The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-12-18
Orpheus C.. Kerr's Speech.


akin to emotion that / regard this vast as
semblage Of Natures noblemeu, and reflect
that it comes to DO honor to me, who have
only done my duty. Gentlemen, my heart
is FULL as the poet says:
E.The night shall be filed with burglars,
And the chaps that iniest the day,
Shall pack their duds ike pedllars,
And carry the spoons away"
1t seems scarcely five minutes ago that
this vast and otherwise large country sprung
from chaos at the call of Columbus, and i'm
mediately commenced to produce wooden
nutmegs for a foreign shore. 1t seems but
three seconds ago that all this beautiful
scene was a savage wild and echoed the axe
falls of the sapguinary pioneer, and foot
falls OF the last of the Mohcans.
Now, what do see before me? numer-
Gus assembly of respectable dutchmen and
other Am orleans, all ready to prove to the
world that
"Truth crushed 20 earth will rise again,
The immortal cars of Jacks are hers,
That Sarah anguishes in pain,
And dyes amid her worsllippers."
l am convinced, fellow citizens, that the
present outrageous war is no ordinary row,
and that it cannot be brought to successful
termination without some action on the part
OF the government. If to believe that war
cannot rage without being prosecuted, is
abolitionism, then I am an aboitionist: If to
believe that good article of black ink can
be made out Of black men, is repu5licanlsm,
then l am a republican; but we are all
brothers now, except that fat dutchman who
has gone out to sleep on his drum, and
pronounce him an accursed secessionist:
SLOW doth the little busy bee
Improve each slumbel ing hour,
And gather beeswax all heday
From every opening flower"
Men of America shall these thinas be? l
address myself particularly to that artist
with ACCORDION, who don't understand word
OF English-shall these things longer be?-
THAT'S what L want TO know. The majestic
shade OF Washington listens for answer. and
Intend to send it by mail as soon as | re-
celve 1t. Fellow citizens, it can no longer
be denied that there is treason at our very
hearth stones. Treason-merciful heavens!
The Honorable Il. NJ. T. Hunter is here,
know not. Icare not, if jilt's in her heart,
but know that love thee, whate'erthou art"
And now the question arises, is Morrill's
tariff really a benefit to the country?-
Gentlemen it would be unbecomng in me
to answer this question, and you would be
incapable of understanding what l might
say on the subject. The present is no time
'HN hDOul tdliDe, cuI -
In danger, and there is a tax of three par
cent. on all incomes over eight hundred dol
lars. Let each man ask himself in dutch,
am prepared to shoulder my muske if I'm
GRATED, or 10 procure reprobate to take my
place. In other words:
"The minstrel returned from the war
with insects at large in his hair,
And having q tuneful catarrh,
He sang through his nose to his fair.'
Therefore it is simply useless to talk rea-
son to those traitors who forget the words of
Jackson-worGs, let me add, word S 1 do not
myself remember. Animated by an unholy
lust of arsenals, rifed cannon, and Minnies,
and driven to desperation by the thought
that Everett is preparing new Grafton or
Washington, and Morris a new song on
young woman living up the Hudson River,
they are overturning the affairs of their coun
try and issuing treasury bonds, which can
not be justly called objects of interest. What
words can express the horrors of such un-
natural crime?
soft in the chilly night,
When slumber's chains have bound me,
Soft Mary bring light,
And puts shawl around me-"
Such, fellow citizens, is the condition OF
our unhappy country at present, and as soon
as it gets any better l will let you know
An Indian once asked white man Tor
drink of whisky, mo- said the man; you
red skins are just ignorant enough to ruin
yourselves with liquor The Sachem look =
ed calmly into the eyes of the insulter, as
he retorted. You say 1 am ignorant. How
can I be when am a we'll red man?
And so it is, fellow citizens, with this
Union at present, though l am not able to
show exactly where the parallel is. There
fore,
s.Let us then be up and woong,
With heart for any mate,
Still proposing, still pursuing,
Learn to court her, and to wait"
At the conclusion of this unassuming
speech, my boy, 1 was waited upon by
young man, who asked me if did not want
to purchase some poetry; he had several
yards to sell, and warranted it to wash.