Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1862-05-10
WIT AND HUMOR.
4 BOLD STROKE FOR THE PREsI-
DENCY
smiggy NoGlural's Speech.
ParmogulAicatiy Hported,

Fellow citizens and bummcrs-R -Rupubli-
cans, Democrats, Douglasites, Iinconitcs,
Electromagnetic Lazurrsitcs Bc2ebubitcs
and Blathelskitcs now appear before you
this evening to offer myself as Il candidate
for the next Presidency. How's that (Chcers
and cries Of that's gay" "big thing.'D
Fellow citizens, it you make me your Pres
tlcnt will astonish the world with wonder
Canada shall be ours. will annex Cuba.
appropriate Mexico, New Jersey and The lal-
ancc Of creation, (Checrs.) Fellow citizens,
if you make me your President, all country
men, all nations shall bc Welcome to this our
happy land. Yankee pcddling sha ! be made
legitimate business by special act Of Con-
grcss. (Applause.l Iriahmen for your sakcs
will do away with punishI ent for assault
d battery, and what's more, will abolish
i" potato rot. C'Hooraar N'"Dccorra your re
NJ H." Checrs) And for you, the Germans
the !" lager beer shall flow through the
rivers ~, y 7raires shall he set apart for the
lane; = Nvation OF sour krout And your
spco,r' soncsSsc to the skies, minglirc- = T;,is
nSpFE NJ, FFESnes of Mur meerschanm. pcs, until
''.. . j., the cxceNS Of ycy,,- delight, shall be
;o', -, exclaim, "Em 2 ass lager, Switzer kasc
lyt' .;, rrctzcls all the vile" C. les, Aha
tH,S W., Cot, Dat ish goot! and applaust.)
~ rr;erds, Rum-uns, Country men and City
- rldnt care we.hcr you was brought up
~ gpdtlding and milk or balogna SAT saycs ;
az don't make the difference of shake of "A
frogs tail; but, sir, the propositions which
advance here are such which nobody can de-
ny. No, sir CThats SC" That's what's the
nlatter"( No sir, not by no means. "a cry,
YOU'RE right Smiggy McGural.D Who is
that calls me Smiggy McGlural2 Let him
stand up so that can look him in the face.
Does he deny my assertion2 hope not
wouln't trust such e man so far as could
throw three-yca old bull Ivy the tall
(Grcat cheeIing) But 10 return to my
subject.
My hearers this is great country--it is
wide, vast and, in the southwest, unlimited.
What is Europe when compared with it
Europe is now herc--a circumstance
mere obsolete idea In this country we
have got faster steamboats,, louder thunder,
iorkeder lighting, higher mountains, greater
lakes, taller shanghies, stccpcder catcract,
bigger babies, prettier girls more money and
better fighting men than England DARE
have or any otherman (Grcat enthusiasts m
cheers waving OF hats,) barrin old Ireland
was descended from her myself and Iwon't
forget you, Irishmen, when talk of fighting
There's no country in the world like Ire
land when you come to fighting. How are
you Bull Rum Well, we'll have Corcoran
back soon; then won't we have Jolly old
timoi Yes, Ireland's the country for
Hills, mills and stills,
Cows mows and rows
Cottages and cabbages,
Whiskey galore,
And fun evermorc,
For dancin' and prancin'
A shillaleh to fight with,
Or lad to night with
Where they never say die,
Nor put up with lie,
But would wolop the devil
1t he wouldn't be civil
From the North to the South,
From the East to the West
From the Kilkenny
To the big hill of Howth,
From the ocean outside to the Straits of tho
Dover
An Irishmans an Irishman all the world
over.
Now, three cheers for mel Hip, hip, hur
rah tremendous and long continued
cheering)