wuz admitted one by one. The
first wuz delegashen from Moo York and
Boston, wich wuz anxshus to get his noshens
| on the finanshel question.
Representa-" sed the spokesman, 1.-The
great fnanshel institooshens NV the kentry we
ask for plain and explisit declerashen ez to
your fnanshel polisy in the event Nv your cleo
shun.
newell shell forgit the Generals answer.
''Ef there is any one thing above another"
sed he, ''that wish to hev understood it is
my posishen on this, the most important ques-
tion before the people. 1 want no equivoca-
shen, and even tho my vews shood lose me
votes, shel be ez plain and explist ez Good
be desired. On the question of finance 1 hold
that the best polisy shood be adoptid, regardlis
Nv consekences. Their will be a Congris electid
this fall, and that Congris will pass bills and
sich. bearin' on this question. From one
standpoint 1 shood say that we needed more
money, and from another less. Whatever
may be the differences NV opinyun on this
great question, L am thoroly convinst that the
Greenbackers NV Ipiesny, in common with
the hard money men Nv Moo York, is ekally
interested in pure government, and that is
wat Mr.. Tilden, in common with John Kelly
and myself. perpose to give our common ken
try, for wich 1 fought and wood hev died.
Gentlemen, 1 trust my anser to your question
is satisfactory. Eff not refer 700 to the Nash
mel Dimocratic Committee"
The Committy retired and a delegashun NV
Greenbackers from Injeany wuz admitted.
They wantid to know also.
| "Gentlemen"' said the great leeder, "ef /
am distinguished for anything except military
skill it is for drectniss with my fellow citizens.
am reioiced that hev an opportunity NV
anserin the queries wich may be put to me. In
the matter Nv currency, whether we need
more or less, whether it should be redeemable
in gold or not be redeamable in anything, is q
| question on wich need not say there are
| grave differences Nv opinyun. Eff it is best to
| hev fiat money, we must hev fiat money-ef
~ Al.
| should be held to condoose to the greatest
| good NV the greatest number, that is wat we
want. But one thing yoo must bear in mind
| ez yoo go to your homes, which is thet eternal
| vigilance is the price Nv liberty, and thet the
F. Fabian polisy nv Gen. Washington wuz wat
brot the kentry thro the Revlooshinary War;
Wv that am entirely certain. But for that
| we wood be groanin' under the yoke NV Brit
| ish despotism and the beacon lite NV liberty
| wood not hev bin lit on this continent. trust
! hev ansered yoor question fairly and cleerly
and that yoo know my posshen. Eff there il
| anything else you wood like to know, men,
| shun it, and in the meentime Mr.. Nasby will
show 700 some excellent Bourbon whisky
| in the adjoinin' apartment"
This icommitty got rid nv, ther come in one
from the South, wantin' to know his views on
| reconstruckshen and the status NV the south.
| ern States, ginnerally.
| "Wishih' to state my vews ON all the ques-
| tions afore the people frankly and fully, am
| question, the importance NV wich recognize
| hev to say that it hez been rool Nv nv life
o'foller the best examples. hev alluz held
| that the victory of Lundy's Lane, account
Nv wich hev jist bin reedin', wuZ one nv the
| most brilliant on record, and that the settle
| ment Nv the questions involved in thet war
wuz ez creditable to Amerikin craftsmanship
| as the victories in the feeld wuz to Amerikin
| arms. know shell be kivered with aboose
by the INSCRIPTIONS opposishen to the Dimoc-
| risy, but shell nevertheless anser frankly all
| questions propounded l trust, gentlemen
yOo are satisfied"
This committee withdrew, and another NV
| niggers from South Kerliny, wich wanted to
| EN- in ther rites in the event NV a success, en-.
| tered
The gineral reserved EN- with the same ur.
banity that he did the others.
The condishen NV things in the South, -
| sed he, sis understand, to be deplored That
is, the condishen is to be deplored. pervidin
| they are ez sum accounts give EN-, and not to
be deplOred eft they are ez others state en-. 1t
is safe to say, gentlemen, that yoo will be per-
tected Ell the condishen Nv things is such ez
make perteckshun the proper thing to do.
| The reel question to be considered is, are yoo
| in sich condishun ez to make perteckshun
necessary? Is the law Nv our kommon kentry,
wich is my pride, sich ez wood testify the
| President NV the Yoonited States
The General stopped very sudden here, for a
delegashun NV South Kerliny rifle clubs wich
he'd heerd the niggers wuz ther, rushed past
me, and ,woodent take no for an anser, and got
in anyhow. They insisted on the niggers gittin
out wich, ez they amt agoin to be allowed to
| vote in the South anyhow, we considered en-
tirely safe to do. We hustled EN- out without
ceremony, and Civ awience to a delegashun NV
Irish from the Sixth Ward, Moo York, wien
wontid sum defnit plege ez to the invashen NV
Canady, in the interest NV Irish independence.
and a subscripshen to the Irish Skirmishin
Fund
The Generals treatment NV the Irish wuz
| ez mastery ez the others. He shook EN- cor
| jelly by the hand, and sed that the luv NV lib
| erty wuz implanted in evry Amerikin's bosom,
| and evry Irishman's ez we'll, and that liberty
wuz the birthrite Nv evry man.
"Ceptin naygurs and Chinaze," interrupted
Irishman.
He accepted the amendment--exceptin niggers
and Chinese, neither Nv wich was fit to be in
corporatid into. the body politike. But NV
| one thing thar Good be no doubt. Robert EN-
NETT wuz the gratist man the world ever pro-
doost, exceptin Danl O'Connell, and the Irish
citizens fought all the wars that this or any
| other kentry ever he'd. He Good lay his
hand onto his hart and say he loved the Irish
race. He felt that he he'd stated his posishen
with sufishent cleerns.
Their wuz one skip in the arrangements wich
| hev alreddy rectified, wich is not gettin the
different delegashuns off the island in
different direckshuns. 1t is great mistake to
| let EN- git chance to talk with each other af-
ter they leeve They compare notes and dror
| conclusions,
They got to talkin outside, and one Moo
Yorker exprest the sentiments of the others
when he remarkt:
"Well, we've got a non-partisan candidate
anyhow: He hain't got politik-not id
| politik."
And another one sed that the gineral didn't
know more about governmental matters than
MickLellan. and he couldn't say more nor
| that
Our feeders are satisfied with him, however,
and that is all they want. He agrees with ev-
cry one Nv 'em, no matter how wide apart
| they may be, and he hez determined to keep
that way till after eleckshun and to trust to
| luck ez to witch he will foller.
thank heaven for one thing. No matter
wat his views may or may not be, we are ser
tin NV the postoffices. Them is my pollitix Just
now. PETROLEUM V. NAsBY.
(Gate-keeper.
providence Journall
ri H.