M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-09-08
The Almighty Nirger.


4 The Almighty NiggeT.
The Almighty Niger! The be-
ginning, the middle, and the end of
everything with the journalist, the
politician, and the parson of the Uni,
ted States. To the young politician
a stumbling block--to the old, foolish
nese--the juggernaut which crushes in
its career everything like an attempt
to improve the political, social or re-
! ligioUs condition of the "whito ele-
ment in our popuIatiou," the most alb.
struce, and therefore the most favorite,
theme for note book or Cockney tour.
ist--the standing dish at Westminster
the JOnne JOuche for the delicate
! ieatSpl Teasol,at .Exeter Hall.
r 40 Wonder tiie worshippers Of the
Almighty Niger are the most devot-
ed that ever bowed to shrine, or CROSS,
or symbol. A smell at a bit of his
wool is like sight ofthe green tur.
ban Of the Prophet to the eyes of the
faithful, or q reverent touch of the
cross is toa true believer. The priests
who ofiiciato at the shrine Of the AL
mighty Niger, number between one
and two hundred thousand. In the
south they worship him because he
plants their tobacco, picks their cotton,
raises their rice, makes their sugar,
and, above all, helps them to become
the richest, the happiest and the most
lashionabIy indolent people on the face
Of the earth. In the Almighty Mig.
ger, according to the views ofthe pol.
iticians in the south, are concentrated
the rights Of the south. The south
has no right worth speaking of, they
say, except the right to worship the
Almighty Niger. In the north and
west, the Almighty Niger is wor.
shipped as representing so much po-
litica capital. Without him the un.
dergrOund railroad stock would not be
worth a cent-it would be worse even
than Eric. Where would Seward be
without the Almighty Nigger?-
Where Weed, with lis five thousand
dollars in free republican Almighty
NiggerG Where Greeley, with the
five thousand dollar draft in his
brceches pocketl Or what else could
be found to preach about in Kansas {!
Where, III point Of fact, would the
whole Republican party be without the
Almighty Niggers
--1lara ia theirhopa. their STAY their
eternal salvation, their sheet anchor.
Without him they would go to the
bottom with the velocity OF a sixty
four FOUNDER
Now, these worshipers of the AL,
mighty Niger manage to control the
political affairs of the country. They
are coming together next year to make
arrangements for the election Of a
Chief Magistrate of their sect, a Head
Worshiper Or High Priest Of the Al
mighty Niger, who will be ex,oficio
President Of the United States, The
question about the visitor is, whether
he is a sufficiently ardent professor Of
the faith. If he believes with sufli.
cient.tervor in the Almighty Niger,
according to the views CT the church,
north or south, as the case may be,
the Almighty Dollar will come out to
elect him, and the spoiIs Of victory are
duly divided among the priests
Withthc Almighty Niger on their
side, they get the Almighty Dollar
With both they are omnipOtent.
Not that the four million electors
who will vote for this head worshiper
believe in the Almighty Niger. On
the contrary, most ofthcm dismiss him
as bore and a humbug. A few know
him TO be blind, and a trap put for
ward by men who, being too lazy to
work, and are afraid to steal, get their
!ivngs as hangers on to some political
party. But the people who are so
much involved in theirpersonaI affairs
as we are, have little time to look be-
low the crust politics and dissect the
strata of humbug, charlatarism and
chicanery that underlie each other and
crop out on every side. So they walk
bliudly up to the polls and vote for the
Almighty Niger. n
There may be a time when the pol
itcianS will have a check, when the
Almighty Niger will no longer be
what they call an issue. Then, and
not till then, will his adherents drop
him with surprising celerlty. AT
present, the Almighty Niger is the
ruling power, socially, politically and
religiously in the broad land.-N 7.
HYaid.
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