The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1863-10-27
GbDite poetrn.
LFrom tie Bangor (A4e.l Democrat ]
a PLAIN RPlSTLE TO UNCLE ABB.

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Aoont that lI.tle job,
Which you, anu Bill and Horace G.
Agreed 81, nice to do,
In less than ''sixty days" from date,
SOME hiity months ago!
We gave ye'u heaps Of soldiers, Abe,
To aeip sou smIte the Toe;
A string oi sarriers that would reach
From here 10 Mexico.
We packed them of with spades 10 dig,
And ,rusiy guns TO shoot,
With haversaeks TO grace their backs,
And flies aud drums to ioot.
Yon saw these mighty .egions. Abe,
And heard their marly tread:
You counted hosls OF iuiag men,
Pray can you count The dead
Look DER the broad Potomac, Abe.
Ylrgiuia'B hills along,
Their wakeiul ghosts are beck ming you,
Two hundred thousand strong!
We gave yon several shiIIings, Abe,
To pay yonr little dues
Eiioush to buy dozen shirts,
Add sun,iry pairs OF shoes.
We gave you casle, horses mules,
Aud wagons-fuiI a score
And several cannon with voice
Loud as oull cOuiu- roar
Now. what I'm after. Uncle Abe,
Is simply 10 fed oui
What yoa have dome with all this ERE,
Ard what you've been about!
j! unto CB,ar you nave given
All that il his concern
Then Mrs Cesar wants 10 Fnow
What yoa have done with hern
know you're Young and handsome, Abe,
And funfIy "a yonr Poll
A peer.exalted, great and high,
A ruler seven loot tall
Yon're big erongh II osly smart,
re manage all The gang ;
And ihoussl itlle sreen-vou'li rise,
When yOu have goi lhe Hang
Yon told u.s n al The Locos, Abe,
Were rascals 10 The core,
Because they made so free use
Oh Uncle SamneI's store.
Fail sixty millions 10 year
Now wasn't it sin
For Democrats to squander thus
The darling peoples tin
lInd are yen not deserving, Abe,
BDth gratitude ard grub.
In Uncle Samuel's tub
The sage sFho did This wcndrous deed
Is fit for saints TO sup
II only costs two millions more
r To ping the vessel up
7Fou said the South had ruled Us, Abe,
Some fifty years in peace.
And that The time had fully come
When their vile reign should cease
That you were bouad 10 take the helm,
The sinking ship to save.
And pm: her on another track
= And really think you have!
You're out of look entirely Abe,
The engines of the track
The boilers burst, and there you are,
4. squalling on ypnr back
The excise man is at the door,
Contractors cry for pelf;
Yo,i're blind and stupid. deaf and lame
Nor very well yonrself.
Your Cabinet is feeble, Abe,
And dull as any deuce
And II Won have an ounce of brains
You'll ship them of al once;
Send Stanton to tEt, Feiee Isles.
Give WeIles and Chase the sack,
Swap Halieck for Hotfen,ot
And send for little Mac
know yor tell us, Uncle Abe,
This Is a mighty war.
And that the job is ra:he. more
Than what you loargained for
That you have done The best yeu could,
To make the rebels rue il
And il you knew what next to do,
You'd go righ. of and do il
Now that's The very hing. A be.
That makes this din and catter;
You don1 appear 10 s'see it, Abe,
And that is what's the matter
The. .nigqer's in the wood pile, Abe,
As shy as any ironr;
Do you think The Proclamation, Abe,
Will make the weasel out
You want 10 free he darkies. Abe,
Al least 30 consirue IL;
The difficulty seems to be
TO fad eauf how to do II,
The way. dear Abe. is mighty dark,
And boitersome to see
fear you'll have to give il up,
And lst ihe daFkey be.
I I esII you lvhai is, Abe.
'rhe folks begin to think
This coIored sop is rather stale
for viciraIs or fpr drink,
Oar motheis love their absent sons,
(lnr wives their husbands true,
Bal ne one cares q monldy fig,
for Cuff. or for you.