Daily Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1860-1862, 1861-06-16
Decidedly Rich.

The "Vox Populi," published at Fulton,
Missouri, gives the following genealogical
facts, but has, we suppose, accidental omit
ted to give the source from which be has
CLEANED such interesting particulars, relative
to the origin of those political parties:
PALMYRA, Mo, March 80 1861
Once upon time the Devil watched the
Almighty making men. H. saw him 90 10
pellucid streamlet that danced gracefully
over the pebbles and get from it's channels
pure, unadulterated clay as his material; and
as he formed one after another. and stood
them up. aud "breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life," be looked approviBgly and
pronounced him every good"
At this he DEVILS heart swelled with an
ger, and envy. and malicr; and be d-termfl
ed to d. something by way of set-Of So he
went TO a damp, mlasmatic morass and scoop.
ed up from the bottom of a stagnant. Shiny,
green scummed. wiggle tailed, lzzardly pool.
and from This material he turned Oh a BLACK
REPUBLICAN. As he contemplated this crea-
ton of his prentice band" there was a mix
Inre OF qualification and disappointment sisi-
bic in his cOunt-nance, though it was very
evident the first greatly predominated, At
length, looking around him, he solil q1iZed:
There are u great number of scraps left; aud
I will make anotherD | think can do MORE
than that" So he sets himself industriously
to work and soon got up an Abol,tionist.
This suits me BETTER" said be, as with
SHEET iron handkel chief he wiped great drops
of f ~ Derspiration from his Uraz q forehead.
"but it does not yet come up to my ideal. /
perceive there still remains some leavings or
lag-ends, and as The charm is said to be a
third trial, will test it." So saying. he be-
g IN picking up the rags, first with his right
hand, next with his left, and occasionally
with the Oarbed point of his iron wire tail,
until he had collected a bushel basket full.
He then sat down to his job, and after much
piercing and splicing. and trimming, be stood
the thing up.
The Black Republican and Abolitionist
who had been standing quietly by watching
the movements of their father with much in
terest, no sooner saw the third figure stand
ing erect, than their mean natures began to
develop. They both went up to it. The
Black Republican pushed it with rude vio-
lence; The AbolitiOnist pulled its nose: the
Black Republican tripped at its heels; the
AbolitiOnist spat in its face; the Black Re
publican called it a coward, and the Adolf
zionist, more embroidered than ever, planted
his right foot so firmly about the termin ,tion
of its coat tail that il landed full ten feet off
upon its face.
To all this he thing had made no resist
ance nor man Tested the least resentment, al
though a number of the men the Almighty
had created shouted to it to knock its perse-
cuIors Into the middle of next week." but
it held up its hands implOringly, and hung
its head in the most abject and servile man-
ner, so that the men went off in disgust. But
The Devil who had stoUd by all the while, bis
ron sides almost bursting with laughter, now
aIrly ehri, ked with delight, sprang seventy
i've feet into the air, turned tbirty-five we'll
defined summersaults, and alighting by it's
side, raised both hauds and bringing them
forcibly down upon its shoulder, shouted:
II Is enough; dub thee Submssionist. -
Whereupuu the creature raised ils head, look
I'd trembliugly around, partly arose, and in
q stopping posture sneak-d off.