Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1860-11-10
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gaT We clip the following excellent parody
from the Cleveland plain Dealcr:'
THE RAVING-After "Poe's Raven -


AS be pondered, weak and weary,
Over dusty, dirty volumes, and great piles Of
stately lore,
Sat Buchanan, nearly mapping
Suddenly there came rapping,
AS oil some one gently tapping rnPping at the
White IL ouse door
Open few the entrance door.
Lo the western michigan der"
With his head up, aud his dander,
And Squire Black and Isaac Toucey quickly
passed the threshold DER,
Took their seats beside their master,
And the while their thoughts run faster
On the subject laid before them, as they
gazad upon the floor;
And sat thlnking-nothing more.
Then Buchanan, sudden turning,
All bis soul within him burning,
Said, Now Black and Cass and Toncey, tell
me, tell me, implore,
How to whip this, Little Giant,
Who so proudly and defiant
Boards my minious in their den, and lays us
sprawlng on the floor
Sets US bawlipg evermore
"Wei'-said Cass--"it's my intention
or laid down in our convention)-
Your conoe"tion, dear Buchanan, if We hold
them any more
As said, it's my intention
To uphold your Intervention,
And"-l'll stop, for all the rest be said no
relevancy bore;
All deceit-but nothing more.
Intervention !" answered Toucey,
Lewis Cass, guess you're boozy,
Thus to talk OF Intervention why you great
old western boor,
Back in eighteen forty seven,
You declared by earth and heaven,
10 your note TO Nicholson, you'd intervene
10 more -
Cass went out private door!
So they talked, and jeered, and fouted,
Each the others plan he secuted,
Till the lamps grew din, and vanished, and
but one of all the four,
James Buchanan, in his glory,
Democrat. aud Wing, and Tory,
Wrapped him in his sober mantle, and lay
down upon the floor;
He lay down to dream and snore
But again there came rapping,
Such rapping, and tapping,
Old Buck vowed he never heard the like in
oil his life before
Up he rose, tho quite uncertain
Where be was, pulled back the curtain,
Wondering who 10 all creation, could be
knocking at the door
Yawned aud stretched and notbin z
more.
Open then flew wide the shutter,
With kind of start and fiutter.
When below he saw Abe Lincoln on q rail
beside the door;
All said james, as he espied him,
| wish was down beside him,
If the people would not ride me as they've
ridden him before,
On that rail beside the door.
Buck gave Abe most marked attention.
Promised Dante Intervention
Promised he would send his miDions to the
polls by many a score;
They should rally in October.
Work Ike devils. drunk or sober,
Talk ef fusion with the Giunts til election
day s DER;
Talk and taIk-but nothing more.
Then Old Abe felt sure OF winning,
Grinned aud bowed, and still kept grnaing,
Buck took Bourbon, Abe took Bourbon,
seven glasses each and more.
Kissed, embraced, and praised each othor-
Called each "hero," friend" aud brother" ,"
Pledged anew to kill the Douglas as they
parted at the door;
Pledged and winked and something &
more.
Soon we're sent those solid pledges.
Gathered from the lanes and bedgs
Or Old Bucks administration, aud soon came
the Dante roar.
Loudly then they fused and diddled,
Uncle Samusrs purse they rlddled,
Lincoln danced, the Danites fddled,
FIddled Intervention tunes TIL their hnger
ends were sore;
Played for boiling evermore.
Now BUCHANAN still is walking,
To himself is loudly talking.
That he now would keep his pledges ihoueh
be broke them all before
lie would kill the Little Gluut
So beloved and so defiant
For no oct could now disgrace him or SIM
him any lower;
Think OF honor neyermoTe
The election told tbe story,
Then Old Buck in all bis glory
Went quite crazy with delight as be read the
figures DER;
Fairly he adored the paper,
Kicked and cut up such caper,
That the Cabinet all voted him dotard and
bore
He Was tbs. and nothing more.