North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1864-04-27
The Lincoln Catechism.

What is the Constitutions?
A compact with heil--now obsolete.
By whom hath the Constitution been made
obsolete?
By Abraham AfricaDus the First.
To what end
Tha. his days might be long in "ffice, and
that he may make himself and his people The
equal Of the negroes.
Wha. is Preslien;?
A general agent for negroes.
What ia Congress2
A body organized for the purpose Of taxing
the people to buy negroes, and to make laws
to protect the President from being pur shed
for his crmes.
What is an army?
A Provost Grard, to arrest white men and
set negroes free.
What is the meaning Of coming money?
Printing green paper.
What did the Consti uton mean by free
dom of the press7
Throwing Democratic newspapers out o f
the mails
What is the meaning oe the word Llber-
ty?
| Incarceration in a vermin-nfested bastle.
What is the duty of the Secretary Of War2
| To arrest irecInen hy telegraph.
| WhaI Is the chief business of the Secretary
Of War?
To PRINT five volumes year of foreign cor
| respondence with himself to drink whlskey,
| and prophrsy about the war
What is the meaning of the word Copper
head ?''
A man who believes in the Union as 1t
was, the Cons tituf ION as it is, and who can
n i be brIbed with greenbacks, nor friehten-
ed by a bastile
Have the people any rights
None but such as the President gives
Who is the greatest martyr Of his'ory2
Jnhn Brown.
Who is the ~sest man.
Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Jrff Davis.
The devil.
w fidi - 'hG ilc hIilp u luc ut tCiaTAtibU
that the accused shall ''have the assistance IT
counsel fol his defence 2"
That, in The language Of Seward t" tie
prisoners IN Fort Warren, "the employmen,
Of counsel vii be deemed new caus. for III
prIsrrntmt."
What i the meaning Of the Presidents
oath that he, ''wli To the best Of abiIItys
preserve, project and defend The Con>tlu
ton Of The United States?"
That he VII do all in his power to subvert
and destroy it.
Have ihe Loyal Icagues prayer 2
They have.
Repeat il.
Father Abram who art in Washington OF
glorious mem"ry-sHce the date Of thy proc
Ianation to free the regrnes.
Thy Kingdom come a"d overthrow the re-
public thy will be done, and the laws
perish.
Give us this day our daily supply of green
backs.
Forgive us our plumbers, but destroy the
Copperheads.
Lead US into fat pastures, but deliver Us
from the eyes Of detectives; and make us TIE
equal of the negro; for such shall be our
kingdom, and the glory of thy adlnins'ra
tioD.
What is the mott, Of Loyal Leagues
"Liber y to the slave, or death to TIE
Union"
How many widows have they ma1e2
Five hundred thousand.
How many orphans2
Ten hundred thousand.
What was Abe Lincoln by trade?
A rail-splItter.
What is be now'
Union splitter.
Who is Sumner!
A free American Of African descent VIII"
would swear to support the Constitution
tonly as he underst. Cd it,"
Who is Phllip,2
One of the founders Of the Republican
party who 'abored nineteen years to take
fifteen States out Of the Union"
Who is Garrison2
A friend Of the President, who went to
hell and found the original ctpv Of the Con-
stitution of the United States there.
Who is Seward 2
A Prophet in the Temple of black dragon,
and faster in the government whiskey dis
tileries.
Who is Chase
The foreman of a green paper printing of
flee.
Who is Owen Lovejoy7
A fat and spongy albino from Illinois
When it was supposed that his soul had float
ed off TO Tartarus on the waves of his "wn
fat. o brother member of Congress kindly
wrote his epitaph: