The Arkansaw traveler., 1885-07-04
A "'FENsIvE" PARTISAN.
The Calamity Which Befell the Post master at Red Robin.

at Red Robin, small village situated below Little Rock. During the campaign, Andy was an uproarious supporter of the " Plumed Knight" but since the instaila- ton of Cleveland he has been a violent democrat. The other day he came to the city, and, hurrying to the state house, he presented himself to the governor.
 "Come in, Andy"
 "Yas, sah thankee."
 "How are the crops down in your part of the countryp
 "Doan know, sab. Been so mighty bodered dat ain't noticed dem."
 "What is the mstter2"
 "Wall, sah, CT mighty k1amity hab fell in our community"
 "That so p
 "It am, fur fack."
 "What is the nature of the calamity ?"
 "Ain't got no mater, sab. Too bad ter hab one."
 "Well, tell me what the trouble is."
 "Wall, sah, dat man Clebelan' hab moved me rum my office"
 "That's hard on you, Andy"
 "Yes, an I'll make 1t hard on dis heah gubermint fore da gifts done wid it, dat's whut I'll do. Fin dat ain't CT pusson ter be snatched up an be shuck like CT rat Da'll larn who blows de hon in dat neighborhood."
 "What was the cause of the removal, Andy"
 "Da said dat wuz CT 'fensive parti. san, sah." -
 "Well, did they prove it ?"
 "Didn' try ter prube it, sah. Prubin' it didn' peer ter be no consarn CT tall. l writ ter MT. Garlan' an tole him ter go ober and sorter shake up de preserdent, but de gennerman didn' answer de letter. He mus think dat ain't got nuthin' ter do but ter write ter him. Sets back dar wid his slippers on, readin' my letter an den when he gifts through wid it he filings it erside like l want nobody. doan like dat way O runnin' CT gubermint, sah, clare ter goodness doan."
 "Andy, were you not republican dur ing the campaign ?"
 "Who, mel"
 "Yes, you"
 "Gubner, how awful cuis yessef ken talk when yer puts yer mind down ter hit. neber wuz CT publican. wuz born'd CT dimmercrat, sah."
 "Didn't you make speeches in favor of Blaine ?"
 "Who, me2"
 @Yes."
 "Nsw, dar yer goes CT gin. 'clar' ter goodness dar aint no comfort in talkin' ter high officers no mo-. 'Twan't allus dat way. Uster come up heah when l wanted ter joy myself"
 "You have not answered my questi on"
 "Who haint9"
 "You."
 "Whut wuz de question: ain't heard it."
 "I asked if you did not make speeches in favor of Blaine ?"
 "Dat's CT fack; tibber sho' yer did. No, sah, neber said CT word bout Blaine, only ter skin him. De Lawd. how did peel de bark offen dat man. done de wass thing Q all: skun him wid CT dull knife. It doan hurt SO much ter be skun wid CT sharp knife, but when yex skins CT man wid CT oie case knife dat's been layin' out in de dew, massy sakes how 1t do make him ainch." "Why, Andy, l understood that in your speeches you told the negroes that if Cleveland were elected they would all be put back into slavery"
 Da tole yer CT campaign He, sah. Il nebez said no sich O. CT thing. said dat q fool nigger dat wouldn' vete fur Ciebelan' oughtsr be put hack inter slabezy, dat's what said, an nov jes' look whut l gits fur 1t. 'cuzed O bein' CT fensive partisan aa' turned outen ofsce. EfI ws'nt in de psessnce O de gubnez, would ssy dat 1t l. . daim shame, ssA, das's vhuf I'd say. Nov, gub'ner, l doan vanax tain yes, but wants ysr tez do nc er ittis fabes. Why, sah, l usssr 1ssg ter some q yer kin tolls 'fose