Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1861-03-21
From the Portland (M } Transcript
Horribly SecedeS
LETTER FROM ETHAN sPIKR.


lloRNBy, Dec. 10, 1860.
The seventeen plaques of trberlation
is com. From the airy concupisence of
the purple zenith, the sun hes gone
daown to the oriental chambers, fingin
its knockturnal rays on aour glorious
Union for the last time. One bright and
very pertickcrler star is sot or abaout to
sot.
Its no use trying to disguise it t-heart-
less Black Republicans may deride an
larf. SO Zero fddIed when the confa-
nation was burnin Rdme-!arfn won't
squinch the fires,
Horribly is already na'tifed, an, oaless
suthin is done pretty qnfch, sheW see seed!
| haint time to write all the pertick-
lers. I've oilers bin Unoh saver. and
true TO my peritical instincts, am doin
my best to hold onto the pieces. But
this time the Union is too much for me,
While I'm running arter one piece, two
or three more gets adrift. an the devil
in a gale of wind hes an easy Time COM
pared tn mine.
Up to last tuesday we thought every
thing was al. right We expected, of
couree, that Bruckinridge an Duglis was
eledted, aed tina. the statoootcs of the
conslitootion was consequently safe.-
But 4 lass! we wds
mstakin souls.
Wot drempt of heaven
When in reality we stood on the slippery
rocks with nothin to catch holt on, an
bllers under meath: A streak of chhin
lightnin aout ot blue sky-a thunder
bowl when it want at all expected. new
tatturs in Jnnooary, cattamount with
out ne har on, or an Ethiopian niger
changin his spots; couldn't hev knocked
us furdcr into the latter end of next week,
than did the news Of Abraham Ilanibrl's
election!
OF course taown meetin was the fust
thing in order artcr we got over the fust
shock.
Cap'n Perturbation Pillsbury On ta-
kin the cheer remarked as follcrs,--
.Feller citizens. Fust un last it hes |
bin my lot to preside over several or
more meetins-but never before hev
epproxmated the discharge of manifest
duty with such Il tumutooous feclin of
awful responsibility
"Fellcr citizens. We've heern an
talked OF crisises atore, but put all the
crisises that ever was since crisises was
invented, together, multiply EN- by all
the fggers in the multiplication table.
add the remainder and carry for every
ten, bile an steep from July to etarnity,
and this ere that we've met to consider
is more crisiscr than the hull. | may
say with the classics--it are-'HOc SOnte
Jonen, hnee PITS horribDs que see cuuetm
Lrter en-.
'Feller citizens. 1t ar my painful
duty to announce to you that Abram
Hanibcl-a quodoctor genarian, IAN Illinoy
niger, with eight quarter part, merlat-
ter blood into him, hee bin elected to
sway the destinations of these suvrin
StatesP
n. this pirt, jim Peabody ris for in
formatiou lie would respectfully ak
the cheer how many quarter parts make
4 hul?'
The cheer decided the question aout Of
order, and directed thrt Jim should be
darid aout o the mectin, which, arter a
hard tussle, was douo, in the Cap'D con-
tinered:
'Fellet citizens, says the Cap'n says
be, What is to be did? Shall we put
up with this vi'lation Of aour constitoo-
tional rights, or
Here another Black Republican wan
ted to know what constitutional rights
had bin violatcd.- The people, sez he,
hey unly exercised their onalenablc le-
gal frankincese, an | should like, Mr..
hev you plrt-'
Afore he could fnish. his hat was
promptly knocked over his eyes, and he
was carid into the entry TO cool his heels
with Jim Peabody.
The Cheermah thanked me an .others
who toted the feller aout, for aour prompt
ness in maintainin the right OF speech, au
sed he would take this occasion to say
that this war free meetin, and hoped
every body would free their minds.
There want only one other black in
the house; an when the cheer said this,
he half ris. but gin him a look that
meant some pison, an he sot daown
mighty spry, an tried to look as though
he'd he'd no idec of gettin up.
To resume, said the cheer. Shall
We give in squizzle kerfumux an back
daowp, or shall we rise in the vartoous
indignatisn Of insulted majesty an daown
trodden what do ye oall it, raise hail
Kerlumby. and tharby set an example
which will 60 daown to unborn footoo-
rity.
'Mr. President-beg pardin-I forgo got
i war that fundckshana-y myself
Feller-citizens-I haint got no great of |
a voice, OWN to bein ohoked when young
with tough doughnnt; but sich as 1t ar
it is for war ;-Sir-leastwise gentleman
of the juror more properly speakin
feIler citizens--I love the Union-I do
by hokeyi But, 'Hic san jacket, 1 love
Hornby moro. love to contemplate
the star spangled banner underlain its
brazen folds amid the stray amplitoods
of onmitigated specification. I yield to
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