Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1861-02-22


Brother. Sevral billy respectyble gentlemen,
aud sum talsntid iemails tell us so, & for argy-
ment's sake | might be injOoced to grant il,
tho don't bleeve it myself. But the Afrkap
isn't our sister & our wife & our uncle. He
isn't several of our brothers and all our fust
wife's relashuns. He isn't our grandfather,
Il our CRATE grandfather and our Aunt 10 the
covutry. Scacely. & yit numeris persons
would hav US think So It's troo he runs Cou-
gress & sevral other public gro.erys, but then
he amt everybody and verybody else like
wise. Notiss to bizoiss man OF Vanity Fair
Extry cbarg sur this larst remark. Its q
goak "A. w.
But we've got the Afrikan, or ruther he's
got US, Il now what air We going to do about
itl He's orful noosance. Praps he isn' to
blame fur IT, Praps he was created for SUN
wise purpuss, like the measles aud new Eng
laud rum, but it's mity hard TO see it. AT
any rate, he's no good here, & as / statid to
Mister What Is it, it's q pity be coodeut 90 orf
somewheres By hisself whar be could wear red
weski,s aud speckled uecktes & gratterfy hiz
ambishun In varis interestin vase.
Praps Ime bearin down too bard upon Cuf
IS. Cum to think oo it, am. he wooden't
wood let him alone He mite indeed beinter-
estin. And now ] shInk OF it, Why can't the
white people let him slcne2 What's the good
of coptiunerly stirrin him up with ten foot
pole? He isn't the sweetest kind Of Perfoom-
cry When IN a hatral stait.
FcIler SitterzeDs, the Unions in danger
| The black devil disuuon il truly here, stariD
us s9uarely in the Ease. We must drive him
back. Shall va make % Mexiko OF Our.
selves! Shall we sell our birthTite FOR mess
of potash? Saal Que brother pu. tbs knife to
the throat of another brothcft Snail NO mix
our whIskey with each others 5lud? Shall the
Star SpaDged Banner be cut up in,o dish
cloths! Standiu bere il this Skoolhouse, upon
msg nativ shoar so 10 spoek, ! answer Mary !!
Oh you felleTs who air ralsiD this row & who
10 be fust place startid it. I'a ashamed OF you.
The Snowman blushes for you, from his boots
to the topmost bar upon his venerable he'd.
say TO the South don't secesh Issy to
the galyiant people of that sunny land, jest
lock up few hundred of thsm te4rin e. roarin
fe!Iers Of yourn 10 some strong boxes, aud
send 'em owe: to Mexico. Aud We people Up
North here will consine ekal number Of our
addle braned ripsnorters TO the same lokaller
ty, & thar ler em ite it out among theirsel Tes
No konsekwents, not the slitest, which licks
Why shooden't the people that got up this 6te
do all the flint Git these ornery critters out
of the way, & the sensible people OF tbs North
& South can tx the matter UP very easy. And
Whsn It's fxt let both secshunq resolve TO mind
their own bizness.
Feller Sitterz,Es, am in the Sheer & Yell
Ter leaf. shall peg out of these dase.--
But while 10 stop here l shall stay in the
Union. know not what the Supervisors of
BaIdiusylle may conclude to do, hut for one, l
shall stand by the Stars and Stripes. Under
no circumstances whatsomeyer will / sesesh-
Let every Stait 10 the Union sesesh & let Pal
meter flags fote thicker nor shirts on Square
Baxter'S close liue, still will stick TO the good
old flag. The country may 90 to tue devil,
but won't. Aud next summer when | start
out on my csmpane with my Show whareyer |
pitch my little tent, you shall see foasin proWd
ly fom the center pole thereof the American
flag, with nary star wiped out, nary stripe
less, but the same old flag that has alters 10; ID
thar & the price Of udmishun will be the same
it alters was--l5 cents, children harf price.
Feller Stterzans, am dun. Accordinly
squatted.