Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1856-08-23
POETRY.


From the Biglow Papers by James Russell Lowell
MIR. BUCHANAN'S CREED.
du believe in Freedoms cause,
Ia fur away e. Paris IS;
love to see her stick her claws
In them Internal Pharisccs;
1t IS well enough agin n king
To dror resolves aud triggers
But lbbaiy Is a kind o. thing
That don't agree with niggers.
du believe the people want
A tax on teas and c0llees,
That nothin' aint extrayygunt-
Puryiln | IN in Office;
Fur hev loved my country sence
My eye-tceth filled their sockets,
An Uncle Sam reverence
Particularly his pockets.
I du believe in any plan
o. leyyin' the taxes,
Ez long ez, like lumbcrman.
git jest what axes
| q free trade thru thick an thin,
because it kind o. rouses
The folks to vote AMI keep rs in
Our quiet custOm-h0uses.
du believe it 5 wise an good
10 SEN out firrn missions.
That is, on sartin understood
An orthydox conditions
I mean thousan' dolls per ann,
Nine thousan' more for outfit,
An me to recommend a man
The place 'ould jest about ct.
I du believe in special ways
o. prayin' an convartin';
The bread comes back in many days,
An buttcred tn. for sartn -
mean in preyin' till one busts
On wut the party chooses,
An in conyartin' public trusts
To very pri'it uses.
du believe hard coin the stuff
For 'lectoneers to spout On;
The peoples oilers soft enough
To max hard money out on;
Dear Uncle Sam peryides fer his
An gives good sized junk to all
don't care how hard money is
Ez long ez mines paid punctooal.
du believe with all my soul
In the great Press's freedom
To pint the people to the goal
An in the traces lead EN-;
Palsied the arm that FORCES yokcs
AT my fat contracts squintin',
An witherel be the nose that pokes
Inter the gov 'ment printin'l
du believe that should give
Wut's his'n unto Cesar,
Fer it's by him move an live,
From him my bread an cheese sir;
du believe tibet all O. me
Doth bear his subsupcrscription--
Will, conscience, honor, honesty,
An things o. that description.
du believe in prayer an praise
To him that hez the grantn'
o. jobs-in every thin tibet pays,
But most Of all in CANTIS';
This doth my cup with MARCHES fill,
This lays all thought of sin to rest
donf believe in princerple,
But, o, du in interest.
du believe in bein' this
Or that, ez it may happen
One way, or t'Other hcndiest is
To ketch the people nappin';
II amt by princerples or men
My preudent course is steade1-
scent which pays the best, an then
Go into it baldheaded.
du believe that hollin' slaves
Comes nat'ral tn President,
Let lone the rowdedow it saves
10 have wal broke precedent;
For any Office small or greet,
| couldn't ax with no face.
Without ia been thru dry and wet
The unrizzest kind O. doughiace.
du believe wutever trash
II keep the people in blindness
That we the Mexicans can thrash,
Right into brotherly kindness
Thet bombshells, grape, an pow1er'n' ball
Air goodwill's strongest magnets
Tibet peace to make it stick at all,
Must be druy in with bagnets
In short, l firmly du believe
In humbug generally,
For it's thing that perceive
To hey a solid yally;
This beth my faithful shepherd ben,
In pastures sweet beth led me,
An this IL keep the people green
To feed as they have fed me.