The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1861-03-21
Attemus Ward makes a Speech.

Arte mus w sTu TecelVeu aU luNItatIOt
TO make a speech on the "Krysis," a
Baldwiusville, Injiauny. OF course be
accepted the insitation. and reported tbs
.peech himself He says:
But we've got the Afrikan, or rutbel
he's got Us, & now what air We going tc
do about it'll HIS a orful noosance -
Praps be isn't to blame fur it, Praps he
vas created for some wise purpose, like
the measles and New England rum, but
its mity hard to see it. At any rate be.
no good here. & as ststid to Mr. What
Is 1t. it's pity he coodent go orr some
where's quietly by himself, whsr he GOOD
wear rcd weskits aud speckled neckties
and gratteriy bis al nbisLuu 10 varis inter
esting ws-e.
Prap., I'ue bearin down too hard upon
Cuffy. Cuu to think on it. am. He
woodeut be sicb Internal uoossuce il
white yeop!e would let him alone He
mite indeed be iuterestin. Add now |
think of it, why can't the white people let
him aIouel What's the good OF con,iu-
Derly stirring bin up with ten feet pole!
He isn't the sweetest kind of PerfooUery
when in a natrsl stai.
Feller Sittersens, the Unions in dan
ger. The black devil Gisuniou is truly
here, starin us squarely in the face. We
must drive bin back. Shall we sell our
birihrite for mess of pota>hl Shall
one brother put the knife to the throat of
another brother! Shall we mix our
whisky with esch others bludl Shall
the Star Spangled Banner be cut iDto dish
clotbsl StaudiD here iD this here Skool.
house, upon my native shore 60 to speek,
/ snswer-Nsry!
On you felers who air raisiD this row
and who in the fust place startid it [ IN
'shamed of you. The Snowman bushes
for you, from bis boots to the toPpermost
bar on bis venerable bed.
Isay to the South don't sesesesh l
say to the galyiaut people of that sunny
land. jus lock up few hundred of then
tarin & roarin fellers of yourn in some
strong boxes, and send them over to
Mexiko. And We people up North here
will sonsine a ekal number Of our addle
braned rip snorters to the same lokallerty,
& thar let 'em fight it out among their
selves. No consekeDts. not the slite,t.
which licks. Why sboodent the people
Who got up the 6te do the ftiu I! Git
these orsiuy critters out o the way, 4 the
sensible people of the North & South can
fx the matter up very easy. Add when
It's 6xt let both secshuns resolve to mind
their own biIiDess.
Feller Sittersens, am in the Sheer &
YslIer leaf shall peg out one of these
dsse. But while do stop here | shall
stay 10 the Union. l know not what the
Sspervizers of Baldinsville may conclude
to do, but for one, | shall stand by the
Stars and Stripes. UUder no circum-
stances wbat.omever will sesesh. Let
evory Stait 10 the Uuion sesesh and let
Pslmetter fsgs 6ote thicker Dor shirts on
Squire Baxters close line. still | will stick
to the good old flag, The country may
90 to the devil, but | won't. And next
summer when | start out on my campsne
With my Show, wherever pitch nay tent
you sball see 6ostiD proudly from the.
center pole thereof the American flag.
With nary a star wiped out, nary a stripe
less, but the same old flag that has alters
fotid tbarl and the price of sdUishuD
will be the same as it alters was-l5 5 cents
children balf price.
Feller SitterseDs, | am dun.