The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-03-31
Prom the Atlantic Monthly Birslow Paper.


4 Message Of Jcff. Davis In Score,
Scssisn.
sent You nessise, my friends, Fother day
TO tell You I'D nothin' perttcler to say:
'TNuz the day our new nation gut kim ., ssiborn,
so swnz my pleasant dooty = acknowledge the eorn
An see clearly then. ct didn't before,
I fhet the asgrr In Inauguration means bore
heedn'tteii ron thst my messigs vuz written
To dinuse eorrec notions In France an Gret Br.ten
An ag'n to impress on the popular mind
The comfort sn' wisdom . guin' u blind
| To say thct didn't abate not hooter
o'my faith in q happy an glorious futur',
| BE rich in each soshie an p'iitickis biessin'
| Ez them thet We now he'd the Joy o. possessin',
With people united. and ioDgin' TO die
For WI. ~ call their country, without ask,n. wby
An all the greet things We uded to alope for
En- much Within reach now ~ svsr--io hope for
We've all o the ellsrmanis, this very hour
Thet make up faa'-cIass, self -govsrnin, povsrtt
We've war, an debt, an nag; an ii this
Ain, to be independent, why, what on ajrth ,sp
An nothinf now hsnders our takin' our station
ia the freest. enlighicnsdesi, ciyeriIzsd nation
Butt up on our bran-new p'ilickls thesis
That 6uy'msnts fust right IL to tumble TO pieces
Say noihln' Lenders out tskn. our place
Ez the very fns'-best o. the whole human race
hsp'1ecn tSbacker ez proud ez You please
On Vietory's bes' carpets, or loa1n' 1t ease
In the Too'ries front -parlor, disc ussin, affairs
With our heels on the backs o. NaIolesns new chairs
An princes a-mixin' our cocktails an sings
E1cep', wal, excsp' jsss avery few things
Such e1 navies an armies am wherewi,h to pay,
An seitin' our iogsrs to y other way,
An not be TOO over-I erticker in tryin'
To hunt up the very las bitches 10 die in.
H's ne'ssary 10 take good confident tone
With the public; but here. Jest amopgs, us. / own
Things looks biackern thunder There's no use depy-
In
We're clean out o. money, an most out o. lyin'-
Two things young nation can't mennage without
III ahe wants 70 look wal .. her frst cemsa' out,
For the fuss supplies physckle Strength while the
second
Gives morriI advantage tibet hard TO be recon.d
For this latter, I'm wiIlin' to du WI, can;
For the former, yeu ~ hev 10 consult On d plan
Though eur fest want tam this pint want your best
views on
Is plausible paper TO prfn ]. o Us on
some gentlemen think II would cure III onr GAMERS
In The way o finance OF We Jes' hanged the banAers
An own The proposle 'ud square with my views.
nj their lives wuzn't all tibet we'd left ,e to lose
Some say thei more confidence IN. hi be- inspired
II We voted our cities an towns 10 be fred -
plan tibet 'ud sutteniy tar our endurance,
Coz would be eur own bills should sit for th, In
suranee
Bot cindsrs, msster how sacred We think ,em.
Mifhtn't strike fu4in minds q good sources or i'm
cone,
Nor The people. perhaps, wouldn't like the selaw
o. bein' all turned into pa,triots BY law
some want We should buy all the cotton an, hurp IL
On pledge, when we've 30. thru The war. 10 return
IL
hen TO take the proceeds an hold fAem ez security
For an Issue o. bonds to be met at maturity
With m Issue O. noics 10 be paid In hard cash
On the fns' Aonday fo'Iern' tho 'tarnsi Ail-sms,h
u his hex safe air an once hold o. the gold
'Ua leave cur vile piunderers out In the cold
An mixAt temp 1ohn Bull ef II warns for the din b.
Once gut from the banks o my own MissiA.ippi
some think Ne could make By Arrsngin' the fgrsrs,
henfy HON e-currency out OF our ringers;
bHt II wur du tn trHu much on d w such STAG
For they're gitin' III current already by half
One gentleman says, IF We lef our loan out
Where Floyd could Sit hold T. Ad take IL no doubt