Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-03-28
From the Iowa State Gazette.

kew is no longer considered complete without lib
oral snrnkling of the cloth, and it is seldom that one
a allowed to proceed to business until some sancfed
brother shall wall his eyes heavenward and put up
noticoregious petition suited to the emergency of
the case and as an offset 10 the heathenism and hy-
pocracy which may Immediately follow. Preachers,
too are sometimes found mingng pretty freely in the
discussions which take place at these political assem-
blages and otherwise manifestng zeal IN pot-house
matters which goes to show that we 1--we IN an age
of progress, such it is. At the recent Republican
State Convention, the cloth (mlnus the sack) were
present in goodly force, and. taking off their coats
and rolling up their sleeves is said that they pitched
in with looseness known only to the shoulder stI-
kers and short boys of the Five Points, and by their
newborn zeal for free whiskey in abandoning the
temperance plank gained for themselves high praise
among the unanointed outsiders. sketch of the
remarks made by one of them has been forwarded to
us for publication 1t is follows:
My FRIGHTENING We are told somewhere-I
needn't be particular where-that the psalniss of
old could play upon harp of thousands trings
ah-but, my breetherng, in these days of getting
down stairs from grace Samst amt expected to do
more than spread himself on a sing lie string all
Therefore, my breethering ali, let US give ourselves
no uneasness about the nine hundred and nnetv.nne
strings that can't handle, ah, but let us unite in
playing upon a harp Of single string, spirits Of
lrE7te m1on made black, dh.
My FRIGHTENING As we came stringing along
into this convention, like pack mules crossing the
Isthmus, thought to myself that each one of us
might have a string of his to pull and that may
he many of US might have several Strings TO his bows
ali. | hope | hurt mans feelings by this dis
course, ali My motto always is to tell the truth
and shame the devil ah-an institution of sin and
wckedneSs who is alway roaming about like
lng line seeking where he kill somebody, ah.
But my brecthering, now that politics and religion
have got mixed up that you can't tell from
the other, think it would be good for us to let 90
all holds, except the main and go Billy best
upon harp Of one string, spirits Of arhte made
black, ah.
My BREETHER1NG There are great MANY kind
of strings in this world, all First, there is the latch
string hung out and the latch string pulled n all :
Then there is the fiddle string, (and very wicked
string it Is, my breetherng) and the bag string and
the pudding string which some pious souls consider
fhe proof Of the pudding, ah. And then there is
string beans, and that audacous varmint Srngfel-
low. ah--but my breetheIing, to return TO nv dis
course, let me impress upon you the popularity of
playing 1Pon harp Of single ST. ing, spirits of 1rte
men made Uact ah!
My BREETHERING I suppose you have all heard
of religious society called the Know NohRgs ah.
Well my bree herring ,although say twho shouldn't,
Eve ARRAYS been one of em-but, my hearers, now
feel to believe that that string won't do to tie to, all
for it is liable to break in two in the middle and let
fall several ways for Sunday ah. No, my breeth-
ering, though Sam, at the outset, gave promises of
Immortality and salvation. yet in these. latter days
this son of the sires" he is TO stray off far be-
yond the travels of the prodgal son. and if we don't
look out the tatted calf will grow TO be bullock be-
fore he back again. ah. Therefore, my breeth-
ering, let us take 10 human bosoms the sweet
scented form of Sambo, that dark coIored emblem of
political equality, ah-and let us playupon harp of
single string, spirits Of Wtlte men made black ah.
My BREETmRING We shouldn't be ashamed or
&raid to own our color, all 1t is a very wicked
thing indeed to turn up the human snout at the works
Of natur, ali. Who cares for color in dog fight
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet ah.
What then, if we do fool the foreigners? What if
we do kiss the niger babies, ali? The Egyptian
mummies, who have been mummied these thousand
years. are none the worse the wiser for any
thing they did while IN the flesh, ah. 1t will be the
with US, my breethering, in the lapse of a few
centuries, ah. When Gabriel shall blow his trumpet,
ah-when the moon shall turn to blood, ah--when
the sky shall be rolled back SCROLL and all natur
shall be done up in rag, ah then the kissing of
few innocent little niggers and the running away Of
a few big buck ones, Will come back to memories
as a sweet smelling SAVIOR, and give US lick forward
towards Jordan, ah.
My FRIGHTENING There is another string which
we have all been pulling at for To- these many years.
ah but which, in the language of one of our great
guns must 9 let sde,' ah--I mean, my
breethering that pious piece of tow-twist, called
temperance. Liquor, lay breetherIng has color as
we'll as wang ah. We must be consistent, ah. We
can't run niggers through on the under ground rail-
road, unless we also say to liquor, ''le ii rum, ah.
Spirits Of 1rhlte men made Hack-sPIRTTs LIQUOR
MADE FREE them must be our sentiments, ah. We
can't oppose the laws of government and aid the in
surrectiOn in Kansas, unless set the example at
home OF splitting upon our Maine Liquor Law. We
must be CONSTANT, ah. | confess that have been
great Temperance man, and that | have been pull
ling the temperance string for 10 these many years,
ali, going around like thief in the night and pryng
into the affairs of rzy neghbors, and every and
then jerking them up with a round turn for violating
the whiskey laws ah-but, my bretheering, | have
found that this business don't pay, ah, and for the
balance of my days I'm going 10 play on harp Of
single string 1uggsrlSn Triumphant forever OH
Recent Elections.
We stated a few days ago, as significant evidence
zen n
public mind throu ghout the whole country, that the
State county, or municipal officers, showed either
large democratic gains full and complete demo-
cratic triumph. Such has been the result in Illinois,
in Indiana, in Michigan, in Pennsylvania, in Mary
land, and last, but not least, in New Hampshire
Although, in New Hampshire, the battle is a drawn
onsso close is the vote between Wells and Metcalf
yet the democratic gains so immense, and the
current of public sentiment is flowing so surely and
rapidly in the right channel, that we risk nothing in
predicting that the old Granite State will be found
next November in her old place in the democratic
column and none the less exultant for the fierce and
INSCRIPTIONS combinations which she has had to en-
counter struggle with, and overthrow.
IN looking over exchanges from Tenn essee we
md that at the late election held in that Stale for
county officers the democratic triun phi not onl y
decisive, but ii was literally overwhelming. care
ful and intelligent examination of the popular vote
VIII show democratic ma ority in the State of at
east ten thousand! To show the extent of the pO-
Hucal reaction which is still going Tennessee,
we take al random the vote of county Gibson
at the election held few weeks ago, which resulted
in the defeat of the entire know nothing ticket: