Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-06-22
From the Ia Sale Press.
A SHORT SERMON TO DOUGLAS
WORSHIPERS."



BY WhANo-DoopLE'
And dc,9n mon carried stephen 70 Dis b,r'ri and
'y "'" ',V'9''S ''''''" 'n,C"" ~
'"E 10 you az 'h's '''ne 'o'u' INC I",| an"
S'nIu'"'S' VI Wor'n'PPlls man NC uc"'ncn
wv" INV" 10 ''"sCS o' WOO" """ S'o"'' """
so.lo Wo'S"P unc''@u o''S'S' "l''' ''nu's
w" ~ hu'no'o o"oIe''oh even 'o MISS g''"'
'0o, pn' we Oh 'h's Ren'I'l''h u,.' o'o"
RuIly ol 'he meanest luol"tiy OF an ln W"I,
snlPP'nB niue lump Oh corrupt He,n anu
blood called stephen now dciuncl. a levy
"ocAs ago Whcn we landed our vessels WIN
rum ana WHISKY ior our brethren VINO were
sent as MISSIONARIES to the port OF Ohorlcston'
IN inc iofc'sn .and OF south carolina TO
Pr'"'" '', S'P' o' 'ic' scout 4o" IoPu'ar
HuNe'' .-nil' ana gave lhcm goa ana sllNcf
W"''v",'u 10 ouy 'n',t uleau ana meat, our
departed lricnu was iuIt of promise ant hlsh
Ol"'''" as inc goa oil bemooracy' ana al.
VINO would tall down and worship hun should
nave '"c'r reward tut aaS J our brethren
nave returned To us WIN nothing out nus un.
seem'y carcass ma depo~ men c0T'''
,t9''" ~ ms 0Hr'a'' ana mate great 'aWtntn-
non ',er nam.
And 1t came to pass, when our chief priests
't''"+ r'N'' 'Nt' -'ANfNiN A t- NiANA 800 N''iiNhN
ton at Charleston, that many of the hoathcns
OF that region would not fall down and wor-
ship our golden calf And we said unto
them that they were wrong; That the golden
calf would grant them many indulgoncics /.
he would give them Bourbon whisky apple
jack and red eye as beverages and had prom
Used nine hundred and nincty-nuc thousand
foreign missions, post-oihccs and custom
. / nd L..
into his cabinet. But all this would not
avail Nary bowel of compassion could be
moved within them, and therefore our broth
ron returned unto us.--"1pd deroH mc, cor-
'red stephen ~ his burial, amt made great lam-
cDtotoR orer him.
And the disciples of stephen spake unto
them saying, that they did not care whether
nggers were voted upside down. or downsidc
up it made no difference. But they were rec
bclhous, and declared that we must get the
Niger out Of the fence and protect him in the
territories where there are no fences but we
couldn't do it. We referred them to Free
port whore stephen spake of "uniricndiy os-
islauon but they didn care red for the
/ Police Magistrate of the territories, bnt would
pasture their nigtcrs there, ON Uncle Sans
farm They wouldn't let us put fence Of
uniricndly legislation around them, and boz
cause we wouldnt give the nggcrs pasture.
they waNed with wrath, and stephen gave up
the ghost "dHd dscod me, Carried Stephen
10 hIs burial, dna mate great i1meutatiou orer
nm.
In VAIN our brethren promised TO erect
iAlSe-oottomeu platform 20 delude the hcathen
win tncAs OF iescrdcmain. But they needed
MOI our cnueates On, the "irrcprossIbIc
conflict 1t squeezed our poor little stephen
So hard' that govt nor influenza need trouble
mum no more. They cast rocks upon him.
ne mons Ioareu at him. ne eagle "quiyer-
Ell nus tam at hm IN proud defiance Old
BUCK snooh ms horn at him. The niger
Sh3"N ms wool and laughed at him, because
tie "tml mauler received more votes from
the Suckers than he did. And one hundred
and hity-two and half brethren stood by
and saw him crushed out and bcwaled their
ou,ntv mediate and t. I f eliza ..t
I'' FN an" '"D 's' VI 1"o -"'"
thlngS promised them lint dcroW tVoft ear
ried Stephen 20 bus Llutu' and mad. grc1t i1-
0leat1tioa 0ccr him.
And now, in conclusion. my dear Douglas
brethren, | know il is hard for as To- believe
that Stcphcn is spuflel ont We ,,ppoi no.
alilc it, But 1t is even SO. We shnll never
behold his coat tail dragging ON the ground
amy more. Its beautiful folds have been
wrapped around his wounded seat Of honor
sible conflict has dealt him smashor ON the
COB, and his voice will mo- longer charm MS
with The beautiful song of Popular Soyer-
ciyuty Therefore cease your bluhherip,r f,r