Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-04-25
From the Democratic Review
Uncle Sam md his g R'hoys."-A True History, and
the more Wonderful for being True.
SHOWING WHO UNCLE SAM Is

SHOWING WHO UNCLE SAM IS
Everybody knows Uncle Sam, the great Lane
Spectator out West, who has more acres than yo,
can throw stick at and more children than he car
keep in order His good helpmate breeds like rab
bit as the saying is and almost always throws dou
bets in playing backgammon; so that before the
elder arrive at years of discretion the small fir,
are setting up for themselves and insisting on wear
ing the breeches, when they are not fairly out Of
their petticoats The old fellow has now thirty-one
or thrty-two bhoys, forget which, and the good
woman is said to be in family way again No doubt
she will throw doublets usual.
But Uncle Sam don't mind this he says the more
the merrer and that he not only provide for his
own children but for those of all the world and the
rest OF mankind And he can, if he don't give all
his lands away to Tom, Dick and Harry as he seems
nightly inclined to do, especially when he sets up
late at night, and gets little corncdn When any
OF his prudent friends caution him on the subject
mine Uncle swaggers away like stump orator,
saps his pocket-which by the way, has nothing
but shin-plastcrs in it-and answers Body o. me
haven't more land than | know what to do with,
nd II want another slice, can't switch them there
lngens< and Mexcans out of it whenever please
Amt sent here on a mission. reckon and amt it
my special business to chrstianze civilize liberal
ne, and bedevil, not only this deestrict. but the
whole neighborhood besides, especially the niggers 2?
Uncle Sam talks 70 big sometimes, like his old
dad, Squire Bull, who reckoned the greatest
bragger of his day, till Uncle Sam grew up and dis
puted the point with him. But mine Uncle can do
something besides brag, when he is put to it to toe
the mark and has got his dander fairly up. He has
had two or three hard scufes with Squire Bull who
never fails to do him i'll turn when it falls in his
way. and sometimes when it don't, and you NAV de-
pend upon it, he didn't come off second best. The
old Squire, who is getting partly in his dotage, and
has become terribly jealous of Uncle Sam. still con-
tlnues every now and then to give him sly dig I'M
der the short ribs but always smooths him down by
calling him his dear and swearing he is an hon
or to his daddy
Besides this, Uncle Sam has many good qualities,
though he sometimes has COMPOUNDED queer way of
showing them; and without going further into par
ticulars make bold to say, he may justly hold his
head as high as his neighbors in honesty and good
though it must be confessed that none of
them have much to boast of on that score If Uncle
Sam ever NEEDLES with their affairs. it is on account
of what he calls his mission, which is very ant to
make him forget that what's one mans meat is an
other mans poison. and that is not so easy to make
velvet purse out of sow's ear, or new shoe out
IT an old one. On the whole, however Uncle Sam
IS right good fellow at bottom and though may
sometimes tickle him up little myself I'll knock
my stranger down that shall dare to say he is no
better than he should be. or that he can't whip his
weight in wild cats