Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-04-19
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For the Washington Sentinel.
HoRNETsA NEST HALLER.

New INGLASD, AprI IL, 1854.
Messrs. EDIToRs: Heving been liyin among
the people and preachers of old New highland
ever sence wus born, and at the same time
bein one uf the raal true blue dimicrats of the
old hick'ry schulz, jist take the truble to Civ
yew piece OF my mind about the doins of our
preachers down hear, in connexion with the
effgey burnin portion of the community.
1t 'ull seem as eff heav'n and airth was o
movin to see how close the preachers of the
Gospil down hear, and the rag-tag-and-bobta
effigy-burners could git together. Few know
as well as dew. that no raal gentleman wus
ever caught burnin Teller in efigy. It's
alters them fresky, mean, back-biin critters as
goes loafn round doggeries and ruin-holes
ginerally, that goes inter them sort O franks
actshuns. And they wouldn't never do it,
either, eft the preachers would jest stick to the
texts as they find um in the good book. But
yer see they didn't dew the thing down hear,
but went rite inter the pulpits and fractiously
proclaimed themselves agin the Nerbrasky at
fair, without KNOWN anything about the ques-
ton, and then cum down agin and went about
the places exasperatin the burners, till bime by
the fust thing we see is Mr.. Duglas hangin
and a burnin oil around the country.
Now, | say it is q tarnal shame to treat a
fe!er SO. know Mr. Duglas; I've read his
speeches afore to-day, and faint no untruth to
sny that all them there thousand FIVE hundred
parsons down here amt worth him, all of UNI
put inter a bag and shuck together.
wish preachers could mind their own.. IBIS.
Miss. Eff they don't find their hands full enuff
in.legislatin for the Almighty on the airth,
they'd better lay down their Professions and re-
tire, for they amt good servants of their
master then, 10 how. But if there is plenty
of souls to save which it is their dismiss to at
tend to, they'd better, for the futer, let poll.
ticks alone, as the Nebraskey question doesn't
cum up in the Bible nowhar, as TIE seen.
! amt opposed to the preachers, although
old Homany Miximselfup says | am, be.
cause am down on the preachers that go into
politics, and their companions, the burners.
But when see so much sin and temptation
ragin in the wurld, and the preachers a.payin
gressmen to stop the Nebraskey operation, it
makes my blud bile, and am redy to exclaim
with the immortal Shakspeer: 0 you genera
ton of vipers, yer hepircrites i why don't
you mind your tarnal bisness?
Now, yersee, Messrs. Editors, didn't intendto
rite lengthy, but only to jist show you my idea
of the Coins on between the preachers and the
burners; for tell tell you that, if the preach.
ers 60 on in this ere way, who'll ever go to
them for advice about the way ter git to Hea.
yen7 No man, of any sense, will hev the least
mite of confidence in EN-, and, as Josephus, the
history man SEE, they will "becum a by-wurd
and reproach upon the face Of the whole
airth." No more at present. Your trew friend,
NATHANIEL PEACHBLOSSUM.
P.,S. ment to tell you to tell Mr.. Duglas
to go rite strate ahead with his bill, for its all
rite; jist the thing that all the old folks fit for
afore those meddlesum preachers and misera-
BILE burner critters wus ever hearn of. Besides
this, tell Mr.. Frank Pierce not to be afeard Of
all that they can do agin him, eff he duz sine
the bill when it Gums to him in the White
House. Tell him its all rite tew. Id dew it
all myself eff was there. No moore.
N. p