The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1860-10-26
A Political Sermon

NY Brcthcvtng: gineral thing I'm
forenenst political preachin,' but as Henry
Ward Beecher and numerous others too
TEDIOUS to mention have set the 'zample,
l don't know but as how I've as good q
right to preach few politics as emmy of
'em. I'm not edicated man, bretherng,
but know what Liberty is. She is a
nice old gal, that's what LIBERTY is. and
my brethering, take her to my arms,
and say old gal you suit me! Now l
Ishant tell you whar my tex is, but praps
you kin find it CT you sarch long enough,
and when you do find it, it shall read,
lie split some rails in Illinoy and bossed
roarin' Gatcboat.
Them is his only qualifications, aside
from his personal beauty, for President
of the United States.
Now this is II land of Liberty, and she
shant be busted up eff kin help it. /
know thar's effort bein made to bust
her. Thar's fcrnatcs and traitors and
old wimin in small dogs clothin hold
of Mason & Dixon's line ,jerllin' and a
tryin' 10 sever that bully old chord, but,
my brctherng, it can't be did, though
Abe Linkin is cheerin on the .jerkers and
laulers as loud as he kin, and though he
did "split some rails in lllinoy and boss
roarin' flat-boat."
Thars a conspicliius individiyel named
Douglas, chock full of intellect and pluck,
who has heart like OK. and carries it
in his hand for his country's benefit,
who'll take keer of that ar line and see
that it amt cut, or damaged, or lowed
to rot off like pollywog's tail, as it would
if Linkin was placed in the White House
--Linkin, "who split some rails in Ilinoy
and bossed roarin' fat-boat."
The pizin crew who oppose us tell us to
come to Abraham's bussum, when the
fact is he haint got no more bussum nor a
chist of jiner's tools has; and | kin tell
the Republican infants who nestle in that
ar bussum that the'l find mighty poor
missing. And she split some rails in H.
linoy and bossed roarn' fiat-boat."
Make Linkin Captin of the Ship of
State, and in less than year she'll be
without rudder, compass or anchor
Who wants to see the Ship of State de-
generate into ricketty old fiat-boat.-
And che split some rails in lllinoy and
bossed a roarin' aat.boat."
My brethering, the man TO be skip
per of the Ship of State is Steve Douglas,
of Illinoy. Steve knows every rope in
the slip. lie has been in all sorts of
gales, but alters come out all right
Thar's been mootiny aboard when lie
was before the mast, but he put it down.
Thar's been desarsion aboard the ship,
but he told the desarters to go to thun-
der whar they belonged, and the ship
got along better for their leavin.' On one
occasion he went in for mootiny himself,
but brethering, it was a righteous mu-
tiny. The Captin, miser able old man
who could never git any body to marry
him, trde to bride his crew to hist the
black flag, and then it was that Steve
and many othar brave tars went in for
mootiny. Some, it is true stuck to the
>ple Captin, for he divided the plumber
Eith EN-, and tina was oncry enough to
Islo anything for money. But Steve beat
the Ole Captin all holler, and the vardct
is, sarved him right. The Ole Captin is
now in very bad way at Washington,
and getting wuss every day. Nothing
but the fresh air of Wheatland will re-
vivc him. and of that he will have an OPP
portunity to partake, by the unanimiss
consent of his constituents, OH and after
the 18th day of March next. My breth-
ering, we will let the poor ole boss slide,
and turn our 'tention to Linkin, who
''split some rales in Illinoy, and bossed a
roarin' flat-boat."
TIM rales and bossing q fat-boat? May
he he's a good man. I'm not here to ma
line him, my brethering. No doubt he
kin split fair rale. Probly he's kind
man in his family and pays his groccr's
bill promptly, but he can't keep hotel.
He's too small maT--too weak a sister
to be President. Nobody ever hcarn
of him ontll the Republicans of Illinoy
set him up to be knocked over agin by
Douglas, notwithstanding "he split some
rales in Illinoy and bossed roarin flat
boat"
My brethering, must close. Put the
Little Giant fare and square in the White
House and all will be we'll. Put him
thar, with his bootiful wife. Put him
thar, because he belongs thar. Mrs.
Douglas will revive the droopin' flowers,
shake the dust out of the carpits, have
the segar tubs all carried away, clean the
old house from cellar to garrett and fill it
with sunshine and joy. And when you
go thar it won't seem ike goin into the
cage of an old he bear, who, if you don't
fall down and lick his paws, will bite your
head off
My brethering, S. A. Douglas is my
candidate, and Mrs. S. A. Douglas is my
candidates.
Let us all sing, "Git out of the Wilder
ncss"-short metre.
BkT" The "National Intelligencer" says:
cit is known that portion of the Democ-
racy at Charleston, yielding to the earn
est representations of u portion of the
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