52. LII.
INDORSES THE NOMINATION.
Church uv the Noo Dispensashun, }
September the 1st, 1864.
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Glory! Micklellan, the nashun's pride, is nominated! Bein
a orthodox Dimekrat, the nominashen soots me! Nominashens
alluz soots orthodox Dimekrats! In 30 years' experience, I
never knew a nominashen that dident.
Me and my Church wuz for peace. We wuz for Suthern
rites. We wuz opposed to drafts, and had purchast revolvers.
Therefore the incomparable Micklellan wuz not our fust choice.
The fact is, the grate George wuz a war man wunst, and wuz
the original inventor uv drafts, wich don't make him ez acceptable
to us ez he mite be. But ther's a excoose for him. The
Dimokrasy must bare in mind that the unforchnit man hed
sunk sum 85,000 Ablishnists sumwher about Richmond, and ez
he knew uv the prejoodice existin agin volunteerin under him,
he insistid on hevin uv em brot in by draft. It wuz all dun
for the benefit uv the Dimokrasy, becoz: The Dimekrats
drafted wood resist to run to Kanady — the Ablishnists wood
go, and, halleloogy! but few uv em wood ever return.
On receet uv the news I immejitly called my flock together,
announst it to em, and give em the follerin brief biographical
sketch uv our candidate, ez follows:
George B. Micklellan wuz born uv rich but honest parence,
sumwher, in the yeer 18—. (I love accooracy.) The nationality
uv his parence I am not shoor uv, but from the fact that
all the bitter old Know-Nothins is a supportin him, I shood
think he wuz uv Irish extraction. His great pint was promptnis
and decision uv character, wich qualities displayed themselves
at a early period. It is on record in the arkives uv the
family, that he cried immejitly after he wuz borned, and commenced
nursin within a hour. He wuz remarkable at school
for the same quality. No sooner did the clock strike noon,
than young George wood promptly leave the house. The
fucher general wuz foreshaddered in the skill with wich he
robbed melon patches. He made reglar approaches, wich
wuz skillful, but his retreats wuz magnificent. He cood
change his base bootiful — shiftin from melon patches to
orchards with neatnis and dispatch. Another peekooliarity uv
young George shows how troo is the sayin, “The child is father
uv the man.” While George cood alluz very elaboritly stratejise
hisself into a melon patch or orchard, he never stratejised hisself
out with any melons or apples.
He wuz edikatid at West Pint, and wuz finally made President
uv the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad. Here his decishun
agin showd itself. He conseeved the bold ijee uv gravelin the
road, wun mornin, at 31 minutes past 11. Wun yeer from that
time he announst to the Drektors that 17 laborers and an ekal
number uv wheelbarrers hed bin prokoored, and he wuz bizzy,
at that time, perfectin a plan for organizin uv em. Two
months after he announced his plan perfected, and that operations
hed commenst on a gravel-pit. Four days uv brilliantly
successful work follered, wen he announct that he wuz
obleegd to suspend operations, that five wheelbarrers wuz
broke, and seven laborers hed the diarrear. He wood reorganize
promptly, and proceed. Reorganizin his force, and perfectin
a new plan uv approach, only occupied eight months,
and the work wood hev bin commenst by this time, had not
the war broke out. The pay uv the Fedral Guvment bein
larger and more surer than the Confedracy, he relinquisht
railroadin and entered the Fedral service.
His military career is knowd by all uv us. Suffice it to say,
that no general wuz ever so beloved South, and so hated
North, wich wuz wat prokoord his nominashen.
Sich, my brethrin, is our candidate. Let us all sink our
prejoodices, and elect him. The platform on which he stands
I endorse with my whole heart. I hevent read it yet, but it
must be good, for Vallandigum made it. The post-orfises, the
treasury, for wich we hev bin waitin four long, dreary years,
is within our reach. Let us, my brethrin, go in and win. The
cheerin for me will now commence.
A collekshun wuz taken up to defray expensis uv the
campane. $8 wuz realized, wich wuz paid over to me. I
shel probably appear on the stump in a new pair uv pants.
Petroleum V. Nasby,
Paster uv sed Church, in charge.
