The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-06-03

"sit down and feed, and welcome to our table,"


The Pro-Slavery party needing reinforce
mcnts, having driven away its best men, are
casting sleeps eyes at tho wings. Tender
glances are cast upon them, and sweet words
flow through melifluous resolutions, wherever |
they gather themselves together. The Loco
foco Convention which convehcd at the City
Hall last week, among their seventeen resolu-
tions, passed the following:
eve call upon all good citizens who love CON-
mon country to cast aside old party preudices and
animosites, and unite with us in maintaining the
Constitution and preserving the integrity of the
Union"
Most fascinating invitation. Now let us
inquire, with the venerable Judge Kellogg of
Alleean, "what is the entertainment to which
these good citizens are invited" casting aside
old party prejudices, In Kansas, the BAN
quet consists Of a first course of shells and
chain-shot, followed by few courses of rifle
balls and ounce bullets, with desert Of gilt
tering bayonets, served up by drunken hoard
of Border rufiians, the entertainment conclu-
ding with charge Of cavalry, and a display
of fireworks in the evening, under the direc-
ton of Col. Sumner and 'the First Regiment
u. s. Dragons" representing the burning of
city of free settlers. A display of ''trophies,"
consisting of a few hundred northern corpses,
male and female, carried in procession, will
conclude the festivities Of the day. In the
city of Washington, the entertainment will
consist of choice collection Of chvalrous
(Southern) exploits, and fcats of skill and
agility with the knife, pistol and bludgeon.-
The whole performance will conclude with the
smashing of the skull Of n refractory Northern
Senator, who has been tried and found guilty
of making speech which. no pro-Slavery
man, drunk or sober, has had the ability or au-
dacity to reply to. This interesting and
thrilling performance, having had ample re-
hearsal, will be perfectly represented, and the
three great Southern gymnasts, fresh from
the fields of chivalry, Rust, Herbert and
Brooks, have been engaged IT great expense,
to sec that no part Of the programme is omit
ted. The amplcst guaranty is offered that
the Company twill play up to the bills" and
an elaborate Prologue will be pronounced by
the great shaking mandarin" Butler of South
Carolina, and a no less appropriate cpiloguc,
will be pronounced by Gen. Cass of Michigan,
assisted by four other pro-Slavcry Senators.
AS this performance will commemorate one
of the most illustrous passages in the history
Of Southern chivalry, no expense will be
spared to make it equal the expectations of
the most sanguino admirers of "the peculiar
institutions" of the South
In order tho better to accommodate fami-
lies, an afternoon performance will take place,
designed expressly for children, at which a
minister of the Gospel will be tarred and feath-
cred, several printing offices will be sunk in
''rcal water" and the grand charge of Col.
Sumner at the head Of the First Regiment
| u. S. Dragons upon a stampede Of women
and children, will be faithfully represented
the iull size of life after which will be per-
formed the new and laughable farce Of
The BALLOT Box,
or the Unio,, saved by spurious voting, in
which the entire stock of the Missouri Ruffians
theatre will appear from Whitefeld down TO
Strngfellow aud Atchison on the course Of
tnis piece will be dispaycdthe MAGIC MACHINE
RY, by which the scene changes from Missou-
ri to Kansas, and from Kansas to Missouri,
with such rapidity as to deceive the most Wig
liant observation. The performance will con-
clude with the grand Panorama of
THE FuGITIvE SLAVE,
or the Union stood by" in which the entire
population of the Free States will be repre-
sented, in full pursuit Of one nigger under a
penalty of 800 each. Value of the nigger
s37 so. Capture of the nigger!
In order that all tastes, and all localities
may be suited, magnificent naval piece will
be represented, of which the first act will take
place on Lake st. Clair called THE SrATIoNA-
RY FLEET, or the great system of self.anchor-
age. This piece discloses st. Clair Flats, at
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with forty lighters in tho distance coming to
''the rescue Of the Union" Each vessel dis
plays flag at half mast, union down, with q
copy of "the Chicago letter, and Pierce'f
vetoes.
Each vessel carries the bust of some great
northern statesman as figure-head, and the
expressive countenances of Cass, Stuart, Polk
Pierce, d. Stuart, Buel, s. Clarke, Peck, DC.
constitute most interesting study for the
casual beholder, or the artist. Gen. CAss
will rccite from the quarter deck of the brig
"Union," dissertation upon the powers o.
Congress TO regulate commerce. After which
quarttette-psalm will be performed by Buel
Peck, Stuart and Clarke, called "Commerct
Regulated" Music in Two FLATS. Thi
part of the performance will conclude with {
change of scene to the River Ste. Mario, moon
light, steamer Illinois hard aground fain
blue light, supposed to proceed from Mr. Blu
chanat, but, finally, traced to Col. McKnigh
cursing the administration from the quarter
deck. No pains or expense has been spared
to crafty the appetites of guests, as will b.
seen by tho following
- BILL. OF FARE.
Soup-meagre.
l fa Two Fshes-stalc.
Five Loaves, do.
Tad poes done brown, Ia Flat,
Eels, a la mud
st. Clair Catfish Jubilant.
Spare-rb--very
Salt Junk-''gin out"
Hard breod-short."
Statesman's Head--gutta percha dressing
Editors SkuIl-mashed q In Rust.
Irish Waiter Hcrbeft--Barbecu n In Colt.
Rat out-Theologcal. a Ia tar and feathers.
Observation-Disclosures. como 70 bloXa-bs bsats all