M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1862-03-06

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AMERiCA--THE COUNTRY --Rly.
: ERS-MOUNFAINS- RAlLR0ADS--
: STEAMBOATS,. P0LIIlClANS----
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There's no, the least shadow OF a
doubt about TIE matter--ours is
emphaticly, undeniNbly, positively,
comparatively ard superlaively, q
great and glorious country. The All
mails of time furnish nothing to com.
pare with il; Greece wasn't a circum
stance; Rome was "nowha:" Ven.
ice couldn't hold us a candle, while
oil modern nations sink into insilnii-
icance before our country. II hgs
longer rivers, and mora OF them, and
muddier and deeper, and they run
faster and 20 farther, and make moro
noise, and rise higher, fall lower, and
do more damage than any body else g
rivers. II has more lakes, and they
are bigger aud deeper, and clearer
than those Of any other nation. Ii
has more caaracts, and they fall fur.
ther, and iaster, and harder, and roar
louder and look grander than all 9th.
er cateracts. 1t has more mountains
and higher ones, and more suow on
= 'em, and they are harder TO get up,
and easier TO fail down than all other
mountains. 1t has more gold, and it
is heavier and brighter, and worth
more than the gold OF other countries.
Our rail cara are bigger, aud run ias.
ter, and pitch off vt the track ottener.
and kill more people than all other
rsil.cars. Our steamboats, are longer,
and carry bigger loads, and bile their
buster" of'ner, and the captains swear
harder than those of any other couh-
try. Our men are bigger, and lon.
ger, and higher and thicker, snd can
fight harder and faster, and drink
more whisky, chew more tobacco spit
more and further, stick mp their heels
higher, and do anything elee more and
better, and ottehtr than men n other
countries. Our ladies are pre'tier,
dress finer, put on more ans, spend
more money. break more hearts, wear
bigger hoops, shorter dresses, and
prettier CATERS, and kick up the mis-
chief generally to greater extent
than all other ladies. Ourpoliticians
can spout louder, liO harder, make gass
faster, dodge quicker, turn oitener,
make nore noise and do less work
than every body else's nolititions.-,
Our niggers gre blacker, lart more,
have thicker skulls, and smell louder,
and need .tbrashine oftener than other
niggers. Our children squall louder,
grow faster, get too big for thcirtrou
Bers quicker than all other children.
1t is great country! 1t is the cor.
ner stone Of nations; it is the top Of
the pile, the head man Of the heap
the last bntton TN the coat, the
crowniDg jewel Of the diadem, the
capital of the column. the last link in
the chain, the observed OF all the 90 |
servers. 1t will eat mp all other ma.
tions faster than Pharoah's lean kline
cat up the fat ones, When all other
nations are numbered among those
that were, it will be just rejoicing in
it's strength. 1t will Kick all other
nations out OF existence, and get up
bigger rebellions-it will lick them
up as the COW licketh salt 1t mas
now thirty three States and "more
comm" 1t covers more territory
than all other nations And finally,
I. has louder thurder, faster Lightning,
bigger hail, colder ice, than can be
found in any part OF The habitable
globe. Hurrab for this prodigious
constellation of free States! Hang
man that won't praise his own coun.
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