The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-10-16

people to wait till after the inau-
guration.
And the people waited
And Abraham's friends said ::
Let them wait, for the party of
freedom must never stir at the re-
quest of slavery
Aud the people said: 1T is not
slavery who calls to you, it is the
blood Of the people calling for
peacep But Abraham's friends
said: %, bosh ! You can't fool us
hurrah for freedom
So the people waited for peace,
and are waiting yet.
Soon, however, the President
was inaugurated, and a Congress
Of freedom sat by his side in
Washington. And the people said
Now shall we have peace and
Union
wait y said the freedom Con-
gross.
And tie people waited.
Then there was much talk be-
tween the President and his friends
on the one side, and the friends of
the noise down South on the other.
And the people waited.
While the friends of freedom
were pouring that down the
throat Of Congress, which the peo-
pie did not like to swallow, but
the friends of freedom poured on.
And the people waited.
Then one of the people, by name
Crittenden, said in the Congress
IF we cannot have peace, let us
make war, if war we must, only fol
the freedom Of our fathers, not fol
this ncW freedom.
But the friends of freedom
could not hear the words of the
peoples man.
And the rumbling noise bcga1
to boom in the South country, ant
every man of the South countr,
, went away from the friends o
freedom" in Washington, and re
turned to his own peoyle.
Then Abraham called aloud t(
the people: IIo! ye people
Come! [ want $4,000 of ye to de
fend the friends of freedom here
And the people went! A might.
host! Then Abraham called alout
again, saying: "Ho! ye peopl,
who 60 down to the sea in ships
Blockade me the coast of tn,
South !"
And the ships blockaded.
"Now," said the friends of free
dom, "now we shall starve out anc
whip out the South country in thir
ty days! Let the people wait anc
see the glory Of the Lord!"
So the people waited for owe
ninety days to see the glory of tn
Lord and they did see It. And tn
glory Of the Lord on that occasion
was swift of foot, and appeared a
great cloud Of dust-moving from
the South upon Washington, An,
Abraham beheld it afar, and SAT-
to one Of the friends of freedom
"What meaneth this cloud? a? Hav
the buffalo of the prairies followe,
me TO Washington"
And the friend of freedom said
"Nay, ills the glory of the Lord
coming from the battlefield tt
thee Father Abraham"
And Abraham covered his fac,
and said: cit reminds me of ;
stampede and then went up int
his house to see if any one wa
hurt, or, if per admonition, any
thing had gone wrong.
But the people waited.
And the captains of hundred
and of thousands came forth out o
the cloud of dust, and assembled il
the streets of Washington, an(
communed one with another-tcll
ing great les.
But the people waited.
And the friends of freedom as
sembled themselves in the Con
gress, and sat down to consider
about 'the glory Of the Lord : anc
as they considered, it occurred tc
them that the man of the people
by name Crittenden, had spoker
wisely; so the friends Of fredeom
said go to! we will hear thu
war-words Of Observation-Disclosures
we would not hear hispeace, words