Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-06-26
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LIFE, SERVICES AND DEATH of 'S'.N'
CHIEF OF TIE lflSDOOS'

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CHIEF OF TIE lflSpoos
f'' W" III" Jo6 sit chap, o u eeS''
"Beesuse our dave Oh earth are bot aso"''"
An impostor calld SAM like an''ns s,, :" ao ID
Barter d his conscience for power ""d
Rn;s'd mn an altar to worship false g"as
Ms M ,n;d AMI deusions, sly tokens and mods
NO .K,ow. Nothing" party sam ruled rs hig'
In C"uoril and field. at Church and at ieasf; e .;,
Cslvd the doctrines oil Rome, INC hes. p' n,;t
rn P,n, mn old fogy and worse than the DeVil.
Al, f,r.rn-born men, Sam said had no right
To aucht in the State, but pay taxes sho nSh':
II, hated their hugo, 80 lately in vogue ,
The sweet German accent and rich Irish brogue.'
Men, holding office, Sam view'd with disgust,
Foes to his Order not worthy Of trust,
But!promised his friends, it he won the race,
To turn the rogues and put them in then place.
TIE "Knov-Nothins" army went forth with thu
cree d,
With Sam ut their head to conquer or bleed
Convinced of their right by numbers ana sta''o"'
To graphic the spois, and govern the h"'''"'
Now Sam had an Uncle. who bore the same name, l
Then in the white House" OF great ''''' "A'
fame 49,,
Chief of the Demos-of office so tender,
Like .OlI Buera VISTA" would never surrender
He call'd Sam q rebel. chief and what not
a traitor, inst fit for the Spanish sarrotte.
And :ka. he would get IN his l ncie OPINION
II couvht in his tricks in the Ancient DOMINION.
To catch this usurper, by force or surprise,
From Onancock came a hero named Wise,
Who brought in his hand, the old mans commission
TO hunt :hs young dog TO the dregs OF SUBMISSION.
Wise was an old trapper of coons in disguise
Sam was that sold un, just now in his eyes
The tool Of Know -Nothings much blacker than SCOT
Lazy and lousy and chrisess TO boot.
The birthplace and faith of all men to defend,
Wise said was the law-his object and end
This maxim, Old Domos had never denied
Their fathers had fought for had bed sud had died
Sam had gone North with his banner unfurrd,-
Tothe Demos cried havoc-dchancc he hurtdi
Snon caught By SURPRISE great States, one by one:
The Codfsh-the Granite-Numeg und Key Stone.
Transported with Joy at prospects so bright,
Sans friends made hideous the silence OF night
Tar barrels and "gew.songs" walked up the dull
moon
And "pop goes the weazle' his favorite tune.
No Hindoo procession no wild savage yell,
No frolick Of witches in cavern or dell,
Exceli'd the loud screams and noisy chit chat,
OF the lucky Know Noth;ngs, with brick in their
hat.
The time now arrived for the people to know
VINO was the yictor.-who's right twas to crow
That was confessed by all lenders Of rote,
Was settled the day "Old Virginia shonld vote
Wise had beeu stumping through mountain aud glen,
To rouse the Old Den,2S-buys, women and men
TO come to the rescue, and save the 'tlld State,
From shame and rol,Uiion, by reckless lngrafe.
Runners for news, were sent up "lihe rockets.
By the force of steam.engines at work in Their pock
"Anl on their return, by the downward momentum;
"Cume tumbliug back, like the Devil had sent Elm.
They brought tho glad tdings with telegraph speed,
Refreshing as waters in IsraeIs dark need
"V;rcinia's awake--Wise has the track,
"Ihs Hindoos are boaten-Sam nal on MS oack:
Had rain, hail and snow ali come down together,
Thunder aud lighting, in cold winters weather;
The streets a. clear of gay parties ct play
As of San and his friends OH that dismal day.
They quietly "mizzicd" to regions unkaown-
When they departed or where they had gone,
Nobody could Finland noboiy car.s,
AL laugh at their hopes and pity their fears
Now, said tine Demos, Let the cannon loud roar
From mountain and vale &c Atlantics sea-shore;
Wake up the ghost Of the willy 'old coon,
Once routed again. horse, foot end dragoon
By to-ch.lishts and rockets your banners display,
With bauquets and music eulivcn Tie day 49,
Let the foe read Your motto, ON that gay smiling
spot,
Surrender who will, Virginia will not"
An hopes Of the loaves and the fishes we're lost
Their bets, too, when paid) large item OF cost
Sam said 10 his friends some relief might be sought,
Is way OF change in the Sat R'osr B'ut.
That Ark of Repose had been used by the Coons.
When they, like the Hindocs, had lost the "go!d
Spoons
Twas pious retreat--long famed in tradition,
As cure for tho Ills OF hopeless ambition
The boat being ready, her colors half mast,
The whistle lei OF mourlul steam blast; |
The Iindoos in mourning, wives, children and Mi,
sven, on board crying to the 'dead march in SAUL
-rho;- ,oss,,o IA C,nonn VIVA oloony md and
With grief overwhelmed Sam ran raving mad;
Revealing his fate, TO his friends by bis side,
'Sic transit he shriek'd, fell backward and died!
To bury poor Sam in the true Hindoo STYLE
There, Princes are burnt on their funeral pe,l
The X. Ms sat rolnd him supporting his pail,
Dlow'd up the steamboat-Sam-nourners and ALL!
Keaoushton. Va, June 1855.