The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-02-20
Abraham Piigrimaee.

elected if in mcckey, to sit in the seat that was
once oecupiud by Washington, has set out from bis
home in Springfield upon pilgrimage to the federal
city. Those who have him in keeping seem to have
no scruple about exhibiting him, like big baboon,
to the gaping popnlace at all the crossroads along
the route. Nay further, they stir up the ami
mali occasionally, and then bring him out TO show
his tricks" putting him through performance that
they call spescllinaking in the course Of which he
displays considerable proficiency in the Use of ''the
vulgar tongue.n Indeed, his performances as a
mauer of rails, remarkable as they reported to
have been cease to be worthy Of remark when they
are compared with lis recent exploits mauler Of
the Queens Epglish, and the laws Of grammar. Two
three of Lis predecessors in the Presidential Office
may have been endowed with only little more wis
dom than Solomon Is reputed to have possessed !;
but none of them, we believe, were absolute Doors,
nor did they halItuay express themselves in clown
sh phaseology. II ''od Abe" vay deserves the
epithet of honest," which some of his nisgerewor-
shipping adorers go delight to couple with his name,
that must be the sole compliment which he is enti-
tied. If it capital offence to be ignonmus
and the President elect of the United States were
indicted therefor and anaigned before an impartial
jury upon the numerous evidences of his guilt con-
tanned in the speeches of this pilgrimage of his it
would be apt to go hard with the poor old creature
lie would, 'out OF lis own MOUTH be certainly
condemned. We sincercly trust that his keepers
viii be sharply the lookout for 'the fookiern
while they are upon the road, and not permit that
functionary to approach within striking distance of
their charge; for have still lingering feeling of
regard for the memory of the old Union we have
left and il would giieve us TO see even It's ''rump
presided over by that mulatto fellow IIainlin. II
the United States are bent on having niggcr govern
meht, trust that they will still adhere to the old
custom of having white men for their Presidents
Abraham, at indianapolis declared his inability to
comprehend why county had not the same right to
secedc from State that State has to withdraw from
the Union. Poor old Abel Some wag, probably,
has been practising upon his credulity and has per-
suadcd him that the General Government of the
United States created tie world in the first instance,
and then proceeded to make lot of counties which,
in turn, went on to make the States, and to confer
upon them unlimited powers of Submission" with
out any rights or other faculties whatever. AT Seu-
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asked trirmphantly--" majority should not rule,
who shouldy The minoity2 Would that be right,
Just or generous Assuredly notn II seems never
to have occurred to the venerable vender of "whsey
straight" that constitution could serve any useful
purpose in the economy of government Doubtless,
he looks upon constitutions having been originally
designed as mere grants of power to the majority,
but now, perverted from their original purpose and
serving as pretexts for unreasonable complaints on
the part of minori,es who insanely pretend to claim
what they call "rights" under them, he regards them
as useless lumber, serving only as clogs upon the
right Of the minority to rule, and deserving, there
fore of no favor at the hands Of a Black Republican
President. At Columbus, Abraham spoke of his
position as one ''to which the votes of the American
people bad called him" We don't know what he
meant by this expression 1t is more than likely
that lie did net know Himself, when he uttered it,
whether it meant anything or not. If he meant that
majority Of tic American people had voted for him,
he stated that which is simply false but since he is
clai.ahly to be regarded as "honest We must sup
pose that lie did net intend TO tell "Gb, and that
he considers TIE Black Ecpubii>ans-and niggers--
as constituting the entire American people Seccs-
sionists (of coursc, bears, wolves and other "var-
minisn Of that sort arc LETT out of lis census Of the
population. At Cleveland lie became highly inquisi-
live "lIave not the South " he asked "a the rights
they ever had Have they not the same Constitution
that they have lived under these seventy odd years
! Have they not a position citizens of common
country? Have we any power to change that posi-
ton? What then is the matter with theIy Why
all this cxcitemouty Why al these complaints ?"
There arc many things it appears that not alto
gethcr plain the ancient bartender of Springfield.
/ If people have rights and Constitution, he is
evidently unable to conceive why they should not
Herewith he content lie cannot understand why
they should raise a clamor about having their rights
respected. and the Constitution observed. Surely he
thinks if they have already got their rights, and a
Constitution, that is enough; and these Southern
people are absolutely crazy. What is the matter
with them? We only intend to put an end to slave
~ among them, and yet, for this mere trine, they
,giR keep on complaining Was there erer such an
unreasonable set of fellows?
Il is apparent that Abralams education has been
sadly elected hitherto. But there are hopes that
he may yet repair to extent, the deficiencies Of
his carly training Seward, who is said to be cx-
peiienced pedsgogue, and who certainly knows "a
/ thing or two" is to be the Premier OF Abraham, and
will be in a position which viii enable him, with
slight inconvenience to give daily lessons to Abraham
I in the A d of American history and politics.
Possibly at the same time, something may be done
/ in the way of bet,ering Abraham's appearance. A
sudden and violent change of his accustomed habits
is not to be recommended. BY commencing mod
erafcly he may, perhaps, be brought down to an
! allowance Of some six or eight ''hors" per diem
and clean shirt, renewed every two or three weeks,
might marvellously improve the looks of Abrahans
bosom though if the latter experiment is tried and
he gets sick, lac must be allowed to 60 usual.
We are not certain that Abrahams honesty would be
augmented under Seward's teachings but that is a
small matter, and may be lea out of view. If Abra-
ham is not 'too old dog to learn new tricks,
Seward viii teach him how to conceal from the world
portion Of his abundant stock of ignorance. II
Abraham could only learn the important truth, that
he would best consult his reputation by holding his
tongue, it would be great point gained, and would
amply repay him for his painful pilgrimage to Wash
ingtOn.
4 Retaliation, and its Fruits.
The frmness displayed by Gov. Brown, of Geor-