Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-07-05
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MESSAGE OF OLD ABE.
TO TIE FEDERAL CONGRESS, 4TH JULY, 1861
On % more, Representatives, Sena.ors all
You come 10 my Capitol, s"ift at my can.
Ills well: fer YOU We something important TO DO
Ia this most dsagr. Fable national stew;
For since came hither 10 the mso"tne,
Disguised In Scotch Cap and in full Lit eon green
There's the devil to psy 10 the whole Id coucerns
As from Cameron, Seward aud Chase you will leare;
Yet, though everything here ofn bursup gives warning,
rm Ger ain you'll put 1t all right in the morning;
SO to do as tell you, be on the aert,
For tho panics fictitious and no6odJs hurt
have started no war of INVASION you know,
Let who will pretend To deny it--thats sc;
Bot saw from the White House an impudent rag,
Which they told me was known as Jef Davss nag,
A waving above Alexandra high
Insulting my Government. Aouiing the SKY;
Above NY Al xandria ('nt il Bases!
R.rocs ssions humbug wha. rights have tho States')
So ordered young Ellssorth to take the rag down.
Mrs. Lincoln, she craved il to make new gown
But young Ellsworth, he kinder got shot in the lace,
And came back in g,l'a-iz,d build case;
Bot then Jackson, the scoundrr, he got his desert,
The panic 5 fictitious and nobody hurt.
IL Is true sent steamers which tried for week
To silence the rebels down there at the Oreek
But they had at Game Point about hily or more
aed cannon set up in a lire on the shore,
A I'd 81, thousand Coniedr ites practsed to IRE en-
tCoufornd these Vrgniins, We II ver caa tire EN- y
Who made game OF shooting and crippled our meet,
So ve prudently ordered has;y retreat;
With decs full Of pass aDgers, dead beacs, indeed.
For whom Of fresh coiins there raighw,y was need
And sill alter at Greshams they killed Captain Ward
In commaud of the Ere born, twas devish bard
But in spit,, OF all this, the rebellion 5 squirt
The panic . fictitious and nobody burt
Herewith beg leave to submit, The report
OF Bdtler, the General, concerning the sport
Tney had at Great Bethel, near Fortress Konros,
With Hill and xserider some four weeks ego;
An here let me say more reckless intruder
| never have known than this Colonel Magruder
lie has taken the Comfort away from Old Point
And thrown our peninsalar plans gu, Of joint;
While in matters OF warfare TO him Genl Butler
Would scarce be thought worthy to act as a suffer-
And the insoent rebels will call 10 our faces
TIE fight at Great Bethel the New Market Rices:"
Then supersede Butler at once wish whoever
Gan drive this Nagruder clean into the river;
Aud ehan be cor & lent still TO assert
That the ln.'s Fictitious AID nobodys hurt!
IRIS my province perhaps, herein b-ieay to state
The stats Of my provinces, surly Of late,
Missouri and Mar laEd-one has the paw
OF my Lyon upon her, aud one has the law
called mari proclaimed through her borders and cities,
Both arc crushed Big Thing make bold TO say, q is
st. Louis i, silent aud Baltimore dumb
They hear but the monotone roll Of my drum
In the latter vile seaport ordered CadwGl'ader
To mlnscls Freedom and though the crowd followed he.
Locked up 10 McfIenry, she's safe, 1t Is plain,
With MerrymaD, Hibeas Corpus aud Kane.
And as fo that ribbed old dotard. Judge fancy.
For much, would put him on card Of the Pawnse,
Aad make his decisions little more curt
For the panc's fictitious aud nobodys hurt
And now Ill just say what I'd bave you to DO
la order to put your new President through
FIRST three hundred r.ill ons is wanted by Chase,
He cannot run longer the Governments face;
And Cameron wants for TIC use oil old Scott
Some three bu1dred thousand than he's g,..
Then sixty template slips 10 stand shells
Are loudly demanded (mist have eu) BY Welles
Tor England. the bully. won't stand cur blockade,
And Insists that we shall not embarrass her trade;
Bat who fears the Britishy I'll speedily tune 'em
As sure Ms my name is 4 Piuribus Uaon,
For am myself the whole United States,
Constitution and Laws, (if you doubt Il, ask Bates
The Star Spangsi Banner S my holiday shirt
Hurrah foe Abe Lincoln, there's pobody hurt