The Ripley advertiser., 1855-11-15
For the Ripley Advertiser.
CHRONICLES OF THE CANVASS
OF '55.


|. And beholdit hath come to pas
that the seventh wo! is upon SAM
in the sunny Sonth, which shall be tht
greatest vol! that has yet come upor
him because ofthe Bonds wherewitl
he hath bound himself
2. For it came to pass that tn,
democrats of the empire Province
which is the Province of Marshall de
termined to give great Feast, such
as had not been given before in all the
Tribe for an abundance,
3. And they said one to another we
will invite to our Feast all our broth.
crs, friends and acquaintance, and
the strangers also which dwell in the
surrounding Provinces, not only OF
our own Tribe, but also of the Tribe
of Tennessee that we may have full
Feast
A. And 10! in due time, they sent
out an invitation; and the invitation
was on this wise to all the Provinces,
that they should come forth to Holly
Springs on the second day of the
eleventh month ofthe first year of the
death of SAM and Of the drying up
of the F5untaine of Pontotoc.
5. And that they should come forth
as an army prepared with banners;
and at their coming they should be
numbered; and that the Province send
ing the greatest number should receive
at the hands Of the FAIR of the Pro-
vince of Marshall BANNER, such
as waved over the Father ofhis coun-
try when Montgomery, Lafayette,
DeKalb Kosciusko, and host of 9TH
ers oflike Nativity and Religion went
side by side with him into battle for the
rights of man; yea! for Political and
Religious Liberty.
c. And the "wool-h hat boys" of the
Province Of Tippah--not only from
tho plains Of the west, but even from
the Ililly country ofHatchie-said we
will go down and see our brothers of
the Province Of Marshall; and it may
be that our going will send "SAM"
where the Devil carried the hogs, and
we will bring back that Banner, that
oar wives and little ones may look
upon it that they may continue to de-
tgat the aristocratic and disruptive
principles of the Samites.
+. And behold the wool-hatites be-
gan to meet in the Town ofRiplcy on
the first day Of the month, and there
they formed procession with Char
lot in front drawn by six, and in the
Chariot were musicians, such as play
upon stringed instruments and the
Flute, the Clarinet, and also John, the
little democratic Drummer boy, who
beat upon the great Drum, for he liketh
not the principles ofhi father, (be.
cause his father is Samite,) but he
goeth with democracy ofhis mother.
s. And they chose for their Cap
tain Alexander who was once a stran-
ger strange land, but not so after
the first blast of the Bugle was heard
upon the banks of the Rio Grande
which proclaimed that the blood of
our brothers had been split upon our
own soil by the hands ofthe Mexicans;
for there was heard in the Province of
Tippah "the rich Irish brogue" saying
COME ON BOYS, we will go and be
with old "ZACK'' for victory or death, 4
Our country right Or wrong"
Q. And thus they went to the village |
OF Salem, where the neighbors of Dan
lel and Joseph had prepared provi- c
slons in abundance, and all Jared t
sumptuously both in body and mind
that coffee which none other can $
make like unto Barney, who is called '
Carance, and all drank of it because d
twas good. v
10, And it came to pass on the I
morning when the procession began 5
to move on to Holly Springs that the II
SaIemites, both men AMI women, with
all the region round abou. began to
tall into line with their own Chariot, a
l'lIed with musicians and their banner 8
H2.tlng on the morning air, and they
joined into the procession in such u
numbers that when the procession was
near Holly Springs they numbered b
more than five hundred. h
II. Now, as they came nigh unto h
dolly Springs there was heard in the o
town great noise, such as is made "
When the heart is glad, for it was not rt
is the noise of tumult and strife, such a
as the Samites make at city elections, Il
o'' 1t was the noise ofjoy and glad $,
less and music and dancing and ma m
4'ng merry.
IL. And behold, when the head of C
'"e procession of the wool hatites m
zane upon the square, which is a is
ound the Hall ofJustice, there was al