The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1844-05-08
Great Wing Meeting i'm The Dismal
SWAEnD.

Great Dismal swamp, on the lst of April, 1874,
at which 'that same old coon" presided and Bull
buItaloe, esq, was appointed secretary. The
meeting having been daily organized, General
Opossum rose, amidst burst of applause that
blew down several cypress trees, and delivered
speech which was taken down in short hand eT
preSsty for the Globe, by one Of our subscribers,
who lives at the Great Bridge, and sent to us by
foot cypress. No other paper has any notes of
the speech,
"Felow Citizens! A great crisis has arrived.
(Applause.) The time is come when we, who
have been deprived of our ancient and nQlien-
able rights, under pretence ofbeing irrational an
imals, incapable of selfgoyenmcnt are mpera-
lively called upon 10 make one great eiorl 10 re-
claim our original standing among those cxclu-
IsIYe pretenders to the possession of reason.
Loud Applause.) Fellow-Citizens, whoever a.
mong you has heard of Esop's Fables cannot be
Ignorant that all the quadrupeds were formerly
not only possessed of reason, but likewise the
gift of speech, (Cheers:) and that they still re-
tain both is undeniable, although it must be con-
lessed they speak language TOO learned and
abstruse to be comprehended by the ignorant and
unettered. QIoar!hearD Fellow-Citizens, we
have been greatly oppressed by the two-legged
"a
RODS for asserting our equality not to say our su-
lperority. is at length come. Every dog has his
day (Bow! WOW! WOW! !-hearY say every dog
has his day, and SO has every cat (mow, new,
hearO and so has every coon, weasel, cow bear,
horse, ,jackass, rat, mouse, bull-fog, and alligator
| (Long, loud, and reiterated bursts of applause
from all quarters, which drowned the voice of
the speaker, who paused a while, overcome by
the intensity Of his feelings; then, bowing low to
the audience proceeded.)
"FellowCitizens, this is an age ofrcyigal pro-
gross, and deyelopement The period is at hand
! tremendous cheerlng,) nay, the period has arri-
we'd, when we are about to make one great eff
fort to resume our original rights, and our abort
gnal weghtin the scale OF rational beings, Yes,
tollow-citlzens, prophet has arisen i'll the slash
es of Hanover, (stNpendons croabiag among The
.tfogs) who not only breaches, but pract ses, the
t true doctrines ofequality; and who is determined
to free us from our yokes, lowing among the
oxen, chains, and all those absurd and oppges-
sive restrictions imposed upon lis by that proud
ovorboarlng animal who has the insolence 10 as
sert that two legs better than four; yet, at the
same time, acknowledges our superiority by ini.
tating us in his whiskers. (Grcat aughteramoDg
the 3ultaloes.) Animated by the most exalted
feeling of universal philanthropby, this dstjn-
guished individual has resolved in his boundless
mind that we--yes, we shall-ycs, fellow-cltjzens
SHALL be reinstated in our ancient inalonable
right of perfect equality with these two-leggcd
usurpers. (Prodigious GppIaaSe) Yes, fellow
citzens, the OK shall no longer wear the yoke;
(greot bclIowing among the oaen3 the horse shall
be as free as those which erewhile scampered un-
mocsted over the prairies ofthe West; (great
neighing dmongt the horscs) the sheep shall wear
his own wool; (ba-a-a-hear!D the dog shall be
his own master; (bow! WOW! WOW hear, hear;)
the bear shall no longer live by sucking his paws
in the winter; (great dancing among The bearS;)
the buffaioes cease to be hunted on those plains
which were theirs from time immemorial; (greG
bDdl0c daRce;) the opOssums-to which class
have the honor to belong-shall no longer carry
their young in their pouches, but have nurses TO
bear them in their arms wherever they go; (tcrc
the 'posSHns ran APP theguDl tree in fine style, and
cm dirGrS caper8 J and, fellowctzens, that large
and respectable class of animals, which may be
said TO be neither fish, flesh. or fowl (most espe-
cially the respectable bul-frogs,) shall be freed
from the prosecutions of little drty-faced boys,
when they pop their heads out of the slashes;
| I(stupendOus crOahiRg of the frogs, in acbich some
~ "'" SOH"S JO"tCu u nay, lollo"-IlllAClo, lllC
coons-ay, the very coons--those hitherto de-
spised, contemplate, worthless animals, without
strength, courage,or honesty--(here Ike speaker
IcGS called to order by the chairman, "that sane
old cooa.'O
| say ielow-citizens, those hitherto filthy, dis
gustng, and worthless animals called coons"--
Here the chairman rose in great agitation, and
said, "Really, General Opossum, | cannot sitquiet
and hear my constituents (that respectable class
ofanimals which has lately been selected as most
worthy of associatng with the great universal
wing party) abused in this shameful manuer. You
must sill down orkeopa civiltongue in your head"
"Hear me out, hear me out, Mr. Chairman
replied General Opossum. 81 am paying you a
great compliment, If you did but know it. | say,
Ifellow-citzens; those theving midnight plunder-
ers those dirty ill-begotten, -conditioned, base,
cowardly, ill-natured and contemplate animals,
are about-about did say?-have already been
elevated to an equality equality did say?-to a
superiority over the boasted exclusive posses
sors ofreason, by being selected as emblems, rep
resentatves and tutelaries Of the habits, manners
and principles Of the great universal whig party,
which possesses all the docency and all the tai
ents They are, unless greatly deceive myself
destined, ere long, TO take Appointment stand in
that party, and come in for full share ofthe
loaves and fishes. | will detan you no longer,
fellow-ctizens, than merely to add that, instead
of being hunted by the race of two-legged ty-
rants-nay, even by their slayes-these dirty,
thieving, cowardly, yethghly respectable animals,
will, beyond all doubt, be restored to their natu-
raj, inalicnabe right OF robbing the farmer al
pleasure, in reward for heirprodigous and deci-
sive agency in maintaining the ascendency Of the
great universal whg party. (LoRg, loud, stu
Pendops, and ererIasting cheering from Mecooasj
tcho, not being able 10 sustain themselves, scatter
led of tOrob a fer ncighboring henroosts)