Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-10-21
Letter from Artemus ward, Jr.

hlterUieeo Nth Mr.. DoaglGs-Grand Fusion S6t5.
CLEVELAND. Sept. 22.-Mister Eiitlr seez my
Gull to inform the publik thru the medium Of your
kolumns of the grand addisun have gest maid too
mi CRATE metropolitan sho buznes and DARN Slak
roap and gym nastic SurkuS. Last mite had an
intervu with Stevun A. Dugas, the renound po-
litikal ambIdixter and proprietor and Cheef kloun
in the CRATE populer suverenty sho Mister Duglas
is gener kald the little giant frcm his having per
formed the crate feet of walKin the hole length of
Mason and Dixon close 1.-The with the dred skOt dis
cisshun in one hand, and hs'hole popuer suverenty
sbo in the luther; and also pullin up the memmuth
tree kad the missoore kOmprOmise, which was
first planted in 1871 by Tomus GeeIsun and uthers
and set out agln in 1920 Mister Duglas pud up this
tire and the konstitushun with it and plast them I'M
der his feet.
But | was going on too sea that he has been trav-
elm thru the and suthern states perormn his
triks and speakin his PEGS. The wa he takes UNI in
with his pOpler soverenty game Is not slo. He
holds out big bill to the people and sez there's
pOpler soverenty-theres the CRATE prinsipul At
first tina think tina it; but when tina look little
sharper it vanished like du on the orente korn-
stork when the noonda son rizes in the east on
thundern hot da in the middel of JUL; it kant be
found no where. The foxes sometimes get mad and
korner him in a tite place. but he is tarnel smaul
and can kraul thru nifty little hole. Aut tina ss
he did one grates trik-at wun phase he ate an OK
and 10000 klams.
As soon as herd of his arrive in toun went to
pa him visit found him in his sho room speakin
his PEGS. l thowt | wouldn't be very formed; and
SEE |, hBvn't We got that PEGS larn,t yet? SEE he
yis-but there's some Of the doktrn that the people
don't bleev and hay too alter it Occashuny to suite
the phase. See l. how doc yu like the sho bizness?
See he itdon't pa. SEE mi sho is DOOM a stayin
bizHess He groned and tere started to hiz |; and
sex he, thowt Should make good deal out Of my
pOplur suvereuty but SEE he it has split the hole
sho; the people begin to see thro it, and tina sa it is
| humbug SEE l, what are you going to do with it !!
SEE he, soon as hav yused up mi posters and ad
yertsments shall thro it overheard.
SEE /, Duglas whattle yu take for yer popler suV
erenty SEE he, lie sci it eheep told him diddent
no how to manige his tricks but wood go into part
nership with him in the biznes. SEE he, it's bar
giu. | then axt him whot ne thOwt of takin along
sum darkess to sing songs and dams the hOnpipi
SEE ne, wunt hav emmy thing TO doc with the mig
/ ger bizness agin-it don'tpa. He sed he went into
the Niger bizIess in 1854 and had been going down
hill ever sine; he sed it had nurly roOined him. The
little giant then performed on the slack rope, and
Hlimd up greest pole and spoke his PEGS the top
| One of old Abe LnkOn's rales was next browt in.
and Duglas was set on and rode out thru the back
dore. Duglas Is about feet hi and thunderin
CRATE man TO wun of his sise. made chronological
examination of him. Hee is man of tremendous
| pour. His kavs are huge His bump of hombug-
Heed make first krier in the show bizness; his
bump of telliH yarns amt smaul.
| Dugas and have kompleted our program for our
| nu sho. We call it the yuniOn shO, and greest
pole Surkus, together with Uther alsrmn and DARN
! feets.
Dugas will perform the grand double d single
handed game of pOpler suverenty. THIS game kan
beet with the ize shnt. But mus kloze. We are
goih westward in a few daze.
Yurs, in hast ARTEMUS WARD, Jr
pee es Duglas SEE give popler suverenty good
| bio IN the poper.