_Resolved_, That we are willin, for the sake uv harmony, to
admit that Sherman and Grant were, all things considered, worthy
uv bein ranked with Lee and Jackson.
_Resolved_, That the safety uv the Government demands that sich
ez took part in the late unpleasantnis, from the Southern
States, be to-wunst admitted to Congress, and to the other
posishens wich they yoost to ornament, and that the more
unpleasant they wuz doorin the trouble the more they ought to be
admitted.
_Resolved_, That there shall be gushen confidences, we freely
forgive the honored Secretary uv State for the too free use uv
his little bell doorin the late unpleasantnis, believin that he
viewed things from his own stand-pint instead uv somebody
else's, wich alluz causes trouble.
At this pint His Eggslency, Andrew Johnson, supported by Secretary Wells
on the wun side and Vice-President Stephens on one other, with Bukanan
in front and Toombs behind, entered the hall. Sich a cheering I never
heerd. Hats wuz slung into the air, and seats wuz torn up. Proudly they
advanced up the aisle, treading, ez they went, onto a portrait uv Linkin
wich a enthusiastic Connecticut delegate tore from the wall and throwd
before em. They took their position on the stage, Gen. Buell holdin over
em a Fedral flag, and Genral Henry A.
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