Preble County Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1857-1859, 1858-12-30

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Political Sermon.
) A sketch Of the remarks made By po-
l:Hcal Preacher Ia a Mte BEach Repu5f.
, can contention.
My Brethering! We are told some
where-I needn't be particular where
that the psalmist of old could play on
a harp of thousand strings, ah-but,
my brethering, in those days of getting
down stairs from grace, a Samist ain
'iexneeti a al therefore my brefk;
. ty nine that we can't handle, ah, but lei
us unite in playing upon harp Of q
single string, spirits of white men made
black, ah. ~ s"--
AN y Brethcringl As we came string
ing along into the convention like pack
mule crossing the desert, 1 thought to
myself that each one of us might have
a string of his own to pull and tn 1t ma y
be many of US might have several strings
to his bow, ah, l hope l hurt no mans
feelings by this discourse ah. My mot
to always is to tell the truth an sham
the devil, an--an Institution of sin and
wick edness who is always roaming about
like a roaring lion seeking somebody,
ah. But my breethering, now that.
politics and religion have got so much
mixed up that you can't tell one from
the other, think it would be good
for US to let go all holds, except one,
and 90 our.yery best upon harp Of a
single string. spirits ofrwhite men made
black, ah."
"My breethefing There is a great
many kinds of strings in this world, ah.
First there is the latch string hung out;
and the latch string pulled iu, ali. Then
there is the fiddle string. (and a very
wicked string it is my breethering)
which some pious folks consider the
proof of the pudding, ah. But, my
Breethering to the discourse, let me i'm
press upon you the propriety y of playing
upon the harp of single string, spirits
of white men made black, all
"My Breethering I suppose you
all have heard of religious society cal
led the Nothiugs, ali. Well, my
breethering,.. although L say it, who
shouldn't I've always been one of them
but my hearers, I now feel to believe
that that string wont do to tie to, ah.L
For it is liable to break in the middle
/ and let ut fall, several ways for Sunday,
ah. No my breethering, though Sam,
at the onset gave promise of immortali
ty and salvation yet in these latter days
the sons of the sires is secn to stray off,
ah, far beyond the travels of the prodi-
gal son, and if we don't look out the
fattercd calf will be grown to be bull
iock before he comes back again, ah.-
Therefore, my breethering, let us take
to our human bosoms the sweet scented
form of Sambo, that, dark coiored em-
blem of equality, ah, and let US play
upon harp of single string, spirits of
white men made black, a..
"Brecthering We shouldn't be asha-
med or afraid to own color, ah. 1t is a
very wicked thing indeed to turn up the
human snout at the work of nature, ah,
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
nigges babies, ah? The Egyptian mum
mics who have been mumied these thou
sand years, are none the worse or the
wiser now. for anything that they did
while in the flesh, ah. 1t will be the
same with US, my breethering, in the
laps of few centuries, ah. When Ga
briel shall blow his trumpet, ah-when
the moon shall turn into blood, and
when the sky shall be rolled back as a
scroll, and nature shall be done up in a
rag, ah, then the kissing of few. little
nj gers, and the running away of few
buck ones, will come back as 4 sweet
smelling SAVIOR, and give US a lick for
ward toward Jordan, ah.
6 My Breethering There is ar Eother
string which We have all been pulling at
for those many years ah, but which in
the language of one of our great guns
we must now let side, ah. / mean, my
bree ethcring that piece of tow twist call
ed Tempo rance, ah. Liquor, my breeth-
ering, has color as we'll as twang, ah.-I
We can't run niggcrs though on tn un
derarcuud railroad unless We also say
to liquor, Flet it run, ah. Spirits of
white men made black-Spirits of liq-
uor made free" Then must be our
sentiments, ah. We cannot oppose the
rection in Kansas, unless we set the ex-
ample at home of splitting upon our
Maine liquor Law. We must be con-
sistent, ah. 1 confess that have been
a great Temperance man, and that I
have boon pulling the Temperance
string for many years, ah, going around
like thief in tho night and praying in
to the affairs of II y nei ghbors, and ev-
cry now and then jerking them up with
round turn for violating the whiskey
laws, ah-but my breethering, I have
that the business don't pay, ah, and for
the balance of my days I'm going to
play on harp of a single string, mig
gerism triumphant forever, ah.
ny "Say, Mary Lizabcth,' says Sa
rah Jane, ''hev You heard the name of
this new woman They've got to sing at
the opera p
"No, hain't:'
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