Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-03-17

al miscellaneous
ALWAYS A CRISIS.

'"N'N'W J"N ~ pVulHe ehg tue country Is
going to the devil. Well, | have heard that cry
90 ObOme, long before l saw England. and We. we
90 ahead, aud England goes ahead in spite Of such
1881 eriiters' we can't help prospering. The only diff
ereuce between the two countries IL, as have
said, people in England think they are going to
the bad all the time; we only think 50 once in fur
years. ! shall never forget what Uncle Pa-
leg said to me once 'Neph.' said he, L Used to
take a grea, interest in politics once. but | have
given it up now. II don't matter a cent. as | can
lA zee, who is up or who is down. There ain,
much to choose among our political parties-pel.
ST. PickingS and patronage, salaries and Offices, is all
OH. either Of them care for. When jefferson was
D. elected, said | to myself, the country is ruina,od;
here is a free-thiuker. a stakeholder, aud II South
crner. who has beat john Adams. the New Eng
d. land candidate. lilo will spread itddeliy through
the land. he will sap the morals Of our youth, bell
Join in European wars, he will involve us with
France. the British will slip IN. conquer us again.
and enslaVe us once mere az colonists. We are
done for, we are up u tree, our republican flint j..
fixed, We shall he strangled in The cradle MS an
infant nation, and the crowner will End a verdict,
'died by the hands of Thomas Jefferson
i sat up late that night Mt Springfield. with
some patriots and heroes of b mixers Hill and the
N'ha w hNh ~ 'bNhl VI us tlGt-
tion for President, for we we're all FIR John Ad-
ans. 1t was eleven o'clock at night when the
word came. We we're all excited. drinking sue
cess to Adams and confusion 10 Jefferson. glory to
the nation, prosperity to religion. ]perdition to
free thinkers, irflels and southern candidates,
v with other patriotic toasts. when in rushed Deacon
Properjohn, bis eyes staring six WAYS for Sunday,
his HAIR BLOWN about ike a head of broom corn.
anu lis breath u'nOAt p,ne 'II.llD' sid I
g Deacon. what is the matter with you p Why,
SAID he, striking the table With his fist a blow that
made all the giaste' jingle again, I'm be darned
if that old urbelierin sinner. jefferson, hain,
beat Adams BY a majority Of one = and he burst
into tears. Our great nation is ruinnted, swamp
ed. fuuhdered, and done forever There wasn't a
word spoken for TIE matter of two minutes, we
were SO Embroidered. AT last we all gave liz
together. Oh, gracious :! sails one better We had
never fought and 5led.' Better said arother.
If we had never Resisted the British. 0nly think
of that unprincipled man being elected aver such
B a true patriot as Adams ? and then we all agreed
the country was TN lone forever. Then we con-
soled ourselves with drinking |pcrditicn to JEFF, r !
son, and set up a howl. in chorus, over the Old
Bay State, that TOOK the lead, and bore the brunt
of the Revolution, icing chiselled out of its Presi-
dept this way. At last | tainted. as if had been
Knocked dCwn, and was carried homo by four
men, and put to bed.
'Are you sure you wasn't drunk, uncle sails l
'Qhite certain snid he, I might have been over.
takon-I won't say | wasn't overcome like, for a
very little will do that, you know, when you are
excited y but l am sure | wasn't sowed M, for |
's remember everything that happened. When they
brought me home, sails your Aunt Nabby to me
tPeleD' Rais she what IN c;rth =, a. z,-si
Have you been ruined over p No. sais |. Have
yCu had a fall. dear? 2 No. it amt that Then
what is it love p The nation is rrinated-JeF-
Jefferson is elected. and the rep-rep-repub.
lie has gone to the devil! Oh, l see said
sc, you are in a fair way to go 20 him yourself,
acting in that prepostulous manner. Who cares
whether Jefferson is elected or nos 2 she continu-
cd, 4 am sure l don't care What is it to the
like Of usr 'It's only Grief, Nabby,' sails I, my
heart is broke Is tina. all, you scamp sails she,
it's lucky your precious neck isn't broke ; and
she called the niger helps. and Lauled me off to
bed, and the way she tumbied me in wasn't the
way she put up her best chimney tea set, can
sell you. Or, l couldn't have been drunk, for
rt9ollect every word that passed.
We'll, next morning | woke up-none of the
earliest, | can tell %you-with thurde,in' head
~N-ND $3.50 ~ $3.50 : y ~ "a NUM- 4 Chlltu.I
and called ever so loud, before | could make any
zone hear me. AT last up came your aunt lookin'
as fierce as a cat facin'a dog. What's all thar
noise 2 SAID The girls at their spinnin' wheels,
said she. Stop them sails l, it's no use now
Jefferson is elected and The country is ruinated.
Gracious, how her eyes flashed at that; she sioop-
ed down, seized the bel clothes Just under nv chin
dragged them of, and threw them all into the cor /
nor IF tho roop, sN,u y, ~ ,h;o .-,. In
ute, and go and look alter the spring work, or
we will be ruined in earnest It's no use, said
!. If Adams had got in, the country would have
been save1.- He was the father Of hs country; bar a
Jefferson! Oh. dear, The jig is up now. You
thought | was drunk last night, but ! wasn't and r
you see that | am nn' tipsy NV. | tel you we !
are done for. We'll, she altered her course. and n
sat down on the bed along side of me. and said:
Dear Peles, if you love me don't talk nonsence.
Let us reason it OUT land this, | think, Pea
body ynn must have found ou., that women, though
they like 20 sail ielore the wind, know bow TO
tack too, when it's ahead 'NlS,' sails she. Pc
leg dear, suprote John Adams. The mean. s.ingy.
closs-d-ted, cuGnins old lawyer. had grt ln-you
kno" you pay him fifteen cents a ton for the gran
tie you take 10 b ,s'on olt Of his quarry. at Onin. |.
ey; suppose ~ went 70 him and said, Prssiden,, |,
] did my possible AZ your election for yoi.wil YOU {
let me have it fr twelve eentsY' No. | don't
think he would said |. Well YOU owo neighbor
Buriord iw" hundred dollars; sposin you went =
to Adams and told him your claims, and asked
him to lend you that amount TO prevent Burford
suing you, would he lend it to you 2 M, don't
ihipk he you'd. unless | gave him a mortgage.
aud pais ever 80 much expense Well, then, YOU +
see. he would do YOU no good. Now. Jefferson il
in. and / Won't Uaiuaax vnu ab,,rt az, ,h..,a.
for though he talks liberal about slaves, its well y
knoYn that he has sold somo of his own h~alceas,e
children. Captain Card, of Red Bank, who goes
arnru uanr In HhnrInsAnnL Nir.i.i. - -. ri