, 1880-04-04
NASBY.

mr.. Nasby Has an Interview with MIR.
Sam'l J. TIlden, During Which tho
Plans, Purposes, and Desires of the
Latter Gentleman Are Duly Set Forth.
Ipedo Biade.
Moo YORK, March 70, 1851 am at present an
inmate Nv convenient but very cheap Hotel in
the vicinity NV Gramercy Park, the residence
Of the great Tilden, wich wood hev invited me
to stay with him. but unfortoonitly his house
wuz full Nv Dimecrats from all parts wich cum
to persuade him to save the kentry by conscntin
to run for the Presidency. In the ktndest man
'ncr, however, he ia paytn my board here Il bein
a delegate elect to the Cincinnati Convoution),
he makes me fair allowance for my prinsipal
expenses, wich Is the bar of the House.
he'd interview with the great man yesterday,
wich wlz entirely satisfactory. Indeed, the
close uv 1t 1Euz more than satisfactory, ez I kin
now git not only moo SCOT NV cloze, but kin
approach Bascom for six months without askin
credit Rersidin the 1ninx ~ n rnmmors 1nnn IRON
toned liberality In askin the whole house up to
drink.
nevcr he'd desred tbe 81 be Kowd
hisseif he wuz Il simple nindid man wfch desired
to pass the reminder Nv bis days In peace and
quiet with his friends, and not 70 &c worried WITH III
pollytix or bizuis. But wat Good he do? The
Kentry was his wife and children, and they
demanded thathe take the sect They demanded
IN 1s5e and ho YIELDED then' and he spozed he
in wat way, Mr. Tilden, do yoo perpose to
meet this almost yoonan;.nus demand of the
Amenkin people for yoo 20 accept the nomin-
II Shell do everything that IN me lies to meet
the wishes w my fellow-ctttzens. shell start
out with the pint that great fraud w11z COM
Nv the Presidency after inyestin' three milyuns
NV hard-earned money in buyin' it, and that
yo9 hey sy
That WIZ the york Ky Nv ny neyew Pslton and
mRs and !e old man and
Pelton viii gently intimate that ct the Dfmocrt--
M dent tke they M11
That will hev its efeck upon them as desire po~
sishun tn the Post,Oales pepartment and the
Cu5rom-H Houses, and will doubtl1sr to yoose
slang, fetch en-. Its q pint
sSpozn TINT fails?'
"Ir that event, only one thing remains. We
at is do
infooencc EN-. Ishcl take the heads out NV two
or three barls, and buy the entire Conven-
shun. The country must be saved. And
The gllelis old mans spare fgger seemed
to dllate ez does warriors when he meets
And then will come the struggle. Twill hcv
my literary buro sendin out ready~made edito-
riAls to all the Dimecintic press. prouisin every
ea s sga S.; ag Eectsa PS 49fe ia and
Northern State ez q Suthern one,-I shel
parsel out the ol1ises, I shel buy men
SaS hfre hut f tsere git en- obc 9h4 to sa7f o Is
s1e Pat ali the G1eSs ed s to wor With
LOT ny neW M that hey recently yinventel. and this
about Presidenshel eleckshuns than did then,
and beside that hev made couple Nv millions
Nv dollars in the past four yeesM M and 10 the in
cent wv it buyln the eleckshun to fnaooence free
and Independent voters I will do it this time
The sage and patriot then gave me direck
shuns cz to how to manage the Kentucky dele
gashun, and promised that shood' be his hgent
on the Committy wich sf1ood parcel out the
offises for Kentucky. Nv course the post-ofhs
at the Corner WIZ to be mine, tho the sage, and
shun wuz yoonanimus the Collcctorship at
louisville wood be mine. He spoke dedniriy on
NY dear FRIEND" he remarked ez he prest
my hand atpartin, " remember the Coll llectorshfp
at Louisville, and whisper to yoor friends that
my barl is the only one that will be opened 4
Nv course Mr. Tilden is my candidate. He I'm
appreshiate patriotism, and is the first candidate
that hez ever promised me anything better than
the Corners Post-0 Office. shcl so homo to labor
for him with all my mite.
For Tlden first, last, and all the time.)
r.
Another Kentuck1an wich Is stopptn at the same
hotel. renarkt to me, confdenshelly, that he es-
teemed Mr. Tilden tho greatest patriot Nv mod
orn days. And he went On to say that the
great and good man he'd desired him to
yoonan!mus for him. 1.-THE fact is,, Mas;
br,'' sed this man, eff TIlden Is nominated and
electid am promised the Collectorship OF Loois-
vile, and kin give you nice berth in it. Ill
make 1t yoor interest to support him"
This wuz cncurridgin to me, for Wuz about
to make him the same offer.
P. s. No. 2.-Later last mite two other Ken
lucky Dimecrats come to me with the same
proposishun. How many Collectors does Loois-
Vile need?
p. S. No 3.-An enemy Nv the gilelcs patriot
hez caused Mr.. Tilden serious trouble. He
caused 1t to cirkelate prfvttfy among the
DenocrIsy, that the great and good 1ilden de-
sired to meet, personally, them upon whom be
expected to confer appointments, on the 18th
inst, at his house. The streets Wuz full for i've
blocks with perceshun ez long ez g. St Patrick.s
Day. Among en- Wuz exactly " statesmen
,yich he'd each bin informed thet be WIZ the
g1ielis statesman's choice for the Vice-Prcsl-
dency, and who he'd bin promised that bis r.
annoy the gilelis man at ALL Ez he bfandly re-
mttid publicly to me, and they Gun hardly 80
back on wat they hev told their constitooents."
Mr.. Tilden is q great, ez we'll ez gilelis, man.
Fastidioua Ladies'.
ut has lately been chrontcled Of one Of the
london bc0uticS" SAYS the Washington Star,