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That will be unique that will be something new in magazines. We'll go the limit, mother." His mother laughed. "I guess you're right, Joe. It's worth trying. But how are you going to circulate the paper?" "How?" Again his mind jumped forward. "House-to-house canvass labor unions street corners. I'm going to dig in now, get acquainted with the people round about, spread it any old way.
Douglas continued to speak at various strategic points, in spite of inclement weather and physical exhaustion, up to the eve of the election. The canvass had continued just a hundred days, during which Douglas had made one hundred and thirty speeches.
The withdrawal from the canvass, of General Fremont, nominated for the Presidency by the "radical men of the Nation," at Cleveland, also contributed to it. In his letter of withdrawal, September 17th, he said: "The Presidential contest has, in effect, been entered upon in such a way that the union of the Republican Party has become a paramount necessity.
The sack was made with the hair turned inside, and was covered on the outside with canvass. To make my bed, therefore, became a very simple operation: lay down a buffalo robe, unroll the sack, and the thing was done. To get into bed was simply to get into the sack, pull the hood over one's head, and go to sleep.
The asses are dun-coloured, small, and weak; the camels large, loose, and lazy; the cows are pretty animals, with small humps, long horns, resembling the Damara cattle, and in the grazing season with plump, well-rounded limbs; there is also a bigger breed, not unlike that of Tuscany. The standard is the Tobe of coarse canvass; worth about three shillings at Aden, here it doubles in value.
Assuming the rôle of a silent partner, I had reports furnished me regularly, and it soon developed that our estimate on the probable expense was too low. We had boldly entered the canvass, our man was worthy, and I wrote back instructing my partners to spare no expense in winning the fight.
"I am sure it is," continued he "I could see her white canvass glance just now." I looked steadily, and, at last, caught the small dark speck against the bright background, rising and falling on the swell of the sea like a feather, As we stood on, she was seen more distinctly, but, to all appearance, nobody was aware of her proximity.
The record shows that there were but few changes made by the Convention, and those were formal and unimportant; and never in the canvass that followed was the suggestion made that the proposed Constitution failed to represent the mind and purpose of the Convention.
After his two comrades left I told him of the interest which my friends were taking in his canvass, and that I would add their contribution to the campaign committee. The general instantly was exultant and jubilant. He fairly shouted: "Have I not proved to you all day that there is always a silver lining to the cloud, and that the darkest hour is just before dawn?"
For the sake of those who have a mind to canvass this subject, I will recapitulate the most material arguments that tend to disprove what has been asserted; but as I attempt not to affirm what did happen in a period that will still remain very obscure, I flatter myself that I shall not be thought either fantastic or paradoxical, for not blindly adopting an improbable tale, which our historians have never given themselves the trouble to examine.