Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Randolph County, Ind.) 1855-1862, 1860-11-15
Old Abe's Preliminary Visit
To the White House.


10 the w 1Ie House,
TuxE -" Wilkins and his Dsnah."
West,
Esteemed by his neighbors the visest and
And You'll sec, on time, if you follow my
ditty.
How he took straight walk up to Wash
ington City
Ri tn, &c.
His home was at Springfield. out in Illinois,
Where he'd long been the pride of the men
and the boys;
But &c left his white house with no sign Of
- regret,
For he knew that the people had another
Ritu, &c.
So Abr'am he srudged on to Washington
straight.
And reached the White House through the
Avenue gate;
Old Buck and his cronies (some chaps from
the Sorth)
Sa, down in the East room rather dewn in
the mouth
Ri tn, &c.
Old Abe seized the knocker ard gave such
sthump,
Buck thought the State ship had run into =
stumr;
lie trembled all over and turned deadly
pale.
"That noise." said be, "must have been
made With a rail"
Ri tu. &c.
run Lewis. run Jerry, and open the
And the "functonary" nearly fell down on
There's only one man knocks that way,
I'm blessed
And he is that tarnal old Abe OF the
West"
Ri tu, &c.
The Cabinet, frightened, sat still in their
seats,
While ADRIAN, impatient. the rapping
repeats;
81 hope it ain't Abe" said Old Buck, pale
"If il is, there'll be here the devil to pay"
ri tn, &c.
At last, though relustant, Buck opened
the door,
And found a chap waiting, six feet three or
four,
al have come, my fine fellows" said Abe
to the ring,
"To give you fair notice TO vacatc next
Spring"
Ri tn, &c.
"The people have watched you. and made
up their mind
That your arrangements running the
country behind.
You're badly in debt, and your plan is a
To make new debt to pay or the old one.
Ri tn, &c.
"You and Douglas have so split your
party in twain.
That Spaulding's best glue can't unite it
again;
And both parts are useless, the country
don't need 'em.
For one goes for slavery and t'othsz.' gainst
freedom.
Ri tn, &c.
$50 the people conclude the best thing to
do.
Is to right the State ship and hire new
crew,
And engage n new Captain "a soon they can
And it's nv duty to tell you that am the
man."
Ri tn, &c.
"Come IN" saws old Buck, "and sit down,
Mr. lincoln
The remarks YOU have made are something
TO think on:
don't care a cuss for the country-that's
flat
Blu. if you'll heat Douglas you can take nv
old hat"
Ri tu, &c.
"steve Douglas" said Abe, che belongs
| To nv State,
| And did beat him we'll in the year '5s:
If catch him again in the canvass, he'll
find
What 1t means. when folks talk about
"runnng behind
Ri tn, &c.
'Soyou needn't fear Doug, let him scheme
| and conspire,
He's rs deep in the mud as you're in the
| miro;
| And this moral he'll learn when his game
| il all played
That IL is not by "sanatting" that
| sssovereigns are made"
"Mr. Lincoln" says Buck, "your notionsI
| think
Are extremely correct. and ask ron to
drink;
We've the best y. b. Green Seal and
Old Sherry,
And I've no great objection, just now, to
get merry"
Ri tn, &c.
Says abi'am:-"My friends, I've come
That the democratic dog has just had
his dav:
The people have trusted you more than
they ought to-
And all that ask is glass Of cold water"
Ri tn, &c.
Gold water" said Buck, "we've got it,
think;
Though tits not with our party favorite
drink:
Our tinple we take on it's own naked merits.
And we need something strong to keep up
our sperts."
Ri tn. &c.
The Cabinet searches the White House
with n will.
But did not find water "put down in the
hills"
Jerry Black made report that, without any
doubt,
The whisky was plenty, but water was out.
ri tn, &c.
So Abe took his leave and returned TO the