Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-09-22

think it a good device; and the proprietors of this
property will know th cir stock and strength by the
pretty ribbons and other devices that identify
them1-and more especially is it necessary for the
Bellies to carry bells in their procession-which
they do here-lest they should be lost-for polili-
cally think they are of the lost sheep already.
l have the curiosity to attend theso political
meetings sometimes, and have often thought their
managers might save human lungs and heels (ofI
boots) by some simple contriyance. In revival
meetings, you know they mus. have their ameners
SO in their political caucuses they amen with
their heels and outlandish yells. A speaker makes
4 hh-often far from the MARYLAND some promp-
ter in tho conclave gives the cue (for the mass
quite often are not right sure when 10 yell, &ci)
thus expressing their amens, and forthwith the
eur is stunned with the rafting Of aristocratic
canes, rowdy boots, fast youngsters screeches,
tigers, &c. This is what the reporters call cheers.
| think some labor saving plan could be got up to
do the amens without such immense efforts Of
human lungs, destruction of b Iot heels, and break
ing of canes, and respectfully suggest something
after the manner of the mans swinette, or hog.
magnify, where he proposed fastening the tails Of
a row of grunters, from the deep base of the great
bboA u w u III bOOAO VI AhO bhy HlEt Wy
p%inching their caudles at the command of keys
like u piano. But instead of %grunters | would
propose the use Of jacks-you know they can both
kick and squeal. When tho orator mOks a good
hit let the promptor apply the torture to the jack,
and he will give as loud a squeal as Stentor him.
self, and to clinch the amen, cause him to kick
like blaEes. Don't you think that would ratify q
Douglas platform with iacoming proprie;yi
Last night the friends Of Douglas here had a
pretty big time in listening 10 their candidate for
Vice President, II, V. johnson of Georgia. Mr..
j, is a large, rather portly, and not an unpleas-
ant looking man. lie is not a very forciblc speak.
err, however, yet his manner is as earnest as a
campmeeting preacher, and not unlike it. He
plead for popular sovereignty -claimed that his
party was the orthodox democracy, and that Brock.
inridge led the heretics of that party. lie eulo-
gized Calhoun rs the real inventor of popular
sovereignty, and the crowd stamped and shouted.
He repudiated squatter sovereignty, and any man
Who was that sort Of a sovereign was not fit to
lead a flock of geese. So there is a difference
between popular and squatter sovereignty. o.
course he was for Douglas-au the other man OF
that ticket-and the way he let down on the old
public funcIionary,' created no little jollity
among his au Hence. lie groaned in soul, body
and spirit for the Unicn, and said if Lincoln wa,
elected, Buchanan would be The responsible mar
for the sin. He did not predict success for bis
ticket, however, and uttered no prophecy foretel
ling such au event. l think he has sagacity
enough to see that the prospect is rather poor, and
was more disposed to be doleful than joyful.
But what Of Texas affairs? Are not the slave
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ginians certainly could not have killed John Brown
good. l believe he ~frightens them worse since thu
hanging than before. j. f.