True Democrat. (Paulding, Miss.) 1845-18??, 1846-09-16
THE WAR OPINIONS OF BILLY
WHITE,

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of'masterIy inactivity; oh no, by no means!
Nolhin' to eat and nothin' to do-no yoler
Jack-no kollery; and nothln' to speculate
ON but them nankeen-Colored MeXlcanS.
i Government amt dom the right thing,
! and # Jimmy Polk knowd what | know,
/ there'd be a difference in the way OF
prosecutin' the exsten war Let's see!
there's Polk, Scott, Marcy, Bob Walker,
and Old Tom nous 1rerTOn RitChie-them'S
the principals, the reg'lur Al No. Ones
/ enoaGed in this orful affair. Old lack
/ Toylor is some and his docyments is
VERY GOOD COMPOSITIONS the old boss
is all fight 10 the backbone, but Uncle Sam
rid HIM 50 hard at lnSt that | wonder he
wusent spawned Folks whole soled
Teller he does every thing inr the best
but he haint hin TO Hericoi Scott WIS
oood actor in his time; and IL the dramerS
of Chippywar aud Lundy's Lane he WIS
star a bio star, sure but on one occasion
lately he certiny did leave off the big
ticks. an TUX to pIayn' the part OF tuSt SuPe
in the thrillin' play of War with Mexico
or Who shall command Marcy | don't
like no how, and his gains won't be us
much as he Spects they'll mount 10. lie
kumplcte!y krippcd the old General, and
made many a son of Louisiana Anna blush
with shame Only TO think--a ieIIer IN
in New Orleans gives up his sltywaiioni
sells all he's got to git ft-out; kisses his
wife or his sweetheart for the last time,
and then By the umpIn' JehosaPhatl he's
told that he cant be received. On no!
they'll take the regiments from Tennessee,
and Ohgher, aud Merryland, and New
York: but the sons of Louisa Anna amt al
lowed TO 90! 'Spose the ynller fever breaks
on among them up.river boys; they amt
'cimated, they amt bin, like me, IN the
Charity HorSespittlc-aUd who's goin'
to nusS em when they're sick! Why it'll
take one half the army to nusS t'other halt,
and if one third OH 'em lives to git into the
in tea rior, they'll find a sort of ChinereSe
Wall, and plenty ofgunpowder tea todrlnk!
And Amt the--ld-n that bull dog! he's
a go;n' inter my apartment under the
wharf there, agin!)- MeXcans h--ll at
maxim sops ofall kinds. They wont put
no pizen in the water; they wont put no
/ little powders i'm their miSturs Orleans and
green billed corn. which at fnSt tastes very
/ nice. bat afterwards sends you TO Davy
Joncs Of Fiddler's Green whichever you
may perteIl
Bat. never mind; pzen nlnt cot nothIn'
10 do with Bob Walker. aud got TO thnlS
Of him fora spell Bob's purity good
felIur. and tends TO Uncle Sans dimes like
major. He's one of them iellurS that
sleeps with both eyes open; as heerd a
niger preacher say once, ne keeps hisselt
10 hisselGr so much that think me belongs
TO the genus keener.' lie knows how tho
wind blows, and how and when a Squall
is agon' TO set in, aud I'm told that when
he gifts mad it takes two oflhe clerks fhis
department, an old man and the editor oil
the Union, 10 hold the hair on his head
Hurraw for Bob! He's jst about my sez,
only little more chunky and he's one Of
'cm--Sure!
"But talk amt wdr. There's General
George Washington Dixon; he walked the
plauk once, thousand hours at time; the
capting Of the ship of state ought TO order
him TO be hauled up the gangway, have
his feet dashed TO the gralingS aud after he
had bussed the gunner's daughter, make
him ioalk he plank agin. There's mix
tur Of chockvlet about his kumplexlon,
and think its likely ifhe Gums here he'll
stand a chance Of bein' elected a member
Of the changing.
aThis war fever's a hilchin' on TO my
witals aud | must 60 or I'LL bust. Old
Johnny Bull thinks that he'll take Monter.
ev. there by the Kalleiornias. Why, he
might lest as well try to mount ray oI
sunlight as to try TO ride our navy in that
ere rough shod way. As for the Gulf
why there's a man there who wall look foi
I'D Mother Englandsdug-ouls Ikea lynx
he'll con her motives Jest as quick as light
min, and put sum iron plugs in her flOalin
forts leelle quicker. One thing, howsum
ever, is certin; we Amt got men enough IL
Mexico 10 carry on this here fight, and d
The Louisa Anna boys only holds thei
HOSES up, they'll have a chance, and
mighty big one, too, lor a rumpus viii
them Farlic-eaiin, shad bellied, nankeen
colnred Mexicans. Hold on, boysl wal
all about the middle Of next November
and you'll see sights and hear sounds thst'l
make every hair on your head feel as ifi
had the tooth ache. Then Uncle San