Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-01-08
CARRIER,s ADDRESS
70 THE PATRONS OF THE cLARKsBURd KEoIsrEI

70 THE PATRONS OF THE CLARKsBURG REGISTER
Another rolling year has sped, ,''-' o-' ''
Another fall its leaves hath shed; -aF ~
Another Christmas time is past - lss s,-!s
And New YEARS. day has come at last. ..-,
The only day in all the year.
That F't Printers Devils'' do not fear, @-
For on that day, 'twixt me and you, tt 81
The Devil" hopes to get " his due."3 .#, s-
Now notes are rags, and banks are bubbles,
And mails but bring /" financial troubles;"
Now, sugar's'' dull" and cotton" heavy
And each day drcadng a new levy r-t.e ~
On lands and horses, dogs and & niggers'"'-
All summed up in row of figures
Long as my arm; II almost fear, q ....
To wish success with this t' New Year"
Why need we talk of men and measures,
At seasons consecrato to pleasures ! 81. ~ 7".
Tomirth and memories,ever dear ...- ..-
To every honest " cavalier" ~ ..
OfOld Virginia But we must
In words as scant as seemeth just,
Rcfcr, with no unfriendly pen,
To public things and public mon.
What with the shriells of Brother Beecher,
Who, now as sTuMPER, now rs preacher,
Keeps up the steam of sympathiscrs'' .s
For Kansas slaves, but .ess your eyes, sirs,
Contrivcs to feather his own nost
With money, drained ut his be hest,
To drive the rhflians from Kansas
Or lead the Democrats dance, sirs.
What with the Prophet of the Mormons:
That man of many wives and sermons;
Thnt saint, who so much loves the ladies
He'd make them ull so many Haidees; A."
And lest outside g GentiIes' should scare 'em,
Keeps them locked safely in his IIarem;
And for the troops Of Uncle Sam,
Vows they may go to-Amstcrdam;
Who heads now church in the wilds,
Where all are welcome, save " Gcntilcs"-
That is, save those who will not sing
"All Hail! Great Brigham, Priest and King "
And with his new female beginners, -
To make them saints, first makes them sinners
And vows that, NOW wc'vo raised llts daudcr
He'll drive ont Colonel Alexander.
Now, that such things have come to pass,
That cant and sham are roads to grace,
l hardly think 'twould be in taste lee
To wish more New Years, like the last.
Oh! what happy time 'tw0nld bo,
From can't and lIumbug wore VIC free;
Were &" Freedom Shrickers" out of breath
And " BLEEDING Kansas" bled to death.
But let us hope the worst is past; ..,...
= That common sense will reign at last; ...
That banks will pay-the storm blown over
That Nicaragua III be annexed; ,,. ....,-.
with Walker never more be .vcxed;
Or that, in independence, she
Will hold her own from sea to sea.
Let's hope that Northern ''Frccdom shriokers'
Will turn from "buncombe" pulpit-spea Eers;
Act more like mon, and less like blockheads
And button up their brooches pockets;
And r. Sharpcs rifles spend less ""hinlS"
For SIARPERs to collect and - sink;
Let darliics stay in their own station,
And Kansas work her own salvation.
So, while you're sitting round your board
With scasouablc dAiaticS stored
Whilst" p" witen is smiling ut the head
or tables bountcously spread,
At laughing childrcn's glcc, or maybe
Calling to = Ia" to = notice Baby
On this propitiouS New Years Day,
Remember" THERE's THE DEVIL TO PAY ~