45. XLV.
FREMONT'S NOMINATION.
Church uv the Noo Dispensashun, }
June the 2d, 1864.
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Halleloogy!
Now is the winter uv our discontent made glorious summer.
The clouds that o'ercast our politicle horizon is broke, and rays
from the sun uv success hev pierced em, gildin the noses uv
the faithful with a radiance that whisky cannot give.
Honey hez cum out uv a carkis — good hez perceeded from
Nazzareth. The Radikels hev nominated Fremont! Halleloogy!
They did it at Cleveland.
I never votid for Fremont. In '56 I didn't like him — in
fact, I aboosed him. I laft at him for partin his hair in the
middle; I accoosed him uv being a Catholic, and uv stealin cattle
from the guverment. Wen Linkin appinted him genral, I
aboosed him agin, and more than ever wen he ishood his Emansipashen
Proclamashen.
But now I diskiver that I hev did him a grievous wrong.
The most becomin way a man kin part his hair is in the middle;
the steelin uv cattle from guverment is a act that no man
who supported Bookannon can condemn, and his Abolishnism —
why, he's to be pitied for that.
Uv course no Dimekrat can vote for him, for there is a triflin
difference in our principles; yet about a half uv the Abolishn
party ought to do it by all means. John C. is the man for
them, ondoubtedly.
But whether he gets many votes or few, his bein nominated
is salvashen to us. Every vote he gits Linkin won't git, and
then what —
The bare thot almost overpowers me. We kin elect a
Dimekrat!
This movement puts a new face upon affairs. We needn't
be pertikelerly anxshus any more for Lee's success; in fact, I
bleeve it wood be better for us to hev Grant whip Lee and
take Richmond. For why? Becoz. Spozn about the time
the Confederasy is playd out we elect a Dimekrat, and spozn
that Dimekrat lets up on em, restores ther niggers, pardons
em, pays ther debts, compensates them ez hez sustained losses
in the war, and penshuns ther widders, woodent they let us
hev the heft uv the orfisis awhile? Uv course they wood.
I segest that the committies who are takin up colleckshuns
for Vallandigum send the money forthwith to Fremont's
Execootive Committy. I shel take up a colleckshun in my
congregashen immediately for that purpose.
Petroleum V. Nasby,
Paster uv sed Church, in charge.
