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Charles Congdon, Tribune Essays: Leading Articles Contributing to the New York Tribune from 1857 to 1863. (ed. Horace Greeley), Josiah's Jaunt. (search)
gallant dead to be quietly interred in Yankee soil. Of course the remains would be sent for; and, of course, Josiah, as the instigator of the fatal fray, would be called upon to foot the bill. What a doleful termination of the Josiah-Jubilee! We notice that last week the Massachusetts House of Representatives considered Mr. Perham's gratuitous public services, and did not very highly approve the same, being undoubtedly of the opinion that it could do its own inviting without outside assistance. Josiah, like most public benefactors, was scurvily treated. One Haskell thought Perham a fool. One Shaw insisted that he was a nuisance. Upon this a lively debate ensued, but the question of fool or nuisance was not put to the House. It seemed to be agreed that he was either the one or the other; and, whether brainless or a bore, we can easily understand why the Virginia Legislature--not the Massachusetts — treated his invitation with a certain degree of respect. February 21, 186