The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-05-25
Prom The Sunday Mercury,
DOESTICks ANXIOUS ABOUT WAR.
Doesticks Possessed by War Devil.

DoEsTICKs THINKS DEVIL. ABOUT RIGHT, AFTER
ALI.
Don't YOU think there's going to be war
People really beginning to talk light? In
fact they don't talk anything else. Men
talk fight, women talk fight, and little
boys do fght.-War has appeared all over
the city in a most alarming mauner. 1t
seems as if New York had been attacked
with measles, and had broken out In
universal eruption of military caps and
trowSers, with red stripes Oh thein--or as
if it had been exposed to the smallpox,
and had broken out in bayonets; or as If it
had taken medicine for the war fever, and
the disease had all come to the surface in
the shape of revolvers, swords, muskets,
war-talk. and tri-colored rosetts.
Now I'm a peaceable man myself and !
can stand any nonsense. am not saw
age man but when read about Baltimore,
| am always attacked with a peculiar dis
ease which makes me feel as if would
like to take Baltimbrc PlugUgly by the
neck, and bite his head OFT like sneppiug
turtle; split his his head like a reaca; Or
tear him into stripes like a banner; or
knock him down and sit On him like
three-legged stool.
Everywhere go it's all the same If
get into the cars, everybody talks war; If
walk the streets every body talks war
see flags evcrywhere-as many flags as 1t
there had been a tremendous rain of flags
and it hadn't dried Off the builiing yet
Then | SEQ rosetts, and badges. and stream
crs of red. white, and blue il bon, on men,
women, and children. a. it there had been
anntI e., tremendous rain OF o-ei,s, etc :,
and ihe entire population had been cut Ia
the stoi m without umbrellas
Then the conversation is all war
Sumpter--teu Thousand men-f2ht TO
the d-.th--iuieruai t.a;iors-Irtf Davis
han. the whole lot-buIn Iatn.o,e TO
Tie gtound-Audeis eison-American flag
cIu h he rntlleenake-hrrmE baltimore
at ack Oh NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Segment
--o,d bpl s-Eght Ike devils-burn and
utte. ~ destroy Ballimoic-Geu. Scott
tra I. 7 iwirg--haug-turn Bal'imo e
No tn csn do it-must have BALTIMORE
i,urn it-hang jeff D,vis-burn Baltimore
Kill and exI-riIinate the whole land Of
tl.ieves-scuttie the State cf 3a-ylal6
ami burn Bait more-cowa.dly, dastariiy
trait rs-ieyel BAitjmore-Lu.n-bur
n-buIn- Balilmor e-timore-mCre-
turu-mc-e
HAT Is the sort of talk you hear Wher-
ever YOU go-anv one would think tn
B4ltimore.ns were oystriy, and Were TO be
L,oil-d alive to breakfast the entire North,
I so universal seems 10 uc the desire TO have
I a B4liiiEoi"au gull
! Ny la"diady, Yesterday morning after
reading the morning PAPER, Ia a lit Of Anna
I zo..iau abstraction, asked me II | would
have a piece OF the bro.lcd bayonet, CT a
sice Of salt howilzrr, and then proceeded
10 p ur out what she was piras-d 10 call
CUapOwdrl tea, hut "hilh tasJed fer all
the world Ike coffee We always have.
That same day, asked what | could
have for my dinner when she informed
me that the roast six FOUNDER WAS ingfiue
cut but she could not recomeud the Iine-
inch shells. and she thought the cook had
bo!!ep them too soft but thc kuSI>ack *
soup she thought would fancy, ns also
/ the grape, i-pudtiing, with catr.dss box
sauce.
There was evidently no use il talking te
. that insane pelson. went 10 au ei't ng
! house, aud there the waiter, 4 tIcfi1Ln- III
/ Il military cap, with red stripes on las lro"-
/ SER sad could have cuivslined oysters,
( Of it didn like them lie could conf
/ dcntlvrc, commend ,h- Iouave dumplin.s.
! The vc,y servant gIfls a,e lear"ing nsili
tarv tactics they do the broad Swold exer
ci-ee with the carving knives, and charge
Z bavcnets on each other with their broom
sticks. they are Ie:DeiUai!y throwing out
/ fora.iug parties. TO secure for Themselves
/ the best cf everything that comes into tlc
( house and always station picket guards
/ 10 look out for su paises when they s'e re
Ealing their cousins on the cod bee'
and picxles. and they are always ready
/ 10 execute Il nli~ter.y re'r at whcnevel
caught in any dcyilmeEt Even "I'umps,
the batv has caught the military spirit,
( and shoulders arms with his iaule box
sounds the bugie calls on his tin whistle
beats the drum on the head OF any one
who happens To be handy, aud wont come
down t. breakfast without III" regular
word of command "Attention-quich
step-march
Now. this is doubtless all very well, hui
find that ! am rapidly losing my health
and | do do, know bnt am also losing my
mind. In truth begin to fear that | an
going mad II give you some of IN,
symptoms ! formerly thought that ever!
ma had right to freely express his opia
ions. and say what he piea,es about every
thing and everybody but of late | have
become possessed OF a De,Il-Larse Dew
-Bi. Devil-Iiuge Devi!-War Devil
who whispers TO me: In these times ever,
man VINO - not iOf IL, i against Us Anu Az
man has a right to te traitor in thu
midst of true men" Devil may be right
don't know-lut Devil goes contrary To IN.
ealv education. Had AL argument viii
d, vi Yesterday, thus:
DO S. ci,s Every man has right L
free speech.
Eeyi-" Not If he talks Il reason"
Doasticks-" Every man has right te
| 90 rs he pleaseS
Devil Not if he wants to rob you
end Gu, the throats of you and your neigh
bnrvs'
Doesticks-" Put, if a man mayn't talk
what becomes OF the boasted freedom o
the country
> Devil - Free dom don't mean that tn
South shall have everything their owi
way. while the North kneel down and lie
the chivalry walk over theiL necks.
You see the devil t1at has got into m
, IS too much for me OIL the talking que:
ton, and had to give in. Devil make
, me do things that, monh ago, | shoul,
. have thonrht were terrible. This morn
l ing, Brown, who was born in Georgia-an'
= who has, for years, been industry keei
= ing up the iic'ion t,Iat he OWNS nisgers
: SAID something about the North bein
al mechanics, willie the Southerners al
oil gentlemen
Devil said Shut him up
Didn't mind Devil Brown continued
:, Lincoln ought to be hung-S@ward an
), all the leaders of the Republican part
4 ought to be hung-all Republicans al
!. rascals"
Devil said " Hit him"
Didn't pay attention to devil. Brow
;. went on: All these soldiers that are &
I ,,,,.,,n al ---Wn
: fight One South Carolinian regiment ca
NJ wipe out twenty regiments OF your Nortl
EN- mec chanic SUM. | wish somebod
would poison the Whole lot; they are n'
lit 10 die by sword, OF aentlemen ! wis
snme nat triniic Snufi; ron had unisnuel IL