Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
The Crisis.


A photographic report of the ceIe-
brated speech ON the ''Crisis,' the text
of which is: by universal consent, al
lowed to be-
- COR ANY OTHER MAN"
The speaker said: s'Ahum- M M
Feller- Gitizens:-I have been called
upon this eyenin' to appear before you
for--for that is, l have been requested
TO appear upon tEe-the scaffold this
eyenin', for the purpose of elucidatin' to
you the all-absorbin subjec' which am
now agitatin' the-the certainly have"
{Cheers.) "Ahum- IN m! but to retarn
to our subjec; as l was about to remark
previously, beforehand, what's CUR
country comm, to? That's what Ia
like to know myself Look at the
great congregated circumfex of this
glorious Union, just look at it? Does
any body see it? Certainly, that's just
what's the matter. Album IN! but to
return to our subjec'. Look at our
great American eagle, the glorious en-
blem of our liberty-just look at me. !"
(Here the speaker s voice was drowned
by continued shouting and applause
"What are you going to do with that
ere bird2 Look at 'em as he flies from
the cloud -clapped summick of the Lich-
Serdee mountains to the terrific abyss of
the Gushwalliean avenue, an Autters
his tail-feathers, an sen, III the sweet
language Of the Apostle Paul, in his
pistle tosthe Egyptians, when he said,
root hog OF die That's what's the
matter" Enthusiastic cheering. y
jec' look at our-look at our-look-
at our-that's what I'd like to know
Look at our newspaper, just look at EN-;
can't pick up one without readin some
thing in it-that's what's the matter
What did see there2'
l with empressasent) aPrevisions has
riz. What's the consequence? Coffee
an molasses had fight What's the
consequence again? Molasses got
licked, an coffee had to. settle down on
its own grounds" (Applause.l That's
just what's the mattss-or any other
man." (Cheers "Ahem-m-m N but to
return to our subjec'. Look at our
soldiers? 5ast look 'em? Dose any body
see EN-? Do they march forth to battle
in time of peace, an'-an'an' get shot in
the neck? CertaiHly they do; that's
just what's the matter" (''Cries of
'good. y Ahum-m m! but to return to
return to our subjec'. Look at our
sailors! Look at EN-! Do they not,
certainly they do. Do they sail out on
the briny ocean, where the roarin' bill
lows fumigate, an where the devourin
elephants open their jaws for EN-, an
AN lay down in their warm hammocks,
an sleep2 Certainly they door any
other man" ca voice certainly. y
"Ahans-m-m! Look at our fremen!-
All, those boys, just look at EN-! Do
they not at the dsad hour of night, when
the clock proclain2s hour of midnight,
an when the barometer is Il degrees
below Cicero; do they not rush forth to
thescene of confagration, an get drunk?
Certainly they do, an that's just what S
the matter with me-or any other man.
But to return to our subjec'. New,
what does the great an glorious Consti-
tushum of this. United Confederation OF
Pennsyltucky say? that's what I'd like
to- know. Docs it not say-does not
sur Constitution say? Certainly it does;
that's just what it sez.' (Sensation. }
'AWhat did Patrick Henry Jackson say!
did he not say that each an every one
should stand upon his own ground, and
did hs Eot lay his hand upon his heart,
an say with clear conscience, that he
was paper-doll with glass eye? Ger
tainly he did-or any other man. - ~
Tie speaker retired amid thunders of
applauses.
I The persons who fail to, understand
the 'Esubject which am agitatin,' after
perusing such lucid explanation as
that is, must be intellectually poor, in
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