The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1864-05-10
ExCENTRIoI1IEsO OF WARPOEIRY.


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From the New York Evcning Post. !
When correspondents and editors
get through with'a subject,rthe poets
and wits taken'itAup. The amount oi
literature that has been evokc.f by the
events of this war, is enough TO appaul
anyNunfortunateeollecto ofscraps who
attemps to preserve it or classify it,
We PROPOSE esto'g give the readers a glimps
Of some of the ,aueerest things that
have been writtenin eccentric. express
ion of different, phases of sentiment.
Some of theepigrams that have found
their way intoprint are worth. presery-
ing. - =
/ 40 SOUTH oARoLNA.~ m
40 Carolina. sister pray come bacl;a nl
Scorn not our dag. nor lightly talk of wars,
Leaf Uncle Sam, once on your track
Should make you feel the stripes and see the
- stars" sss s
REpEIs FLEErSEss. - 30
" Not half the soldiers on the rebelside
Can spell their names, if graye report we heed
Yet southern learring has been much belied ~
II be true that he.who runs may read y"
And again:CGY - og
"The rebels at Richmond were Aboasting last
week D ts-f
That the .fower of their army our borders
- would seek
And egad if we judge them, while seeing them
fly, tgrss fs@- "a
Allthat g@ou, a (nOwjust b0i'ea) appears to be-
&c iory" ~ a4
~ coMMoDoRE FoorE. ts-t ~
While the country rang with praises
of Commodore Foote, the wits propos-
ed classical motto for him:
"Nula restigia retrorsum:
No Foote steps bacSward,7 ni
Foote was an accommodating name
for puns, and itwas well improved:
"What need have we now for gun or sabre,
The recreant rebels to slash or to shoot,
When at Henry, and at Donelson, Abe makes
= them caper,
By simply applying toe of his Eootel'
Again: - t
rThe rebels say, in a boastin way
They'll every inch of ground dispute;
A brag indeed we'll better heed, =
Whenever they Withstand one Foote.'
The thief is a coward, by Natures law.
Who betrays the State to no one is true q
And the foe at Fort Donelson saw
Their light-fngered Floyd was light-footed
And again. N
"a double thief aud traitor he,
Whose heart is 80 unlike a mans
As first to rob the TreGeury, so
Then steal away from Rosecrans
PILLOW.
81 o mt st puissant General Pillow,
Just han that gun upon a willow,
Or else prepare )urself instead
To be n iliow without head"
GOVERNOR MAGosFIS
Beriah Magoflin,F
y 1ou traitorous ruffi9,.
I'm sure that the community tbink that you ought
With kiekin' and suilih, 3D.
Laid fiat as n muffin
To have a good stufiin's
Of powder and shot"
GovERSoa WISE.
THE rebels mourn sad deieat
That might have been COM beter
For Burnside, though he had fleet,
Must yield TO Wise as feeter. - d.
a eouplet slightly .ehanged will show
Why Burnside lost his boastful foe.
He that is Wise can run away
And live to fight. another day."
Tue Two Bs
Gays the Battery to the Bayonet
With derislve irony. %
"Slim,nest Of all the blades I've met,
Do you think you can carry me?
Says the Bay onet to the Battery
Square up with your elbow joint.
And you'll find that however slim be,
always carry my Point!"
& n rrt-,nx, sl,Nxr,, m, - ff L,
10 wonder the British law.
. q Now their sad ease is lail bare; III
- II they dont get their cotton raw,
They wort get their beefstakes rare.
THE DRAFT.
+" OLD Abe's magician whose talents extends :,
Fen making an army OF Shakers
For his late drafting order has made troops Of
alIJ Friends, 'd lEh4 ~llLlhhp-J
In fact filled the city with Quakersl !"
A HOME GUARD SONG.
II am son Of mas, and I've listed for the wars,
In the sidewalk hussars an officers am ] );
I've boldly drawn my scabbard and I've thrown
away my sword r.ro.lr
And I'll bleed for my country like black
alba COTTON. clAsA.
. JEFF Davis boas,s that 'Cotton's king,-
,--Upon this thronesso written; rrDr
Bht he'll soon find, when on his swing
That Hemp is king of Cotton. ."
zse8afa rms BLACK WATCH. hH
Whether Greedy is going to e made Brigadier
OF Colored Brigade, worries Bennett 'tis clear;
Maybe Bennett will try, if the Tribune-man tails;
Herald leaders, we know can best handle black
~ malts."i , kif.k tirfciti StNA &
.".I INFAMOUS PATRIOTISM
4 national hymns, said to have been
written by a national her, commences as
follows:
o, HALE Columbusl take my bupnit
i reckon now you've bin and don it'll
Bring out your guns, all you that has EN-,
,i, And blaze away with enthusiasm: ssf
~ The trumpet beat, the base drum blow,
The rebels times come fpr to go, - ~.
2 Alady possessed of abraye husband
sings her joyful war song to the tune
of "Gobbler in the Beanpatch," in the
following manner: ....-..--.
"My husiband Is gallant, and -.
Ny hus jband is gay :, ....,,,.i -. i-sis.
IS Whene er be lakes warlikc stand, lt3rsf
so, The rebels ran away;f re glE ~ iiir tsee-,
he laughs a laugh OF scornful wrath,
- To see the eowards fee, sssr hes ss-..s
With their high their low their pnmmadiddle,
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