, 1855-06-22

s''Ae UoWu that DanneTA VIII Sucl al
y one record his vote in 1e light Of day
!, against JOSEPH LA>E-thj in whom trurer
/ hraver more gallant andIleyotcd democrat
t WAS never standarl-bearer in the holy
Cause OF Liberty. assert it that the Sun
I from heaven does not shine upon a man
r more unselfshly devoted to the best aud
y Irnest interests Of his country, his whole
5 country, than Gen. JosErH LANE.
OF "sAM"
SAM" Young America u mean
Democratic Sam. You are young, vigorous,
> energetic, aching TO do something. You
can not wait for your old Uncle to die and
> let y0a into the estate. Now Sam, let us
examine your pretenSioas, your qualifications.
! You come up here now, in contest, and
= demand the reius of this government from
. the hands Of the old Democracy, UNCLE
, SANS boys Who are you ? ard by
what power do you back your claims ?
You do not pretend to be Hneqi, you only
: claim to be hopeful nephew. Perhaps
when yoar paternity is traced you will turn
out to be scarcely "woods colt" fyon
claimed to be "prodigal son." you could
easily prove that you had sojourned amongst
A strange people. All Sam, do you know
the coon, that same old coon ?" Do you
know anything of his history, and his natu-
raj habits? The spots on his hide and the
rings on his tail, Sam, have always had
charms for yoar inexperienced eyes. In
1910 you sloped from your old Uncle, and
took up with the corn in his pile Of logs
Hou drank hard cider" with him, and
he promised you 1.-TWO dollars day and
roaS, beef" didn't he? Well, he also in
vited you TO bis raising he had "log
cabin to build,' and you turned out and
helped him; and 10 when it was up, it was
a White HoNse, aud he was President.
Sam, did you get any roast beefT then,
to ease your watering mouth no, not
even bone 10 pick. Did the old Coon
dole out two dollars day to you from the
" hitc House No, you had to go back
to your farms and your work shops and
make your living just as you did in the
days when your good old Uncle held the
government. You found then that the
government did not support the people,
(although the coon told you so, J, but that
. the people supported their own government,
just as your old Uncle always taught you,
/ land that what. most grievously, You do
not like.) Well, you were disappointed,
and you came back to the Old Democracy
in 1874, and you helped skin the old coon
with q vengeance-and Just here now we
have the ear-marks Of "Sam," and will
show him up. 1t is plain that he is that
inconstant and unreliable Democrat, some
time called " floating vote" Several caus-
es exist to make him what he is. Ambi-
tion to do something takes hold Of the
young and inexperienced. Many who are
older in years get soured because their
merit for Office is not so apparent to Others
as themselves they suddenly discover
that the old Democratic party has changed
ground, and the old coon has got into the
track. Well, now we have got hold Of
Sam, we will track him up.
The old coon was watching, aud heSsaw
that sam got no more roast beef after the
election of IA than he did in 40, (Unclc
Sam being slow to trust his renegade neph-
ew) so be steps up to him and whispered
in his ear, " No Party" This was q new
ring in his tail, and Sam was tickIed with
/, it. Here was a chance to do something,
aud here was prospect Of notice for neg
lected merit But Taylor and Fillmore
chad no friends to reward" and Sam was
again disappointed-so in 1859 he came
/, back to his old Uncle and helped put the
noble and uncompromising old JefferSonian
Democrat, Pierce, into the White House.
But the old Uncle was not to bo fooled
with Sam, and has put him on probation.
+ Let us see where Sam is now
r The old Coon watching the state Of
e things, saw that Sam was in discomfort
: so he set his wits to work to see If he could
fool him third time He knew that Sam
had become suspicious, and 1t would not
+ do 10 show his visible hide and tail again.
Q But coon is coon, and cannot be any
c thing else So we see now his whole poll
a cy and plan of operations as coon, ring
: tailed and spcekled, and Sam. in good
+ many instances, has "gone in" with him.
a Prowlng around in the night-skulking
o aud hiding in out-houses-n meeting in Sc
i cret, in cellars, stables and hen houses,
/ opening services with the pusillanimous
q farce Of prayer from some political priestly
i parasite Of prescription, (who in bis secret
r soul knows that he has grated himself up.
e OH the tree of Whiggery for the sole and
S only purpose OF religious persecution, J
n swearing strange oaths unknown to the
Il constitution and laws, mot needed to bind
: men to each other in true and holy and
n God sanctioned cause, but needed for pur.
d poses we shall by and by unfold), nnging
l. out on the foul winds of midnight q banner
: black with principles of piracy against
Q country and kindred, God and man-but
,f whose notices are so worded as to deceive
IS Sam and tickle him with ideas of doing
e something, and promising, as a last resort
e to hopeless aspiration few slices of d" For
II eign" roast beef.
d Now Sam, if you have read thus far
: come along and let us analyze the meas
d ures OF this secret association to which yor
belong, and which have again led you away