Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-03-21
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Horribly SecedeS
LETTER FROM ETHAN SPIKE.
IIoRNn". Dec. 10. 1860.

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lloRNu", Dec, 10, 1860.
The seventeen plaques of triberlation
is COM From the airy concupisence of
the purple zenith, the sun hes gone
daown to the oriental chambers, fingin
its knockturnal rays on aour glorious
Union for the last time. One bright and
very pertickcrer star is sot or abaout to
sot.
Its no use trying to disguise it-heart-
less Black Republicans may deride an
larf. SO Zero fiddled when the confa-
nation was burnin Rdmo-!arfn won't
squinch the fires,
Horuby is already nn''ife1. IN, oaless
smhin is done pretty qeich, sheH see seed
hant time to write all the pertick-
lers. I've oilers bin Unioh saver and
true to my perlitieal instincts, am doin
my best to hold onto the pieces. But
this time the Union is too much for me,
While Fun running arter one piece. two
or three more gets adrift. an the devil
in a gale of wind hes an easy time COM
pared to mine.
/ Up to last tuesday We thought every
thing was al! night We expected, of
couree, that breckenridge an Duglis was
eledted, aed tina. the statoootcs of the
constitution was consequently safe
But 4 lass! We wcs
mistakin souls.
Wot drempt of hcaven,
When in reality we stood on the slippery
rocks with nothin to catch holt on, an
biIers under meath: A streak Of chhin
lightnin aout OF n blue sky-a thunder
bowl when it want at all expected, new
tatturs in Jnnooary, cattamount with
out ne har on, or an Ethiopian niger
changin his spots; couldn't hev knocked
US furdcr into the Inter end of next week,
than did the news Of Abraham llanibrl's
election
OF course taown mcetin was the fust
thing in order artcr we got over the fust
shock.
Cap'n Perturbation Pillsbury On ia
kin the cheer remarked us follcrs,--
'Fcllcr citizens. Fust un last it hes
bin my lot to preside over several or
more mectins-but never before hev
epproximated the discharge of manifest
duty with such tumultooous feelin of
awful responsibility.
"Fellcr citizens. We've hccrn an
talked OF crsises atorc, but put all the
crisises that ever was since crsses was
invented, together, multiply EN- by all
the figgers in the multiplication table,
add the remainder and carry for every
ten, bile an steep from July to etarnity,
and this ere that we've met to consider
is more crisiscr than the hull. | may
say with the classics-it are Hoe soDte
goncm hnee PITS horrib"s que see cuni"n
urter en-.
'Feller citizens. 1t ar my painful
duty to announce to you that Abram
Hanibcl-a qucloctor genarian, an Illinoy
niger, with eight quarter part, mc-lat-
ter blood into him, hce bin elected to
swai the destinations of these sugrin
StatesP
\. this piltt, jim Peabody ris for in
formation lie would respectfully AK
the cheer how many quarter parts make
huIl?'
The cheer decided the question aout Of
order, and directed thrt Jim should be
darid aort o the mectin, which, arter a
hard tussle, WAS douo, an the Cap'D con-
tinercd:
'Felet citizens, says the Cap says
be, What is TO be did? Shall we put
up with this vilation Of aour constitoo-
tional rights, or
Here another Black Republican wan
ted to know what Constitutional rights
had bin violatcl'-'Thc people, seq he,
hev unly exercised their onalenable le-
gal frankincese, an | should like, Mr..
Cheerman, to hev you pirt-'
Afore he could finish, his hat was
promptly knocked over his eyes, and he
was carid into the entry to cool his heels
with Jim Peabody.
The Cheermah thanked me an tothers
who totcd the Teller aout, for aour prompt
ness in maintainin the right OF speech, an
sed he would take this occasion to say
that this war free meetin, and hoped
every body would free their minds
There want only one other black in
the house; an when the cheer said this,
he half ris. but L gin him look that
meant some pison, an he sot daown
mighty spry, an tried to look as though
he'd he'd no idee of gettin up.
TO resume, said the cheer. Shall
We give in squizzle kerfumux an back
daown, or shall we rise in the vartoous
indignation of insulted majesty an daown
trodden what do ye cell it, raise hail
Kerumby, and tharby set an example
which will 60 daown to unborn footoo-
rity.
| 'Mr. President beg pardin-I forg OF
i war that fundckshana-y myself
Feller-citizens-I haint got no great Of
a voice, OWN to bein choked when young
with tough doug hnnt; but SIGH as 1t ar
| it is for war ;--Sir-leastwise gentleman
of the Juror more properly speakin
Teller citizens--I love the Union--I dc
by hokeyi But, 'Hic san jacket, l love
Horribly more l love to contemplate
the star spangled banner underlain it
brazen folds amid the stray amplitood
lof onmitigated specification. yield t.
tro E-;r rr,ttar yy AZ har that cr,tter |,