The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-04
FFsa he Msaehssasr (N. H. Union Democrat.
PLAIH EPIaTLE TO UNCLE ABE.

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,AxH EPIaTLE TO UNCLE ABE
Ihavs 9 message, Uncle Abe,
Fer yoaF OWn private ear -
AsI csuT 20 to Washington,
AnA as yoa WONT come here,
- breed 70 put IL into type,
With eiFeamsPectiOn meek;
A hashfnl members often print
a speech they dare not speak.
, ~ head 10 nigh to bursIing, Abe,
~ very eye balls throb,
To Ssa what Pssky work you make
About that Nttle Job
WAish yea, anA Mn, and Horace O.
In - thsn " sixty days" from date,
GnAa twenty months ago.
We gave you heaps or soturers, Aoc,
10 help yOu smite the foe
A string Of warriors that would reach
From here TO Mexico.
We packed them off with spades to dig,
Aaa trusty guns to shoot
With haversacks to grace their backsj
And hfes aud drums to toOt.
You saw these mighty legions, Abe,
And heard thejr S0GnJV tread;
You counted n0SVS N NnSlnE men,
Pray can you count the dead!
Look Ger the broad Potomac, Abe,
ViHginia's hills along,
Their wakefHl ghosts are beck ming you,
Two hupdred thousand strong!
We Ex2S Jsz zSsSSSzxAl Abe,
To pay your little dues;
EsOaSh 70 buy dOzeA shirts,
And SuDdRy pairs Of shoes!
We gave you cattle, hOrses, mules,
And wsgOns-full y score;
And several eannOns with = voice
Load - bull could roar!
Nov, what I'm after, Uncle Abe,
IL sinply 70 dnd out
What yoa have done With all this ere,
And what you've bean about.
II uHto CesAr you have given
An tIi6E is his cOueern,
Then Mrs. C1aar wants TO know
What you have done with hern!
IknOw you're young and handsome, Abe,
And funny a. our Poll,
4 peer exalted, great and high.
A ruler seven foot tall
You're big enough, IL only smart,
To manage all the gang;
And though little grcen-you'll rise,
when you have got the hang!
You told US that the Loeos, Abe,
Were Eascals to the core,
Because they made SO free q use
Of Uneis 6amuc'S store.
Full sixty millions in a year. -
Nov Waen't il sin
For Democrats to sQuander thus
The darling peoples tin?
Are you not deserving, Ate,
Both gratitude and grub,
For having stopped this wicked leak
In Unele Samucl's tub
The sage who did this wondrOus deed,
IL &C with saints to sup;
IL only costs two billions more
To plug the vessel up!
You said the South had ruled us, Abe,
Some 6ftv years in peace,
And that the time had fully come
That their vile reign should cease
That you were going to take the helm,
The sinking ship to save,
And put her on another tack,
And-I really think you have!
YOn'Ee out Of luck entirely, Abe,
The engines on the track;
The biler's bust, and there you are,
A spTawling on your back!
The sxciseman is at the door,
Contractors cry for pelf;
You're blind and stupid, deaf and lame,
Nor very well yourself.
Your Cabinet 10 feeble, Abe,
And dull as any Ounce
And II you have an ounce Of brains,
You'll ship 'em Oft at once;
Send Stanton to the Fejee Isles,
Give Welles and Chase the sack,
Swap Halleck for a IIOttentot,
And send for little Mae!
know you tell US, Uncle Abe,
This 10 q mighty war;
And that the job 10 rather more
Than what you barg aimed for!
That you have done the best you could
To make the rebels rue it
And II you knew what next 70 do,
You'd 60 right OF and do it.
Now that's the very thing, Abe,
That's caused this din and clatteF;
You don't appear to " see it," Abe,
And that 10 what's the matter!"
The nigger'S on the wood pile, Abe,
As shy as any trout;
SO you think the proclamation, Abe,
Win smoke the weasel out!
You want to free the darkics, Abe,
At least, 90 cOnstrue it;
The difficulty seems to be
To find out how to do it.
The way, dear Abe, seems mighty dark,
And bothersOme to see;
fear you'll have to give it up,
And let the darkey be.
| tell you what it 10, Abe,
The folks begin to think
This eOlOred sop 10 rather stale
For vietuals or for drink
Dur mothers love their absent sons,
Our wives their husbands true,
But no one cares nuuldy fig
For Cuffce or for you.