Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-08-23
The Rlaek .RepulIIiean' Paganinii
or IHE NAN THAT PLAYED uPoS HAgf OF 4
sINGLs SIZING.

ON Aht NAN THAT FLAAtH NEN' y "NEF - =
sINGLs STRING,
NV BreeiheFine! We are told somewhere
i needn't BE- particular when, that the psalm
Isl of old eonll play on a harp Of thousand
strings, ah, but, my bTeeiheTine, in these days
Of silrng down stairs from grace, samlsi
aint expected 10 dn more lh spread himself
On a single string, ah, Therefore my b'eeIh'
ering, ah, lct us give ourselves no uneasiness
ubnuI the nine hundred aud nnely-nlne that
we can't handle, ali, bar lel Us unite m PLAYING
upon a harp Of II single string, spirits OF White
mcn made black, Oh,
Ny BfcclheTinu, As we came sirnglng
along nto this Convention, like pack mules
crossing the l,Ihmus, thought 10 mys II that
errh one Of us might have string al las own
. 10 pul aud that may be many oi ns might
have several strings IN his bows Hh. hope
. | hud no mans feelings hy this di'ronrse, nh,
Nv motto always is TO tell the truth and shame
rha devil, Nh--an institution Of sin nni wick
ciucss who Is always roaming about like Il
roaring Iiun seeking where he cnh Hill some
body, ah. But, nv hrrelhrriug, now tha' pnl'
ircs and religion have GOT 50 mlScd up that
Won can't tell one from the other, ! think II
would be good Tor us 10 let 60 all har;'s, er'
cepr one, and 90 our Bi ly best upon a harp Of
single string, spirits Of white men made
/ black, nh.
! My Brce,heringl there is q grea, many
kinds Of sUing in this world, all! First there
is the latch string pulled in, ah. Thea there
is the fiddle string tauu very wicked s,rina
/ il is, my brceiheTine) unj the bag string, aud
the pudding string, which some pouS soul,
consider the proof Of the pudding, ali! And
then there is string beans, and that nudarlou'
varmui Striugfpllow, ah-bur, my bre'hcrinr,
to return 20 the discourse let the impress upon
you the popularity Of playing upon harp OF
single string, spirits o! white men made
black, nh.
/ Nv Brectherine! suppose You all have
heard of religious society called the Know
j Mornings, nh. Wcllm hfccIhcriug, although
| say II who shouldn't, I've always been one
'cin--but, my hearers, now feel tn believe
TINT ,hnt string won't do to lie to, ah--tnr It i
liable 10 break in Two in the middle and let III
fall several ways for Sunday, ah. No, my
/ braethering, though Sam, nj the outset, g'y'
promise of immortality and salvation, yet IN
these latter days, this son Of the sres, he /:
seen TO stray Of, all far beyond the travels o
]
| fatted calf will grow TO be bullock before hC
comes back again, ah. Therefore, my breeth
ering, let us take to our human bosom, tn,
sweet scented form Of Sambo, tina; dark col
ored emblem OF equality, and let ms play upor
n harp Of n single string, spirits OF white met
made black, ah.
NV Bree,hercn, we shouldn't be ASHAMED
oraIraid TO own our color, uh. Il is yer,
wicked thing indeed TO turn up the human
snout at the works of nature, ah. Who cares
for the color in n dog fehr? A rose by an,
ohcr name would smell us sweet all. Wha
! then il we do fool the foreigners? What il ws
do kiss the nrgrer babies, nh? The Egyptin,
mummip&, who have been mummied these
/ thousand years, are none the worSer now o
anything they did while in the flesh, ah. II
will be- the same with lis, my bree'herin2, ii
n" IaP9e ola {, " centuries, nh. W cn Ga
hrie shall blow his 'rGmpet, ah--wheu hc
moon shall turn to blood, 0h; when the sky
shall be rolled back as a scroll, and all nature
shall bc done up in rag, nh; then the kissing
of a few innocent !ule nicgers, aud the run.
ming away Of few black ones, will come
bnrl as sweet smelling 2nvor, and will give
us lick forwards towards Jordan ah.
Ny Brecthren! there is another string which
we have all been pulling at for o these many
years, nh, but which in the language Of many
of our great guns, we must now let slide, ahi
| mean, my hreetherin@, that pouS piece o
Tow twist called Temperance. Liqror, my
brcchering. has color as well as twanG, ah.--
/. We can't rnn niasers through on the under
ground railroad, unless we nlso say to itquo
lie! it run, oh. Spirits of liquor made free
them must BE- our sentiments, ah. We can
oppose the laws of the government and aid tht
! ingurrecion in Kansas, unless we set the ex
ample at home of splitting upon our Maine Ii
quor law.
We must be consistent, ah. confess tha
have been IL great Temperance man, and tha
have been pulling the temperance string tol
TO these many years, ah, going around like a
thief in the night and prying into the affairs
Of my neighbors, and every now and then
Jerking the whisky laws, ah; but. my breether.
ing. have found that the business don't pay,
ali, and Cor the b,anre of my days IN goirg
TO play cn harp Ofa single string, nSc erism
triumphant forever, ah.-Iov@ Go-ette.
SHARP PeAcTrcE.-- The p.yiic shrewdly
suspect that the rivoi steamship prnpretorS,
Morgan ana FandgTbilf, .iave had good deal
10 DO with the war in Nica,agua. Morgan is
regarded as the friend of Walker and Wander.
bill as against the revolution. His emiSsares
have the credit of invoking British aid and al
the last accounts it was reported at GreytoWn
that Walker had intercepted letter from Van.
detb'lt to Rvas, showing that the former was
ut the bottom of the late attempt on the part o!
the latter 10 bring about counter revelation
against the new Government. Ii is said that
Vanderbilt promised every pecuniary and ether
assistance to sustain Rivas and his co.conspira-
tors in their prouunciamento. II is also said
that the letter has been sent by express TO
Washington Citv.-GaR. CiuHian.
4 NEw LINE OF SrEANERs.--The Hera'do,
"a paper published in The city of Mexjco,) of
the l7th inst, says: 1--WE have been assured
that the Supreme Government has granted to