The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1861-03-20

oil the civilized world, would entail disaster an(
ruin upon themselves, until the lawless spiri
once rampant no man, however innocent evel
in thought, would escape, if denounced by al
insdious enemy. l bid them peruse the bloody
page in the history OF the French Revolution
when Robespiere was supreme, and the Gulo
tine was his chief minister, and haYing worked
them and myself up TO a sufficient focus, wen
on thus:
81 appreciate your vigilance, but this state o
things will deprive you of the rights for which
you are contending, until some military usur
per shall arise to elevate himself at the expens
oil all you now hold dear"
continued:
"The marble hearted marauder might seiz
the throne Of civil authority, and hurl init
| thraldom the votaries of rational liberty. Vir
tue, justice, and all the noble principles Of hu
man nature, will wither away under the pest
lential blast ofpohtical faction, and an unnerv
ed constitution be left to the support of The
demagogue and parasite. Crash after crash fol
lowing in quick succession as the strong pillar:
Of the Republic give way and despotism will
shout helliSh triumph amid the crumbling ru.
ins. Anarchy will wave her bloody sceptei
over the devoted land, and the blood no .nds o
civil war will lap the crimson gore OF her mos
worthy citizens. Shrieks of women and screams
of children will be. drowned amid the crash
swords, and the cannon's peal; and liberty
manrling her face from the horrid scene, will
spread her golden-tinted pinions and wing hel
flight to some far distant land, never again "a
revisit our peaceful shores"
A few days previous little doggerel which
met with ina country paper, attracted my at.
tention, and clipped 1t out Deeming that il
might tell upon the present occasion, l produced
it and read:
Yankee Doodle took saw,
With patriotic devotion.
He trimmed the Tree of Liberty
According to his notion.
Yankee Doodle on limb,
Like annoher noodle,
Cut between the tree and him,
And down came Yankee Doodle.
had got SO far, when warming to the sub
ject, gave an extra stamp with my FOOT but
my platform was unfortunately weak and the
result was that it gave way with crash ant
over went, narrowly escaping falling int, the
fire. A shout Of derision greeted my m shap
which they appeared to take literally as the
fall Of yankee Doodle;" but speedily finding
my legs, cn1eavored to laugh il off, exclaim
ing: "Gentlemen, the fall has not been hall sc
serious as the one you had in contemplaton;'
at the same tine pointed to tie tree from
which hung the rope. But nv audience did
not appreciate the joke. and few Of the mos
implacab'e made an advancing movement. wher
l thrust my hand INTO the side pocket OF my
coat with the intention ofdrawing forth pock
et-handkerchiri wherewith to wipe the perspi
ration from my brow. The action arrested
their progress, and the idea struck me instantly
that they were under the impression that was
upon the point of using six shooter argument
determined to garry out this belief; so, my
hand still in my breast pocket, | bade them
keep their distance, or, said |, "bg the Eternal
I'll send haif,a dozen Of ye into an undiscover.
ed country"
No man is ambitious Of a bullet when propel
led by the force of powder from tube; so there
was a Aurrled backward movement, when tail
dishngue fellow, after picking upa brick, ad-
vanCed toward me, and iu a quiet way reques-
ted me to hand my hat. perceived at glance
that he was one of the master spirits in the
crowd, and somewhat anxious to propitjate him
! pres, nted him with the glossy specimen O
Cincinnati manufacture, which he took, and az
ter attentively examining, dropped the brick
inside, and then handed it back. | thought
discovered a joke in this, and grasping it as a
drowning man would plank, took the hat
and, with the brick in it, placed it gently upon
my head, and then with the assumption OF care
less ease which | had by no means felt, point
ed to the neighboring bar and assuring them
that | was exceedingly thirsty, proposed that
the crowd should join me in a drink, and al
the same time made movement in the direc-
ton where the drinkables were to be obtained
had not advanced more than a couple OF steps
when felt strong grasp upon my arm, and
the the old fright came over me. | ksew that
my fate depended upon breath, and as | fell
the clutch OF the fingers | trembled violently
at the same time | made an effort to shake of
my enemy At this moment mystiness cloud
ed my vision, when, with sudden start, o
pened my eyes, when they encountered the oily
frontispiece of the man ofal- work belonging to
the tavern, who while he shook me by the arm
with one hand, held in the other a tumber, in
which there was decoction which bore the ap.
pearance of a whisky-cocktail.
"De Lord help u.s." said he, "but you is
mighty hard to wake. Massa says dat har
OBJ dc dog am good for de bite, so he sent dis
up" presenting the tumbler land de stage hab
been waiting>ten minutes, and so hab cup oh
coffee which we billed for you"
1t took me all this time to divest myself oil
the effect of the dream, and in the mean time
the niger had taken survey OF the apartment.
"Golly," he chuckled, "but you gembem that
trabels hab funny ways; dar am dat shiney hat
dat cited such ticker attention all squashed un-
der de piller: dar am your pants in de fire place
and de boots on de mantel piece" and he was
proceeding with the disorderly description when
| eaped out OF bed, and bidding him begone, or
he would get more of the boots than he bar,
gained for, | mad hurried toilet, and as speed
lily after as possible was on my way in search
oil the company.
"Then it was but dream after all, excaim-
ed one of the anxious listeners.
"Only dream" was the cool reply; "but,
gentlemen, l'll wager that there is as much
fact about it as in three iourths ofthe ridiculous
tales of outrage you read OF as peng perpetra-
ted in the South The difference is tbis-mine
was dream, the result ul an overheated i'm
aginaton, while the latter are sheer abrications,
the fertile invention ofuaice."