The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1855-03-30
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lases tne oess and at the same time, most truth.
inl portrait Of Sim, which We have Jet seen.
here Is = certain parsonage abroad b the land
Il ihe sound d whose voice the shas IS of par
y drop from TIE hands ofour people ike those d
Paul and silas ct the approach Of the Angel. al.
though the echo q bis footsteps & BOT heard. yet,
e the demago gne and patty hacs la s. IS terrible
as % army Of banners He IS no magician and
yet the touch of bis wand like that 81 tie spear
Of Ithurel can cause tie mask to drop fronthe face
of hypocricy, and exposes seIhshness and partisan
bigotry il al their defornity. He comes with
IBIS fan il bis hand and he purges BIS door As he
goes They call him SAM But it IS not Uncle
Sam.
Uncle Sam IS venerable II years with sound
head and honest heart. But he IS growing Old
bent ii form bowed-down with the heavy burdens
which the lazy the ayaricious ths cunning and
selfish haveheaped upon his shoulders and compel
led him to bear, This parsonage to whom / al
lude IS Bis frst born and dutiful son. BE has
come to bis sther's relief. With all the wisdom
and honesty Of hisaire 10 possesses the buoyancy
the Vigor and the strengthen Youth. His mus
cles are elastic and his sinews ars tough. His
mission Is to visit every city town and hamlet in
the land. he IS equally at home ID the mansion
Of the great and the cottage ofthe lowIy He
takes his seat at the council board Of the wise
administers at the couch Of the afflicted. He
whispers the word Of hope which nerves tie arm
Of the mechanic 10 his workshop and walks be-
side the farmer as he turns Up the burrows Of bis
field.
His march Is ever onward. H. passes rivers
at bound scales mountains at leap and through
swamp and forest be never loses bis way. He
never stops except to drop tear upon the grave
of some revolutionary hero lor bis heat IS Is
tender hia nerves arestopg na
Cur seAle sunni
never weighs heavy On bis eyelid-. le carries il
Bis hand the Gag of his country which had 50 often
pithstood tie battle and the breeze. The halo and
freedom beams upon his countenance andthe enc
mics of tie Union At bis coming. like kites and
crows at the eagles whoop. ne never strikes
without warning but when be does the edge Of bis
claymore sewers joints and marrow aud hecatomb
falls at every blow. The creed of his faith IS the
Constitution Of his country and Luther 3 WASH
ington are bis two great exempIars Of reli.
gious liberty and civil freedom. Bars and
bolts cannot screen the chincery Of midnight eau
cuses from his ken, and convent walls cannot be
built too high for him to scale.
Chattering demagogues grow dumb at bis ap-
proaeh and bishops mitre and Jesaits' robe fall
from the head of pampered insolence and slzullI.
ing knavery at It's touch He cheers the hearts
Of the honest the patriotic and he good with the
smile Of hope at their countrys deliyerance and
to the wicked the hypocritical the selfish be spea
their day Of DOOM. After having gone his desl
ned round be win Einish his labor by flashing will
the thongs Of popular indignation from the TEN.
pie Of legislation at Washington those who have
been Decorating freedoms affairs By Offering
victims to political idols. After sneh HercuIean
labor he viii need at least four years repose
which be win spend IN the White House.
When be retires again to private life he viii
leave bis warning admonition With hiscountrymen
to preserve our institutions from the evil and cor
rupting tendencies Of foreign JesuiticaI influence
and to maintain and defend the Union 70 cherish
cordial habitual and immoyable attachment e
| it accustoming themselves to think and speak b
/ Is IS the palladium Of their political safety and
prosperity; and watching for its preservation with
Jealous anxiety"
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