, 1860-06-11
4 Short Sermon to tpouCian yyor.
BlIpeFx.ss
mr. wHAyC DOODLE.
Fnm the Il saI.e Pr,.*1

And devout caifiel S'ephen ~ A.Aur,, a,h WAT.
E1eas lamsa&a1ion ores him.-ac1s, vii :, '4'-e
Ny dear Dovglds brethren IL intend to talk
to you 1t this time about the Jolly aad sinful
ness o. Wotsn'plns man. The heather bow
down to images of wood aud stone. and anne
worship unclean beasts, while Others bow IN
humble alteration even 70 kiss erea: toe. But
We Of tbs generation have been cuilty of the
neanest idolatry Of all In WORSHIP piuT i;,tle
lump ct corrupt fiesh aud blood, called 5tephen.
no" oe'unct. Il f." weeks ago. when We
ladened our '. sse1s with rum and xhi,tr IN
our brethren, who were sent as missiona,is. to
the port OF Charleston, in the foreign land Of
South Carolina. to preach the gospel Of bred
Scott aud Popular Sovereignty, aEd gave lhen
gold and sllser where~ith to buy their bread
and meat, our departed friend was full Of prom.
'se, and high uplitted as the god Of Democracy.
ana AZ who would fall down and worship him
should hare thar reward. But, alast our
brethren hare returned " Us with no,hiue hut
his unseemly carcass. :" 4AAd decont nan cur
rid Stephen to his duridi, and made great tamf1,-
katson orer him."
And it came to pass, when our chief priests
and elders were gathered together in eonren.
tion at Charleston, that many Of the hea,hens
Of that region would not fall down and vor-
ship our golden calf And we said unto them
that they we're wrong; that the golden calf
would grant them many indu1cercjes be wond
give them Bourbon whisky, apple i4ck and red
eye as beverages, aud had PROMISED nine hun
dred and ninety nine thousand fJreixn mis-
slons, post offices and custom-houses, and to
take i've hundred old fogies into his cabinet.
But all this would not aVeil. Nary a bowel Of
compassion could be moved within them, and
therefore cur brethren returned unto us.-
"Aad derout ns-n c1rritd Sttplea to htt burial.
and mode great &emeatdtion ctr him.
And the disciples Of Stephen spake unto them
saying. that they did not care whether nisgers
r. VH$a $aY =: T.
made no difference. But they were rehellious,
and declared that we must get the n,gges 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 Freeport where Ste-
phen spake Of ''nafriendly legislation" but
they didn't care red for the Police Magistrate
Of the territories, but would pasture their Mig
gers there, On Uncle Sans tarn. TLeY
wouldn't let rs put fence Of untriendly lesis~
latlon around them, and because we wouldn't
Rlve the niggers pasture, they waxed with
wrath. and Stephen gave up the ghost. lind
dfsoat men carried St<phtn to his burial, and
made great fermentation ortr him.
In vain our brethren promised to erect false
bottomed platform to delude the heathen with
tricks Of legerdemain-. But they needed not
cur entreatles~ Oh, the "irrepressible con-
dict!" 1t squeezed our poor little Stephen so
hard, that g0us nor influenza need trouble him
no more. They cast rocks upon him. The
iu4S IodIEA ~ Ill., No eagle 'QfiFeFEQ bi3
tail at him in proud Defiance" Old Buck shock
his horn at him. The Niger shook his wool
aud laughed at him, because the ''Rail mauer''
received more votes from the Suckers than he
did, And one hundred aud fifty two and half
brethren stood BY and saw him mcrushed cut. and
bewaled their empty pockets, and the loss Of
the good things / Fomised them. "-dnd dtrout
MN carried Stephen to lis 5urial, and madt
great lamtn&atton ortr Aina''
And now, IN conclusion, my dear Douglas
brethren, know it is hard for US to believe that
Stephen ia suuiIsd out. We cannot realize il.
Hut it Is even 50. We shall never bohold his
cont tail dragging. On the ground any more.
lts beautiful folds hare been wrapped around
his wounded seat Of honor, and he has been
lain at rest. The ''irrepresaible conflict" :" bas
dealt him smasher on the gob, and bis voice
will no longer charm us with the beautiful song
Of Popular Sovereignty. Therefore cease your
blubbering for Stephen. There is yet hope Of
salvation tor us. There is plank Still left for
us poor shipwrecked sinners TO cling to. Our
brethren North and South already stand unon
it. Though the heather have denounced it asa
relic OF barbarian, yet our elders in the great
council Of the nation say is good one. We
will all 20 to that land Of blessed saints in
Utah, where it il fqnced in, and shout for old
Mrs. Poly Gamy. There reposing on her bosom.
we will bury alt onr sorrows for the immaculate
Stephen, who was so shamefully martyred at
Charleston Let him rot in pence.
Farewell. tteu. to poor old Stephen,
For he :l5d 50. eon!dn.i oelie1t hin.
And VT wun 20 tumu1ins artsT-
Thus, you see, I hare quoted the Dutch no.t
and Ee will close with the words Of the text'
"4nd derout nstn carried 4St<ph4n to his bur;aI
and mad: greet t1mtntdfion orer dim, Amen
The choir vii! please sing that good old
sockdololy, Of ~ Postum up gum tree.' while
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