Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1862-02-13

of treason. They have played all their
trumps in the game of death-whe all Of
ours remain. .7.ss aE
Their powder is exhausted--their power
is gone-and the canker of rcmorss is eating
up the lying, treacberous wretches who ere
long will be willing to pick up the crumbs
that fall from the Federal table, or to rest
even for moment in Abraham'S bosom
You compliment me by alluding to my sue
cess in fereshadowing events. Again l
glance at the western horizon. This time
we must change the map and put new words
into the history of the war. For Secession
read Rebellion, for SecessioDist read Traitor,
for Confederacy read High Treason, and you
will never again laugh at the mention of
Bull Run, for it will be known in the ma
tons record as the Patterson rreacheryl 1t
having been accidentally discovered that
South Carolina and Virginia do not compose
the entire United States-these lecherous old
thieves must he swept away--tbe two Caro-
linas must sink into one under the name of
Carolina Virginia, having prostituted her.
self, is no longer the virgin she once was, and
must make way for the new State Of Ka-
nawha r.-
Her eastern boundary must be added to
the District of Columbia, Maryland and
Delaware. The border States must all be
free-white men must come in and Yankeefy
the soil, and make the desert blossom like
the rose. Florida and Louisiana must be
reduced to Territeries-colonize contrabands
in the former if you lke-and let the COM
merce Of the latter come over the railways
and the lakes to New York-fnish the mid
die link Of that great broad guage Trunk
Line Of twelve. hundred miles that connects
the Erie Railroad with the Ohio and Missis-
sippi--the Atlantic and Great Western
and cut a steamship canal through from the
Illinois River to Lake Mchigan-and by
these routes take away the roundabout COM
merce of New Orleans to the Empire City ;
change the term of President to six years
build monuments to our heroes who died for
the Union-each State and each city to
honor its own dead-let the forti6cations at
Washington remain as the inner forts, and
build an outer wall-have more naval schools
and West Point cademies-build low, fast,
long, heavy Parrot or Dahlgren gun-boats,
but no frigates or liners-open the nations
door to all nations-have no more caucuses
and national conventions! ... t..'
Remodel the Constitution to meet the ma
tions wants-bave school-book prepared
to be called the Union Reader, which will be
entirely composed of patriotic speeches, pa
triotic songs, patriotic proclamations, and
patriotic resolutions, commemorating this
epoch of our history. Put up large board
10 all the school rooms, lined with black,
giving the names of all the pirate chiefs, SO
that the children may daily learn to curse
their memory [Oh! Introduce new
form of prayer to be read in every church,
thanking God for saving our nation and pre-.
serving our Union, and have great national
holiday, to commence on Monday morning
and last till Saturday night. A regular
jubilee of freedom Pass bankrupt law
for honest men--tbe last was executed for
scamps-and let the Treasury notes circulate
among our people, kind of national bank
without any of its disadvantages-andm make
it high treason for any man to charge dis
count on Government paper. .., ..
Cry America for the Americans establish
American banks in foreign cities-patronize
American merchants. We must have no
more Secession bankers 10 England. The
time is ripe for Union bank-and Union
Administration Make America the mother
land Of the Americans-England is the
grandmother-land. Make up this unseemly
quarrcl-slake hands and he friends.
No fame that flashed on Britain's brow,
But CLEANS on ours alike;
Then, if you can, abjure us now;
Forget it al-an6 strike!
One of these truant days intend to be
governor in my native land, and not the
least Of the planks in my platform, wien
she confesses sorrow for misrepresentng us,
will Le eternal friendship for England
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